Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-02-21
aqritnltnral Column.


The following, which Is derived
from an anonymous source, may give
a useful hint to more than ono. But
If only one. We shall be satisfied as
well as gratificd:
..Natfan. where is the shovel? here
I've been hunting long enough to DO
INV work twice and cannot find the
shovel"
The farmer was wrOth.
II don't know where It's father;
somewherc's about | s'pose.
The two joined in the search.
Nathan, you have left the shovel
where YOU have worked, | know
WHY don't you always put the tools
in their pIaces?'
Where is the place for the shovel
l should like to know, fathcr?"
He couldn't tell. 1t had no place.
Sometimes it was laid in the wagon,
and occasionally accompanied that
vehicle when harnesscd in a hurry.
Sometimes it was hung up with the
harness, to fall down when not want
cd, or get covered up when it Was
A. great deal of shoe leather had
come to nought by that shovel. 1t
had at times more than the oblivious-
ness of Sir John Franklin. and delicd
discovery. So it was with all other
tools. They would seem to vanish at
times; and then come TO light rusty as
old anchors.
The farmers barn was crowded.
He had no spare room there There
were several in his dwelling. But
the barn was always crammed-it was
a kind of mammoth suasagc-stuffed
every year. So there was no room
for special apartment for tools. 1t
is his imagination that he never saw
his hoes hung on a long clcat, his
chains all regular in row, his rakcS
and his forks overhead; certainly lac
was never anxious for such Il couvc-
nicnt room.
Why?
His father never had a tool-houSc
and his father was called a good farm
er.
So he was, then-iE his day-but
there are better huShandmcn now, lei
me ay,.and | desire to shock 10 one:
veneratiOn.
Did they find the shovel? No! they
might as well have searched for tho
philosophers stone seemingly. Ma
than started for Mr.. Goodman's L
borrow one-thc work must be donC
and borrow he must.
Il don't know as you can find ont
in my Toulouse replied Mr.. Good
man.
Nathan noticed that he bore dowl
on some Of his words like q man on
plowbeam. Didn't he mean some
thing? Nathan went to the tool-roon
thOughtfully. \ wide door on wheel
opened with slight push, aud thcr,
was GoOdman's tools: enough, Ma
than thought, to equip company o
Sappers and Miners. IIatchctr
axes, saws, trce-scrapcrs, graltingtool
hoes, diggers, shovcls, spades, pick
axes, crow-bars, plOws, harrOwS, cul
tivators, sGed-sowers, Stoves, trowelS
Tukcs, pitcli-forks, fails, chains. yokcs
muzzlcs, ropes, crowtinc, baskets
mcasures,-all were there neatly an,
compactly arranged. 1t was Good
mans ark--to save him from the del
uge of unthrift Here every nigh
the tools were brought in and wipe,
clean and hung up in their places
The next morning job could be cor
menced at once. Goodman knew III
partitioncd of a large room in his ne,
barn for tools. Ii was central am
easy of access. 1t was a plcasan
place for visitor; the tools were til
best of the kind. Every new shove
or rake, or fork, before used was vel
oiled with linsecd oil, which left tn
wood smooth and impcrvious to wa
ter. Goodman frequently says, :"
had rather have the few hundred do
lars l have spent for,tools so invcstc
than the same in railroad stock. !
pays better" Now there is 10 pa
ent on Goodman's plan, and l hop
many will go into 1.-THE more ''su
cessful limitations" the better.