The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-14
A STARTLING PLAN
10 SUPPLY The lEA1aEa oLMANO
III. Suyply Of alI. No. legal to til. p,s,Ds-I
aln WlS Proposes 10 R.l.. Cattle FER Their
SEiu,, sad Il OSt,ln Better leather aAd
More Of 1t bJG slBpI. Iarls.

An lHIELu0EcER man met stranger In
city bOtsl the ether day whose appearances
vas likely 10 attract attention In this part
Of The county. Flowing locks, 4 broad
white hat. corduroy JACKET, with velvet
vest beneath, and j,Aus pAnLG'o ons worn IT,
ado Of boots which reached above the knee,
WeTe The details Of costume which 1t will
readily b believed made an Impression on
The crowd which was scattered about the
hotil lobby. Theso unusual articles Of ap
partI Wena rendered more striking BY Ham.
inE ied efayaI and q high collar Of
Iho Style prevailing about ten Year,
aRo. Tue reporter sAuntefed around aud at
tsmptsd 10 gutrE what u IVES, bat with poor
success. Ia Epit, OF the mAn's grotesque COS
tune, he had 4 aust, natural bearing, and
an expre.hlou winch without the clothes
Woula nave betokened professional gentle
man, While tbr newspaper man was hesitA'
uDg how 70 approach bin, and yAinly Try
ing " determine which Of the names on the
reStIier was probably his, the stranger turn
Cd, and stepping TOW ard the scrtbbler. utter
sdtls words, hight, please" The havana
WIS extended, aud It's owner embraced
the opportunity to MAKE some remark about
The weather a an entering wedge 70 con
yertatiCn. The stranger proved 70 DC soeiA
BILE, aud the Two we're soon seAttd toHelnel
and engnHe1 In An earnest discussion oil th'
weather. The man was from Ie1ni peoPl'
here, he Baid, did not know HnHt NAIn
weather wAI. lie wished be could Import
sstton OF this climate into the plains o
TexG; he would then be assured Of the sue
teSS OF a little scheme which he was about 7
try. but Of whose outcome In 70 warm eli
mate he wBS dubious a.,
"SomeLhiuE In the agricultural liner
asked the reporter.
Not rxGcuy. / AN In the hide bushes,
have raised hides for twenty years, now
and IN ade lob OF money, 10 bOutn America
hui didn't like the country. am nj
live OF The UniIed Sltes, and J. would lik
10 nv my plan here, but I'm afraid It vii
not " TX In Texas. ,.,,
"Why not' Cattle seem 10 thrive there"
, "Ob, yes; there's no trouble about the oil
dluIry way Of growing cattle"
WTheo YOU grow them In some eKtraofd
nary way, shg Got patent on AftinciH
Tbe LEVITT OF the remark was overlooked
and the man from Te1ss continued: III "
continue In the ldiaShioned way Of ratsiu
hides, The sapply will eventually run on
Why, sir, every year leather Is used In large
: Guantltlea Fewer children 20 barefoot 4
! Inc summer In the country suicu ina
] formerly, aud the negroes IN the south AZ
wearing much more than they once dc
Leather Is llrgely used also 10 househol
ornament, and there 10 vast AND CONSTANT
. Increasing demand Tor II IN pslung VII
these demands, the growth oil oatue ~ 10
civilized world hardly keeps pace, and Their
h an Incresiug difficulty In getting the skin
, and hides, This has got to be. An animI
requires IlV Or slT years to attain Its iu
size, althouth at two or three years old II
Inrre enoutb 10 slaughter. Well, you ca
az now mary cattle II would take TO keen u
Win the leather demand. Now, have bee
rnITing hIds In MoBtevide0 on system {
NV own. Ii you are posted you know thu
ne Imporla,ions from that country have IA
ian Of over 80 900 10 the past year. | hAy
quit the buliness down there"
"WhAt AZ the features OF your systemr
ain the fi,st place, Il 10 crime 70 kill ca
fla for iheIfhidea What would you thini
air oi farmer who would kill his sheep Il
tbeir WoolT And how long do you suppos
the wool Siyrlv would bold out II that pla
we're 10 VoS1e?'
mot lont suppose."
"No, sIr;land the supply OF hides Is gettin
!, short r eyety year. Now, don't kill m
clttls. rtnoTe The hide, turn the animi
out again, ild by cold weather new Akl
/, somethIns Of the reporters thoughts mul
y have been TiSible In his expression, for th
Il man So idetly stopped and eleyating one foo
winch was t6rown o.sr the other knee, b
asked:
Il wa, abOutA number 8, and the reportt
admitted that be saw It
"Ftel itH
The reporter didto.
\ THAT teI,htr, sir, Is from the second bid
\ OF four j,ar old steer. Did you ever %
\ anvthIugsler lfist, tried NY plan 10 1856
y but the cattle we're 30 peStered with files an
insects tn, they did not flourish, and ID
akin grewin pitches Then went 10 woi
II aud compounded lotion with which was
u the ANNA, after they are skinned. Til
y not On'y protects them from the ar
y noyanceS thty uLsd 10 suffer from, b.
u Il makes tie hide grow loose, 20 that 1t ca
!. / Q separated from the COW without aay trot
r, bic. BtSldss, every successive hide 10 softt
n art liner tan the other. At hIst the cAttl
/. suuIrmed WIEN they were haysd. but no'
I, they're uSei to H. and make less iuEs than
. sheen undif The the shears"
WHAT dhcnliits do you fear Ia Te1fSH
liam Afhid the sun will dry up the lot OF
am HoingtO try some new Ingredients, hov
ever, and / link possibly l can obyiAte th
diticulty.r
The reporter had risen, and was about
bid the INN good bye, when Eomeon
behind hin remarked,
"Well, hiAbOut time for our train. Let
T, get 10 theitpot.f -
The Tr1aa nodded, rose aud started o
With the tthsr gentleman, who, as be lei
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