The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-05-14
NOTES FROM THE FARMERS GIN,
A Literary Paper, md Remarks on the rhr..
Places where DIKesiIon Rcnin.

Places where Digestion Begins.
Just as the six-cornercd clock emitted a
rumble which indicated tho hour of q tina
Chair raped smarly on tho desk and re.
marked that tho bulls and the bears appeared
To be getting at the wheat and tho meat Tho
Chair then. flashing the light Of it's spcctanlea
up and down the area OF the club made a few
brief but feeling remarks concerning tho cov
Aggie. which gave $4,000 pounds Of milk in n
single year. The Poet Cutter sat easily nj an
angle Of forty-hve degrees with his boots we'll
under control, and had the appearance Of being
well satisfied with his relations to agriculture
and art. He wore buff waistcont with him
buttons, and a ruflcd lawn shirt with pinhend
dots. The ends of his sensitive mouth went
racing constantly ut the tips OF his sensitiyo
ears. and no figure in tho club was more sun.
shiny and jocund.
The paper of the day was by Farmer sbor.
man. 1t has before been said of this farmer
that he has the literary gift and IL foIlows tim,
an outline of his essay Is not calculated tn do
him justice. He spoke of the umbrapcons
beauty Of New Haven, and referred humorously
to Jumbo. He spoke of tho New England
farmer who il deficient in the spirit of uootrv
and applied to him the lines of Wordsworth:
A primrose by rivers brln
yellow primrose was to INN;
And II was nothing more.
The ,o M n: Il ;n "e sS9, f cue
Mr.. Cutter shifted at these lines, and said 10
the Chair that he would like ut future meet
ing to repeat some verses which lie had written
about whale in the year 1916.
Farmer sherman, continuing, referred with
mWREGk y effect to the EEEimeS2l Gdm
swor to which. of course. is. " because she is
something to adore From this ne went ON to
sp"s sns %@n'un just kF ws9
Martin entered the room the essayst was toll
ing how he once saluted pretty shaker girl
Chair had Just cleared his thront to express
disapproyaI of the act Of Farmer Sherman. WIN
When Fsresr v2 arn Who whao had S wh ts
violent a manner that the, whole club was in
that the large veteran policeman, who is posted
in the hall outside to keep an eye on the young
assistance before he Thought To put his head in
at the door to see what the trouble was about.
The aged lady farmer with the brown lunch
Of trcmbc, and II was some minutes before
the excitement subsidized sufficiently for the
essayist to go on. When he did go on II was to
tell that one of the most pleasing objects lie
ever saw was a nico thing about ~. nnorphan
The evp farmer 5I from T5HSMS Farm
er sherman If this WAS romance. or if it was
real experience.
Farmer Sherman boldly replied that it was
Farmer lambert said that Farmer Sherman
ought 10 use Il nltrrn-ccnt npSh brush. Ito said
that then the farmer would concern himself
more with agriculture and less with the
comedy offspring of aRriculturists.
Farmer sherman intimately that lie didn't
Farmer Lambert persisted that men horses.
COWS. and sheep needed currying
The club Snickerrd
Farmer Lambert Indicated by pnntomime
that Farmer Martin was bald and needed a
fifteen cent flesh brush to make his hair grow
Farmer Martin sncercd. and said he didn't
want any old pung of fifteen cent flesh brush.
Farmer Lambert remarked that he hoped
Farmer Martins conscience was not burden
some TO him.
Farmer Martin wished Lambert the same.
Farmer Sherman spoke clttingiy of farmer
I.ambert's whole theory of surface and flesh
brushes.
Farmer Lambert read paper to show that
there are three places where digestion begins.
To illustrate the lcngth to which indigestion
may go. the farmer spoke of n horse VI his
which hn was driving through the coun-
try. The farmer stopped for dinner mt IN inn,
where he ate corn breud and used his flesh
brush. Tho horse mcantinc ate 50 much gITas
that the fnrmcr couldn't get on till next morn
ing. The farmer though that indigestion could
bc cured by reading aloud after dinner. OF
course. this cure WAS not applicable Ia u horse
asked Farmer Lambert If he would not deliver
the lecture on The Three Places where Digea-
ton Begins" another time.
Farmer Lambert hotiy replied that under no
circumstances would he speak upon this sub
Jcct before the club again.
The Rev. Farmer said that he had been much
Interested in the farmers remarks, and that
he hoped the farmer would not be imp;.rable,
asked Farmer Lambert not to get huify. Farm
err Martin then proposed, and the club unHni-
mously voted that Farmer Lambert should de-
liver his lecture i'll full two weeks hence.
Farmer Lambert remarked that the club
might vote itself hoarse. but he shouldn't
Adjourned.