The sun., 1901-10-06
JOLLY TINES IN HOP FIELDS.
4 NONTHS HARD WORK THtT
TRE fITY NtN INJOiS.
The va, Heps Have OF Stimulating the
InteiIert --ineessnnt TAik Of the Pich.
er,-Hep Dances for the country.
man Hep Ptckers in I.srsi Politics.

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gon. home The hop Kiln fires are out
The garner,.d hops ae slowed away ia
th. lofts Of the hop houses swsiting the
coming ~ The hop buyers from he cit,
Pheasant work " was 80 the great army
of hop pick-r-. ,hi. gathering of the year'-
weld Of hop For w-nnigh a month.
day In and dsy out they worked with uu-
wont ed enthusiasm and igor aud The hours
passed quickly Asiir a. daylight and
af.ld and a. work long before the warm
rsyr Of the great haynisk"r -unuS'.d 'he
Western world they buckled 80 their labur
as hop pickers should And they are now
a. their homes IN tue hIg cities swapping
lies about their wondrOu- work. ls-i them
tell II and you'll learn With What es-.' they
picked the seven ur ten hu-hrl boxes ot
hop- And how easy II was TO pick them
They surprised themselves. yuu'n h. told.
with the ease with which ,hev did the trick
And they'll bring forward witnesses even
20 prove their stories Bui the witnesses
are generally hop picker-. too, and not 20
he trusted
what IL there about hops that 80 kindl-s
| the Imagination and -nliveus IT, An hour
| IN th. hop field WARNS and iouss's the dull
est Intellect and speech thereafter savnrs
| Of exAggcratiou The most matte -of-fsc'
| folk h-cuIne the most cheerful liars An
| aged maiden IN "a hop ward a. sharon
| Springs said 'is' hop- were the devils
| crop This wa hrr wav - viewing D.
1 alwaVs fell don't vou know, that Il
wa-u't exactly righ' to grow hops. they're
he cau-. ~ much wrougdoing IA the world,
! and So really ,he devils crop I've thought
| often how much l,etter IN ne world would
ba without EN- I've tAlk~i with INV
| broth-t-iu-lsw thariev and his wife a. 10
the harm the devil works through hops.
lie saws. however. that there il nothing
10 grow hut hops IN this country, and II j.
hups or siarV-
Th. devil has been called The Prince ~
Liar. ard this aged maiden was surr that
| hop were tie ,eNi'- cfop and 'hs' the warp
ing uf th. imlgiust ion- referred To was
| really the work ~ the devil There seems
n-ally mo- other ~ay Of accounting for ~"
maIN slluus chanC- worked upon the dull
intrl-,' M th" hop ted
| And how tet~Uns VIM pck hops taik'
luu nihy travel th. wurld ","t and s'arch
| ~ Nou NAV. aud NOull uu hud tine like ut
| the I-.uplc who pick hops fuf 'alklng Talk,
tlIk talk eternal talk n u With 10. hop
| pick-re Out A. uuIs-r~iuWu ~ Natd iitrr"
w.r. thirty pickri- from tihs 'IV They
were ludged ~ the hOphou-'' "li the hts'
! floor III. euttau'e wa- pa-' th" Kiln
1 Siilphtr fumes driver hv the south ~iHd
made the place unit arabic ~ iin"S and
| the hop pi, ,ker- Mere compelled io lake io
| the roadside. But thsN kept ou ialhIng.
| TI. wonder ~ " hat thew tnd 80 talk
| about But hon pIckrr~ never want i"t
| -ubietf. No subI''C' - too trivial iot
| hop picker %hr crrakng of ia" boards
| ur ,he hophou-s floor. the hUwiiug 81 the
| wind. he idiosvncrazi-~ Of the dinervnt
| m.inl.r- oi the parry are discussed without
end They keep on talking ~ meals
| Meet "a hop picker Oh the road and h"
| talks Malk a mile WIN HIM. and he ke"i~
on talking Thus talk IL lnc"ssan' What
| charming liA he - n. tAlkr about his
| WORT and Won NAV doubt his statement
| Tha' doesnt bother him in the least IL
| gives HIM all the more chance io talk. aud
| hr keeps ~ u hard l. does no, matter TO
| that hi- statements ~" beyond human
| prphahliy ~ Possibility
| A. l. tn,cst A strange orld 'ha, IN which
| nie-e hon picLar- i've for ~ few week. And
| th"y make tie mot oi ~.
| -Ionk At 'h. fun we'rp having, picker
| from th. ciiN wrote home ~ hi- people H.
| not hug nul iuu su daN long ana hg" TOO
| iui iha, mhitet
| Pun - the cutnmenr Of a coun'ryman
Il cant -.r What iun 'h"r- - g"'iiug ny a
! d4Nbrak aud iuthnr hh" beavers un'Il
! night flll. pi,hiug hnp-
| Iura C-itaiuiy. he counlrNnan cuu'dh
| ... any fun IN " Bui he clty man dld
| No one could .Apect 'h- o,nirNinan y"
! look AZ ihi- work ~ Ia" way lie ciiN man
| did Picking hop- - plsV 'or hin. picking
| hops - packing hops l' "a" 'ouh'iNn'ah'
| and nu'hiug else
IN. hon dances are for the country
I man and mot for The CIV man The CiiV
! man cares little fur them. III" gam" J.
| too -impl" for him l. costs mur"N II"
/ dance five cents head. And me 'i'N man
/ .l.v- iha, h. does no' rar" for IN" money
/ ~, Tor MN IN 'ltfa
! ,nuutrv square dance ar- AL tli" ~ bH'
| ,he civ man has uo ta-t" tur them Then"
l. mot much chance go hug voiit partner
! IN such duno,.- and " i "A lh' dangerous
| ,u,intrvm-n have hs hand, aud cnar-"
huuts. and are not a hii hack~arh "heh
provok.-d about uSing either
R,u Il is al IA" hom" OF the country
| man the hop growers. that me cllN man
| shines Ile eats a. The nr~i table ann u"
axes hi- Tongue along with him "" l.
| v,i,,d upnn Nv ia. farm folk aud he shows
tI.' VIM kind Of ~sucy fellow b" IL ~" i
k.p' out uf door until he meals ar" placed
upon th- liable
sWou'd a -uftcr of whi-key go this
morning Billt' asks one hop picker a.
h. glancrd up and down the table
Iii riyht. all ught. hu' th.re's none
IL, .iyb, 4 lttl. old rcd rNe'd be all right
III. 1nurnlng. hul am N he stun f"r th"
couple Of WEEKS ! am herr
I've. arr I-tl-d, and should any one iah"
u,nr,. ihhu hi. portion Hl the table, hr T.
,nld Of ~ light awav should he not de
.i.t n. l. inede f,u of N he still con
,lnues. h-avru help him Ih"r" l. nn
I~aCs for him "
IN. primafv elections w"r" held lu-i
before th" Lop-p,rklng -"a-"n "ndri.
som. of the CITY politicians pfonii-'n 10
nav tic .Np-n-'.- uf voter 80 com" ii 10
vote ~ the piimary lh,- - 'h" NAV ~"
op-pickers viewed the un"f
II those mug ihink they q" gong 'n
hay fttakts "A SAM
one picker I.ast v-ar | got " iiuih w."
Democrat aud o. f'um tir" h"luhN''u'
I'm going to get g. fruiu each -id" 'hi- N"'l
IN. politicians are the "niN I-uu'" WIN
tunr.cv now and 'h,V'N" 81 fl" si'" dp.
81 thrr,. won't le any voting duo Geo -iraN
az hi- N~R'
seems to ~" a. II the politicians "N sii
60 h. dead easy tins wear. pa W an"ih'i
t,Aci Things Ap mighty h"' ii Nha.N
4 hcN ought to have dead load ui the siin
Iue cries hurl~i a. th" hop picArt- a. 'h"N
cDiu, aud ~ un the country uusd- "'"
r,aHt uAtur,-d Nhl. ~ might u" 'h"uglr
that irfrf-ns'r 90 thcir hah''~ Wa~ lu'"fd'Si
Nv th,. usual gr~riiug "i on, Nuu du''
Iot,-p -ptckrf. such - really mot o." a."
an eSprc-siou of the gr~a' desire 'ha'
,4t.,r b. iu this country for clean uuir-.
thA' b. hott- iu'~i-Isr~"i With lev l"a,''>
a. -fsuI~
4 tao. t..ke! a. many a. fuut hphss- q