Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-09-08
SeIe STORY.
TEH PAPLRLEss MAN.
BIZ ,sYLYANus COBB, 9R.

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i,No, sir,iiI don't want want nothin' o
the kind la tha first place, haint got
the money, and il, the next place, If i
had the money, 1 wouldn't have none O
your papers. .'a e ~ -
So spoke Titus Closely, in answer to a
man who had called to see if he would
like to, subscribe for newspaper. Said
man kept a store in the neighboring
village, and was also the postmaster, and
he had made arrangements to add to bis
business by establishing newspaper
agency. a.li.i3 ..;s1, s...i z
..I can furnish you with any paper you
may Hike" he explained to Mr.. Closely,
"and lean furnish it cheaper than you
can get it in any other way because by
buying offmen yop will save Che post
age, all shall have papers devoted to the
history9of the family, papers for the far
mel, papers fol the mechanic, and papers
for ryouug and old; and, in short, / may
assure you that any one of them would
beworth far more to you than propose
toask.9laat Ask your wife what she thinks.
Youhaye ne idea what a vast amount
of valuable information you may find.
Nancy Closely wanted a paper, but
her husband said: ',' ,- 3,.... = 81
20, botherEI don It. want it, I tell ye
I've got as much as I can do to look after
my farm, ,and if Nancy and the children
want to read, they can get tracts of the
minister, =, 81 MI. ga -. q, = i
"Your neighbor, Deepwater, has sub
scrfDed for two papers, said the agent.
"He will take a pleasant high-toned lit
erary paper for his family, and a paper
devoted to ant, science and agriculture;
for himself s,g3',.. '..-s So. ~ s Ia
"The more fool hen said Titus Closely
contemptuously y,aJohn Deepwater can't
afford 1t no more n I !. can My farm is
biggerand better'n his is; and I tell ye.
fiatand square, that han. .tgotno three
dollars to throw away for a newspaper r
"Aut. Titus-fsa ae2> -s'lNa.> a-,f.A ',',5' -
"Shut up, Nancy! 1 tell you L don't
want tit.ns+ " -
And Nancy closed her lips, and the
agent weEt his way, and Titus Closely
went forth to plcw his ground with the
great old wooden plow, which his father
andsshis randfatherd had used before
hin. 9,3"'es a 49, 5S, s,s sss1. an W. ~, j 5
And time passed on. The newspaper
agency was established at the village
office; Ibnt Titus did not patronize it.
He had principle at stake. he had said
he wouldn,t--and he wouldn't. But III
one thing he was consistent. He would
mt allow his wifa and-ohildran tn nor.
row ,,atnsefss o11f his n,e,ighbor Deenwater
if heknew it..y ,ag.
One evening Titus Closely, and his
wife took tea nv invitation. with neigh
bor Deem Deaespwater.l t,. ~. H. II .1a4
mIdeclarA Nanfcsvvl5,; said Titus, on his,
wav bom.S seprndence Deenwater heats
creation for cook eys.r don ~ sneq I'd no
idea abs.' sbes was ajs ssuch hand at Il won
dor whara che oot ,ben, fresh strawher-
rios ~ s..stS,i... .st4 .;,,ss
"Sbe nj ,nnrassatrvad than, b,arseIf uanswar-
.d Nonev ~ e,,,I .a.-.,,l'.,. .I.l ~
30 y,f emit Them wasn,t nressrved
thew were ne fresh a. new nictedu
nIt u tl,a 8, :, wav thay were fixe,l Titns -
"Eht car, nn,iyvo,, yvo,, ID, .it,,,.,7a, 81 -,
uI I,co,lJ ;rrbaahar Az a,,,,r,, ,sle - -
"Her paper?nl r,ts
"Yes. She found the receipe in the
newspaper. And that's where she first
learned how to do all of her nice cook
ing.Da ,sosiss '..i.' =. a.'...',s'.'N : e'tt
Titus changed the subject Of ..onver-
sation. % 10 - (. - So = :. = ','i I
Autumn came, and the Agricultural
Fair was held in an adjoining town. III
tus went over with woke of what he
considered very fine oxen: but he found
when the exhibition came off that he
was very far behind the times. New
breeds of which he had known nothing
had been introduced. and his own ami
mails were not even deemed worthy of
notice. 'f>.ts p II =. 'f, 9,i .ii'
"Whew.n visited Titus. as he sat in
his kitchen, with crumpIed report of
the awarding committee in his hand
A friend had given him the printed doc
ument.. "John, Deepwater has got the
premium for sheep. By hokeyi I'll bet
/ clip more wool than he does next sea
son,n .i-'.i .'>..'9i-''7' -.'it
aRacausa vou,ve got more sbeen -
suggasat4ed at4d Nancy. "Rut wait and see
Than;. hrood ,v,,io,,, be b,s r,o,cc,,,r, roc,,rod u =
vsrv yolnable one .s4e - = -
pab, Th;nk what tb.v eost him Fifty
doI,s H. mn.g;r gr0fAfnbn 0of them