Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-17

mackerel gulla. They commenced to
talk garden. Consarn EN-, hoped
they'd forgot that.
Tho loan business is all right, Sol"
says Van. "Scudder will bring IFS loan
at three dollars boat load. He says
| it'll take about Is boat loads
He does. hey?" says I. AT three
dollars per? That's generous Of him.
Anything eise?"
Yes. He is to continue to bring us
milk. We have decided that perhaps
for the present we had better not keep
q cow"
was glad that milking want going to
be added to the general joyfulness.
Il think that's a nice. far.sighted de-
cision" says I. Unless you could
learn your COW TO eat seaweed, I don't
See
ooh, Scuddor could bring us hay"
says Van. And we could give the
animal the spare vegetables from the
garden"
"Twould be long time between
meals for the poor critter, I'm afraid"
says I. How much is Nate charging
for the milk"
Nine cents quart. That's only
one cent more than you have to pay
In New York. and, when you consider
dirt cheap"
Well, twas about as cheap as the
garden dirt. but didn't say nothing.
We're going to raise chickens, too"
says Hartley. "Scudder. so Van says,
will sell us live Plymouth Rocks at 30
cents pound. Skipper you might fix
up the poultry yard in your spare
time"
In my spare" time There was a Joke
In that, but II want 80 Intended,
Then Van Brunt began to preach
pig" Seems Nate had told him that
the one thing necdful to turn Ozone
island into a genuine Natural Life was
a pig, and OF course he. Nate, had the
only pig in creation that was worth
buying.
lie showed II TO me the other morn
Ing" says Van. The prettiest little
black and white fellow you ever saw
Martin. Miss Talford saw him yes
terday before she came over, and
she said he was dear. You might be
repairing q sly for him In your odd
moments Sol"
My odd moments and my even
ones, too, was pretty we'll filled up fol
the next few days. The Heavenlie'
; IosSod srb Mt and cp,Ol, or
and ished and ate All | had to dc
was to turn out with the gulls. ant
cook breakfast, and clear away, anc
) wash dishes, and build hen yards. anc
fix UP leaky pig pen. and get read,
them blessed gardens. and sweep anc
, dust, and dig CLAIMS. and make beds
} and get dinner, and sail boat. ant
chop wood. and bundle up washing TO
Nate TO take to Hubby Ann, and scou
! knives, and-and--well, there wa
, plenty more. Seven or eight hundred
! odd jobs have slipped my memory.
The gardens was ready for planting
on Wednesday. Nate fetched owe
the last dory load OF loan the nigh
afore and spread 1t afore l got sup
4 per. The chickens and the hog was tt
come on Thursday. I was to take tn
skff and 60 after EN-, Nate being en-
gagged to cart carry-all load Of board
e ers to Ostable. Hubby Ann was t.
i have the live stock at the shore read
u for me.
. "How's the menagerie coming
: Nate" l asked. In cages or on til
hoof?"
: "Oh, I'll box EN- for you. SOL" h
. says. The hens in one box and tn
= pig in another. The pigs pretty thi
, Il mean young. so he won't be no hei
- to you
- Wednesday morning the Heavenl
;, gardening begun. One patch for Va
- Brunt and the other for Hartley. The
\ had seeds by the peck, more or less
:, brought over by Scudder's express an
8 charged for at undertakers prices
- The Twins started in with vel
geance. | showed EN- how. For ono
was superintendent and the 10
suited me hne-nothing would hav
tickled me more. unless twas to tur
:, in and take nap.
- Van takes one hoe and Hartley tn
: other. Each OF EN- was actuall
. round -shouldered from the weight {
+. the seeds in their pockets. They ha
/, cucumber seeds, and melon seeds, an
\. land knows what. Wonder TO me wa
Il they didn't try oranges and pineapple
f., And in the middle of July.
Now, Martin" says Van. Her
goes Bet you fifty l get the FRI
n cucumber"
"a "Ill 60 you" says Martin. shuck!n
his Jacket. Sol, what do / do next
showed him. started EN- eve
,r on cucumber beds They hoed III
they went by steam You never Sc
10 such ambitious farmers in your life ;
they was-just then.
,e Kind Of hard work. amt it," sa.
TX !. watching their front hair get dan
and stick to their foreheads.
lie Work." says Van. This is recre
ton. man"
"All right" says. "Heave ahec
II and recreate. I've got to work, m
self"
ID SO went In and swept out the di
te Ing room. Once In while, throus
az the open window, I'd get sight OF @
%. laying into the cucumber beds wi
IN the sun blazing down. | CRIME
When the boots bsen on one leg t