Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-28
I he Good Old Times.

FARMER bIcWltt was llltlt, urleu up,
frnscihe man. and he used to wear n
rod comforter around his neck and red
flannel enrIappers on his plughat when
Lc went to meeting in winter. He was
always ready to argue that these mod
crn tines were awlully bad. and that
The good old times Of hundred years
ago were just right. He would decry
invention and Improvement and say
that the worlt would be better without
them He took a newspaper on pur-
pose 10 count the murders recorded in
it and tell how bid the world had
grown. He would stand for hours on
Il corner in the village and retail his
deductions on the present and his re.
grots for the past.
One day he had whipped the minis
ter in argument, and rs he had his
dinner and tho minister had gone away
mad and the women were mt work in
the kitchen, he tipped back his chair,
drew Il red silk handkerchief over his
head to keep utf the fl cs and went to
sleep. lie had not slept over five min
utes before his son john came in and
,ald:
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piece Of wheat and cut il.
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sP'1h > OF course l must get on,
'"t'y s""e VI 4u'. 'cio'h ier you ahu
inc poys an" went yards or pressed
n' n! ioF me ana tue gas;
ID VIII iooNed uo"n NJ ms legs and
s"" '""n' 'i'aSoo III n'I-cioth OF coarse
,'N' ur'' an" I''e seat OF ms trousers he
iG'' I@ar"nn clear up to his shoulder
o'a"HS' ana 'hG legs were as wlue a.
t"o,n'ShctS SACKS
"e'' III DO darned! was all he
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Dream!Iy ne Sauntered out again tc
inc wheat leio' ana John halted HIM
trainer II gu ain going to he!!
cut III" wheat suppose you yoke thu
oxen in" 80 up to the woods and draw
4raf1 or Two OF logs for wood?
DieW II wa. composed but he said
- la" intended to burn coal in the sit
thS-ruom ana parlor, and not cut mucI
WOOD.
Coal coal'' said John. angrily
"no" see here, father, | don't wan
amy more OF this foolish talk. am go
jng TO Elt doctor.
blowitt began to think lie needed on
himself Here his BOYS never heard o
reaper or threshing, machine o
ears. do felt OF his iall-cIoth pant
and groaned. On the lounge at tn
house lie laid himself down and trie'
TO calmly imnk things over. Whel
ne doctor came he called for Pal
and barred blewitt arm. He took on
MS lance, and then Blewitt groane'
again.
- must take gallon of bl ood.
H&id Inc doctor. land then he will calf
! Town ana be all right.
: Don you know b|eedin' wa
played out iiity years agoP" said Blew
ut.
how he wauders! sad the doctor
and plunged IN his lancet. Blew
tainted. Nhhn he came to himself b
heard one OF the girls talking about
j art 81 down IN the village who took pro