The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-16

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struck his fancy. and he seemed dis.
posed 20 buy III; bnt friend who wa,
with him persuaded him that the rake
would answer his purpose. After the
customer and bis friend had gone Out
the merchant IN agricultural imple.
menls said; THAT young man has re-
Gently bought very pretty country
place In New Jersey. His land Il 4
quarter Of an acre Of sloping lawn.
Il u Il puzzle 70 some folks" the
dealer went on. I" how such stores AZ
this, situated remotely from the farm.
ing districts. do profitable business,
especially since there are in all such dis
tricIs centers in which agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS are rctailcd 10 the farmers
But II we depended on farmers for our
custom we would starye. / made nv
first business venture with the late
Prof. Mapes. who was then interested
in the Disappointed agricultural i'm
pement warehouse in the country. and
] cannot call TO mind that we had
among our many customers bona fidc
farmer. We had plenty OF market gar
deners and lots Of amateurs. but the
bulk Of our trade was with gentlemen
who had places out Of town. and the
mama They had for labor-saying and
improved implements was astonishing.
They would call daily on their way
home TO see il we had anything new.
and II we had they would bur II, even
il il was Of no more use 10 them than
trombone
The professor had among his friends
. large number OF prominent actors.
many Of whom were experimental
farmers. Among the most enthusiastic
Were Burton. Blake. j. w. Wal lack.
Jefferson, Chanfrau. Adams and Harry
Placide- They were IS innocent rs
children. and when one Of them came
into the store he would act like little
boy in toy shop. and want TO buy ev-
erything we had, from q sausage-siuffer
70 a iiour-mill. We were cautioned not
20 eel them anything without submit
ting i 10 the judgment Of the professor.
Wallack was particularly irascibIe when
his judgment was questioned. He
once threatened to throw US overheard
because we advised him against pur-
chasing a eight-horse power threshing
machine, which be could never. by any
possible chance have the slightest use for.
these actor farmers frequently
brought in samples Of soil TO be ana
lyzed. and asked for advice rs to the
kind Of crops il was adapted 10 bear.
remember Mr.. Blake brought in
very small sample one time. and the
professor asked him why he didn't bring
more. lie replied that that was all he
could spare, and believed him.
"One day when the statesmen were at
lunch and was alone, an old gentle |
man came in. He told me that the lot
back Of his barn held moisture for
weeks after rain. and asked me what |
ne had better do. advised subsoiling.
and showed him plows for the pur-
pose. They were Of various sizes. from |
No. 70 No. 8--from one-horse 10 |
eight-oxcn. He said they were lust |
the thing, but We differed Is to the |
size. He insisted upon No. 8, while |
positively argued that No. would |
answer his purpose In rebuttal be /
made the argument that one couldn't |
have too much Of . good thing. He i
decided, however, on q No. 81 and then
told me that he had considerable diff
Guilty In having his grass sown evenly;
hat IN some places i would come out
n tufts, and in others would show bare
'pots. recommended q patent seed
.ower, and showed him how IL worked.
Els eyes sparkled with delight. He
old me 70 ship the pillow, but the seed.
'ower he would carry home. because.
1e said. when its merits were fully ex-
blamed there would be such devil Of
! run on them that they couldn't be had
anywhere for love or money!
when the Professor returned and
ooked over the sales. saw that he was
tartled.
Tom. said he, did you sell these
hings u BlaisdeIlg'
- Yes. SIR said I.
He bought : subsoiI plow, I iindr
Yes. sir: he wanted to subsoil
ONE marshy land back Of his barn. and /;
recommended plow. He wanted
70. 3, but persuaded him that No.
would do. ! told him. however. II IL
- not large enough that We would
" Look here interrupted the Pro !
sssor, you sold him seed-sower: did !
on also recommend thatP
Yes. sir, / replied. becoming
lightly nervous; you see, the grass on !.
lost Of his meadows grows unevenly.
tufts in some places and leaves bare
pots IN Others. 50 when ! explained 7
ow the sower worked. he said Il was I
80 the thing he wanted Z
AZ saw lire flashing from the Pro- Z
'ssor's spectacles. became alarmed, 7,
~, IN order 70 appease him, told him y
lat al was paid for =
Paid forr he howled. with ndig- I
alton. Why, didn't you know that z
i my old friend Blaisdcll, Of the Y
!useum? lie has an acre and quarter =
scrub oak out in Jersey. He hasn't :
vamp enough in his back lot to water
snipe. and you have sold him seed
'wer that will scatter seed All over :.