The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-03-06
THE DEACON's ADVICE

A maa from ihr bach couaiy came iais
Kyserike enc day and soid q load c. rye
he got " esuta 4 brshei Tor IL. After he got
bis money he dropped Ia % the tavern 10
take the chat out oi hi, throat before be
started home. There MAS no thsa in Dsa.
Goa BimbeFs throat. nor 10 the throat Of
Sam Bowler. but the mla IRON the back
;osutEy asked them both 60 step up. anl
shey stepped ~. The biz was 20 eeGis,
and the man paid It and was gong out,
when Deacon Bimbcr mid 70 him:
'it's lind q queer that u tekrp The
price OF bushel o. rye in De hulk 10 pas
ior less than bali = pini Of its juice, now,
amt ~"
Tie man from the back country thought
about It a minute and iaid
IN be dingsi II ihat Aaint 20, deA-
con. never looked ~ Il that way
sfufe!"
NO." said the deacuu well. ns
NnTth think,n' about. isus don't you 70
GA do what Joe Fonda duns oncs, after
bed been thInkng aboat a.. Iiili sinuns
KEEP little place NJ ~ Ssnhappls. and
joe used 10 drop in al klil's when he'd
c1me IN with a load o. rye or sosnethin',
Az sort q ssrenthen himssli with ltCtie
o toe juice
"a teller that was Temperance l,riHriu'
got arUund that way one time, and he'll
forth IN she red srhool house. Joe was ~
tGwn sh' he dFopred ia to hear The lecture.
Joe never khowcd Jet whether the man
uas lcrturin' to him 0r nos bai from what
he hscrd o the lecture he though. maybe
be wa. What Joe heerd y the lecture WAS
soHigshln' Ike thor
70 plow,' the ran ssid, 'hh' you soE,
an iou reap an you drsE your re 10
market by the sweat o your brow. an you
scll 70 lot 20 cents bushri. Jest look a, It
Tor a moment. he .aid. 'Follsr = baskei
. your re. You've sold Il for 20 ernts.
The allabsnrbihg distilisr takes II. lie
drains Vut y that haAhel o we Jet four
gallons o. raw W..isky. Some says be ghh a
little more than that, hu, four gallons is
aigb enough. What does "a eost him to sts
that four gallon o. whisky uut o yaus
busacl o. re, =. costs him jest % cents
q gallon. Or giG9 Tor the four There i
plain hSger, ssid the man, an hEg@fa
san'l lie
"'rhCrs 900 arc,' said 10. Your bushtl
. rye stands the datillcr IN jest 81 40 up
10 date. Then be hsB T. fork sysF %
cents for each one Of lhen i9ur gallons 10
10y the COVER ment tax, 900 cents bein' the
tax. time this man Has leelurin), an a
aeci an dumb blind man Kin Rgger Il ~
that this makes g1nO that has 10 be addcd
10 that 81 SS and ihcrs's your hushel o re.
rspreysntiI' cost o $3.50, an ~ sssss 81
Il was yuur'n. aid the man Nov said
he, 'jrs, look . ieotle furder.
." \ our hushel o I'VE Is handed over 10
the iobher The jobber he hands Il 10 the
wholesaler The wholesaler hands L 10 the
retailer. and BY the time u Is ready for the
retsilcr 10 hand il over 10 sou an 10 eihsrs
that IL uaiiin to plank dosn your money
Tor i;, ten CENTS at a Giank. A. four gsll0as
has swelied W 20 be eight gallons. sure
naihin' lcst. mebbe mare Call i eight
Your huahsl q rye hzs Coz, the retailer Sl2,
aud ypa got 10 cents for II, after al your
ploa1n' On reapin' an SOW IN an dmgsn'
Il 10 market by the sweat % your brow Do
you hnow how many drinks there j. Ia q
sallons You ought to. Bu, maybe you
wanted 10 Eit en- in!e ygr;i 80 quick that
you didn't nup to count EN-. Well, lnow.
There's 60. Ten acnts a drink Amt tyo
big q price 10 fRgcr EN- al. Sixty drinks
10 the gallon MAKES asG drinks Ia your
bushe. - re. Consequently, ~ len cents a
drink. the retailer gi,s siS for yury bush5l
o rye. u costs BIN el9 Acroulu' %
harers. then. an fercrs uoH't ". he
makes iest il6 cleau pInlt on the bushel
o rye that yar got ~ a1ia Cor.
Nov. them said the lecturer. p,u idin'
the dcsk. viii you keep on raisin' nv 10
dump into the awful nav o. the dew lhsh
rum power. till q rolls in silver and pld
and tine linen. snd grineS YOU into the
dust. o. viii yoa rise up like the siroeco q
the desert an sweep it from the landf
"Joe Fonda didn't say which he'd DO. but
ks wrnt hafne s-thiukin' hard. sh the up
shot o. i uas that he made Ep bis mind 10
qBit raisin' rye.
The rum power doBi ~ 80 more q my
rye for ~ cruts a hushel. said ice. bat
Won't rise mp like the sirucco Of the desert
and sweep II from the land. IN join IL nv
sc.f. and lsi somshody else sell rye At ~
cent. a butssl in bulk. Wilde sell IL juice
for SIS
80 Rlmt does Joe IA hut Fells bic iRrn
and buy Bill Simoni place 81 SltnlVr
pie and settle down 70 clean o. ~ ~
every bushcl' % rye h. cold. He wa At u
six months lie sold s good many bushels
durin' ihst time. and hggrrrd an proved
biz iEgeFs every night. an found that
ihey came cut on paper icst % the temper
nuee lecturer had LAID Il down, but SOM
how the easL on hand didn't seem 10 tally
up with the hlEsrs. Then one day be was
dgefrir' away whcn q stranger dropped in.
F" 'StmnEer,' sAid Joe. what DO you
think o. hEgeu? Do you ibirk they'll
iie?
The stranger said tha, she hssers he
had on piece o paper he took oui oi NJ,
poaket wouldn't he, beraasr they vas made
out in the sheriffs Office. an WAS for .
bill that Jake Fry had as iu Joe leF quito .
good many bushels o. rye in the juice, an
which the sheriff hsr sent the man to zet ,
the money for or take the place. He took
the place. and joe saFcasd the country
quite q spell for that Temperance Lecturer
Who had laid !, out TO hum 80 plain that |
tiger. wouldn't lIe But be didn't find
him, and - Joe went 10 raisin' rye sEi
an ssliin' IL for 20 cents bushc. asd
seemed to get along a good deal better n
he did when he Nas sellih' L Iar s4s
buahel. Son said Deacon Blinber to shs
man from the back country. "some and
take some nose chat eui o yuur threat |
but don't do like Joe Fonda did. ar quit
raisin' re 10 the bulk to So sellin' i ir
the JUICE, for while hesers may not I'VE