The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-21

water saw 50 nl-ay lattering account
OF those sheepin his paper tlElt h
knew it would be safe to invest"
Titus referred again to the report.
"HellO I'm blessed If Polly DOSn
cf hasn't got the first premium 70
cheese-1ive dollars -
''YeS," said Nancy. "!Shc was tell,
ing me about her eheescs. She fOuH,
out how to make them in her paper
tell We, Titus, it's Il good thing I,
have good newspaper. / wisl
you'd"
"Bah DON'T talk to metz An,
Titus threw down the report, an,
retired from the kitchen in disgust.
The winter passed aud Tia,
springs work was done and tht
time for sheep-shearing came. Titu,
Closely sheared one. hundred and fif.
ty sheep, and obtained therefrom mol
quite six hundred pounds Of wool, be-
ing less than an average Of fouI
pounds 10 the sheep.
''Titus, didn't tell you that neigh
Dor Deepwater's sheep would prove
by far the most profitable 1t costs
no more TO keep one of his splendid
animals than it does to keep one OF
ours; and then his lambs are heav-
ier; and his mutton is
''StOp your CAB, Nance / know
what your ye'Te pitchin at It's one
o. them 'tarnal papers Let John
Deepwater 90 it, if he wants TO. pve
got more wOOl'n he has"
'And you wintered more than
twice as many sheep as he Clidg'
I'Shet up will ye ~ sfFf b
Nancy was silent. But the end
was not yet.
After the haying had been done, Mr..
Deepwater and his wife called over
and took tea, and spent the evening,
with Titus and Nancy.
In the course of conversation Pru-
dence told to Nancy many new
things which she had learned of
household mysteries. while Mr.. Deep
water talked to his host of the great
improvements which were being
made in agriculture. And Titus was
interested in spite of himself, though
he tried to appear otherwise.
s'By the way, Titus said John
Deepwater, late in the evening,
"wheIl you get ready to sell your
wool, think | can recommend you
to a good market"
"Much obleeged, John but I've
sold"
"Sold 10 whom >"
"To Saddler & Ryder, of Brink
ton. ~ A
"Did they come for it >"
"Yes. Old Saddler came himseif.n
"What did he pay you ~
"Thirty cents.n
'"Thirty-cents Thirty cents
pound?
"Yes.r
"Goodness, mercy, John! You
didn't sell your whole clip at that
price ,"
"Ye-e-s. Why9' gs.rfE rE es-F
" Why?-Why-wOol, like yours, is
worth forty-five cents and 1 was
authorized by Mr.. Fairman to offer
you that price for your clip. You
must have had over five hundred
pounds ~
r'Yes," said Titus, gaspingly, ~
sold five hundred and seventy"
"But-didn't you know that wool
had risen in value ?"
"EIr. Saddler said thirty cents was
all twas worth"
"Mr. Saddler deceived you. But you
should have watched the Market Re
ports. Didn't you notice them in the
paper 81
"II-dOn't take 10 paper"
II declare, Titus, am sorry for
you. But it can't be helped now"
Mr.. Deepwater saw how badly his
friend was feeling, and he said no
more. e-E
When the company had gone, III
tus Closely took down the old slate
from its peg by the side of the look
ing-glass, and began to cipher. The
difference between thirty and forty
five was fifteen and fifteen multi
piled by five hundred and seventy
gave product Of eighty-five dollars
and fifty cents !! F-.
On the following morning Titus
Closely went to the village, and sub
scribed for two papers one foI him
self, and one for his wife; and in time
he came 10 regard the Newspaper as
one OF the greatest institutions of the
are. IN tLedqer.