Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-24

on THE ASIEvn.Lx ROAD.
veise. grant. bond. mortgage and other
wise give land. right OF way, easement,
conveyance and general hospitality TO
railroads. yet IN the meantime driving
Into town On three wheels with the
tarred axle OF the fourth one hiding on
tamarac pole.
Every industry has preceded the civil
king inhnence Of practical roadbuild-
ing. The time has come for enamel
patton. We have really overdone the
building Of railroads, and constructed
them through space. hoping that agri-
culture would overtake the buffet car,
bat IL cannot. because its wagon roads
are impossible except 10 Seraphim-
Men Of proninsnce throughout the
country have been receiving for some
time wen penned letters from the type
writer Of Albert A. Pope. Of Boston, who
has discovered. no doubt, that the reason
we crowd into the cities 10 live is because
We can set from one store To another
without getting mired.
II ia now proposed ~ make a road de-
partment ia tho exposition at Chicago,
wherein may be seen all manner OF
roads. roaabuiiiing material, tools. ma
chinsry. stc., from right OF way with
y rut In the centsr Of IL 10 a sprinklng
cart that win wait for the man with the
fresh duck vest and the linen trousers
and newly polished boots before it will
squirt.
As originally designed. the roadmak-
hg machinery and material, as well as
cross sections OF roads, were To be so
scattered over the ground. being In four
teen groups, that the visitor must look
through Ave immense buildings, cover
ing 20 $40 acres Of ground, IN order 20
see what the world is doing in the way
Of making roads.
We have very often home grown
products. I know As farmer, which
would Yield something IL we could take
. profitable load - our nearest town,
but where We can only draw 600 pounds
and take OF a wheel on route we find
that We had better lose the goods than
try 10 market them under such circun,-
stances. Referring 10 home grown
horsss. win add that we need, IL We
could afford Il, strain Of the better
class 81 blood. such Is the Percheron,
toe Norman. a1d wen known English
f.sns.-iss dating back 10 William the
Coa9aercr.
was nsver more mortified than last
week. I had endeavored on my stud
farin ct Buck Shoals to rear new and
attractive mule, and in May we were
blessed with a little bunny mule Of tho
clay 6.snk variety. sired By Kentucky
papa and Gasamsd ON the place.
For years have not been cursed by
prisis. Since the artist has been practic-
lrx On me with a view % some day illns-
tratlnz a book called Life Among the
I.owly. OK. Eighty Years on the Door
Tor Nsphistophelas, lean truly say taas
/ am not proud. bot = week ago I went
te town With he mother Of the lew
mule Marguerite. ss I deemed it time 10
vean Aer. Soxs ieft Marguerite moored
b. ne wsa cstrb and drove on to Ashe-
vile 20 market eanch q Fat pine.
Tho lag wa beautiful The odor 81
slower and Tia sweet. se-1uctiTs smell q
THE axaiis seemed "a at me 1T the seat.
A ssn.,N black hornet also assisted in tho
great work.
non. jsvl on. joyf' I said: what =
eiadsous Day. = it not indeed = plumb
honey a. we say n Hooper township
The AIR was irnVrex nated with ozone.
snd nou and then We could hear the
neixa a nay pslfrsy assigning
she naixhs1 fsr her absent child with
a raother's ueixs The fact that bitter
fhsars hsd sssn SAID soout her ard
soet.l azsr-sei<n, had c1rse with she little
<fra~rr fsi not st.el her warm fuethsr
heart coward the little one True, sh-
eouid aos remember any q her folks
who rsn - freelv - ears - Marguerfse
cisf. Bat she recksd not
when I had MARKETED nv fat Pine
bindiinsz VOID ~ tn Kenilwurth snn ssisi
bouxht hay witb sie r,aney. for have
o. bov mar IN order n feed WY stock en-
ss.e fsrsu. - tkAs ta-v can caltivs,e my
sar-n. ~ sssas Z c&n H,ex forward 10 the
s,ssss when ! rau buy move bay - fee.
nv tessa. - that they VII sesl strong
AMI wsl snossh - csilavsse the >sA. ~
shsf vii ~ rhee~~i On ~ buy mors
h~v Err the sssne purpo~e
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hsei. f,sskfn< sown ints the eyes q =
hrsghs y.rtaa girl FIRM Tuxedo. who r
h.Fs ~ hs- fefaer's ssshssa though he
= rat here ~ I h<ars,, berue sc~oss the
bssut;faI e.sse1 - H. Swanslsla. the
ueaew brsv - NaFza~rite, she came
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