The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-04-14

can ll& IL up III a lew minutes AL .h0eS
thugs can be done during rainy days,
when l might otherwise be lying idle
'Well,' muttered Holmes, | suppose l
could cobble shoe well enough if only
had the tools; but it takes quite collec-
ton of implements to fill cobbler's
bench, However, what's done can't be
helped, l guess Tom II be out in day
or two. But l must hurry off now and
fix my harrow
1t took Mr. Holmes nearly all day to
mend his harrow, so that he had to post
pone the narrowing of his land till the
next morning, and when he at length got
his grain into the ground, he was just five
days behind his neighbor Thompson
His son was confined to the house over a
week, and during that time he had to hire
an extra hand, which cost him about four
dollars, besides the doctors bill he had to
pay, When it came haying time, he had
to buy new rakes, because the old ones
had gone to rack and ruin. Perhaps
they had started with the loss of a few
teeth, or the breaking of a bow, or per-
haps, even the head might have got bro
ken, und thus, instead Of saving a good
handle, ETC., and making the other parts
that were needed, for the want of proper
tools, he was obliged to buy new rakes
entire. So in all the departments of his
business, he was constantly meeting with
obstacles that retarded his progress, and
all for the want of few simple tools.
One rainy day, in the fall, after the har-
vesting was completed, Mr.. Thompson
was in his tool-chamber, making some
pple-boxes, when his neighbor Holmes
entered.
Thompson said the latter, after he
had watched the movements of his neigh
bor'S fore-plane few moments, 'how
much did that ox-sled Of yours cost? !
have got to have me one this winter
%, that cost me nothing. ! made it
myself during some of those rainy days
that we had just before harvesting got
the timber out when l hauled out my
wood last winter, so the job came quite
easy
'Well, neighbor Thompson said
Holmes, after some little time spent in
hard study, Il don'tsee how it is that you
get along so. Your farm don't produce
any more than mine does, and Pm sure
you don't work so hard as | do. Your
wife don't make better butter or cheese
than mine does; your sheep don't bear
better wool; your bees don't make better
honey. You raise more fruit than | do,
to be sure
But l have no more trees said
Thompson.
No, but then your fruit is of better
quality, and finds more ready market.
Certainly, because l have grated in
the best species. My trees were the same
as yours were twelve years ago; and with
regard to other matters, think if youl
will lock about the two places, you will
find that in many respects, mine is the
most productive. My cows give more
milk than yours do through the winter,
because they have better shed room and
warmer barn. raise more pork than
you do, because my pens and pig-houses
are tight and comfortable; and then l am
inclined to think that my bees make rath-
er more honey than yours do, for my
hives are in better order. | may not
raise more than you do, but l guess the
rats and squirrels don't have such easy
entrance to my grain chambers as they
do to yours
Perhaps you are right muttered
Holmes, with crest fallen look; and |
suppose you are laying by money
Certainly | am-one or two hundred
dollars every year.
80 much as that?' uttered Holmes,
with look of surprise. why, l can't
lay up cent
Let me give you bit of secret, !
said Thompson, in kind, neighborly
tone, as he laid his plane upon the bench.
Last summer, you bought four new
rakes and pitch-fork. Now, how much
did they cost you?
Let's see; the rakes were twenty-five
cents apiece, and the fork came to dol
lar
well, now my fork handle got broken
accidentally last winter, and so did some
of the rakes; but l Immediately took
such parts as were good and brought
them up here, and then at my first leisure
opportunity, l fixed them up. There are
two dollars saved. Now you have moth
ing to do to-day
No, it rains too hard
And yet you see am at work. Now
how are you going to get YOU apple
boxes"
'Marston is going to make them for me,
and I am to give him barrel Of good
apples :.
There are two dollars more. Now if
you hire sled made as good as mine, it
will cost you twelve dollars. That will
cost you twelve dollars. That will be
sixteen dollars that | have laid up, while
you have been able to do nothing. Now
let us see how that sixteen dollars will
multiply itself. You sold your wool last
spring as soon as you had sheared your
sheep
Yes, had to, for 1 needed the
money
'And how much did you gctT
Thirty cents pound
If YOU had had sixteen dollars BY you
in ready cash, you wouldn't have been
obliged to have sold thenT
NO. returned Holmes, whose eyes
were beginning to open, Il could have
squeezed along with that sum- :,