Nebraska advertiser., 1882-08-03
Sunday-SchOOl Lessons.
"AN'T THERE NO P'RAPS!,


the quiet evening, on the way home
from his DAYS work. Presently the
tr0t' trot OF horse breaks in upon the
stiffness. Muilled in the distance, but
drawing nearer and loud now on the
hard, dry road. 1t is the farmer COM
ing home from the monthly sale at the
small town three miles away, and he
draws rein, seeing the old man leaning
on the gate. He is disposed for chat,
at least he is pleased to have some one
10 whom to tell the thoughts that have
been busying his mind during his ride;
ana the old man is somewhat of a favor
lite with him-he bears the character
(alas! rare one) of being thoroughly
rellable. And the evening is STILL and
the day s work is done. And there is
no one awaiting the farmer at home. In
the autumn he talks of getting himself
companion, helpmeet for him. But
ne must have things bit straight first,
and look about hiW on the land Mean
while he is full Of plans and schemes.
ana ne Is minda to please himself to-
night by unroANS &ssne of the piano.
rama r of them before Seyes of the old
D+Fins Aght, ~mank M1DumEHD
course commences every British t56vsfy
sat'on; and the prospects of the weatfh
must now, as always, receive their due
need OF first place in the talk.
Then they go on to talk about the
crops and the likelihood of the year,
about the farming in the country that
the farmer had come from, and the
great superiority of the ways there.
Great alterations were to be made, and
the .productiveness of the land was to
be doubled.
You see the rushes in this pasture
land, my man? Well, all mat will
have to be drained. There is a
capital fall, and there is no reason why
TWO blades of grass should not grow
where one is growing now. You'll
hardly know the place when I've been
mere year or two. AS for the plow-
lahd suppose you never saw n steam
plow hereaboutS Soyou 90 on, blowing
the same ground over again, turning up
Just the same depth. And the tramp of
men and horses upon the land, year after
year, makes it as hard as road two
1eet under the soil Then, of course,
you can't have the proper drainage, and
". n II,
| shall make Il vast change here | shall
nave steam-plow at work that will
turn up the ground twelve inches
deeper than the common pillow does,
and without foot being set on the
ground. Then | shall improve the
breed of cattle. You have lots of wool
and poor mutton; ne had first class NUT
ton, but little wool Now | mean to
get the two things together here. | am
certain to do it, it's to be done by what
some people call science, and other
folks common-senSe. Then the bull
locks, | have an idea or two about those;
there deal to be done yet in crossing
breeds, and believe that Pm the man
to do it. I've capital, you see, and
can stand little waiting, and even
bad season or two. And it mayn't be
TINS year, nor next. no, nor the year
after that, but I'm sure to turn over
heaps of money in the end. | shall
want some one to help me, of course,
in the home work. And | flatter my
self I've got nice, sensible lass, with
no tine-lady ways about her, and I'm
going to bring her home about Michael.
mas, shall have all ready in the
house for her by then, and I'll warrant
she IL soon make all tidy and COM
Portable. She'll see after the cows and
poultry and the eggs. Why, there are
m'IhonS of eggs sent to this country
rom France, from Ostend, every year.
Why shouldn't zoe have the price of
emp All, shall institute a reform
a,good many things about here.
nall make my own fortune and the
ortune, | dare say, of many another,
100. l shall-well, | can't tell you half
OF what I've decided to do, even this
very year"
Amt there no p'rapsP" This was
what the simple minded old man said,
and thus he checked the flow of the
farmers talk. The God-fearing peas