Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-07-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE CRAZY FARMER.
j. .laADN'T you better subscribe for ;t7"

"9ADN,T you better subscribe for i'll"
Il tell you no; I hain't got the money to
spare; md. IT ! had. huin t got the time to
waste over newspapers" said Ebcu Sawyer,
with s"rire emphasis
but yun will gain some information from
it in the course OF year, sir, pursued Jn0
Wslt"n.
II tell you don't want H."
well, wha, d" y"u say Mr.. Grummet2
Shan't have your name!"
No sir!''
This was spoken so fl .tly and blnntly that
Walton said no more. bur folded up the
prospectus of peri"d'cni which Ire had with
him and then turned awny.
Eben Sawyer and Ben Grummet were two
old f.rmcrs- that is. old Mt the business
til .u"h they had only reached the middle
age uf ii, aud. after their young nei"hhnr
had gone, tkcy expressed their opinion con>
cernin. hIm.
"uo'il never make farmer" said Saw
yer. with shake OF the head "T1e spends
100 much time over them hooks and papers
ofhis,n. Hes little mite above farmfn'
t.iutar.s ~
''Them's my sentiments" responded
Grummct. 81 tell you. Ebcn. the man that
thinks to make u livin' on farm in this
II.
a This jumctur". Sam Bancroft came by
lie was umnrher old native NJ the district
1--WE was jn-t talki about young Wal
ton" said Sawyer
I've Jas, come from there" replied Sam,
Hes been borin me 10 sign for paper
but he couldn't come it."
ola. h": So he bored IA. Hes Ect:;n'
lcetIe too high far a farmer"
Hes rippin his barn foor u1," said Ban
croft.
''ltippin' the foor M" repeated Grum.
mct. Why. Nj. Amsdcn had the whole
40 mt d"wn new only three years ago"
The stable Hnnr, mean," pursued Ban
crcEt. ''llc'S got carpenter up from the
village; aud his two hired men are hcIpin'."
"Whcw! | opinc he'll make farmer!'
Aud 20 they all opined with rPserva.
tnn In shnrt, there WAS something highly
ridicn"us in the tnouvht Of mans think
irg 10 he farmer and n student at the same
time and al! sorts Of jcsts were discharged
aver it.
.Irhn Walton was n younv mnn, snme 6re-
aud rwrrte; and, thnugh he had been horn
in th" neighh"rhn"d. vet much Of his life
had been spent in other portions "f the cnun-
try nis rnrpnrs hoth drrd when he was
Dni'e v"nn" md his fathers farm passed
into tho hands nf Mr. Amsdrn. But now
John had married. and he meant to te
farmer and his thNughta naturally turned
to the old homestead. IIr found Am.dpn
willing tn sell md he bought ht-rayiny ST.
Ann down. and giving note and n mort"ngc
for 81. 500 more which had been cashed by
Mr.. Ptddnn
This farming district was rron a broad
ridge n! land, which had been cleared FIR
great many years. and, though they were tho
han!snmn>t and >mnnrhesf 10 king farms in
the county. yet they were by M means
the bet Tho summit of the ridge
crnwurd by ledge of granite. aud rhe Fnil.
. over the whole broad swell. was more nr less
wet and cold This was particularly the case
with John Walt"n'~ farm, sou:c pnrti"ns "f
IT hciny wholly un6t f'r cu 'tivatinn There
G.''i "i ever Iw""ty acres which vas
never e. Tor r'nxiuy The soil vas wet
and heavy ihnt had never hcen worked t.
any advantage; vet there was srmP CORD lard
upon it. AMI Mr.. Amsden had gained fair
crur,s while he lived there
Ben Drummer had curiosity to sec what
was yn,ny IN in Wartnu's harm. so he drop
ned in there lie fund that the whole Of
tho hnnr where the cattle stood had hnen
torn ur, and that they were digging wide,
deep trench the whole length "f the tie>up.
"Hhgt is all This f"r?' a>ked Ben.
.Whv," returned Walton. who was busy
in surcrin'cndIng the work. and also in
wnrkir" himself Il am having place fixed
tor making manure. I mean t" fiil this
trench M with good mnck. and thus save
the liquids which have heretofore been lost.
think. nv proper MANAGEMENT, | can get
fully double the quantity Of manure which
others have got ON this place"
'Do ye," said Grummes sarcastically.
Yes" resumed the young man. 1T is
fact that tn" liquid manures. could they
he saved. world fully eGnal the solids, both
in hulk end value; and when combined with
wel.so,ted muck and some other articles
which shall take up and retain all the more
volatile parts. feel sure they will sfford
more fertilizIng powers aud properties than
the solid uanures can"
You don't say sol Where dye lsrn all
that7"