The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-05-31
NlHnuring in the Hill.

A SAUSAGE SToRY.-An old friend of
ouFs--onc sick and tired Of the care and
bustle Of a city life-bas gone into the
country, and gone to farming" AS the say
ing is. His land, albeit well situated and
commanding sundry fine prospects, is not
so particularly fertile as some we have seen
requiring scientific culture and liberal
system Of manuring to induce an abun-
dant yield. So far by way of explanation.
Once upon time our friend being upon
visit to New Orleans, was attending an
auction sale down town, and as it SO hap
penoG, they were selling damaged sausages
at the time. There We're some eight or
ten barrels of them, and they were' just
going at fifty cents barrel when the auc.
tionecr, with all apparent seriousness, re-
marked that they Were wcrth more that 10
manure land with. Here was an iIea.-
Sixty two and half cents-third and last
call--gone' retorted the auctioncer. Cash
takes them at sixty.two aud half cents
per barrelp
TO have them shipped to hi, country scat
was the mediate work of our friend, and
as it was Thea planting time, and the sau-
sages, to use common phrase, 'werc get
ting no better very fast to havo them un-
derground and out of tho way, was his next
movement. He was about TO plant field
of several acres Of corn.--thc soil otthe pink
wood specics--so here was just the spot for
this new experiment in agriculture, this new
wrinkle in tie science CT geopontes. One
link of sausages being deemed amply suific-
lent, that amount was placed in each hill,
accompanied by the kernels Of corn and an
occasional pumpkin seed, and all were nicely
coyold over in tho usual style. Now, after
promising that that several days haveoccur
cd since the corn was planted, the sequel Of
the story shall be told in dialogue between
our friend an one Of Iii, n, ighbors
Neighbor.-Well friend, have You plan
ted your corn?
Friend.-Yes, several days since.
Ms it up YETI
Ftp! yes aud gone; the most Of 1t.
N.-IIow is that?
F.-Well YOU see. bought a lot Of
damaged sausages the other day in New
Orleans, a smooth tongue Of an auctioneer
saying they would make excellent manure,
il nothing else. | brought the lot over
commenced planting my corn at once as it
was time, planted sausage in each bill,
and
N.-Well, and what!
F.-Aud felt satisfied that had made
a good job of it. Some days afterwards /
went out to see how the coru WAS getting
on, and a pretty piece Of business | have Of
trying agricultural experiments!
N.-Why, what was tie natter
F.-Matter! The first thing saw be-
fore reaching the field was the greatest lot
of dogs digging ard scratching all over it,
There were my dogs, and your dogs, aRd
all the ncighbors' dogs, besides about three
hundred strange dogs. never set my
eyes on such a sight before, and every one
was hard at it, mining after the buried sau-
sagcs. Some how or other, the rascaIly
wheIps had scented out the business, and
they have dug every hill By this time. If
| could set every dog of them ON the auc-
tioneer, Id be f,tisfed
GS- An o!d sort of genius, having step
ped into a MILL was looking with apparent
astonishmeut at the movement OF the mach