Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-01-27
An Epitaph on House-Keeper's Tomb.
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FARMING IN DAKoTA.-"Yes, sir" re-
sumed the Dakota man, as crowd of ag
riculturists drew back from the bar and
seated themselves around little table,
Eyes, sir, we do things On rather stable
scale. I've seen man on one of our big
farms start out in the spring to pillow a
straight furrow until fall Then he turned
round and harvested back
ssCarry his grub with him ?'' asked a
Brooklyn farmer, who raises cabbages on
the outskirts.
'No, sir. They follow him up with
steam hotel and have relays of men to
change plows for him. We have some big
farms up there, gentlemen. A frisnd of
mine owned one on which he had to give
mortgage, and l pledge you my word,
the mortgage was due on one end before
they could get it recorded at the other.
You see it was laid off in counties
There was murmur of astonishment,
and the Dakota man continued:
81 got a letter from man who lives in
my orchard, just before 1 left home, and
it had been three weeks getting to the
dwelling house, though it travelled day
and n1ght.''
DISTANCES are pretty wide up there,
amt they?" inquired New Utrecht ag
riculturist.
REASONABLY, reasonably" replied the
Dakota man. "And the worst of it is, it
breaks up families 50. Two years ago l
saw whole family Frustrated with grief.
Women yelling, children bowling, and dogs
barking. One Of my men had his camp
truck packed on seven four-mule tea US,
and he was around bidding everybody
goodbye"
"Where was he going ?'' asked a Graves
end man.
HE was going half way cross the farm
to feed the pigs" replied the Dakota man.
Ibid he ever get back to his family 7"
ut isn't time for him yet returned the
Dakota man. "Up there we send young
married couples to milk the COWS, and
their children bring the milk home"
II understand you have fine mines up
that way ventured Jamaica turnip
planter"
Eyes, but we only use the quartz for
fencing,'' said the Dakota man, testing
the blade of his knife with his thumb, pre-
paratory to whetting it on his boot. II
won't pay to crush 1t. because we can
make more money on wheat. l put in
eighty-nine hundred townships of wheat
last spring."
''Hew many acres would that be?'
I'VE don't count by acres. We count
by townships. and counties. MY yield was
S6S,00O,00O On wheat alone, and l am
breaking up from eighty to hundred
more counties next season.
ssHow do You get the labor for such ex-
1ensive operations? asked the New Utrecht
man.
s,Oh, labor is cheap" replied the Dako-
ia man. "You can get all you want for
from 500 to $47 per day. In fact l never
paid over $2S."
SIS land cheap?"
mo, land is high. Not that it costs
OF the Territory you have got to take SO
much or none. I was in luck. Had ],
friend in Yankton who got a bill through
the Legislature allowing me to take 420,-
600 square miles, which is the smallest farm
there"
'sLook here" said the barkeeper, as the
eastern husbandmen strolled out in a
bunch to consider the last statement, lis
all this thing you have been telling true?''
"Certainly,'' responded the western
man; tat least it is modification of what
/ saw in Dakota paper wrapped around
a pair Of shoes last night. [ didn't dare
10 put it as strong as the paper did, for no
on, would believe it. You Can slate that
last round of drinks and 1 will pay in the
morning. / live right here on Myrtle av-
eDue.
ONE WAY TO WEALTH.-"Herman -
said II offenstein, as he danced over book
in which he kept small accounts, ''has dot
shoemaker vot keeps de corner around
bald vat he owes de sdore yet ?"
.sNo, Misder Hoffenstein," replied the
clerk, ''but I dhink ne will. He is a goot
man if he vas poor.'
dot may be SO, Herman, but you had
peter watch him. DON'T let him hat nod
ing more on CREDIT. You must always
dink man was RASCAL until he bays vat
he owes; if you don't you will loose money
nv dinking he vas goob My gracious
Herman, I have seen blenty uf poor men
who we're goot. Dey would puy dings at my
STORE on CREDIT, and spend der cash nit
,,ome Won else. Watch de shoemaker, Her
snan; [ hat been poor myself vonce.'
de shoemaker, Misder Hoffenstein, y
said the clerk. would have bald before dis
If he don't hat been so poor"
''But he don't got 10 Freshness being dot
way;n replied Hoffenstein. "a man vat
vas poor. Herman, don't can blame no Won
but himself. Wy don't he get velty like
nder beoble If man vas sadisvied mid
being poor he don't can be vert ANGLING
sou know. Ven vas bedding [ vent to
yelty merchant to get some goods on
credit. He don't let me hat dem, und l
rold him dat vas honesd if vas poor
man. Vat you dink, Herman, he saws:
..My frient, hell vas SO full uf beoble in
your fix dat dere legs vas sdicking de vim
9i.ws OUT Dot experience, Herman,
lea, ned me dot poor man don't hat got
5nylupnce enough in dis world to make de
dogs bark at him, und 1 vent to work.
Thes wears after dot l haf dry goods
I'd we, und vas de president uf political
association. My gracious, Herman, ne
fer want to be poor man.