The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-21
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mo, sir! / don't want noth'n o.
the kind. In the first place, l ha'nt
got the money; and in the next
place, if / had the money, wouldn't
have none o. your papers"
SO spoke Titus Closely in answer to a
man who had called tC see if he would
like to subscribe for a newspaper
Said man kept a store in the neigh
boring village, and was also the post
master; and he had made arrange
ments to add to his business by estab-
fishing a newspaper agency.
''I can furnish you with any paper
you may like" he explained to Mr..
Closely, land I can furnish it cheaper
than you can get it in any other way,
because by buying of me you will
save the postage. | shall have papers
devoted to the interests of the Family;
papers for the Farmers papers for
the Mechanic and papers for both
young and old; and, in short, l 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 a
vast amount of valuable information
you VIII nnd."
Nancy Closely wanted a paper /;
but her husband said
80, bother l don't want it, tell
ye. I've got as much as l can do to
look arter my farm (; and, if Nancy
and the children want to read, they
can get tracks of the minister"
Your neighbOr, Deepwater, has
subscribed for two papers, said the
agent. "He will take a pleasant,
high-tOned literary paper for his fam
lily, and a paper devoted to Art,
Science, and Agriculture for him
selt.u
''The more fool he ~ cried Titus
Closely, eOHtemptnOusly. "John Deep
water can't afford il no mOre'n 1 can.
My farms bigger an better'n his is
and tell ye, flat an square, that 1
haint got no three dollars TO throw
away for a newspaper"
"But-Titus-n
"Shut up, Nancy! tell ye, l don't
want it,"
And Nancy closed her lips, and the
agent went his way and Titus Close
ly went forth 10 plOw his ground with
the great old wooden plow which his
father and his grandfather had used
before him. p
And time passed on. The newspa-
per agency was established at the vii
Iage pOst-oflice but Titus did not
patrOnize it. He felt that hc had a
principle nj stake. He had said he
wouldn't But in one thing he was
consistent; he would not allow his
wife or children to borrow papers of
his neighbOr Deepwatcr if lac knew
il.
One evening Titus Closely and his
wife took tea, 10y invitation, with
neighDOr Dcepwater. ID
II declare, Nancy said Titus, on
their way home, prudence Deepwa-
ter beats ali ere: ton for cooking,
don't she ? I'd no idea she was such =
hand at it. / wonder where size got
them fresh strawberries. i-
''She preserved them herself" am
swered Nancy.
"O-git cOut TIL EN- Wasn't pre-
sarved-they WAS fresh a new-pick
ed.n .t- e
at is the way they We're fixed, III
tus.n
"Eh can you do it ~
II could if had her paper
Her paper ?'' VIA has
"Yes. She found the reccipe in the
newspaper. And that's where she
learned how to dO most all of her nice
cooking"
Titns changed tLe subject of conver-
sation.
Autumn came, and the AgTicultIr-
al Fair was held IN an adjoining
town. Titus went over with a yoke
of very fine oxen but he found,
when the exhibition came of, that
he was very 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 % whistled Titus, as he sat
in his kitchen, with crumpled re-
port of the Awarding Committees in
his hand. A friend had given him
the printed document. John Deep
water has got the premium for sheep.
By hockey /! Ill bet L clip more
wool'n he does next season.
Because you've got more sheep
suggested Nancy. "But wait and see.
The new breed which he has procured
IS very valuable one.u - 2 - -
Bah Think what il cost him
fifty dollars for pair on 'em W
And" added Nancy, ''he sold two
Of his spring lambs to Mr.. Thompson
for eighty dollars" =
"Git eout n
prudence told me so. John Deep