The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
TOOK THE WINDMILL CURE.
4 FLIGHT FROM THE COUNTRY TO
a HARLEM FLAT.
Delights of n windmill at Lonelyville When
the Agent Was Around-Bad Conduct of
the Windmill When tho Agent Went

the Agent was Around-Bad Conduct of
the Windmill when tho Agent Went
Aw~ny-Contrary Nature of the Machine.
Il don't suppose that Mr.. F~irstmonthfree
has ever told you about his once owning n cot
tage out at Lonelyville. and OF his experience
with o windmill" thouRhttuily remarked MIR.
Pincherfint TO his Harlem friend. Mr.. Ten
weeklybones. as he finished skllfully calkinR
with blottinR paper the cracks in the floor
around the steam radiator pipes in the parlor
Of his model Harlem fiat in order.to prevent
the odor'of soothing syrup coming un.from tho
nat beneath. "Firstmonthfree wishes people
generally to believe that he has always lived
In homeliks Harlem. and been accustomed
TO heated halls. janitor service. and every
comfort OF home. and he Is rather ~reticent
upon the suburban windmill subject.
1T seems there wasn't any water pipe or gas
main in the street or avenue where First
monthfree had his cottage. as is usual in the
picturesque suburbs. most Of his neiuhbors
getting along with wells. %cisterns. hand force
pumps and gas machines. Frstmonthfree is
somewhat OF n mechanical turn Of mind. as
you know, and he determined that he was not
going to he compelled to leave his business in
the city an hour or 30 earlier than usual on
nights when he might want to TAKE q bath. In
order to have time to pump up sufficient water
from HE we'll to the tank In the attic OF his cot
taRe to supply his bathtub. or to wheel every
ten or twelve days a heavy barrel OF gasoline
up from the railroad station for his gas ma
row nnder covsr q, tho dnsl -, axorir, yi,h
bis co,t COLLAR tu,nod m 90 ,bo, he ninht n,t
r.. recoopizad n a ho CO.. N th. conor,I .uh-
urban c,sto,r
Some a, the rors,rv,u;,os h,a r,,,auu.
to do the pumping and other work. such as
choppinR COW fodder. saving wood. &c. and
E,ra,montbfrea d.oLd.d ,o c.t ono ava , IL,
name and storooo h,tt.r,so .hiob oo,Id ho
RIM hv Tho x,r,riu 30 an, - i,a NJ, ,,,,o .o,
montb,v.n,vmont co,,,ya -, olo,.r,oi,, and
give him n nrivo,. electric Iigbt M Tho ont. Tha
combination work,d snIendjdIv erst ng u,iia
IN. agent who nnt IN ,be windmill v,s there
Firstmontbfrse u.a ab,o tn ,oLa oo,nl. -,
batbs a ve.L n,tbo,t iooti,, ,orw,rI 20 ,La
ordeal OF first pumpinp IN the w,ter Quart hv
ouart. and il wasn't like milling ,esth uhar ba
go. 80 ".S". y" y. -. .0.n' "nen no
wife ell him that she would like a little water.
dear. to wash the norrh In the morning AMI
there ism enough In the tankto boil an egg and
make coffee for breakfast 1t was the suriug
Oh tne year, anu mere was plenty OF wind;
tirstmonthtree mad SO much surplus cleo
trisity that instead Of relying upon tin pans
~ eoohnE u'ehsIs ius.eneu TO inc uoor
KNOBS ana window catches Tor a burglar alarm.
NV ulliculc ~ 10 lIo universal SUBURBAN
custom the windmill man n.rsr,1Iod hin, %
49, :, moo,.,n hm. naau psrs"aueu ni"' .
Firstmonthtree rugged up aIwire from a scheme
Of his own. reaching TO bis garden Inv which he
planned 20 bug his potato plants by electro
cutting the insects instead of.going through the
tedious process Of knocktnr them into n ,in
can with a shingle and burning them. ard
wedding his garden by the same process, In
ting hi. idea from the process used by special
,s nm IN removing ns sun"riiuoa BUS hair from the
hs a GOOD tbirg 70 attach - '. ,ho WV. o" n,n,h ",so
linz, Tn a At So Oig t"'f 1or 70 ,r, "r,nsh 10 10 'he w,se clothes ines
ninp 70 cot n sn.c,es -, sleo,r;o om,on,nhn.
Luz Luz !. o,S p ua !" e,er'ric nu.onaople
ginning to think that the beautiful suburbs
w.r. no, 40 black AS thsy ops naintsJ uhsn
the two trial weeks were up and he made the
last payment on the windmill and burglar
the mill went away, leaving a receipt IN iuii to
date and a book Of instructions Then First
mGe sTbs se trials began;
Firstmonthfree excltedly hurried home on an
early train and proudly climbed up the metal
tower TO inspect the windmill and enjoy the
s ssis. ae S ia snt't BEEN 9w qai,a aBl sa 10 iesl thet be-
a agent o was there .ns 'e Thss whltT lh' w Sosu oG. ~
ssSoss faS a sm sfIsl5s s shs. y yoE ssvH r. to Str lax at a,
lawn mowers. scythes. hoes. la xn benches and
all such things specially manufacture for
farmers Observation-Disclosures are Invariably paint
ed. Firstmopthfree had got to be such a chin
whisker by that time tina. all his fne artistic
sense was gone. and he thought that windmill
was simply grand. But when he got TO the ton
OF the tower he wa. so dizzy he was atraii 10
look around or come down. All he could do
was 10 sit down on the little square platform
and hug the upright bars for dear life.
There were some suburbanites fussing
around In the nearest back yards. but First
monthfree wasn't going to let any OF them
know OF his fx II he could help it, and SO he
had to stay up there without a wink Of sleep
until early the following orning, when his wife
was able TO summon two Telegraph Iinemen
who were working on the railroad and they low
cred him down by a rope. Theu he only lust
had time to Join In the morning suburban
directions toward the railroad station, which
meant nothing FOR breakfast that day but n
box Of dates from the trainloy. However
Firstmonthfree says he didn't Mind that so
very much. Il seems he had been living in
Lonelyvills for so long, and had had to choose
between his breakfast and losing his morning
train so many times that he had got fairly ac-
customed to making q meal OF gumdrons.
popcorn. peanuts or almost any Old thing
which the .trainboy might happen to have in