The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-20
siITEREsTiNG STORY OF THE
SUNNY so UTH IN THE SUM. +
Err SEASON. Is

lnTiseh1ld der will slip over TO the ned ;
.giIh d Whe elbarrow He will put on
us ioads take At down and dump It in
2he spring, and ! about noon he will
limit Il oat; and bring 1t to the house,
IND & half dozen fine watermelons
NH ibe staeked{upi on the back porch
Eliens Me horn is blown for dinner.
Tie wa termclon lis "a great institu-
Inn tsmay beSsaid ,at5the start that
ERE are two kinds OF watormelons.
.Llan Kind is made TO sell. The other
IS mad to eat. The planter who
rassss Melons to send the market is
med In having SNOWY, tough,
cdsi7ed melon. But for his own
ne plants a handful OF seed Of q
slsr1y different sort: These seeds
ntEEss tender, crisp melon, and as
i,gEee Is sugar and in a class by It
M The 7 Northern market knows
4 Ling about 1t for it will not stand
fough usage Of the railroad and
IRA yman.
gha4 inferior melon that is sent
sg4stz:ths costs the buyer as much as the
ss one would, IL the good one could
/ ilss mad. IL is probably worth tho
sr.sIsy. But ten cents will buy bet
melon In North Carolina any time
N seasnnSt than a dollar will very often
IN fannsyly anla. BY the latter part
July elonsl have become SO com.
nat they will not pay the freight
Held the shipping station.
Tie plumber that l haye gathered
IN this world includes small
Efs@ho Slias reached The jack knife
s1ne of3 the hereditary traditions
boy o9IS - q iacll-lantern made By
sliEg eyes and mouth ina pump.
is l1d citing a lighted candle IN
III You doubtless know what
last year the small chap watch.
apump1iin crop with more or less
tic yellow boys waved fat
Under; the sun, and he had several OF
choices marked some sort of
Z cable presumed TO keep the
sipred folk, and the white folk too,
icking Ills selections. Fortu.
for q he pumpkln-pie prospects
tfdss hGuse, an idea struck him be-
4 ~ H
Sstrs he pumpkins were ready to cut
One day the small boy went
siownf to the melon field with the col.
SsisiEed head of our Bureau of Agricul.
This Is the story he told:
Dallas said he wanted water.
Melon SD we went down to get it,
busted sone open, and busted one
open for me. Then he busted another
me and n busted another one; and
n ten Dallas said he reckoned we had
bsxsr garry one up to the house. st
he got two: ;or5 three to bring over fol
and then got these for my
Eea ID gan have them, can't ]
:tfnner
III guess SO, but what do You wan
MIDI win them?"
WHY 4 want to give one to Uncle
J6sn and one to Aunt Susan, and thel
want to eat one, and these two
syars; Tor iack.lanterns."
III pointed out two that would hay'
trtagh t3 a small fortune in the mar
Ents Sof the North; but he had hi
vtsiss On them, and to touch then
msInt a hoodoo, so what could yo
ssSS dog I'd looked kind Of wasteful to Sc
lzhat 10y whiting eyes, a GRIMM
ealslth. a nose and ears in q hant
sStrass 2apeckled watermelon. nearl
;ttwd feet long, and then matching
Rths another about tie same size. Br
:guu get used to those things in TIM
:5nst as you get used to pouring out
a Hnzrt Of milk for the cats when tn
MIS- comes down from the barn. An
ia 11ft,s boy reasoned it out for himself
Wig mthers you can save the pun
fas go make pies Of, but you kno
NE aumsiht use half the watermelon
5SS M lave
dhs; logic was all right. Still, thin
q taking tack-lanterns of big waite
1lliltus And he kept It up until fac
Zuterns ceased to be q novelty.
:fhe man who has lived In the eli
ss trouble getting used to the pro
clsSF Of; the country where thin
BENZ East year there was standi1
lEsr Mt cut gardens OF cucumber
tsEs. gsquasties and things of tn
Tx any one who came along al
& zltseed snch truck. Most Of the pc
I-.lls gould not carry It away becau
AZ sttsly had all they wanted for the
lzstses: II seemed a shameful thing
4 z tsne handsome squashes to rlpen a.
ijjs; dsezar IN the field for want Of sot