Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-03-30
A GIANT SUGAR BEET.
O'Shannasy Rasies a Marvel
through Accident.

- through accident.
"Thot shtory av Cinderella goin' tn
tina ball in punkin," said o'Shan-
nasy, "aint wan circumstance t phwat
happen'd out me way in Colorado wild
shugar bates. Now we moind, shugar
bates sometimes grows big, an tn
bigger We grows thin tn more money
We are shure t. get from tn facthry.
But, me farm down by tn Gunneson
had all tn ither farms in tn Sthate
hate t. dith s. far as size av shugar
bates was consarned Why, don't We
knaw thot tn wather av thot river
is richern sthrong likid manyure, an
whin | uses ut for arygatin' me farm,
somehow ither | do be afther strap
pin down me plants, they grows so
quick.
But, twas lasht year thot somethin'
remarkable happen'd on me farm way
off in wan corner. Why, don't We
knaw somehow ither a shugar bate
SADIE got mixed wild tn soil an crowd
so quick wild tn rich arygatin' Gun
nison wather thot | didn't get tn
chance t. sthrap it down. Yis, sir,
an whin it got so big says t. nleself,
says l, I'll let er go clane throo T.
Chinay; I'm goin' t. see jist how
big tn bloomin' bate kin grow. An
would we behave it, whin tn tonne
came t. gather in tn crap, tho
hated t. do it, it took nearly me lasht
clint buyin' foive hundred pounds av
dinimite t. blow thot bloomin' thing
outer IT, groun'. An thin twas a
sight t see Twas sphlit into big
PAGES, an naybur Smith was so good
as t bring over his saw mill an we
rugged up his gaserline injin an by
next mornin' had cut up that bate
into thirty-foot slabs. Now, I only
owned five tames and naybur Smith
had three, so we had t. go t. me ither
naburs until we had thirty-three double
team wagons filled up t. tops wild
good shugar bate planks. I can tell
ye We was tn gran sight whin we
drew up t. tn factry at Rocky Ford.
"Well, whin tn factry people wint
ahead an made tn shugar from thoI
bate they found 1t phwat We call &
J "Shugar Countent" as high as forty
foive per clint. Ye knaw ordinary bates
are good whin thay give twenty per
clint shugar and the Agricultural De
partment calls the coeffycient of pur
| ity in thot shugar was somethin' gran
Faith, didn't tn facthry people com
plain afterwards thot their customer
found fault wild tn shugar made from
tn bate (they made two car loads from
, it L belave) because twas so swate-
twas so swate thot half tayspool
| would swatch a quart av coffee.
"Yis, sir, an tn factry people didn'
: want tn poolp, afther thay had takel
tn shugar out av it, rottinin' in th
, buildin' an bein' as thay didn't hav
J tn room t. sthore it outside. tha
. paid me foive dollars tn load t. haul
) away, which same l did. Now, phwa
did / do but take tn stuff back [
. me farm an put it IN me twilve silos
5 Thin l scoors tn country an buy
up 2013 head av cattle, wild tn none
3 | gets from tn facthry people, an ia
5 tens thin up on tn poolp. Thin
8 ships thin back t Chicago, afther I
3 fatten'd thin, an l gets two toim
8 as much as I pays for thin.
}. mot countin' tn money / gets fc
!. tn bate an tn cattle, tell We
8 made money tn next spring furnisl
in arygatin' wather t. me naybul
K from TIL rizevoor / made out av L
n hold tn bate made in tn groun'.
|. tell We arygatin' is a success in Co
d orado. This year I be goin' to pla1
more bates.
d Come aroun' some time an L
g tell We how I onct lived in a wathe
s melon growed on me farm. IT'S
s foine sthory."