The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-31
devoted 40 Art, Science and Agriculture,

! devoted 40 Art, Science apd ,AeTicul.ur:
tof himself" 81 @ \
"Tbe more fool Shepsa ori,d Titus
Closely, ,contemptuOusly z.John Deepwat
Ter cauF afford it no more'n 1 can. Ny
farms bigger an 'be,,er'n his is; an l tel
ye, fat an square, at 1 hain't got no
three dollars to throw away for a news
''!:1, "Bo.g s;gssYg gS Ae "a,
"shus up Nancy! tell ye, I don,
want it." 5'a
b And Nancy closed her ylips, and the
agentEReut lis way J. asdLTi,us Closely
wen. forth to pillow his ground With the
old wooden plow which his father and hi,
grandfather had used before him.
And time passed on. The newspaper
agency was established at the villoge post
Office; but Titus did not patronize it. He
felt that he had principle at stake. He
had said he wouldn't, and he wouldn't,
But in, one thing he was consistent. He
would not allow bis wife or children to
borrow papers Of his neighbor, Deepwater,
if be, knew, It. fSS Eoir
One evening Titus Closely and his wife
took tea, by invitation, with neighbor
DeepvateE. 81. sh gsz ;r,,r
Il declare. Nancy said THU. on their
way home,s"Prudcnce Deepsa,er beats
iallcreation for cooking don. she :? "a
no idea she was such a hand at il. / won.
der where she got them fresh strawber-
fr'es s9ss s,si
4"Shs preserved Them herself" sau.,
swered Nancy.
"O-git eout! Them wasn't preserved
they was fresh as nex-pickedpS q"
IL issthe'way they were fixed, Titus"
"Eh =! Can you do it !"
l Icould.if I bad her paper" 1870
YES She found the recipe in the
Newspaper; and thats;whcre she learned
hoEto do most all her nice cooking.
Titus changed the subject of convcrsa.
tion. lis:4
Autumn ..came. anG tho Agricultural
Fair was held in an adjoining town. Titus
went over with yoke of what he cousid.
cred very fine oxen; but be fopud, when
the exhibition came shss hs.wa.' 'vs Very.
far behindtbe times. New 5rse i. .ofwhich
he had knoEu!nothing,, bad Tbeen irtro-
dueed. aud hiss own animals were, no.
deemed wortbsofnotice. .4,se
Whey !" Hhis,led Titus, a, he sat in
his kitchen, Nilh;a crumpled report Of .hs
Awarding Committee in his hand. 4
friend bad given him the printed dpc.uE.
m.nt; John Deeewa,er has got the pre-
MUM for sheep. By hokey ! I'll bet i
raise more wool n he does ncxt season..
because you've got more sheep" ,ug-
gested Nancy. "Bus wait and see, The
new breed which he has procured is a
very valuable one." 81 y
Bah Think what it cost him. Fifty
dollars for pair on 'em ~ ss. 10.
"And," added Nancy. "ho sold two Of
bis spring lambs to Mr.. Thompson for
eighty dollars"
S"Git eout {"
80" Prudence told m, 50. John Deer
water saw so many aattering accounts of
those sheep in his paper that he knew it
would be safe to invest" ~.
Titus referred again to thoRrpor..
b heno = m'olcssedSIt, Folly Dovner
ht'n't'got tue first 'ptcnriuh-f0r chesdds;es--! !
FIVE dollars" u: o:
Yes" said Nancy. "shc was telling
nc about her. cheese, She found onthov
to make emisherlpapet. "A tell, sou.
Ti'us, its good thing to have a good
newspaper. wish you'd"
X bah ! Don't talk talae ''srA nj Titus
,hrew down theiepsrt and fesired from,
tho kitchen in disgust ~ soss
g The aWintcr passed, and the spring,
work was done, and ,he'tino for sheep,
'hearing eame:- Titus Closely shSarcd
nna hundr rad and 6E,r J,os, .,J ,k,.;..a, .,