Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-10
TIE GENTLE FARMER.


Ia long, straight furrows and made al
INV mind that was the easiest business
had ever run across. "iIcr- l. the busl
nc.s for me-" saysl. "No morc climb
Ing the stairs of an editorial sanc,un
with q spring poem to ~ met With Al
editors ssryasilc remark that he woul,
not b. able to print tiil autumn.
am gulng Ia D. fsrmer-not CON
mon. ordinary farmer With trvuser. u
INV boots aud wheat chafi In my hair
hut q gentleman farmer, Who know. how
to make ten acres enough sud Ia rats
straw hcrries w February. ! sm going q
show this stolld aud bcnlghted commun
lty what live man with a great fund %
energy and little North American capl
/ tai Ia cold gr-cuhacks can do when b.
want. 10 hump himself. Then scannc
/ the column. oi the newspaper. I'LL
found an advertisement of farm Tot
.alc, twenty acres, with dwellings, barns,
outhou.s.. aud running water on tbs
premises. That MAS good enough foI
l me, didn't want too big farm to b.
I gin ON. wanted one that could b. sur'
ot getting asay With. went down Il
| the plac. to see u; we'll, Il wasn't Just
what anticipated, the harm. aud out
house. weren't what my fancy had paint
| 81 them. They we're not What anything
| else had painted them for q long time, ir
/ fact dont believe they had ever bocu
/ painted. The running water on tbs
/ premises was 4 drain. but then ] didn'
know that had any right To grumbls
about that I a.kci the man Who want
/ "A a.. III l. a. L. n. -. s..iuss a. laaxa
lie aid b. had lccn farming for sever
wears and had come Ca the conclusion
that he pcCioi more room. Twenty
acres wasn't enough for him. h. wanted
a couple ~ prsifir., morv az lees, and
then he could rake la enough hay Ia feed
his horses.
I smllcl in lofty scorn aud bought ths
farm. ,hsn had those harms aud out
houses painted bright, sparkling, uri-
entail rrd. They were about IN. only
thing on that farm that ever painted
rvi.
Itook down several paient plows aud
movers, aud rcapcr., and harroNs, aud
iucuhator., aud corn-IopIcrs, aud other
farming implements; then | wrnt ou,
and gut a few horses aud mules, aud
plgs. aud about a million chickens. l
iii not pay for q million, bat I know
thcrv Nerr a million when they go, Ia
" Nofk on their mofning cacklc when !
Nas sleepy. Then haTn-.ss,i az tNo of
th. hor.r. O. suhsoll ploN aui wcnt
Out a. .hoN The nsighbors Who Nas.
We'll. th.y knes all aboai me- t"torv
long. The first iurruN ! ploS~i got
.oft 20 cragy before got to ia" cod ot u
ani ran ms luto stamp. That sub
.oil plo~ knew ". basinr.. and tried Ia
gu right down under the stump. The
horse. weren't strong enough 1" pull out
the stump, bat they pulic'i the plos
over ani | d..cfib-,i parabols through
The bal,ny morning air aud aligh,oi Ia a
" ,ld blackberry ha.h on the either shl'
~ TIE stump. all quite piocr then
and u wasn't in the PRAYER took either.
made up my mind, then, that plos-
log was beneath me. I ought a. aspire
o. the higher snd morc artistic portions
20 th- business hirci a man to do the
plnving IT, dA u quite a. Nell a. !
dI aud Didn't sssm t0 mind u AZ much.
next turned INV attention to the
dairy. hal made up INV mind that W
tli.rv was Que thug more than another
that nc,slei reform " Sas the dairy.
lie de.p disrrput. inin which mix has
fallen arise. frpm the fact that mtlkmen
don't u.- Judgment la IL, ~ Wcll a. water.
all to mS .slt that the proper way a.
do Nas o. pat th, saler Into the cos In
stead ~ In The milk. Ihis would ln-
cfrass the quantity 20 the milk, While the
cos WouiI hsS. rnough rrsI---i Tor her
oNn reputation o. not l~t the quantity
d, infvfior. - took up nav poet Ia the
pasture, the next dtV, arm~i With a ~
frigvraior fall ot icc aud bucket.
E,vfy little while I fillcl up the bucket
With ~. water ani gave the coN good
blg drink. The coW likci th. schem-
flr.;.rair. aui Nhcn got little ilrvi
aud dilnt rumr o. time ~ith the water,
.hs came around t,chlni mc ani buitc'l
me dosu into the I-sol under the drsln.
told her .hs usr,int do that again, !
can take hint. iNas ouly using Que
Gov. YOU know.
Next daS the cos didn't give any milk
AZ all. She couldnt very Ncll, because
IA. Sas dead. II occurred Ia me, then,
that a man had no busine-. bothering
With the dairy. that was the place for q
womin-a dairy maid, so ! hirsl one.
She Nas a good looking dairy maid, aud
htd bc,uiliul arms. used Ia stand aud
watch her that l.. usei Ia until my
wife cam. cat ani saw tne one DAY.
After that I watched NV wife. fwtiy
soon IL SEEMED Ia the that when the cold
winter nights came about, aud the back
wheat cakes we're blooming on the oil
Kitchen stove, I should want some hone =
to ease their dosnsaTd flight. ! had
Rad la book on farming, that ia" way
Ia make b~rs sWaim sas o. 20 Out where
the b.c. were aud b.at on tia pau. -
had a hive made aud s~, II up In the
hack yard. Then ! went oui Ia the bees
nest. IL was a pretty nest, made ot
mud aud hung from = tcc branch. !
pla,ed Gilmore. National Anthem on
the tin pau, bat the bees just stayed la
their house aud Didn't pay any attention
10 me. tried another tune, but they
didn't se.m to MUD that either.
Ihen I aid To- myself. "I,e got Ia
compel thi. community Ia emigratr. III
work the iti.h land Law ON them With a
stone. III eViCt them. I've got per-
feet right to do that, because they live
on my premises and don't pay any rent. y
- picked up a stone and threw u al
the nest, aud then played on the tin pan.
The becs came cut that time. They
sWarm~i, too. They swarmcd right on
me. sWarmed. ! swarmed all by nv
self: 80 dld they. swarmc'i down the
road hastily. ! wanted Ia gct there. !
didn't know just where. but I wanted Ia
get there a. soon as could.
Nv man, who was working In the field,
called Ia ms 10 stop. told him didn't
want Ia stop then. ! was In hurry. lie
aid, afterwards. he would have been IN
q hurry, too, II he'd had a township of
hornet. digging port-hole. In his back.
I toll him they weren't hornets, they
were bees. Ile aid they answered the
purpose just as well, anyhow, aud |
gues. he Was about right.
The farmer Who lived next door came
over and said ought Ia put something
On the land. so II would raise better
crops. told him had put something
on IL.
"what l. ltr' said he.
~ mortgage," aid I. III this lands
got any life Ia Il le, IL raise that"
gave up farming, then, and took To
the woods. When I got cut, ] went
home aud asked my wife to keep me a.
quiet ~ .he could for the rest Of my life.
shes doing u. She slis on me every
day, "a keep me down so ! shall not be
too original.-Winthrcp Hammer.
II Il poor bu.iness policy 10 BE- stingy
with COWS; they will make return. pro-
portionate With the liberality with which