The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-03-06
THE CRAZY .FlRJNER,

lI"Al' u" SN''S
ity.
II tell YOU no. | hain't got tho
money to spare; and, if | had, |
hain'l got the time to waist over
newspapers, said Ebcn Sawyer,
with some emphasis.
"But you will gain some intorma'
tion from it in the COURSE OF Il year,
SIR" pursued John Walton.
ii tell you ] don't want i'll"
swell, what do you say, Mr.,
Grummct; shan't l have your
namc?"
"No, sir"
This was spoken so ilatly and
bluntly that Walton said no more,
but folded up the prospectus Of a
periodical which he had with him
and turned away.
Eben SAWYER and Ben Grummct
were two old larmers-tllat is. old
at the busincs, though they had
only reached tho middle agc OF
life; and, after their young neigh
bor had gone, thcy expressed their
opinion of and concerning him.
"lIe'Il never make u farmer,
said Sawyer, with 4 shake Of thu
head lie spends too much time
over them books and papers oI
his'n. He's Il little nit above
farnin,' that's my opinion"
"Thcm's my sentiments" re.
suondell old Grummet. 81 tell
YOU, Ehcn. the man that thinks Ia
make Il livin' on u farm in this
country has got to work for it,
At this juncturc, Sam Bancroft
came past. lie was another old
native of the district.
I'VE was just talkin' about
voting Walton" said Sawyer.
I've just come from there re-
piled Sam.
"llr's been borin' ne to sign fol
Il paper, but he couldn't come it,
continued Sam.
ala, ha. So he bored us. He:
gcttin' Il leetIc too high for Il farm
cr."
"lTr's rippin' his barn floor up
said Sam.
"Rippin' tho floor up" repeated
t;rumInet. "Why, Mr.. Amsdel
la,l the whole floor put down new
only three years ago"
"rhc stable floor, mcan," pur
sued Bancroft. Hes got II carpcn
ter up from the village, and his two
hired men are hclpin'.
"Whcw! | opinc he'll make {
farmer!"
And 50 they all opined-with
reservation. In short, there wa!
something highly ridiculous in tho
thought Of mans thinking to ht
n farmer and Il student at th'
same time, and all sorts of jest!
were discharged over it.
John Walton was Il young man
some five and twenty; and, thougI
ho had bccn born in the ncighhor
hood. yet much of his life ha'
been spent in other portions Of til
country. His parents both die,
when he was quite Young, and hi
fathers farm passed int" the hand
ola Mr.. Amsden. But now Joh
had married, and he meant to be
farmer, and his thoughts natural
turned to the old homestead. II
found Amsden willing to sell, an
he bought-puying $500 dow
and giving n note and mortgage IL
$500 more, which had been casI
cd by Mr.. Piddon.
This farming district was upo
4 broad ridge Of land, which hi
hcen cleared for n great man
years, and though they were Il
, handsomest and SmoUthcSt lookil
farms in the county, yet they we
by no means the hest. The SUI
nit of tho ridge was crowned hy
ledge Of granite, and the soil, ov
the whole broad swell, was mo
or less wet and cold. This VI
particularly the case with J"l
Walton's farm, some portions Of
being wholly unfit for cultivatio
: There was one field Of over twen
acres which was never fit for nlo
, ing. Tho soil was so wet NJ
5 heavy that it had never be
worked to any advantage; )
u,,,o r.c uo,e rnnd land IN