The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-15
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ACriculture-ss at Know

The basest fraud OF earth 10 agriculture
The deadllest 'g"ts tdtnHs that ever ght-
tered to beSuile and dazzied to betray Is az
rlculture.
| speak with feeling on this subject, for
I've been glIttered and beguled' and daz-
lied and destroyed by THIS same arch de-
celvcr.
che has made me thousand promises,
and broken every one OF them.
She has PROMISED me e. riy potatoes, and
the ram las drowned them; late potatoes
and the drought has "lt"ered them.
she has PROMISED me summer N4"asheS,
and TIE worms nave eaten th'm; winter
slHaShes, anI the bugs nave "e'oure"
She has promised cherries, and the cir
Gallo has Atunr them. and they confirm Iiy-
rll thing. unromclv 10 ,he eve and IN
savory to the taste.
She has promised straw berries, ana the
Young chicken, have cnyclopcI th,ln, and
the CSC caaaal see hem.
She has rr,ri,,el Tomatoes. and tIe old
hens have cnco,cra.scd them. and tIe
hand cannot reach the,n.
She has never promised ne weeds. and
lo the land is full of them.
arose before dawn to set ont svoot mo-.
tatoes; the acue seized me; | had thirty
chilla. and three nccks Of notatoas /
toiled IN the heat Of dav to cnlt;y.te cab.
b.ges: | raised TWENTY-FIVE bIisters. but
nothing more. | labored with the latest
twilight to hoe my melons. | lost nv mel
ous, but found the rheumatism
No wonder Cain killed his brother IT,.
was a tiIler of the Ground The wonder il
that he didn't xiii his father and then
weep because he hadn't \ grandfather to
kill. No doubt his Earlv Rose notatoas
for which he maid Adam seven doII.rs
barrel had been emf down Inv bngs from
the h adwaters Of the Ennhrates U;s
PENNSYLVANIA wheat had winter killed and
wasn't worth cutting. His Norway ont.
had gone to straw, and wouldn't Weld five
pecks per acre, and his black Spanish
watermelon had been stolen bv bows. who
had pulled up the vines, broken down his
latent picket fence, and written seurrilous
doggere all over his back gates.
No wonder he felt mad when he saw
Abel whistlins along with his fine French
merinoes, worth eight dollars a head and
wool going up every dav. No wonder he
wanted to kill somebody, and thought he'd
practice on Abel
And Noah's getting drunk was not at
all surprising. lie had become an hus-
bandman. He had thrown away magnifi-
cent opportunities. lie might have Lad
monopoly of any profession or business.
Had he studied medicine there would not
have been another doctor within thou
sand miles to call him "Quack;" and every
family would have bought bottle of NO
abs Compound Extract of Gopher Wood
and Anti Deluge Syrup" As a politician
he might have carried his own ward solid,
and controlled two-thirds of the delegates
IN every convention. As a lawyer, he
would have been retained in every case
tried at the Ararat Quarter Sessions. or
the old Ark Uiyh Court of Admiralty
Bnt he threw away all these advantages
and took to Agriculture.
For long time the ground was so wet
he could raise nothing but sweet flag and
bullrushes, and these at last became drug
in the market. What wonder that when
1t last he did get half a peek of cranes |
that were not stung to death by Japhet'.
honey bees, he should have made wine and |
The fact is. agriculture would democrat |
20 a saint uss .luoOt a., so;,+ wbor 7 |
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