New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
A LESSON IN HOSPITALITY.
AN ENGLrsHN1AN IN THE COLONIES.
now GANG OF THREsHERs SECURED FRESH
BEEF FROM A DUDIsH BUT sTlNOf
AMATEUR FARMER

AMATEUR FAItMEh
As rule there is no love lost oct"ee" ha'i.o
Canadians and the Englshmen who come OUT 10
settle in "the cOlOny,' as they can It, ihcso
true blue loyal subjects OF Her Majesty queen VIC
toria when they first come out. affect rather To
dcsnisc the colonistsn as If they of some
inferior and allen race, forgetting that the grand
parcnts OF the Canadians nearly all born In
the o!d country. and that their own children will
lie native Canadians. and therefore colOnsts' too
This feeling cones ont strongly in the rural
districts than anywhere else, perhaps And the
reason for this doubt is thet native Canadian
farmer is, nine cases out Of ten. rather un-
c0uth in his manner Of living and mohe
OF speech and thought; anyway. he appears 50 to the
class Of young Engishnen who come out there TO
farm with certain amount Of capital, too small 10
pursue agriculture within the old country, but large
In comparison with the which nine tehthS
OF the farmers OF Canada started ana man'iihe"'
These young fellows generally buy their laho' anu
their stock at fancy figures drive about good deal
behind fast horse get up late. hire plenty Oh help'
and find time 10 smoke and read good deal ~hhe
cuitivatng a poor opinion Of their hum
bier and less cultured neghbors; until the
first year two are over. Iheu ""''i
the ready money is gone, and the mor'Saro
begins to threaten serious consequences prlue so''
by the board and the dude farmer Is glad 10 ask 'oNco
from his horny handed ncehbor. discharge haii MS
~,
Farmer Bushwhacker and in few years sweat al mo
nonscr,,e ont of himself and settle down into a hrSc
class practical farmer good neighbor and genuine
cOlOnistn
CASE IN POINT
Some ludlcrous scenes occur during the uah''or-
nation however. The writer remembers one case
where the recent arrival had an unusual contempt ior
the Canadian farmers about him. and though nc was
fond Of good living himself thought salt pork ana
tha OF
threshcrs who had hresh out his crop Ihresh
ing time with the farmers the prairie farms OF
Northwestern Canada IS weighty OCCASION Inc
farms are 50 big and the arnhouses so far apart h'
II Is necessary for the farmer whose grain Is 10 oc
threshcd TO provide bed and board for the gang u
from twelve 20 twenty men who travel about with the
machine for from two 10 five or even seven u"'S'
according to the size Of the crop.
The thresbers. by adrolt references 10 ue pie""'"'
Iardcr and skilfnl cooking Of the house they last
visited, manage to spur each farmer ana house"o 90
Oh 10 as great beraty, In the matter OF ioou, d. '
can and the result IS that as well fed as thshct
has grown into a farmsde proverb % that "heh t"'
gang after hard mornings work at Mr bro"hS'
found themselves provided with nothing more thah
salt pork potatoes and tea the men looked at each
hcr I'm s,rpri Sc then in disgust. and finally IN anger
They knew that Brown could well afford tn fuFnish a
good table and that lie was not accustomed I'd
such food as this was evident rom uIo
fact that ne did not eat with the men, but hao hs
meals served with his own family before the men were
called from work.
A ROUGH LESSON ROUGHLY TAUGHT
Nothing was said until after the meal had been
finished but then a consultation was held ho't OF
~, mon ,vantcd ~ pull no stakes at and 20 %
tho next man whose crop was ready 20 be threshed
hut the owners Of the machine were unwilling 20 40
that FOR Smith had big crop. until all other ne'S 'i
getting good grub failed Finally, reckless "as
o, tho party uggc-ted plan, when was instantly
ouplaudcd bv all bu a few. though even they do not
mako strenuous objections. smith had Iot VI "i'o
stock on the place. and among them "'Ao
o., coupc steer he was raising for market. In,
animal was quietly drawn into a pen ana securely
tlcd by two or three OF the fellows. and the wag VINO
had suggested the cruel trick. rubbed qudhuS ol II"
pepper IN the poor bruc's eyes
II, torncutors quickly sought places OF safety cut
the ropes that bound the steer, and almost repen'eh
,,,.,.ly ~ thclr cr7lelty when they the agonv
-, rho animal As II plunged believing about the
,Io,o tearing mp the earth, burying its horns ana
head IN manure heaps, hay stacks ahytmus "'ao
ofered a place to scratch its burning eyeoa'ls' 4.
foamc.l al the mouth ashod It's sides with lis t"i anu
smashed everything smaehable about the barnSau ha'
II could reach. All the other animals came ruu'''"H
nm 10 sec what was the matter with their COM
pnnlon and the uproar Of men and beasts was SOON
immense. , ,.r, ,,a,
,,i Young steer had gonc mad, and would certain!
kin some OF the stock brown, VINO was Ncci aio''
man thongh rather rattle Drained. had splehdd COZ
,cc,,ou of arcarms and snachnG up rifle he went our
IN sec what il was all abodt. The threshers "arheo
hin, not 10 10 near the animal as several mad doeS a'
heou reported in the ncichborood lately ana donocs'
one ~ them had bitten tho steer. which Woui eui'N
gnr, Ilrowu or any else who went near H. -,
mi. mt brown on his mettle AZ once nc "ou4A
show these poor clodhOppers that an Engl'n ec't, ,
nan ,vould fust a quickly face mad steer u, Ou
I,Ji,r so after seeing enough OF the auluia,.
,i,"s IN asSut1, hlmsoN that II was really maj no
killed IL Onc-dcai with one excellent shoI u''Ne
~ Thc men appuudcd the shot aud Browns pluck. at
~, sone time deporing the loss of 80 me 49,. 49,
Rr,vn wanted % bury II. lie Woilu NJ NM NM
~ selling 4. as The men advised 30, III III
",, ont himself Bat the boys eaeiH prHHa"e" rI ILL.,.
to let them cook some of the nesh Ili IoG-. ,,,
would risk any evil COiscquenJcS uhl HNettt .N'S
trorn eating tho flesh Of mad al Iiln!i. IleS ~
~ in heartily for supper and wcr' an auN s 81" "a 80
& readv for more II breakfast They STAYED four ua
and had prime, tender. lreNh Dcc' A'' '"0 "' "
nothlus remained of the steer -. ~. 4, ,,o,
The Story vas too good To be kept secret III n1,'
community and II soon came AROUND % blu"'
ears He Wa, almost mad ~ the steer WHci H., IT,
I'D H. and wanted To do some nor" HIlo.'ils & w.
aa.tI- decldrd to let the matter drop. Ana IN atcr
yrnre when he had lcarned to do III Naii" d. w
;ouoiiaus do he used b. tell the JOKE on him'uh
o'd confess thn what ho cOntcndcd 10 he n uc' motN
economical threshug. was by far the mo-, rnStE no
cvnr had though the thrc. hers are now al"ays srH
a. see the last shcaf OF hs crops ~ through 'acir
greedy machine.
TDyCtTING 4 FIREMAN..