"A fat calf makes a poor cow, and a fat, small calf isn't profitable to fit for sending to the butcher.

It's better to have a bony one and fatten it.

If you come here next summer, you'll see a fine show of young cattle, with fat sides, and big, open horns, and a good coat of hair.

Can you imagine," she went on, indignantly, "that any one could be cruel enough to torture such a harmless creature as a calf ?" "No, indeed," replied Miss Laura.

"Who has been doing it ?" "Who has been doing it ?" repeated Mrs.Wood, bitterly; "they are doing it all the time.