Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-09-12


laugh on the other side of his facet
IL was early in April when Mr..
Perkins took possession OF his es-
tate, and he set at os.ee TO work TO
get things in trim.
He bought hoF ~ hired an
Irishman, and the two set about
ploughing the ground for early veg
etables. But the horse did not be-
lieve in early vegetables. He pre-
ferred to stand still and chew his
hit and stamp his forefeet vicious
~. Perkins exerted his powers OF
persuasion. but ell ia vain. The
horse only planted his feet more
firmly and declined 70 move on.
Then Perkins tried the whip. The
Irishman tried profanity. The an
imal was proof against both. Per-
kins took him by the Bit and offer
ed TO help him by pulling with all
his might at his heal. The horse
declined the offer with thanks.
The sun was hot. mosquitoes
were plentiful and attended strict
ly to business. The neighbors gath
cred to see the circns. aud brough.
their dogs with them All OF them
except the dogs-gave some ad-
vice. A good deal OF it was tried
and proved Intellectual. At last
Perkins got mad anl INDUCED in
some forcible remarks: Mrs. Per-
kins, with the baby in her arms,
appeared on the scene, and asked
Perkins what he thought of him
self for giving way 30, and she asked
him where he expected to 60 to
when he died, both of which con-
undrums only made him the mad.
der.
Prick his hind legs With PEN
knife said an old teamster. who
was passing by with . load Of fence
rails, and climBssl svss tAe fence to
see what was going on. Never
knowed that to fail to start 'em.'
And Perkins pricked the hind
leg a. directed. The effect was
electrical. The horse elevated his
heels, gave o snort, and plunged
of down the field. and Perkins
went up in the air as il shot from
q pop-gun. and came down in q
ditch q rod OF. and was hauled out
by the crowd, half suffocated with
the muddy water. The horse kept
right on till he came to stone
wall, where he left the plough and
struck q bee-line for the barn of
his former owner, where he broaght
mp all right in due time, sweaty.
but triumphant.
Perkins gave his original pro
prietor ten dollars to take him back
and hired bis ploughing done. He
considered it much cheaper.
He bought some books on farm
ing and worked by their instruc-
tions. He did not take any stock
in the advice of the old hayseedy Y
fellows who lived around in that vi
cinity; he believed in science.
He planted his early beans and
peas and corn, and every day he
went to see IL they were coming up.
At last be was rewarded by seeing
the first green shoots of the peas.
and the next day the ground began
to crack open and rise mp. and 10,
the beans appeared.
But what was Perkins conster-
nation to perceive that the beans
themselves-the beans he had plant
ed--had come right ont Of the
ground on top Of the shoots
He told his wife about it, with
great distress Of mind.
sit must be that / put too much
phosphate in the hill and lt has
blown them right ont Of the earth.
Now, those beans should have stay
ed in the ground for the plants to
have rooted in and got their nour-
ishment from. That's the natural
way Of things. And all l can do
is to set them out right side down /:
but it'll be tormented hard Job 2
'I'll help you said the dutiful
wife.
'We'll take it early ia the morn
ing while it 10 cool. and before
anybody gets around. / wouldn't
let Patrick know anything about
it. if we're you. for it might make
him have less respect for you. He
would think that ron did not know
how to plant things
| so, in the early morning Mr..
Perkins and his wife vent ont into