, 1879-04-19
WHO WOULDN'T DE A. rAnsrEra7
Hurt1titt

WHO WOULDN'T DE A. FARMER
Hurd<te.
1t is spring, nndathe annual warfare begins.
EARLY III tile morning the jocunl furmcr hics
Him to tic field anl hunts around h. tlo dead
weeds nNl grass for tic plow lie left out there
song time last fall. When he tnds 1t he takes
1t to tile shop to have II mcnle,i. When It Is
n,cndcl, lo goes back into The tlcu with 1t. Ha!l
way down the first iurrow he lays, ha runs tho
plow falrly Into big llye.oak root, the handles
alternately break rib on this side Of him al!d
jab tho breath out OF him On The other, a.,l tllc
sturdy root, looking up out Of the ground with
plrnsel smile Of recognition, says chccriully
Yah. Mr.. Thistlepod, at It again, eh1'
Fifty feet further Oil lie strikes stono that
doubles up tho plow.point like piece OF lead
arl,i while the a1nnzed and brcathlcss agricu1tur
ist lcuns, limp heap of humanity across Tho
pillow. the relic Of tic glacial period remarks
sleently:
xota %Ai, Il, la' nj, ;spF'0s hero alFeady Glad you
And then tllu Granger sits down and patiently
tries to tie on thAt pl0w-pont will hickory
wthrt md, wht1o ho pflrsl1cs this fruttless task,
tho friendly crow swoops down ncar enough "a
ask;
~ "gs,a, a, to 9qt this twenty in corn this year.
Aud, bcforc 10 ilas t!mo to auswor the sable
bird, 4 tiny grnashuppcr wiggliug out OF clod
80 fu!l Of eggs that lhcy cunt bccountcd, shouts
lrlsk!y:
"iisre M we "a gre O. aqntu, Mr.. Thistlspod; dinner
for 5O0, COO, ,000, ,O00!"
Antl thau siow-moylng but very positive
potato-bug crawls out into tic sunlight to SEQ II
the frost Inns failed bis strlpas, anl says:
"1'hc oltl-faHhlonch peactblow potatoes asc
the best for sure trop, but the curly roso should
bp planted for tho first marset.n
Tilen several new kinds Of bugs who haven't
made any record yet climb over the fence an,l
exhbeoo 10 % u buoe s hs ean sct thtous
with them, Prof. Iicc sends him circular stint
tuE tllat there won't bo q drop Ut rain from tho
middle Of May I'LL tho last Of October. This
alsnost stnns him, tut hu is beginning to teel q
tho Department Of Agriculture at Washington,
saying that oil Indications point 10 q summer oj
unprecedented, almost inccssant, aild long.con.
tlnued ralns a,,d flootis' aHn a. advising l,!nl to
|lnd words In which to express his emotion. q
uclul1nor drops Ill to tel him that oil the peach.
trees In The country aru wintcr.ktllcd, and lin.
Tho hog 9so!cra Ia ras'"g ileresly IL tho northern
part o on Tug , ;o"t1 M nm en s b.. wfo fon zones ou'
tho well. antl, when the, poor ,nun gott
to the uoor-yord, hts children, With much
shouting anl excitement, meet him, an.. toll
him Tiers are coup'o OF cats, OF the pole de-
ntp hi bas9 T W tea1s a nd n0s Il
gun 10 snow 10 I,ari lie curt eee tho i,oraca
when llc stands at the pillow. tfe Is Discouraged,
and starts tor the house with hiB tenn, when he
meets a ulafi who boutces him for uHttsS thrco.
Horse clovis !Io made himself unl wrlngs ten rc
lurtant dollars out ol 1lira for II. Wheu he
rearl1ea the house tha tlrlvawcll nan IL whiting
for hin, and while llo Is scttlfuy with him, d
clock-pcddlcs comes in, nnd f!ehtnsng-ro.l
mau, ecreeuel BY thu sfornt. climbs up oil thu
80 Smoky house, fastpns $U5 worth Of lightning.
rods on 1t, ntld, Ge!ore tho poor farmer can gut
hfs Eun baf iouded tho Dallitf cumcs In to tell
him lhAt ho has bten drawn on The Jury.
No, would not, eyuu II could, 10 farmer,
Tllt lifo ia pleasant and independent, but Il
seems to havo lts drawbacks.
II ! were farneT would grusnbia all !
wanted, and thump tlis sinn Who luunl fault
with mo for IT,