He told him to go to work an strike a furrow across a field to a black heifer, an then keep on.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
Adam thought he must foller the heifer, no matter where she went; so he struck another bee line for her, and with jest the same result.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
"Wal," ses he, "kin you tell me whether the calf was a heifer or a steer?"
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith