Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-04-13
HIS CHICKEN FARM.


!. that he intended retiring permanent
from the quiet commercial pursuit
which had hitherto engrossed him q
the employ of Binks g Co. and woul
thereafter devote his talents and ener
, giles to a chicken farm In the pastora
regions OF Michigan, the outburst o
indignation he expected from his fam
fly, including all his wife's relatives
was not long In coming.
What Give up your home in tn
city and immune yourself on a chicken
: farml" exclaimed his wife's elder sis
ter. The man must be crazy"
He seems quite determined" said
Mrs. HARDER, rather doubtfully.
That comes Of his reading 80 many
magazines" announced one of his broth
ers-in-law. They're always full Of pipe
stories about people who made fortunes
raising chickens. You should take a
firm stand against t."
Thus advised, Mrs. HARDER made a
feeble and futile protest. for the new
move would mean separation from her
sisters her cousins and her aunts and
the taking up Of Ilfe's burdens In a
strange community.
What can we do with the house?"
she asked her enthusiastic husband
who had hitherto spent his odd moments
admiring his home from various points
Of vantage.
I'VE Will rent IT," he answered,
promptly. I'VE will have no trouble
Wanting ~ v,rotfr ond ,,.of1 .tA..,Aod n
home as this. While we are making
money on our chicken farm in Michigan
the house will be bringing in more
money over here. It is great scheme
20 matter how you look at it."
Mrs. Harder knew her husband we'll
enough to realize that further argument
was useless and she sadly began maxi
Ing preparations for the hazard of new
fortunes.
We'll probably get somebody in here
who will chop kindlings on the hard
wood floors and drive nails In the parlor
walls" she warned her husband 81
know the house viii be ruined"
Don't worry" he returned, gleefully.
1--WE got that all fixed. The Joneses
will take the house They have been
living in steam-heated fats so long that
Jones says they will just revel in a house
again with a big yard like ours, where
they can play croquet He is fiend on
cutting the grass, understand"
BE sure and make them sign lease.
then" cautioned Mrs. Harder. 1--WE
don't want them moving out after a
month or so while we are away over
there in Michigan and then having |
tramps move in or thieves cut out the |
lead pipes"
Leave 1t to me" said Harder. "Ii
have everything fixed up in shape
Why, you are going to have the time Of
your life on this little chicken farm
pure air and fresh milk and-and every
thing"
Are you going to have chickens that
give milk?" shifted Mrs. Harber
Her husband scorned to answer.
In due time the Joneses came over and
were delighted with the house Mrs.
HARDER explained about the storeroom
and the shed and showed Mrs. Jones
" uSAo INC Sui III Sdol WSAt hcpl.
II suppose we'd better make the lease
for q year" suggested Harder
"Oh, maybe it would be better to
make 1t six months" said Jones. ~You
may get tired of raising chickens"
Not me-" said Harhsr, enthmst-
Astically. II expect to stay in Michigan
indefinitely. However, we'll make It
six months If you say SO. BY the wzy,
we would like to keep one of the spare
bedrooms to store our furniture In"
That was agreed TO, the lease was
signed and in two days the Joneses
moved in, Harder and his wife went TO
her mothers to live while Harder COM
pleted his dicker with the real estate /
man for the Michigan farm.
At the end of the week he came horae |
and blithely told his wife it was all or
81 have decided not to CO." he ex-
planned. Wen just move back into tbs |
house and maybe Wen get the chicken |
farm in year or two"
But what about the JonesesP" asked |
Mrs. Harder, In alarm. They won't
want to give up the house."
"Oh. that'll be all right" said Har-
Der, confidently. tits our house, you
know. They wouldn't stay where they
weren't wanted"
When he explained his change Of heart
to Jones and suggested the advisabihty
Of that gentleman moving out, Jones
laughed long and loud.
why, we're just beginning to like 1t.
he declared, I'VE haven't the least idea
Of moving till our lease expires. You
can have access TO the room where your
furniturs is now and then, but this Is
our house. you know"
Sadly HARDER returned to his wife's
mothers home. where the couple had a
single room. There they settled down
to wait for the lease to expire.
A month later Harder went around to
the house to get some tableware out
of one Of the packing boxes in the store
room Jones met him cordially.
Say, HARDER" he said, "just come
around to the back yard a minute.
want TO show you something"