The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-11-29


under the hole instead Of making til,
repairs. Some one suggested shingles
well. I'll tell YOU he replied. "Yol
see my ladder is old The rounds ar,
rotten, and have a family 10 support
suppose IL round should break and
break my lee who'd look after The OLE
womau and the kids? Besidcs the lad
Us for putin the pan under the hole
why, that's 10 bother. If the old won
IN wants 10 use the pan. why. She ear
wait till It stops ramin a rest will dc
her good any way. There's no use max
in a slave cut Of woman because
shes ambitious. BESIDES on IA rainy
day n man can't do nothin but ment
harness anyway, Ny harness is Dor
roWcd. What's the good of mendin' q
borrowed harness? No sooner MAJ
gels ii HeHded than the Teller comes
after il, | never knew il TO fail.
When every one else was planting pc
tatoeS Hank was wondering If il was
going 10 he dry summer or like the
iilta lIl'A itfl ilillt NttliH teb- shli'i Ntitl
BIZ Gleason, with Il b0ldness that hC
might havr known would have stirred
the very dregs of Hunk $ mental cup OF
reason, asked him why he didn't turn
up II little ground and put in few
hills of potatoes, Hank tapped the bow
Of his pipe and replied
whats the usc? II It's Il good yea
Il,
me enough 10 carry me through the win
ter: if lis bad year why they wont
nobody have any" This closed the pc
tato incident
Hank WIS the possesSor of an old
bay mare The feed WIS very poor in
Hanks pasture. Jennie knows every
blade of grass in that pasture, said he
anti shes got every ole timed when it
Will be long enough 10 eat again"
Squire Nhipple had Il fine piece of
GRASS growing next above Hank :
place. About dusk every evening the
philosopher would slowly saunter
down the road and inquire after the
squire lie would spend II few min
utes hanging over the fence and notice
il the squire was preparing for bed,
lalh Il -" minutes ahd tl'h Eo BACK
home. Jennie, when it grew darker
would he led into the squircS meadow
f7r her evening meal OF course it
wasn't long before the squire noticed
that his meadow WIS fast becoming
bald in spots and suspected Hank and
Jennic. lIauk from his lack of good
pasture and Jennie from her unusual
rotudity Of person
Becoming aware of the spuirc's sus-
piconS, Hank devoted part of one
evening to taking down part of the
sources fence and turning Fan. the
squreS own horse. into the meadow.
NeNf mpfaing the squire was out early
mondnl,e fence
"Stork eel .otl:" asked Hank
"Yrs. last uirht old Fan oot INFO IN.
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