Milford chronicle., 1903-09-25
HOUSTON ITEMS.

Still the tomato gIut goes on. me
aivVavs oVer-wOrked farmers--at thls
season more tn III any other perhaps
must take tue teams from the piougn
boy where he is preparing the gIoun9
for Wheat-a man from the corn helu
here the fodder is more than ready
10 he harvested and drive to the factory
with a ton of tomatoes. All day-aud
we know of some instances where the
dav began before a. m. The man ana
team must wait patiently to get un-
loaded .Ond counts himself fortunate II
he gets home in time for supper ana
we'll enourh to eat IT, He gets nome,
however. having had time to tnlhk
over a thousand times of the loads 81
over work waiting 10 l. e done. since all
the available help is working III TIE
factory; but most of all of the tomatoes
left in the field lotting, because the can
ners refuse to unload the wagons. Whlch
is only mild way of saving to the iar-
mer. ooh! YOU are the man with the
hoe will contract with more tOma-
foes than | can use and buy still more,
so that when the crop is just beginning
to riuen. | will have full run, ana
when they begin to get scarce, 1 VIII
at The height of the season. l shall not
he ahle 10 use nearly all the tomatoes
which | have bought and contracted
f,r hut [ shall not unload tie wagons
faster ,han we can use the frui henre,
the excess must rot in the neld at the
exDeuse Of the farmers BY this means
| am enabled TO keep nv self ana iahl-
ily very nicely, indeed, without I1Icii l:ii
more work during the year, ana u
tell you. we live enough Uetter tLau
those .laving ignoramu-es "f Farmers
around here. Besides, the farmer
dots snit mind much; he blows tlIe'
10 e sure, when he has to get up beIOre
daybreak eat little or no bre 'kta-l ANA
stav a the factory without any dinner
until four or five O'cl' OK IN the ale =
noon: but he gets over it beaul ully
afIer little, aud the next year comes
hack to sign the same old contract
"Mv farmer fir eud is 100 good even to
ask me t. change il, " says the ca"neT;
land I-wel,I l should be fol t, pull
the wool of hts eyes. Let hlm look out
for himself, or take the consequences
I like a man"
Miss Elizabeth Burris returned to
/ Washington College Monday.
/ Zack johnson enrolled al Conference
/ Academy this week.
Willard PieTceis attending military
school in New York.
Mrs. r H. Hollis aud son, Calvin.
are spending a few days with Mis-. j.
| C. Wharton and Mrs Sarah { Jump.
Mrs. Annie Wharton IS whiting hel
son, J. c. Wharton.
Rev. J. H. Wilson has commenced
revival services at Williamsyille.
r. Graham is confined to his house
suffering from rheumatism.
Henry Pusey hauled three wagon
loads of fire watermelOns to the whar
at FIederca this week He aceompan
led them to Philadelphia, and returned
we'll compensated for his efforts.
Prof. RIbault met his music pupil
hee Wednesday after vacation o
three weeks. Now that the mild au
tumn weather is with us. we feel SUR
that the young people will return Il
their work with renewed vlgOr, an'
achieve much under the direction o
such an able instructor.
Mrs. Hummel is convalesceut, WI
are glad 10 say, at this NritinR.
Miss Eta Blades is visiting MIS-
Elizabeth johnson.
Mrs. Sauerfield returned to her hOm
in Philadelphia this week, after an eN
tended visit with her sou, P. J. SatteI
field r.