The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

street The plasterer man asked the nla-
ehanic to pay him for the clustering. ne
had done on his house before the flood
How much is it?' asked the mechanic
About $3.50" replied the pl9sterer man.
I'll give you $3.50 of It." said the mechanic.
- wouldn't care so much if l knew where
the .7 house ae is, but it was carried away,
near. He handed the plasterer $1.5O.
The farmers who go to the county com
mlssloners to secure free seed with which
to replant their fields are a study There
are two classes. One class greatly in the
minority, are those who would always en-
brace the chance to get something free. no
matter what the conditions. They are
mighty lew The other class IS the ma JOr-
Ity- They don't like to ask for aid They
hang back and do not crowd to the front.
They know they deserve assistance and
they know they need it; but sturdy farm
ers. Who. all their lives have worked and
been independent. no matter what befen
them, do not know how 70 push to the
front for what, to them, is tinged with
charity
One farmer lost 80 acres of potatoes that
had just blossomed- Another had set out
Ssg .9l worth of fruit trees this spring
1t ought to make a mighty fine tree.
They all laughed. Not one of these hard
Hood Going to stay on the place. they
would remark in answer to a query. ~Of
course; this won't happen again for fifty
years, ana l.ii be gone then, or If l m here
III have had experience and know lust
what to do One farmer found that when
the water receded that there was 3
foot hole in his front yard. 1T will make
the finest root cellar you ever saw" he
said. I m going to put a roof over it.
One old colored uncle was berating his
pecuniary circumstances which prevented
him from giving a bountiful donation to
the flood sufferers fund.
Il jes' can't give anything said the CID
but you manned boat and brought
people across during the flood, didn't YOU
asked the bystander.
have you at your house2"
Oh, only nine You know we only got
two beds and some has [. sleep on the oi''
Seems to me you have done enough, re
marked the bystander-
all right. but I'd like to buy dem folks
something to start in housekeeping with,
There's one man who gave of what he
had until he felt it remarked the by
staEder.
Here are another true story with NOR
al for tradesmen- A very Well-tO-dO busi-
ness man in North Topeka bought large
bill of furniture not many months ago
I1e wanted good furniture and was will
ing to pay for it. He demanded furniture
that was solid. He did not wish veneered
I goods. certain tradesman sold him what
he guaranteed to be solid furniture with
nc Veneering on 1t. The bin was big. but
the North Topeka man was willing to pay
the price for what he wanted. Then. in q
short time. the flood came. The veneer
ing peeled off of every inch of that furni-
ture The North Topeka man went to the
tradesman and what he said to that
tradesnan has not nor ever will be print
ed.
There came very near being a legal
problem in regard to the right and title %
flood born pigs just after the flood. An
old SOW was buffeted about on the top of
the flood with a piece of sidewalk or some
thing of that sort for raft. In due time
the hog drifted to a farm that was high
fed her A few days later the hog was
blessed with an even dozen Of the finest
kind Of little pigs. The farmer was will
ing to give the SOW to the riehtful owner.
but he thought he ought to be entitled to
the pigs. A court case was narrowly
averted The rescuer gave up the 13
hogs