The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-09

Rapt sp ssff IRE he shouted out say.
whats this thing. 1t isn't corn. ieits"
mo-" said l. cit amt corn. It's sorghum
plants"
"sorghum',, said he, puszled. why. what's
thar"
"Sort of sugar cane" said I. "we're going to
try an acre of it next year."
"You don't say 80" said Humphreys. "Why,
where did you get the seedi'' - ssAalxt
Agricultural Burean, Patent ONCE, Washing.
ton District Of Columbia" said I, repeating the
directions AZ had written it on letter had
sent. ~ y'st gf rasagg Tsf
Didn't know there was such bureau" said
Humphreys. ssai tsa stasao s,s .s,as tgso.g
ooh, suppose not" said l. ''You don't take
the papers and can't be expected to know much."
At this he grunted little and I chuckled quiet
~. BY and BY he moved around the garden and
looked 1t my onions watched him, and was
about ready for him. when saw him pull one up
What COMPOUNDED fne onions you have" said
no. "Twice the size Of mine, I declare" ~ \
"Al comes from using the right kind Of ma
nure. !" said r. quietly. ~ M 3. as-a \
y Whist kind Of manure do you use now ~ said
he. s,s ~ 81.fss,t e08rf ~ 81 as sg~sat1.le.st
wood ashes,. instead Of dung" answered;
and plant lot Of psrsnips among the onions"
Who told you that dodge!" asked Humphreys.
!. "Why, friend of mine, who drops in once q
week and posts me up"
y You don't tell mo that Why, who IL itr' 4
Somebody you refuse to have In your house,
and 80 I'm glad enough to have him help me get
ahead Of you" 81 gi lF7a sfT ~
This bothered Humphreys completely. He
couldn't imagine what was driving at At last
he blurted out ''What under the sun do you mean,
Tom in ~ 8.s. sgs 81 a.-. rs .vsn soi 5 ,-l4eg
Why, ! mean the WEEKLY HsRALD," said I.
"That 10 the friend who gives me good advics.''s
Before had done speaking Humphreys had
turned away I'M rage; but just ~ he passed the
house his little boy came running up and shouted
to my wife through the window, "Mother wants
to know II you'n lend her the HrRxIp to-day ~
That settled poor Humphreys. he gave his SON
and heir cuff on the head and struck for his own
house on trot, before could get chance to
joke him about 1t. sala ssSma aa as@s91
For some time after this nothing was said about
the papers, because it was q sore subject with
Humphreys. One morning he came over to see
me, and talked about some trees we had been
transplanting from the woods to our dooryards.
Trees are not very numerous in our section, and
we wanted q fow set out around our houses for
shade. knew something had gone wrong with
Humphreys as soon rs he came into the barn, and
SO wasn't surprised when he said,
Three of my trees are dead and most of the
others look as il they were going"
That's too bad" said L. Chow did you fix
them!'' 4Fa.as
them'" said Humphreys; "sll I have done
Is to water the roots"
At this gave low whistle, and then dropped
my pitchfcrk and asked him to come and see my
trees, fI-.asr ~, s8s1a8.ss .esE-. II
There they were, in as good order as could
wish. bad tied strings of straw around their
trunks and branches, and these wstered every
day, letting the water run. down the bark. Then
had put up boards on the sunny side of the
youngest trees to shade them from the sun.
Humphreys looked and wondered, and measured,
SO as to Ak his trees in the same way.
"Wsll, ]" said hs, ut length. "this beats al ever
saw. Where did you get the idea Of these gim-
Z, Dom. run away and whip your. boy. Hum
~ II understand" said ~, with anghastly kind OF
. grin. win you lend - that number OF the
WkEKLY HERALDg Guess can save some Of my
I lent him that paper, and another and another,
snd BY and by he got int the habit Of borrowing
my HERALp pretty regularly. I didn't think
this . fair thing, - til papers got
unused. and torn, and wanted 10 save
them ~ reference. / told Humphreys what
the next years club and take ~, Taper, too
mo, he replied ~ can't AFFORD IT, and 10 the
ms&teT ended. But he didnst borrow my paper
any more unless offered Il to'him. Il \ 80
Time passed on, AID planted . great deaa Of
winter wheat on the strength Of the HHaALD's re-
port that wheat would be. searce that year
Humphreys laughed at this. and to d me / would
lose byit. He was mistalcn, and was n0t. I'm
few months spectators came up the river buying
what lhtle he had at nrst rate price. Then they
came over to me- and Humphreys along with them.
You should hav6sesn She party stare when told
them how much wheat had ready for market
However, they bought II all at the price they
had given Humphreys and was as satisfied as
they seemed TO be. During tiic bargaining Hum
phreys had slipped away. and almost before had
missed him his htt}a hoy ran in with note.
WHAT'S this. bubbyr' said l. 'ss
Pop told me to give II you,r said he. fsqw
II opened It. and what DO you think was there'
OF those the spectators had just paid him, sup
pose. Well, puzzled over II a moment, and then
] understood what II meant, and you may believe
i laughed Humphreys wanted the, wExxLY
HERALD at last; and II you'll look in your subsorp
ton books, Mr.. Editor, you'll see his name and
address. Indeed, may ~ well tell you that he is
as good as an agent IN getting you Subscribers by
relating his experience and mine; and ell around
this section for miles you cannot now hnd,ona man.
whosdoes not take your paper.