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

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have - Moe . little farm - can be found in
the State Of Minnesota. On the next farm to mo
is the hero Of this story III you please to call it
SOY, the man who did not take paper. How this
man came to take paper am going to try to tell
you. si ssi5oa5 a..i s-lai esTsn y,
You see. my family Is reading family. Why,
when we were'on East, the HERALD used to visit
US regularly q the daylight; and, upon my word,
we thought It quite necessary TO our existence.
But when my means failed, and had
to pull mp stakes and move West, WAS
obliged to give up the DAILY HzRALD. Il was
about ~ hard . tug to do % q to leave the old
homestead; but, said to my wife. 1.-The spirit Is
willing, but the pocket Is weak. Mollie"- so
we left the HERALD behind M with the rest OF ciyi-
lizaton, NJ ~ fx.fs aa,sI
Well, after we were comfortably settled out here
In Minnesota, we began to feel the need OF reading
matter. B0okS were few, and the papers we re-
ceived from the East, once in while, only served
to whet our appetites.q Now, I needed an agricul-
tural paper to give me hint about farm matters
now and then. But also needed . newspaper;
for ! tell you I felt behind the age without the
news. Ny wife and the girls agreed with me
about this; but, like obstinate creatures, as
all women : are more or less, they gave
their votes for story paper. ''Well," said to
them, says /, 1--WE cannot afford to take three pa
pers. In fact, it's going to be hard pull to take
one. So settle this matter between you, or the
upshot Of IL will be that we won't take any paper
at ALL" They stuck out and stuck out, and there
we were, after all the palaver, without any paper
for months. s,o, ~ sgs + ,.s "a s-os fs,s
At last I went down to the village store one
day. ana who shcud / meet there but the post
master, who was getting up club for the WEEK
TX HERALD. "Let me see that paper" said l;
maybe I'll join In the club."a Here's copy,
said he, land you can take 1t home with YOU" I
tell you 1 read that paper all the way home.
There was news on the first page and agri.
culture on the last page, and stories inside, and
reading matter enough to last rs q week on every
page. Get along, Little Mac said / to my
poney; II guess I've got the right paper at last"
My wife thought % too. 80 did the girls. Come
to look at the price, it wss so cheap that found
could pay it right OF without waiting till after
harvest. What do You think did then, Ha! ha!
Why, hitched up Little Mac again and drove hack
six miles to the village, ell in furry for fear that
club had been Hiled up while was gone. "Put
my name down." said to the postmaster. "All
right" said he. "Hers's the money" said I,
handing him the only Eastern bill I had about
me. "All right" said ho again., giving
me the change. And then OF home Drove a.
proud as crow in gutter as my wife told me
when came into the house. 1870 .s.s.r ..g.,,
After tea went across felds TO. see my neigh
Dor Humphreys. We talked about the farm, the
crops and all those things, and tried to get up .
dickeS, bat couldn't. Then, as YVES whiting,
| told him about my paper, and advised him to
put his name down. too. "Not a bit Of g." said
he. "why mott" said I. "Oh." said he, eve
done without a paper ever since I've been out
here, and guess can find better use for my
money" "No you cant,' said !. "why not.'
said he, Grossly. ,s, III ...,ss...ass vssa ...rs
well, y said l. % good paper is good thing.
II eduoates the children like. We haven't
any good schools out here, - and q
paper takes the place OF them. Then, again,
u answers instead of books, which are confcund.
eddy expensive and hard to get in the country.
Then, again, It keeps you posted up about news
and"--. F4't-
~ can hear oil the news want to down at the
village" said he. interrupting; "and that reminds
me I'm going there tonight to learn what's doing
In Congress- aa ara-isa-ai Ra - /. i9 fs1
''Oho," said +, "there Il Is again. Better save
time and horsefiesh, and wear and tear of wagon,
by getting the news out OF q paper. Why, Ham.
phrsys," said |. poking him with my Hnger,
s'you'll spend more money liquoring down at the
village while hearing the news than would buy .
paper" ts
Get out, said he; II don't SEQ Il. Maybe
you're an AGENT And 20 on he walked. little
hufy. What read had that night after the
girls had gone TO Sleep Ha. ha Guess took
the worth of one years subscription that first
night, II I'm not mistaken. And my wife! Well,
she couldn't have been more delighted IL she had
found fortune. do believe the girls were re-
pcatng the poetry over in their sleep, 30 tIckled
were they with the nice verses they read in that
paper. About twelve o'clock, Just as was kick
ing on my boots to turn In, Il heard Humphreys
drive past like mad. "Scems to me the news has,
kinder got into his head, by the way he drives,r
said \, chuckling to myself THAT village store Is
a. bad - . tavern" said my wife. And % we
went to bed.
Well, my nsphow, who IL here ON Q visit mon
enc Est, and who Ia writing this out for me ana
giving the grammar and spelling touch hare 81
thsrs-my nephew says that I had better ssip .
little Tins 10 make my story shorter. supposs ~
cay thrss nonthsf By that time hsd talksd -
great many neighbour about a. had tAlksa 10
Humphrsys; and what with ny talk and ths psse-
masters and big handful stuck up IN ths sssss
ne WuxLY HmALD had q full club Of sabsseihess
~ a -ks4 Z y
ioin IN with ~. He wouldn't TAKE papsr, and -
di1n't take paper. but picked up what nswy he
ceuId BY hearsay, and said he saved money By H.
one day, some months after, o. was gsing In
from work 70 get drink ef butternilk. whe shoud