, 1890-07-13

of his grass himself. Sometimes he used
to help Bob Hoe in haying and Bob
would help him in stacking. but since
the death OF Mr.. Hoe Jay doesn't depend
much on the neighbots.
Mr.. Gould's place sits back from the
main road quite a piece and has an ell
TO it. As YOU drive in you see four or
i've men with sheep shears trimming of
the side whiskers on the mall. He has
quite a good lot of ullable land around
the house aud he has a CONSERVATORY
about the sire OF the Paris exposition.
In this be grows quite a quantity of rare
exoncs, such AS Tour o clocks. m~arigolds,
bachelors buttons, : s~turshons." morn
ing glories aud Juhnnie-jump-ups Tor
Johnnie jumps up, rather) MIR. Gould is
4 great hJracuiturist and raises his own
seeds rather than trust 10 the guady but
prevaricatlng catalogue Of the profession
al scotsman.
Across the main road from the house is
the hay lot Ii covers about five and
three iourths acres, perhaps, and so with
t~wenty-seyen men. all willing TO pitch
right 10 with enthusiasm. Mr.. Gould is
able TO get his hAying out Of the way IN
time to give him a week in town. This
year he was drawn on the jury in New
York just as he Was going Into the hay
field. Fur quite a while he didn't know
whether TO go down and make sure of his
little old 81 a day or stick to the haying
and save the crop; but finally he threw
the scythe over his shoulder and said,
Come On, Buys. They can get other
jurymen. but you would be a long while
getting auother man to take my place in
the nay held,
Later | saw by the paper that Mr..
Gould was tioed 800 Tor no~n-appearanoe
when his name was called.
is it true2" asked him YESTERDAY at
an equestrian lunch counter, that the
judge fined you 500 for coutempt2"
Yes" said Mr.. Gould, removing q
fllet of w%ienerwurst from his whiskers
and speaking in deep, interest bearing
notes, Il was found sl00 by the judge as
YOU say, but | proved by one of my hired
hands that | was a member of the larry
town hook and ladder company, and so
the judge RENTED the fne."
On q bright june morning, when the
wood bird wakes the echoes along the
Hudson and the wren aud the thrush
came dow to battle their little beaks in
the beautiful brook which sings along
past the door of WASHINGTON Irving's
quaint and queer old home, the quick
ear catches the sound of voices out be-
hind Mr.. Gould's barn. Following this
sound one comes 10 a merry group Of
hands clustered about q large grind
stone which has banon rinds under the
bearings. A small boy, reeking with
perspiranon. is turning the stone, while
Mr.. Gould with an old scythe may be
seen riding on the top oft There are
other men about who could turn the
grlndstone easier than the small boy who
is turning it, but no one is hopeful
enough to turn n grindstone but a boy.
1t ~discourages a man. so it is customary
to secure a boy to do this heart breaking
job. and generally a boy who is about to
go:f -hiug is selected. He grinds Oh hour
after hour, while his worms are baking
in the sun aud his heart is slowly dying
in bis little bosom.
Later on the merry work hands 20
~joyously aield. A Jug containing spring
water and a small saddle Jug Is taken
to the lot and concealed under a swath
OF green grass Mr.. Gould, wearing q
pair Of brown linen trousers and blue
Wammus, together with a chip hat, rolls
up his sleeves 50 as 10 reveal the raven
piu feathers now slowly turning to iron
gray which adorn his brawny arms. he
then stands his scythe and swath up
where he can get at it, and pulling a
large. four pound MILESTONE from his pis-
tol pocket proceeds to put a keen wire
edge on his weapon.
1t Is quite interesting to see Mr.. Gould
and twenty seven willing h~usbaudmen
turn loose on a little bunch of grass and
wipe it out in two days The hay is a
mixture of red top. timothy and red
clover, with ornamental hornets nests
made Of papier mache in the fence cor
ners.
ln his conversation Mr.. Gould uses a
good many railroad terms of course. to-
gether with his farm slang, and most OF
his orders are given to a bald headed
Spaniard with an ecru plastron OF Ma
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