River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-12-15

in Jest such shape afore you'll plant a
gram. an 'sle wonder is that You ever
raise anything. ] don't believe in So
much fussin' an so many fancy crops
If they do bring in right smart o
money. 'Tain't good for people to read
so much an know il, for people who
read git notions in their head an think
they're smarter than the common run.
an they git so sot in their ways there's
no gittin' along with them These
farmers clubs is only another way o.
KILN time an gittin' red o. honest work.
an I'm down on the hull kit an posse
of 'em. Jared was as good man
as there was in the neighborhood afore
he got these high-lofty notions from
readin' novels an other lies, an when
he wasn't worlxin' he sot by the fire an
slep'. an | knew lie wasn't somewhere
plottin' mischief with somebody no
smarter than he is Now he comes an
sets down an reads an blabs about
what he's goin' to do raisin' this kind
of berry or that kind of a vegetable
till git SO sick an tired an Worried
that / Jest raise right up an tell him
what / think, though everyone knows
l amt no hand to jaw nor find fault;
but declare to goodness that Jared is
enough to try the patience of a saint
sence you settled down on the old
/ place. Sometimes / wish you had went
to Guinea an staid there, afore you got
done gCin' TO school. It's nothin' but
worry, worry, day in an day out. from
sunrise till dark, an all through the
/ - II ~ II ar-N.
" git a wink o sleep from one weeks
end TO the other thinkin' an worryin'
over one thing an another"
Verify Jared was not far from right
when he asserted that Mehitable was
/ in the habit of ''runnin' on" for now
her tongue was going and her iron was
rubbing the garment over for the
tenth time before she bethought her
self. did not care that 1 was getting
a tongue 'ashing, for / knew heI
when | was boy and was used TO II
for years gone by, and | also
knew that while Jared was getting
one word two of them were for me.
Looking out of the window / saw
Jared coming down the road with sun
dry bundles under his arm. Presently
he came in at the sitting-room door
with much ostentation.
Come here a minute. Hit" he called
Mehitable went into the room, and
heard Jared say: Here's a new dres:
l got We: how dye like it?''
And Mehitable said: ''If We amt the
biggest Ounce l ever see. You've gone
an squandered dollar on a lot of eur
tain calico for me dress. I'd lool
pretty traipsin' around in dress mad,
o. that, wouldn't |? If ever there wai
man on earth that needed a guardeer
you're that man. How many yards die
you get. for the lands sake?"
"Why. you see" said Jared, "KemI
said as how there was only thirty-twt
yards. and the last few yards was kline
o. spotted here and there with mildew
an he let me have the hull lot for
dollar m eighty cents. though
may be you could make me two or three
pairs OF overhauls and a wamus out'I
the spotted part, an
Jared Sparks! If you don't beat
and here she burst ont laughing.
never heard anyone laugh as though i
did SO much good. l slipped out at TIN
kitchen door and went home.
Next morning Jared came over, il
his working clothes, 70 borrow rake
saying he would get the ground read.
and set tae straw berries next spring
IL n. Carew, in Ohio Farmer.