The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-06-24


marked ,l,e sad passenger Etalng %, -
I. The wiadow.
Where i there any wheat asked sbe
iai pssscrgeF.
1 doaa know, was The calm reply /
doat really know that there is any wheat
/ 10 WyAndogte county bat every al
ways talks about ibis wbeA. looking
apely At this time Of the year, aud !
know that Il mus, 30 lhe proper thing 10
4 10 say
/ That Is wheat fu The Geld on our right,
/ said be man 90 the weOd.box.
That s,ufIf echoed al the other pAsaen-
gers, rushing 10 the wIbdow,
Yes, he replied. that bright, dark green
stuf
Why, they chorused AgAls 10 dlsappolnt.
cd tones, Il looks IKE grass.
7 thought wheat was yellow, said the
passenger with lhe candy gostee; don't
thry alwsys talk shout the yellow helda
and the golden grAin7. Hs
That's when ifs ripe, exclaimed the
man on the wood-box.
Wheat yellow when It il ripeY incrodu'
lously cried the sad passenger. guess
you're thinking of corn meal How
could they make white bread ont Of yell
low wheaip
There are two kinds OF wheat, aren't
there asked The tail. thin passenger.
Yes, said the man on the wood.box,
spring and winter.
How do they ditTeri
Well, said the man on the wood-bor. t.
spring wheat IS planted in the spring,
and winter wheat is planted In the win
ter.
have heard farmers talk Of fall wheat,
said lhe fat passenger.
| Yes, the man on the wood box assent
ed. And then, iu snswsr 10 their looks Of
inquiry, he sdded, tits planted in the
| fall.
thought, the passenger With the sandy
gostee remarked, that spring wbeSt was
planted 10 fall and harvested In the
spring
The man on the wood boI said, Yes, be
believed, come to think OF It, that was
the way oft.
And winter wheat, then, the sad pas.
senger suggested, is planted in the spring
and harvested in the winter7
The man on The wood box shifted un-
easily in his seat, and looked nervously
up and down the car.
Well, yes, he said, he guessed II was
that way.
Then fall wheatl asked the fat passen-
ger, earnestly
And the man on the wood box bit of
the end Of a match, took of bis hat and
looked into it, aud finally said hc believed
II wasn't planted until next fall.
Then you get two crops Of wheat, said
the fat passenger, off the same field in
one yearf
The man on the wood box said yes,
but 80 family that he had to repeat 1t
twice before they could all hear him.
Which Is the best wheat, asked the tall j,
thin passenger.
Tho man on the wood box was heard by
a strange passenger totsay to the stove
pipe that be wished he was dead, but he
rallied little and said
For bread2
Yes, for bread.
The msn on the wood box opened bis
mouth TO reply, when be caught the eye
Of tho woman who talks bass fxed npon
him with strange expression. lie got
or bis perch, walked down TO the dis
used and Abandozed water tank, looked
around forthe long lost tin cup, drew
some hypothetical water into il out Of the
empty tank, took long drink OF nothing
out Of It, and as be came back to his seat
the subdued eroak OF the woman who
| talks bass, and the composed countenan
ces Of the other passengers convinced him
they bad been laughing about something.
Bot be didn't seem to care what II was
abou', for be didn't ask, and presently he
drew bis bat down over his eyes and dis
sembled sleep