New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-28
PATHETIC MhM06IEs or HE PLOUGB
From The Missouri Republican

I shall never forget the halcy0n spring
day that grandfather told NE TO scour the ou poust
and get ready 10 learn the myste les ., VIII
the same eager delight and thorough iailniuhes va
Ben Butler bestowed ON the FURNISHING up 81 s'o
chusetts AnshOIse What thrill OF ecstaey ItoncAcs
within me slipped the loop OF the single Inc aooI
my rist reached up 10 the handles and ysapea
Grandfather followed IN silence. Ielt rs gloilous -
Dalzei when he gets into the newspapefs anu
with uuuterable feeling chirped Dear sranapa y yos
needn't never work any more. I'll run INC ifn anu ~!
aud Grandma can spend the money and we VIZ
going down an incline, so when my pt!do qu,enyy
the old plough SHOT out OF the su
erEed me clear over -strsdde OF the beaI Inc noses
stopped ard grandpa kindly remarheo; 10 ~ vsr
st down 70 res' so felt as bad as the Star Reuter-
who pleaded guilty to conspiracy, anu nsu Grsafus
foudiy sat down stump and watched me pun s sI ~
ING 10 drag the old plough and two horses oaes a, ~
lpocast WrencGed my back and ready to start
grandpa wiped the moisture froai MS eyes SUI Ia, Inv
attIv: Ye kin save good deal OF time an grunun ~
r"n the HOSES an maxim item drag the plough ,oIn
Tor ips ike that un" felt so grateful "anIcu ~
MIN to Inc house Tor as 81 ,ss sa rouSS started
down deeper aud deeper Ike sn artesiau so Tas
BaE down on tn handles yeea na U ssS S. Straight
ened ont till their bellies kissed the ground tne
started China struck fyo tse plough os At the
md Of tne plough line. like Gilroys KITE oranup e
picked me up tendery busted ne on with splout', s
sfent ma 10 tie house Tor cleyis and matloeA "s
Inc Started next time with humiliation and an sn
A..
DowniHe law "Pusb tn handles Prom the isnu ~,
ed my rcd hot instructor the pOnyu sn ,st
AGAIN The horses the misery wrapped up !, ~, an
shrek and supNOsing referred ~ them lney s and
trot WITH yours truly a-sApphiS anu "a Pfor-nora
anuttiug and bellowing wnoo-0-o-O, ike Tvs ss.s
The plough founf It's affinity, an ola stuhp Sns,,p
followed and thrown nearly out OF INC ,sa iust
IL busted Inc old stump, and dear grandpa a1' r. yss
I'm time to greet the bees that swaIheu 1 r.d and
awful, the way the horses plunged anu ,a,ak tas
dear grandpa battling Dees aud tryink 70 nxsrc Bat
traces Len Lem, ye young rascal come W RE Team
Concluded 10 faint d. All away hrsl. he got tle sns
loose and they tore FOR the house. koksk r,x M the
whiskey element ID the iowa grpainer started for
me lust a-clawing bees from MS Suit a ,iI enough
ing yelling murder aud splitting "ni NE r..eals out"
nrnjd,ng insects around 10 sting tIe ',eIusd
Wncb ns loved dear old graDdpas society ss,, down
moi 10 wait came out of that itint an" r,r.ulps
the homeslretch ike modern iIy and whoopins
- IoIv Moses" etc etc For the nisl nsii hs,"e our
gained on the horses. but as We nerca Iaaded hlrsd
~ mi began 10 fail Grandma and the rcu ,rn,i,na
ILL I'm ~ meet us and tue hired girl ontrah 80 sr,x
/ dodgei her. but grandpa rsn rikut hs hired girl
When GOT stopped grandpa was nusins ne frio
yrsnd,s was broom ing them b0th anu toe
screaming aud dDdeing and sqiasihk 10 - overcome
round dance broke up dear srnu ,r i hls professor.
aim In our agricultural college out III ,no huternlE
me ont Alone FULL oil apprehension anu hosn rnrough
Fascinating Old ploughl Memory in"s came rip,lng
wrluger a. thy skeleton outlines .,are OF
down the burrows OF time Thou wett ess a.. tnrs carol
impulse and idiosyncrasy SUI ,o' NV now bss
lin the sym phony Gee. gee there' na", AZ yon
annsnort YOUR old hides I'll maui the may on. "a tho
Then grandpa Ioud spring from MS aii y ,,.in Az
W ~ of lime .pcrOached ON the laa " lie
norrows, turning the todays INTO s,,i,If il tired
falls mack into the broken past ~, TO sink into
and wcaried with tue task OF bolug nna IA anatomy
the invisI,le arms OF rest. Fascinating ou al 40
wrecEer Thon art superseded by me IN tsciis
~ ,iif,cans Let us lie down IN tho Of
old play .ate and let the neis1io s,ss
Time cover us with the faiie"'"Y ~ Inv