Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-08-06

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sad my comp on 81. here ain tno
liner corn il the, country always
did tell those toW VI Tell lows that what
you didn' q know about farming wasn't
worth knowing
The loon1y Zones smiled with evi-
dent pleasure. .s
1T s my oopinii,o o., continued the
Major though fully Il, g hat you will
soon have the best farm of it's
size in the country. Just keep up the
lick, you kno Nv. x$s q .
And with d CHEEKY smile and Is
wave Of the hand, he drove of. s.t f
Turning to me he said: III II 81 4z5.5s5$
y low, ] talk that way on principle.
Why call Jones's attention to his
hillside corn? Poor fellow! he looks
at that too much anyhow. / made
him look on the bright side OF things,
and whooped him up. That's the
way to do it, :.
Throughout our ride this rosy snil-
ing old man stopped every man., wo-
man, and child, and gave them just
such a racket as he had given Jones,
suiting his talk to the varying circum-
stances of each case
On our return TO town I could not
help noticing that the Majors en-
couraging words had already produc-
ed an effect. At many of tie farm
houses the women folks had been told
by their husbands Of what had occur
red. They looked upon us smiling
from their doorways, and at several
places little children were sent to way
lay us with fruit and buckets OF cold
spring water. Even at the cottage OF
the Respondent Jones we saw that
gloomy individual laughing in high
glee and chucking his wife under the
chin
"Jones will come out all right, sai7
the Major with 81 grin, "if not tins
year, then some other year,
Naturally I asked the Major how
ne was getting along.
"Splendidly," was the answer. awe
made about $4,000 since I came
here, and I'll clear $4,000 this year. u
He said much moe, but these figures
will do. Before leaving the village had
an hour to myself, and improved it by
making q few inquiries about the Maj
or. found that all he had in the
world was a place worth a few thou
sand dollars, and heavily mortgaged
| found too, that he made only bare
living. He must have known that
would learn the utter falsity of his
statements, but his old habit Of lying
was irresistible. One thing struck ne
Every man in the town stood up fol
the Major.
"He'il never pay out of debt" said
one, "but that makes no difference
Nobody's going to press him.
"You like him?" said I.
"We love him. was the answer
''The Lord don't give us many such
men,"
All the testimony was to the same
effect. As the train whirled me bach
to the city my thoughts were decided
ly mixed. said to myself:
Here is a cheerful old fraud who
can't tell the truth to save his life
He played double during the war
He lives by false pretences. Heis lazy
extrav agant, and an old bag of wind
Yet all these people love him. They
would fight for him, die for him, and
most incredible OF all, they credit him
What is the secret Of it all?"
Then thought Of the talk with
Jones, and the other farmers ant
their wives. 1t all flashed upon me it
a moment With all his faults the
Majors genuine love for his fellow
men made itself felt. 1t is invjnclble
and it won the devoted friendship O
the very men who hated his besettins
sins. Human sympathy IS a wonder
full thing. 1t will WIN a spontaneous
return when everything else fails. w
cannot we'll spare such men as the
Major. We need them to whoop the
Joneses.-Atlanta ga. Constitution