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

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Farmer Jones cut across lots, from
driving the oxen of to pasture, and
came down npon Perkins and his
wife before they ssw him.
y hat y nssur' are you two :
doing z be asked. turning over his
quid and adding . fresh morsel Of
tobacco TO il. by way Of assisting
his understanding.
sMy-er-my beans has little
too much phosphate in the hills. ;
stammered Perkins, 'and they came
up wrong end first, and we thought
we'd set them dewn right
Land o. Goshen = said Farmer
Jones. Strange that folks can be
SO 'tarnel greenl Why beans alters
come up that way. Where have
you been all your life that you
don't know beans p
MIR. Perkins never liked to tear
anything about beans afterwards ;
but all the old residents of the Wal
nut Dell farm vicinity always in
stanced him when there was any
thing said about the farming oper-
atoms OF city-bred men.
Perkins next invested in hens.
He read book on poultry which
set forth the advantages OF hen
farming in glowing colors. Aman
could realize two dollars a year on
each hen, so Of course it followed
that, with q thousand hens, he
could make two thousand dollars (;
and so on in like ratio. But he
listened to his wife's advice and
began modestly. He could work
mp to something big by degrees,
she told him, il he found that the
business paid.
He purchased twenty hens, and
they went right to business ut once
and scratched out ten dollars wort b
OF dahlia balbs and about q peck of
gladioli and the choice seeds which
Mrs. Perkins had planted with SO
much care in her flower beds.
And by and by Perkins thought
he would set hen. Chickens we're
such lovely and interesting crea-
lures SO he put fifteen eggs in a
box, and caught a hen and put her
on them, and she pecked the skin
of h,s wrist and then flew in.o his
face and broke five Of the eggs and
screeched bloody murder and ex-
hibited signs of total depravity Of
temper. and finally flew through q
woodshed window into the top OF
the horse chestnut teee. where she
sat all day, and would not be poked
out with a fishing pole or stoned
out by a number of stones hurled
in her direction. And MIR. Per.
kins told bis wife that probably the
reason she would not set was that
the man who sold her to him had
been cheat and sold hens that had
never been Taught to 'set.'
Perkins next venture was COW,
ga gentle creature and q great
mixer and pet for women and
children, said the mild hammered
old granger of whom our hero pur.
chased her.
So. when Perkins got her home
Mrs. Perkins and the hirel girl and
the two boys and the baby all came
out to see her.
we'll have brea.i and milk for
supper, sand Mrs Perkins. 'It'll
be so nice to know just what we're
eating. No filthy sdulteration.
declare, ] am quite in love with her
already. She has beautiful eyes
and such handsome antlers =
sThem 10 horns. ma am said
Biddy. the hired girl, 'and foine
ones, too And faith ! never seen
any finer in this country
'Can You milk her?' asked Mrs.
Perkins. addressing her husband q
little doubtfully.
milk her: OF course | can.
said Mr.. Perkins. Here are the
directions in this book on dairying.
And pulling book from his pocket
he began to read always be
gentle with q COW. Never speak
loud or cross. She will yield heI
milk more readily il the miIkeI
sings or whistles while performing
the operation Of milking. Sit well
forward and keep the pail just in
front Of the hind legs. IL the ami.
NAL whisks her tail 90 az To bs
troublesome, tie it to the leg.
There. Anna. what can be easier
than that: You can hum com.