The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-08

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for about an hour, when the boys re-
turned the equeaky organ to it's Italian
owner and went away with their peck
etc full of jingling coins.
A report from Niles, Mich, says that
two Van Buren, county farmers, Isaac
Hez}ett and Norman L Jones, bet on
election, and as q result the former will
have to operate the latter's farm from
Jan, 1, 1897, to Dec. 81 OF the same
year. Hazlett was a warm admirer Of
Bryan and was confident the Nebraska
man would be elected, while Jones was
sure Mckinley would be the next
President. A few weeks before the
election they made a bet, STIMULATING
that the loser should take care of the
winters stock, do ell the blowing,
seeding, harvesting ard, in fact, man
age every detail Of the farm work, be-
sides paying the hired help necessary,
in addition to doing his own farm work.
Haz!ett declares he will live up to the
agreement.
At Railway, N. j., Joseph Simon
rode a white horse, Mez9ppa- fashion,
as the result of q bet made on Bryan's
election. A band had been secured
and to the music of a lively march a
parade was formed through the prin-
cipal streets. After the bet had been
paid a banquet vas enj2yed by the
winners, at which Simon was the prin
cipal guest. He says ne stands ready
to make the same wager for 1900.
Elk Mayor Swarts, of Sioux City,
Iowa, pinned his faith to Bryan, and,
as a result, he was TO wrestle with Al
Hirbour's cinnamon bear. Hicb0ur
keeps the bear in a vacant lot near his
place OF business. The day before the
election Swarts stopped to watch it's
CANDLES, end incidentally to argue
politics with Hlrbour. TIE two were
unable to agree, and the ex Mayor
finally offered to wager a wrestle with
the bear against 81 that Mckinley
would be showed under. He acknowl
edged his defeat, and began training
for the contest. He is no weakling
himself, and the bear will know there
has been a wrestle when he gets
through.
". L Fulton and George Robinson,
OF West Fork township, Woodbury.
county, Iowa, carried out the terms of
a peculiar election bet. 1t was agreed
thatif Bryan was elected Fulton should
wheel Robinson in a wheelbarrow from
Giffordvilie to Climbing Hill. If Nc
Kinley won, Robinson was 10 do the
wheeling and Fulton occupy the bar
row. The distance between the two
towns is two and one half miles, up
and down bill.
From La Grange, Ind comes the
statement that a farmer living near
the E.khart county line has decided to
a neighbor q house and lot valued at
S., 600 Ia fulfillment of the conditions
OF a novel election weger. Oct. 81 the
two signed an agreement which stipu
lated that in the event Of Bry ans cleo
ton the neighbours wife was to marry
the farmer, the neighoor TO pay all the
expenses Of securing a divorce and also
to procure a marriage license and pay
the magistrate for performing the cere,
mOny. The farmer agreed 10 convey
to the neighb0r a house and lot ia the
event Mckinley was elected. The
wager was made in good faith and its
conditions have been fulfilled. The
wife who was put up was so confident
that the Judgment OF her husband was
not at fault that 3 : willingly became a
party to the unique contract.
At Philadelphia one man had to push
a peanut twice around the city hall
with a base ball bat. A count was be
gun on the strokes necessary, but when
100 was counted for three quarters the
way around the scorer gave up. Ten
peanuts were smashed and the opera.
ton took one hour and a half. He
stuck to his work nobly and was re-
warded by the winner with q bottle of
wine.
Another Philadelphia man had to
ride in a hearse from Thirty ninth
street and Woodland avenue to Mount
Moriah cemetery, while the winner sat
on the box with the driver blowing q
tin horn. A part of the bet was that
the hearse should stop at every saloon
on the route and the corpse had to get
out and set up the drinks each time.
Edward BiIey, L of the most il flu
entail men in the northwestern section