Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-04
S. ROSENTHAL.

of stuff bout farmin'; same time
he didn't know a mite more abou
subsoil than a snipe knows of tht
Constitution of the United States
thought winter wheat growed like
apples, on hardy stock, n want
ed to know why Sam Snignost
didn't cut them weeds out'n hi:
buckwheat field. Same time that
fellow writ poetry-writ stuff bout
bob-o-links, nightin'gales, n tortle.
doves n didn't know a hummin
bird from a buzzard. Called Tom
Renof's peacocks birds of para
disc, n invariably got his birds out
Of season-neyer knew him to hit
'em right--sech as gettin' spring
and summer birds soarin' round
loose in winter, n maxim winter
birds light down in clouds in sum-
mer. / couldn't resk no more
poetry on birds 'thout the poet had
come acrost tri6e of material his
tory in his readin'. What l want
is solid facts, somethin' substan-
tial. That lunatic Cameron had
like 10 have ruined me. When /
got copy of the True Flag down
to Oil City, / got on the first train
n sent the coot off in the nick of
time. Sech people ant any more
account in a useful country than
the bones of last years muskeeters.
Eff you'll give me your hand you
wont indulge in poetry, or try to
indooce my readers to plant corn
in the ear, with the small end Of
the ear upward, an pertaters
peck to the hill, or advise them to
practice economy by sowin' half
pound of timothy seed over four
acres, I'll take you on trial."
"I'me agreeable" says 1.
"I1ow's your pond 2" says he.
"My pondp
"You don't understand me. That
chap Cameron's pond always slop-
ped over. His feeders were either
rolled with an everlastin' freshet,
or else he didn't have no fume to
his pond to draw OFF the surplus
water quitely. Consequence was
he overdid everything-never stop
ped when he was done. Give me
man that can get right down to
his subject, and git away from 1t
the mint he is done. Same time
it don't do to let your pond run
dry. You've got to the feeders,
SOS to-keep EN- open, because,
onless you do, when there's heavy
draft on your pond, N it runs dry
on you, where are you! 1 want a
man that can treat general topics
'thout shritelin' up like a buhth of
onion tops, and within down like a
penny dip in hot saucer. want
n man that kin do his work 'thout
showin' a shallow pond"
That wasn't the most encouragin'
talk, but / was bound to try again,
for I'd got it in my head that was
intended for an edditur, so l made
a bargain with Kennndy and went
to work that afternoon. l had
little talk with him he was tired
of old fogyism. n wanted ter stir
the people of Hewlitt's Corners up
with sharp stick. / was to sug-
gest all manner of improvements,
to give the railroad d lift, n to advo-
cate bridge across toSouth Hewitt.
''Give 1t to them strong" said Ken
uady, as he went of. So I writ up
somethin' like this:
"The superiority Of Hewlitt's
Corners as q location for capital
and skill must be apparent to all
in any degree familiar with our
great material advantages. Our val
lees and uplands bristlin' with the
best pine timber to be found in the
United States, multiply the pcpu4
|ation In wealth, n, at the same
time add to the fame of our great
State. The purpose-the mission
Of the True Fag is to bring togctll-
or through the avenues Of trade
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