Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-13
loLuME XIII ELK COUNTY DAT Ia wEDNEsDA7


he was one of the brawny, biz.
handed, hard-shell farming fraternity.
and he had just come In from Swansea.
ditching his team to the post he stood
close under our Office window, watch.
ing the men at work laying the electric
wires in the new dug trench. It was
evidently new feature to him and
ne took in all the sight as keen.
ly as a boy takes in his first cents
worth at the circus. He leaned down.
took hold Of the open end Of one of the
small pipes through which the wires
are run, and then turning to a Globe
| 'sGas or water, misterPs'
"Ehp' said the G. v. man.
us this pipe for gas or watera That's 9
what want to knOw.,'
"For neither" answered the Young
man. 'lt's for the 'lectric light. Same
as the talligraph an the talliphone,
an it's for suPplyin' lights to shops an
hopses an factories. Ever eco ths
lecfvsRllss ssrHfj; cSh-r say rs / nov, Ieast-
ways, not to my knowin'. You see, l
live mile an half out O. Swansea,
way back in the country, as it were, an
never come into the village arter
dark. But still think if they'd had it
there, l should a hearn on it"
Ger out wi We. We old greeny,"
scornfully said the Glober; ''do We think
they'd hev tn 'lectric light in q little
one-hoss village like Swansea? Why,
we're just gettin' 1t in this big city"
But what do they want with these
wires runnin' through tn pipes?" asked
the farmer. ''Thcy only take up room.
an if they've too much room in tn pipe,
wouldn't q bin cheaper to hev q smaller
than this'n and hev to partly make it
up wi wire>?''
'Look here, old haysced," said he,
lifting up the end of the pipe and get
ting the farmers attention fixed upon
it. :. 'Lectricity isn't gas nor wa
ter. It's as like air as nowt, an We can
no more see ii nur feel it nor a dog can
'preciate music. 1t runs through these
wires and the pipe is only laid to how'd
t wires an to keep mast of EN-. Dun
ye understand it now, old weasel?"
There was an ominous CLEAN in the
old farmers eyes as he handled the
wire ends again.
I'm only country chap. l know,
an l cant be expected to know as
mich as We city folks, but should just
like to ask you another question. You
said as how the 'lcctric stuff went along
these wires. Meow, will yer tell me
how that can be?'
II know nowt about how it can be
only know it is so,' replied the man
from the Globe.
"Neow. thou doesn't know as much
as thou pretends to an thou thinks I
know less." said the farmer. but III
tell thee what it is my friend. I'm no
fool if I'm no chicken. and AS there is
no hole in these wires for Electricity to
60 through, know as thou'rt liar
who's been trying to fool man most
old enough TO be thy father. These
wires are solid. not hollow. an if it
wercn' for fear of t law an yon po-
.'cen.an ut t corner. I'd bung thy eyes
up un.;i thou couldn't tell the differ
ence between the 'icctric light and
Kerosene lamp. What thou'rt aching
for Is somebody to punch bit of truth
into thy head and to teach thee bit of
good manners by loosening thy hide.
1t cost me TWEEN y-scycn dollars 10 lick
chap last time wor in t city, so l
Gamma afford to have Bit of fun every
time come 10 town, but I'll tell thee
what I'll do. just jump into that wa
gon wi me an I'll drive thee DER the
bridge, where W. can hcv it out with
out anybody Stopping us. If thou will,
Ii give thee two dollars fer the loss of
n 3 and fifty cents for sticking plas-
r
TIE Globe Vi.lager moved away.
''Well good bye, If thou II not oblige
me-" said the farmer, as the other
moved off. ''Thou'rt like to please
thyself, lad, an thou knows best, but
If ever lay hands on thee where it
won't cost so much to have bit of fun,
I'll make thee glad to creep into one O.
them pipes. I'm only an old man but
I'm too young to be fooled by Fall
River chap. Fail RiUer AdUance.