New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
A BARN THAT GREW.
IT WAS STILL. GROWING WHEN THE MAN WHO
HAD BEEN DESCRIBING THE ST. PAUL
prrIDING DISAPPEARED.

1T WAS STILL GROWING WHEN THE MAN Wffo
HAD BEEN DESCRIBING THE ST. PAUL
BUILDING DISAPPEARED
SAY stranger: how high mought that building
be?'' asked a COMMUNICATING individual. as he
stood at Broadway and Ann-st., gazing up at the
towering structure being erected there
The man of whom he asked the question evident
10 thought he would have some fun with the
farmer He looked at the latter a moment, and
then said: "Oh that little house there. On. that's
about 800 feet high. But that's nothing to several
buildings that are going to be put UP further up
the street
"shu. YOU don't say sou exclaimed the farmer.
.t1ow high mought some Of them buildings going
10 be-"
six to eight hundred feet. not counting the
towers" replied the smart man.
.shu, you don't say So" calculated the farmer.
But. say. stranger, hows the people 10 get up'
to the top OF them!
..Oh that's easy enough" said the smart man.
thinking of the fun he was having; they're going
to have pneumatic tubes I'm them You get Into
box and they shoot you up to the roof In two
seconds
.shu you don't say so.' once more remarked the
farmer Your houses don't cover much ground.
stranger do they? Now out in my part OF the coun-
try we go In for more land than high buildings.
Nv brother started In to build barn once. and that
harm covered about much land as all the
buildings in your town put together
..Oh say old fellow" replied the funny person.
you're talking through your hat No man could
build as big a barn as that
That's all right" said the farmer: but my
brother's barn wasn't ordinary barn, bgosh
II wasn't so big at the start but you see 1t took
a-growin' and before 1t stopped 1t covered his
whole farm-a whole section. sir. about one square
mile"
..It took a growing did t?' remarked the puzzled
person who had been having the fun. Say, mister,
what are you driving at anyhow VINO ever heard Oh
a barn growing? , ,u ,,.
stranger" proceeded the farmer. 1T was the frst
time that ever heard of one; but, as said before
nv brothers barn wasn't no ordinary barn. You
see he built II of green hemlock. and as lie was In
a hurry TO get It built before harvest. he couldn
wait Tor the wood to dry out. Now that wood
vas full of sap when my brother slapped that
barn up and when the weather began TO get warm.
the SAP began to run. and that set the wood TO
growing Well. sir you never saw anything grow
houses In this town. why they can't compare with
the way my brothers barn growed he would
&c TO bed at night thinking he had located the
door of his barn all right; but when he got up IN
the mornn' he would have to walk a quarter OF a
mile further to get into the barn to feed the
stood il all right. until the barn began to
run of his farm and go over Bill Johnsons wheat
field You Bill set great store on that wheat
field He had big mortgage on his farm, and he
intended to sell the wheat and pay on
But the farmer stopped, and found that he had
been telling the story was block away, and he
was walking II he had a letter to post for his
wife. extremely important engagement to
keep.