Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-27
Puitcrlng and Working.

Some people never get along, for
ilicy want and must have every
hing; and, alas! for the sake Of
making the dime, they lose the
dollar, which in our enlightened
age is an important matter.
III my young days, 1873, work
ed for a farmer whom / will name
Goodman. He owned fine farm
-worth about $4,000. The place
was we'll stocked; be had good
teams. and all the chances to make
y comfortable living. And wins
cnuld he not make ends meet9
Just read the following lines, and
they will explain it: In the morn
ing the first thing had to do was
70 sift the coal ashes. :"Be careful
william. not TO lose any. coke; pick
it. mt cleap." Then / had, to milk.
Strip them clean, do .you hear7'
Then Wa had Notwithstanding.
SKINNED milk and bran bread. /
came on Friday, and Thought these
folks took me to he Catholic To
give them hint, I explained how
my ancestors were driven from
France for being Protestants. All
10 no ayail-every daYlierring and
bran bread. After breakfast I felt
like working and WANTED to go
out, but Mr.. Goodmanshnd his bet
Ter half picked MP q quarrel, or
rather an argnment, about artifi
cial guanos. so interesting. thai |
was drawn into eistrike without
! noticing it. Long tilileafter break
fast we went to shellihg corn; bnt
he sheller being oilt OF order, Il
couple of grains woilll stick to
some cobs. % my,;$Wllliam! you
will have 10 pick them off clean:
that corn must'l t 90. TO wastc.'Ai d
that way it went day IN and day
ont. Once, at the breakfast table,
asked Mr.. Goodman why he al
ways fed on bran and fish. 'Wil
lam he said, bran gives muscle
and fish gives braihs.NsIs replied:
Then you must eat all the tishyon
can; 1, for my part. will play the
fool and take beef or pork When
'ianling out manure had tn scrape
the stones out ofthe ground He
never fed bis hens except on
Thanksgiving Day, and then he
would come TO me with wrinkled
face and say, William, William!
HOW i fed so much corn to my hens,
and | don't get any eggsl'
But enough of this man. Let
me take YOU to ii section OF indus
triouS, wide awake farmers. The
place is Wellington Square, about
Is miles from Hamilton. Farm
300 acres, well fenced. About IN
hour before day break, noise
made with the broom against the
ceiling. and every man went to his
chores. One curried, another
MIXED or fed-in short, al peep CT
day all The drudgory was done
Then for breakfast, plenty of eve
rything-GNl bless their memory!
The only thing we did not get was
much time. and il it had not been
for my Lharp teeth and volnminolls
thrnatl would have been lett be-
hind. After breakfast we won.d
fly 10 arms. and the work We would
rush through was surprising. We
6lled the mammoth barns with hay
aud fodder, and immense cellars
with mangles and tnrnipS, and the
cellar under the house we filed
With fine, picked apples. In short,
we rushed and had abundance;and
vet the boss never worked himself
but was always with us TO give or.
derS.
A grain bin with oats was al
ways open for the fowls.
Mr.. K. hail several daughters,
and for each one he had round
snmin the hank, and all nude by
farming. And Why did he make
50 muchf just because he did not
stop TO pick bones as long rs he
could get abundance of meat
When pay day came he never
grunted. and neither did j; and we
were both happy.-Soulhern Plan
Ger.