The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-01-14
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FARMER wlLc0xs EXPERIMENT
o. A Coed AeiAo4 Of Preserving Fruit.
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COB. Jmmyl Look in hegek aint
+ those rirtms Won't ne hase some,
though, when ,be1 ct rpe yue5iGr4t.
Z 81 Robert Carly. IS b. peered Through
be iAterstlc. ~ a board feaac progec,
ing 81 orchard from lbe higiaay His
( oomrade followed his example, eagerly,
resting bis eyes ioueiuply upon a plum
tree abaDdantiy loaded Na.h ripeuiag
4 plums. Close 0y stood a pear tree It's
limbs .oRlF bending 8Ith is weight Of
Z promlaag ilulG
4 .eIaiul righl ta steal, said ho amoth-
er Says So, and besides, old Wilcox will
30 after us quickern 4 wink
+ sN0. he Won't nnthcr. ANSWERED
lsplwsA ~ s.ne llis hesslssGe6sfg~ oTA
look ONT for Lim tho old s.inaq thing +!
HI bad a whole garden iull oi flowers
last summer, aud Tom Perkins asked
him tur only one flower Tor his little
sick sister. old Wilcox said he'd flower
him With q cndeel aH he sWore at HIM
az drove him away Nith stones Tom
WHs scared almost 70 death i wouldn't
have been though, be added, putting
bis hands into Iis pockets and looking
very brave DO you see those bushes
away over there he asked, pointing
With his finger to field Of shrubbery
some distance away and back Of Tue
farm house towards which they were
walking
Yes nnsNcred Jimmy
Well, there's lots 81 blackbcrries
hero aud old Wilcox won't let any boy
pick en-, though be don use EN- him
seH, and can't use 'em. lie watches
round an' il be secs anybuddy there he
sets his big bulldog onter them, and
no one wants to go there again.
"Oh gasped little Jimmy, turning
pale with fear, lets run +? p'raps he may
set bis bull dog on MS now.
"Oh, poah, who's afraid {" snoered
brave Robert, returning his hands to his
pockets aud commencing TO whistle.
Ills courage was Of short duration how
ever, for the farmer observing them
looking through The fence, and suspect
ing some thieyiBg speculations, had
started out with his dog and was com
ing towards the gate Roberts defiance
oozed out rapidly, and be lost no time
IN following Jimmy, fear lending "a bra
very TO his feet perfectly enliyening
Neither looked back, until they had put
good bali mile between them ard the
house
Robert Curlys remark, "the old stingy
thing WIS not made without reason
Three yoara t,rhpiano - thA oDeDinn ~
my story Mr NilcoS had purchased
his farm al very low figure The for
mef possessor did not understand the
science Of farming and had allowed the
place to run TO such poverty that, be-
silessix years Improbable labor thrown
in. be WIS glad to sell the place at loss
Of fifteen hundred dollars. With the /
remaining sum, he had opened fancy
goods store in the village, a position
which bis abilities aud inclinations were
better adapted he had been educated I
behind the counter and therefore sue |
ceedod better in what appeared to be
bis legitimate element How many 4
persons mistake their calling | often
think that the farmers who cry down
their really noble and intelligent pro
fesaon, are those who have lost their
places III life. and would have prospered
admirably as blackfmiths, carpenters,
sboemakers or tailors. BE sure you are
where you ought to be, then you can 90
ahead
So this farm fell into tine hands Of a
man understanding the art Of farming,
and three years had compelled the place
10 blossom like the rose" with ncatness,
completeness, beauty aud abundance
The house had been painted, The fence
repaired and whitewasbed, no stones or
rubbish about the place, neatness ey-
cIswhcre The fruit trees had been
trimmed and grated with the scions OF
a noble and prolific kind, and those
whose crooked and guarled aspect
promised little gains for much pains,
were rooted out and cast into the FIRE.
] know a number Of human trees that
will be served likewise, when the Great
Primer comes So farmer Wilcox, as
he WAS called, had made his homestead
tue admiration OF the county. The per-
fection of painstaking was everywhere
exhibited aud the extra thousand he
had expended in repairs, setting ont
more trees aud reclaimng the deprayed
land, had returned him heavy interest
Bot while Mr. Wicoz displayed much
shrewdness and agricultural knowledge
be manifested a lamentablo ignorance Of
the value Of sociality and heart culture
HIS no.ghbors finding him a man Of
much Judgment, and withal much intel
leciaaity and scientific diseernment,
congratulated themselves upon the ad
diiion 10 their society. and naturally
sought bis company 20 express their
friendlluess and appreciation. But all
attempts 10 acquaintance were met with +
repngnsuco All neighborly tokens of
goodwill were grufiiy aud thauklessly
received, ani any requests for counsel
or knowledge were reluctantly supplied,
till d, last, fndiag that the honest vii
layers would surely make him one Of
them il he didn't openly resist it, be
gave out that no fayors would he given
or received. u0 acquaintance desired.
aud. b short he wished to be left alone
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