The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29

eyes, we laundry the sheep on the
18th, and we could shear them OF the
10Th and l7th,'' I'm think1n'; and, Mister
Cool, ye should get another sheep to as
sociate wild the wan We have or it'll be
lonesome and die wild the augwe, as ye
call it."
"An right, Torrance; and 1 wish you
would see what repairs the hay rack needs.
Then you can couple on to it and take it
to the machine shop. Ny idea that it
only needs new cross heads bsbbiting,
water-gauge ferrules, pet cockrodh handles,
steam-chest gland b4shing and goose
neck ring ewes.
1t is said that much of the hard earned
money which Mr.. Gould gets every
month for his ~railroading is spent on his
farm at Irvington. He hasn't 50 much
ground as Cy Field has, but it is under a
higher state of cultivation. Mr.. Gould
likes to encourage crops, whilst Mr.. Field
prefers to see his grounds grow up kind O
wild, as they do in England. Jay has q
peculiar weakness. 1t is for having real,
hornets OF his country seat. He says he
thinks it promotes &C 'ivity, and induces
one to make gigantic strides toward some
thing better.
Mr.. Field has quite a l )dge or toll gate
at the entrance to his grounds, where the
lodge keepers wife hangs out her clean
clothes on Monday morning to scare the
horses of the gently.
Mr.. Gould goes up at about 4 o'clock
on the New York Central Road, riding
on an annual pass, and it is very rare that
he is recognized by anybody. Quite often
a large railroad hog occupies the seat
It'll A. nAV,l1 on1 olDoNCf cOI1oFC tho
life out of the man who has squeezed
other people so much all his life. Mr..
Gould stands it like a little man, however,
and rarely squeaIs.
The great fnancier seems quite old this
summer, but he says he is looking for
ward with hope to a bright mortality. He
said that he was glad to see me, for he
wanted to tell me about a kind act which
he did a year ago in Sc ret, hoping that it
would get into the papers before this, but
it had not. He said that other folks could
do kind acts in secret somehow, and in
forty eighthoursit would be in the papers,
but he never could do it.
He then gave me a roll of soiled manu-
script in his own we'll known hand, which
had evidently been returned by a good
many editJrs during the past y ar, as it
had certain blue marks of disapproval all
over the back. 1t read as follows:
"As the cold weather set in this year
Mr.. Gould began to co his ~butchering at
Irvington. He generally kills three beef
creatures and nine shotes in the fall with
his own hand. He begins early in the
morning to heat the water for scaldir g
hishogs, and by shutdown he is all through,
and ready to cut up the meat as soon as
it cools off.
yesterday was a gala day for Dobbs
Ferry, Irvington, and Tarrytown, for Mr..
Gould gave out word in the morning to
all the neighbors' boys that they would
be welcome at the killing, and could help
themselves to their choice of the various
internal organs of the animals killed.
Many poor people got their winters tripe
in this way, and as far even as Yonkers
and Nyack people were supplied with
sausage wrappers free.
at was a beautiful scene, in the midst
of which Mr.. Gould might have been seen
cheerily~ skipping ABOUT, and ever and anon
opening up a fresh creature. 1t was an
occasion which will lo4g be remembered
by the young people of %Irvington, and
fully illustrates the generosity and innate
goodness of Mr.. Gould. We trust that
he may live long to give yet more delights
and other such things to the young of
the country.
hope that the editor of this paper will
see his way clear to print the inclosed,
for it will not in any way compromise
the paper, and 1 know it will do Mr..
Gould much good. BILL NYE.
P. S.-Mr. Gould would like two extra
copies of the paper a'so. B. N.