Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-09-03

NOSh1 TUX
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A Successful Experisaoe Social.
The threatening weather reduced thu
attendance at tho Experience Social st
the NJ. e. church Friday evening and
also caused the abandonment Of the plan
Of serving the refreshments ON tho sdja-
cent lawn.
The program opened With . recital Of
the experiences encountered in earning
the dollar contributed.
J. H. Burr who was addicted TO poetry
In his young day, has not forgotten tho
art and told his experience In tho follow.
ing rhyme:
Flowing and planting with anxious caro-.
Watering and hoeing plants most rafo.
Waiting In hope for the harvest timc.
Gods gracious promise 70 all mankind.
Early At morn, while fresh and strong.
wedding and thinning tho rows along,
Nor hceding tho hcat a. tho day grows apaoc;
Earning money In the sweat Of tho face.
Finally the produce begin to CLEAN:
OF peas and radishes aud suculsnt beau.
And cucumbers crisp and fresh and big,
Tho Joy OF tho housewife; tho delight Of tho
pig.
30 tako them 70 market and gathcr tho
dimes
To rcplonish the Lords treasury notwith.
standing hard timos;
And this Is the way persisted to follow
10 mako eood my word and pay you dollar.
u. Badger gave q humorous account
Of the scheming necessary TO secure ..
A. O. Conner earned his 8 by proxy.
He bought "a baskets Of cantafoupes
which Mr.. Hagen agreed to sell, the prof
conceded that In this arrangement Mr.,
Hagen had the bulk OF the labor aud ex.
perience.
H. ]. Green was neither an orator nor
Q poet and TO tell just how an auctioneer
earned his money would not be fair to
the profession nor edifying to the audi
ence.
G. B. Todd made his . by raising can
taloupes under the High Line canal and
the dollar was not Of the 5O-cent kind the
eastern goldbugs talk about.
Harry Todd earned his by . variety
OF work too tedious to mention.
Ianthus Todd got his . by hauling
straw bedding for box cars 10 enable wa
termelons 10 have comfortable sleeping
quarters % enroute to market.
Elmer Conner had not earned o 3 this
month but had rustled one for thus ocoa.
sion.
walter Calkins told his experience in
verse:
Let others speak Of battles fought
On cantaloupe and alfalfa fields,
where silver crowns the man who wins,
And alfalfa the man who yields.
But will 20 some further on
In helping out our nced;
foe have made dollar . day
A cleaning out the soed.
John Wasson bad earned his . BY the
svest Of bis brow.
Harry Badger had secured his 3 BY
getting On the good side OF his mother.
Paul Burr's was accompanied by the
statement that be had bad more expeei.
John Perry had acquired his . BY
keeping in mind the old saying that .
dollar saved IL dollar earned.
III. +. Hagen had correct views Of the
experience social idea, !. q, that the .
should be earned outside ones regular
avocatiou. He also thought that L be
did nos get the money In some unusual
way people would say that he sat In the
shsde and let the bees earn the money
for him. Hence. be sold ct La Junta
the oantaloupes furnished BY A. O. Co
mer and knows for fact that the money
was earned by much csnvassing an1 chin
music.
D. G. Crawford secured his . by tho
sale OF watermelons looted from II.
Badgers patch.
Geo. Larmore didn't work his friends
for it.
s. W. Greasy got his s by the sale Of
cantaloupes belonging to Mrs. Greasy.
A button contest followed-six young
men being furnished with needles, thread
aud buttons, q prize being awarded to
the one doing the work the quickest and
best. The prize, q package OF patent
buttons for bachelors, was awarded John
Terry.
The sweeping drill and contest result
cd in the reward OF excellence-a whisk
broom-being presented to Elmer Conner.
y. L. Lester was unable to be pres
ent but sent his dollar accompanied by
the following note:
You desire TO know how I earned the
dollar that accompanies this note. Per-
haps it would be a proper answer to this
inquiry to refer you back to the very
early history Of the planet on which we
live. So far as is known this earth was
designed and constructed by Master
Builder, by whose wisdom and power it
was launched into space and has ever
since performed it's functions in IN
orderly and decorous manner, giving
evidence of the wisdom and power Of
the Master Mind of its Creator. 1t is
said that He looked on the work Of his
hands and pronounced them good. It
appears that that this stupendous work
has been performed, in order to make q
fitting abode for the best and crowning
act of creation.
No blight, no weeds, no Russian this
ties to vex his righteous soul; no Disagree
able duties to perform. His only labor
seemed to be to look after the garden q
little and pluck and eat the luscious fruit
and have generally good time. The
Good Master even provided him with a
ready made helpmate to keep him COM
pany. But with all these pleasant sur
roundings and all these incentives to lead
a good life and to honor his Creator, it
seems he could not resist the the temp
tation to do the one thing-the only
thing-he was forbidden to do. There
was one kind of fruit in the garden
on1v inst one-that he was forbidden to