Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-12-03
NUMBER 45.
Where Is the Shovel.

Nathan, where's the shovel? Here I've
been hunting long enough to do my work
twice over and cant find the shovel"
lhe tarmcr was wroth.
/ | don't know where It's father, summers
about suppose"
The two joined in the search.
Nathan, yon have left the shovel where
yon have worked, know Why don't YOU
always put the tools in their places"
Where is the place for the shovel, ]
should like to know, father?"
He couldn't tell Ithad no place. Some
times 1t was laid in the wagon, and occasion
ally accompanied that vehicle, when haincss.
cd IN hurry. Sometimes it was hung up
with the harness, to fail down when not want
ca, or get covered up when it was. A great
deal Of shoe leather had come to nourht by
that shovel. 1t had at times more than the
obIvousness Of Sir John Franlli y, and deEed
discovery. SO it was with all the tools
They would seem to vanish at times. and
then come to light, rusty $ cd anchors.
The farmers barn was crowded He Ind
no spare room" there. There were several
IN his dwelling, But the barn, was always
crammcd-it was a kind Of mammoth sars
age-stutied every year. So there was no
room for special apartment for the tools In
his Imagination he never saw his hoes hung
on long cleat, his chains in u row, his rakes
and his long forks overhead certainly he was
never anxious for such a convenient room
Why?
His father never had Toulouse, and bis
father was called a good farmer
81 he was then-in h s day-but there
arc better hus1andry now, let me say, and
desire to shock no ones venesaton.
Did they find the shovel? No! they mirht
as well have searched for the philosophers
st)ne, seemingly. Nathan started for Mr. Coed.
m ms 10 borrow one. Their work must be
done and borrow he must
i don't know as you can find one in ma
tool house." replied Mr.. Goodman.
Nathan noticed that he bore down on some
OF his words like man on a plowbeam. -
Didn't he m an something? Nathan went
to the tool-room thoughtfuly. A door ON
wheels opened wiih slight push, and there
were Goodman's tools--enouoh Nathan
thought to cqu p a company of sapp rs and
mlners!-llalchets, aXes, saws, Il ee scrapers
grating g-tooIs, hoes, diggers, shoyels, spades,
pick-axes, crow bars, p'ows harrows, cultva |
tors, secI-sowcrs, sievcs trowels, rakes, pitch
forks, nails, chains, yokes, muzzles, ropes, !
w-twine,, baske;s, measurcs---all we're there
neatly and compac:ly arranged. 1t was Good. !
mans ark-to save him from the deluoe of
unthrlit Here every night the tools were
brought in and wiped clan, and hung up in
their places. The next morning lob could
be commenced at once. Goodman knew.
lie partitiOnzsl off large rooln in hs new
barn for Tools. II was central and easy Of ac-
cess. 1t was place for visitor; the toools
were the best OF their kind. Every new shov.
el or Ike, or fcrk, b fore used, was well
oiled with linseed oil, which left the wood
smooth and impervious to water Goodman
frequently says, Il had rather have the few
hundred dollars have spent for tools SO in
vested than the same in railroad stock, Ill
pays better
Now there is no patent on Goodman's plan,
and lhope many will go into 1.-THE more
. successful limitations the better.-IW
Jersey Pioneer