The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-11

Inc Nhtcnez (Miss. Democrat
draws the following picture Of the
Southern farmer:
Halo, stranger, you seem to be
going to marketp
Yes, sir, / am.
What are you carrying that plow
along forY
Going to send it to Pittsburg.
To Pittsburg, In Pennsylvania
You're mighty right, am.
What are you going to do that for 7
To get it sharpened.
All the way to Pittsburg to get 1t
sharpened 7
You bet We've starved our black
smith out. He pulled up stakes the
other day and went to Texas.
Well, that's rather novel idea, my
friend-sending plow SO far to get it
sharpened
Not so novel as you heard it was. We
do our milling in st. Louis.
Is that so ?
You are right it is. We used to have
a mill at Punkinville creek, but the
owner got too poor TO keep 1t up, and so
we turned to get our grinding done in
St. Louis, Missouri.
Do you mean to say you send your
grist all the way to st. Louis by rail-
1 didn't say nothing about grist-we
hain't got no grist to send. But we get
our flour and meal from st. Louis.
see you have hide in your wagon.
Yes, our old COW died last week.
March winds blowed the life out'n her.
Sendin' the hide to Boston to get it
tanned
All the way to Boston
Yes, sir.
Is not that expensive, my friend p
The freight will more than eat the hide
up.
That's fact-cleaner than the buz-
yards did the old critters carcass. But
what's the use being taxed to build rail
roads, Thought you get the good of
'em ? Used to have a lanyard over at
Lickskillet, and shoe shop too. But
they keoflummuxed.
Kerfummuxed-what is the meaning
of thatp
1t means gone up spout-and 'twixt
me and you that's mighty nigh the case
with our State.
When do you expect to get your
leather 7
Don't expect to get no leather at all
expect to get shoes some day made at
Boston or thereabout.
Rather misfortune to loose q milk
GOVT
Not so much of misfortune as you
heard it was. Monstrous sight of shuck-
in and nubbins in q COW, and milking
night and morning and gettin' only
bout three quarts day.
What are you going to do for milk ?
Send North for it.
Send Moth for milk 7
Yes, concentrated milk and Goshen
butter.
Oh l see the point.
Mighty handy things, these railroads
make them Yankee fellers do all our
jobs fos us now--do our smithin' and
grindin' and milkin and churnin'.
Yes, we go our bottom nickel on cot
ton. Sending it up to Massachusetts, to
get carded, spun and wove. They'll
come when we'll send it there to be gin
ned, then we will be happy. Monstrous
sight of trouble running these gins.
That wonld be rather expensive, send
ing cotton to seed.
No more than the western fellars pay
when they send corn East and get dol
lar bushel and pay six bits freight
Besides, as 7 said, what is the use of
paying for railroads Thought we use the
road
You seem to appreciate railroads.
think we ought-we pay enough for
'em.
reckon you fatten your own pork.
Well, you reckon wrong, stranger.
get them Illinoy fellers to do that for
me. It's mighty convenient, too, mon
strous sight of trouble toting basket
full of corn three times day ia hogs in
pen, especially when you hain't got
none to tate TO it.
should think so.
There's one thing lacking though to
make the business complete.
What's that 2
They ought to send them hogs cook
ed. Cookin' and preparin' wood for
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