The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30


probably fooled II away for stamps
to send out more rejected poems.
900
The Joeund Farmer.
Almost as regularly as the moon
gets full--that is, quarterly, ! go out
into the placid country to pet the wab-
bly, calf, to watch the busy little bee
gather honey and to scratch the pig
with cob ] always leave the city
mart full of enthusiasm. One reason
leave IL. is because ! cannot take 1t
along
You may rGaember one of the Rog-
ors brothers. when asked IL ne took
his wife to Paris with him, replied
YOU'D you take ham sandwich TO
banquet"
And that's another reason why
leave the city behind when | go into
the country.
like the country for the country's
sake. II is TO me what glass of Of.
fervescing champagne Is TO the man
who is city broke, high stopper and
afraid of pigs along the road Not
that ever have hankered for farm
er's life. My divine aillatus and dis
proport;onate central statuary that
bothers me when lacing my shoes
forbids the freedom of yeomanry
but | have dreamed OF being a gen
tleman farmer. In my minds eye
have fitted from flower to Hover on
the farm, cuTying the pigs, feeling
new horns sprouting on the infantilC
rams, sailing the new Kittens, halter
ing the turkey gobbor, gathering the
eggs when the E;rses have failed tC
eat them, snaring gophers from pos
holes, teaching the dog to bite book
agents, fighting the chinch bugs. i'm
porting skinned milk 10 the village
Dragging about that new colt and how
near the lightning came TO hitting m,
barn!
Up TO a recent visit this was M,
dream of the farm. Now ! know
have been deceived All farmers o
to-day are gentlemon farmers, ant
just as soon as can find farmer foo
enough TO swap places with me, an
going out into the rural districts L
eat green corn off the cob and b,
happy tho married.
/ was met in the little countrl
town" by the farmer. After getting
shave and Offering in payment a bill
50 big neither the farmer nor ! coul'
change Il. he bought some good cigar
and said he was ready.
II was n glorious morning. In tn
afr there was no essence OF redoen
cafutcrias, no ancient alley.stench, n
slop-wagon fetor-only the sweet in
cense OF meadow and field
AT the farm home the grass in tn
front yard was clipped with a law
mower, there were hammocks an
easy chairs. The dinner was dream
The farmer spent the day enjoyin
himself, while the hired help did tn
work There were yet two picnics an
sale to attend that week. He wa
going TO all three!
/ have always contcnded that Will
the farmer feeds us all he usual
keeps the best for his own larde
There Is a huge overgrown belief I
town that a farmer skimps his ow
table to carry iood-stuffs 10 marke
Perish the error! The farmer ha
fresh eggs and vegetables, the yellow
legged chickens cavort about his leg
and the apples in his orchard are a
ruddy-hued as The checks of his prett
daughters. His mail Is delivered &
his door, he has telephone and take
forty-'leven periodicals which he read
before, passing them TO that bourn
from which newspapers never return
Ills life is not ideal, but it has
leaning that way Don't pity tn
farmer, Save your sympathy for tn
town slave.
600
Ten Lives Lost.
We had cat. big mouser, who w
always ready fOF job. In a stable, q
bed OF siraw, was a big dry goods b,
with honos for mice When clearing Il
stable we brought the cat aud raised Il
box The cat at the FIRST jump had on
undor zach paw and one in her mout
she snapped each ana caught nine q
told jumping under the low roof for Il
last one Thcy were all large and MOI
oscnped Just at this iuncturc Cutler
frisly Newfoundland dog jumped ol
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