Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-08-10
THE PAPERLESS MAN.

NO sir! DOM l want nOtl'n II O. the KIND.
In the first place, 1 ha'n't got the mOn-
ey; and in the next place, if had the
money, 1 wouldn't have none O. your
lS-spers.'
So SPOKE Titus Closely, in answer to a
man Who he'd called to see if he would
like to subscribe for a newspaper. Said
man kept a store in the neighbOring vii
lage, and was also the postmaster, and
he had made arrangements to add to his
business by establishing a newspaper
agency.
4 can furnish you with any paper you
may like he explained to Mr.. Closely,
'and / can furnish it cheaper than you
can get it in any way because by buy
ing Of me you will save the postage, /
shall have papers devoted to the inter-
est of the Family, papers for the Farm
ers, papers for the Mechanic and papers
for both young and old and, in short, 1
may assure you that any one Of them
would be worth far more to you than /
propose to ask. Ask your wife what she
thinks. You have no idea what vast
amount of valuable information you viii
find.'
Nancy Closely wanted a paper, but
her husband said
%, botheri don't wantit, tell We.
I'Ve got as much as ] can do to look af-
ter my farm, and if Nancy and the
children want to read, they can get
tracts of the minister
Your neighbOr, DeepwateT has sub
scribed for two papers, said the agent
'He will take pleasant, high-tOned lit
erary paper for his family, and a paper
devoted to art, science and agriculture
for himself
"The more fool heV said Titus Closely,
cOntemptuOUsly. John Deepwater can't
afford ft no mOre'n can. My FARMS
bigger an better'n his is and I tell We,
fiat an square 'at l ha'n't got no three
dollars to throw away for a newspaper
But, Titus
Shut up, Nancy tell ye I don't
want it.,
And Nancy closed her lips, and the
agent went his way, and Titus Closely
went forth TO plow his ground with the
great old wooden plOW which his father,
and his grandfather had used before
him.
And time passed on. The newspaper
agency was established at the village
post Office; but Titus did not patronize
It. He felt that he had a principle at
stake. He had said wouIdn't-and he
wouldn't! But in one thing he was con-
sistent. He would not allow his wife or
children to borrow papers of his neigh
Dor Deepwater if he knew it.
One evening Titus Closely and his
wife took tea, by invitation, with neigh
Dor DeepwateT.
4 declare, Nancy saidFIitUs, Oh their
way home. Prudence Deepwater beats
all creation for cooking, don't she? I'd
no idea she was such hand at it. 1
berries
'She preserved them herself answer
ed Nancy.
90 git eOut Them wasn't preserved,
they was fresh as new-picked.'
Tits the way they were fixed, Titus
Eth! can you do it?'
4 could if l had her paper
Her paper" "
'Yes. She found the recipe in the
newspaper. And that's where she learn
ed hOW to do most all her nice cooking
Titus changed the subject of conver-
satiOn.
Autumn came, and the Agricultural
Fair was held in an adjoining own. III
tls went over with a yoke of what he
considered very fine oxen; but he found,
when the exhibition came off, that he
was far behind the times. New breeds
of which he had known nothing, had
been introduced, and his own animals
were not deemed worthy Of notice.
'Whew y whistled Titus, as he sat in
his kitchen, with crumpled report of
the Awarding COBmittees III his hand.
A friend had given him the printed doc
ument.
John Deepwater has got the premium
for sheep. By hOkey III bet l clip
DIoge woorn he does next season.
because yOu'ye got more sheep sug-
gested Nancy. But wait and see. The
new breed he has procured is a very
valuable One.'
Bah Think what it cost him. Fifty
dollars for pair on 'em y
And added Nancy, he sold two of
hts spring lambs to Mr.. Thompson for
eight dOllaFs.s
Cit eOut =
Prudence told me so. John Deepwa-
ter saw so many fiattering accounts of
those sheep in his paper that he know it
would be safe to invest
Titus referred again to the Report.
iHelloI I'm blessed if Polly Downef
hasn't got the frst greHlipEm}7 for cheese
five dollars
Yes said Nancy, she was telling me
aDOuJ Lne CueeSe. cle found out how TO
make them in her paper I tell you,
Titus, it's good thing to have a good
newspaper. wish you'd
Bah Don't talk to me y and Titus
threw down the Report, and retired
from the kitchen in disgust.
The winter passed, and the springs
work was done, and the time for sheep
shearing came. Titus Closely sheared
one hundred and fifty sheep, and obtain
ed therefrOm not quite six hundred
pounds of wool, being less than an ave-
rage of four pounds to the sheep.
John Deepwater sheared seventy sheep
and obtained from them very near five
hundred pounds of wool, thus giving
him a yield of a trifie over eight pounds
from each sheep.
Titus, didn't tell you that neigh
Dor Deepwater's sheep would prove by
far the most profitable? It costs no more
to keep one Of his splendid animals than
it does to keep one of ours. And then
his lambs are heavier, and his mutton
is
Stop yer CAB. Nance know what
ye're pitcher at; it's one o. them tar
nal papers Let John Deepwater go it, |
if he wants to. I've got more wOoln he |
has,
And you wintered more than twice
as many sheep as he did, ....