The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-09-04

drunken men got into o brawl which
they kept up tor nearly an hour, and
. policeman was mixed up with j,
for long time without taking any
effective measures tor stopping IL
Of course we have some things IL
America that We are ashamed OF, but
never saw policeman there stand
by and watch Two men fight on 9
public street. Idon't intend 10 give
this as an example Of the Ordinary
conduct of policemen, but tho tact
that such q thing could occur is
proof that the regulations are no'
the best. Some Of It's regulations
however, are admirable. Nearly oil
the public places Of interest art
thrown open to the people, on certa,r
days, tree. Hollywood place, as mucl
a. is shown to visitors. is open t. III.
people every Saturday. There the,
have the privilege OF seeing imagi
nary pictures Of all the kings, rea
and imaginary Of Scotland; besidei
the apartments OF Mary, Queen Q
Scots, in the condition in which sh,
left them. The National Art Caller,
and the Antiquarian Museum arr
open every Thursday and Saturday
Tue Museum Of Science aud Art
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
OF course these opportunities arr
improved by many, and they are no
without great advantage. Wha'
would I not have given hast year fol
the privilege OF taking a geology
class or chemistry class into the
museum of science and art
have been very much amused g,
much OF the farming have seen here.
There Is not near the effort made to
make every SIT oke count two. I saw
some people harvesting yesterday.
There were eighteen men and wome,.
working in the field, accomplishing
what I think five good men and q
Marsh Harvester would have done,
aud done as we'll. These machines
have no reels, they are simply NOW
or with q platform attached, and a
man with . rake slides tho grain
backward off this platform, leaving
it just a. one of our dropper ma
chimes leaves it. OF course il there
is any wind or tho grain is in the
least lodged 1t can only be cut one
wsy. Tho field I saw stood up nice.
y, but there was . little wind and
hey were back cutting 1t. The
binders were scattered along, work
ng together, binding and shocking
both at once. There were fourteen
II them following two reapers cut.
ing one way. I have no doubt but |
il men, or seven At most, would
rave done the work with us. But
lay working is the strangcst thing.
The other day l saw eight persons
working on one stack Of hay. A
nan on the load took torkfull OF
lay and handed it, on tho fork, to a
nan On a ladder part way up The
tack ; he pushed it on up to the top
nj there was man with FIVE wo
nen to stack it. They were about
IS thick as they could stand, tho OBJ
ect being to tramp it we'll. Up in
he Highlands l saw twenty persons
t work in one field stacking hay that
am sure two good men could have
tackled III day, aud l thought it
hey were extra men they might do
IN a half day. The process was
his: Two persons threw a small
ock Of hay on kind Of crate, AMI
hen picked 1t tip and carried it to
be stack. You must know that hay
, stacked twice here. It is first put
p IN small stacks Of alb cut a ton each
nd after it has stood some time is
ID large stacks and thatch
d. In putting up the small stacks
he hay is usually carried together, 1
link.
All this want of invention which
very manifest III Scotland farm
ork aud farm tools, results from the
ot that the men who are interested
getting work done rapidly do not
ork, and the working men are ~
Iuch pleased when the work lasts
ell " when il is soon done. In our
,untry, where every man works bis
w land, every man becomes an in
'ntor, and it would be strange If /
did not come Of it. II is
It that Scotchmsn are dull, for ]
hen they get to working their own /,
I'd in America no people are sharp. I
in taking advantage OF their work. 4
10 no doubt partly owing, too, to /
Q fact that labor 10 still cheaper !
re than with Us. This, however, .
not as much the case a. formerly, I,
1 the tendency 10 still upward. :
nsrs have forced their wages 10 TO q