The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-07-18

opposite Mr.. Ms residence. He is
rushing his work and getting along
nicely. He seems to know what he is
about, and am told by Others whose
experience warrant them in spending
an opinion, that this work will certain.
ly give entire satisfaction to all cou-
cerned. He will soon have up a couple
of "horse" derricks, so that he can han
die such rock as is too heavy for his
present derrick, which has MINDLESS
and is operated by hand.
Friday, 16, 6 a. m.-Mr. Bright made
his visit to johnson City yesterday,
had that broken piece fixed, aud, as 1
write, the whistle of his engine is
bringing together the hands. Ina few
moments he will begin to throw the
wheat one way aud the straw the 9TH
er.
The morning opened up bright and
clear, just n little breeze being felt.
Yesterday dug seven rows of onions
in the garden and got about nine bush
els therefrom. The colonel has been
supplying his table and some of his
neighbors occasionally for quite awhile
with beans, green peas, irish potatoes
and turnips. His garden looks well.
He will soon have roasting ears aud
tomatoes. All, King Cyrus, the farm
is the place to defy old "Pete." 1t is
impossible to keep the farmer down,
yet he has hard time bucking against
prices that are made by monopolles.
He looks at the present price of wheat
as calculated to afford no encourage
ment. Some will hold their wheat for
better prices, while others will DO COM
PEELED to sell and that's what makes the
shoe pinch. It's enough TO make the
shoe tight when man has to come un-
der the sacrifcial whip of the price
maker. Every poor deyil has some
comforting thought, however. The
writer, for instance, while he sees the
faces of the farmers undergo all sorts
of contortions at the rise and fall of
prices, can content himself oyer tho
fact that he has nothing, and, conse-
quently, can't lose anything. He fur
ther congratulates himself that, though
the bitter came along with the sweet,
he has had car load of fun, Judas"
aud Squire Bullock to the contrary not
withstanding.
1t is now noon, and the thresher has
been in operation all the morning; but
there was some misunderstanding
among the hands, and they didn't all
answer to roll-call. Mr.. Conner, with
a generosity and accommodating spirit
characteristic Of him, furnished
couple. Another was needed, and l
was roped in, and, as usual, chad the
bag to hold, not in the way that the
term is generally construed, however.
They put me at the funnel, (how about
that?) where the wheat runs out, and
where the register is kept to tally each
half bushel as fast as filled. When n
gets full the measurer slides it forward,
when it touches the register and makes
the tally. He places where he slides
the full measure from an empty one. |
in the meantime am holding the mouth
of the sack open to receive the contents
of the full measure. 1t was new to me,
but stood there fourteen hours un-
complainingly. There was plenty Of
room for complaint, but the fact of the
business is didn't have time to shift
my tobacco from one side Of my mouth
to the other, let alone entering COM
plant. just before the fourteen hours
had expired l began to think that l had
got to where perpetual motion was
abroad in the land. When / got
through my back was broke, / felt GER
tain, and the ends of my fingers felt as
if they had been mashed, or as if 1 had
lost the price of q short in keg of
tacks and couldn't get The short with
out the aforesaid price. Seriously,
though, just to show you what liquor
! will do, l believe have seen the time
when would have gone to the bottom
of key of tacks, removing one at a
time, to get the price.
just before going to work, and while
l was separating the faulty from the
good sacks, gentleman came up and
introduced himself as being Mr.. Sink,
from Greene county. He wanted to
know if | was the proprietor. told
him no; that didn't have contracting
interest in the machine, and that /
didn't own the whole of this farm. ]
think he had something to sell, but
why he picked me out as the man who
owned everything in sight and OF
course would be most likely to buy, is
something that / can't quite under
stand; but he afterwards found out
that he was only talking to one of the
hands and not addressing the "Pro-
pri-e-tor.
Well, this is Sunday afternoon, and
I will close. / held sacks for Mr.
Benjamin Keebler yesterday. Hi
wheat, barley and oats made a very
fair average. There / met Gustavul
Adolphous Licurgus Broderick, o
Limestone. He wore O smile and sal,
that, all things considered, he woul,
make fair average crop allround.
F. E. McCray, son of Col. J. d. Nc