Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-12-31
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zE2St 10 ssas2 a2S gGAGSsJO EAat &0
had jast GIiaa out, h,lt tho old ssatlc-
man waved the 2sR sBiaa aad, sottling
back in his rocker, carefully adjusted
his sDss$nol@a ana read tbs aeoa.aeat
thra@ga, whteh wan proceeding saaa
raasirsd sAae
But shea, ysz'ra ge5aha good Sci
lory, Raa," neda ray Uasis AlawamAar,
"aa tt'a al In fao ysnrs work. TIA 6
seed deal hhs Old Man Raslt&&er. Did
You over hear aseDs biaa al sao fol
Ter who saSea tsrea6.h Ssttn' the right
o'-way for that railreaa? 1t was aseFs
your tinie, anyway"
Tell it, aAid the assessor.
TT was hSa this" said nay Unelo Al
eXanaer 'lWo all wanted Transports
ton to TIA atty tho worst way. There's
some baievo we sot 1t WHOM we got
the railroad. They think .hat tAs
best way would have Sosn to have
stuck TO tao rivor an canal.
All the aaraa, ws was crazy to set
the railroad in, aad that feller had u
hnckloberry pi0nla gatAsrin' up tbs
deeda. No trouble 10 Nina Mt all TIL 10
run again OLD Nan Basysdar
",rhe cid nsap was ept An tao sesd
with enc O. thoM new-tangled harvest,
ers whea the faller como along, an
he pulled UP Ais horsas an gave Mia
the time O. aay al nIeayant a. ha.ha.
O. chips
"Tna ror~aaep+la. tho rai,ra,a, ,srx
m. tal,ar .sa. - a.. ', 10Y 70
IN favsr 81 ansovrsrin, tAa ont.r,r,as
an arc within 10 Sees "a. tha riebho,.
way threugh yepr t.rn,
".you an saar 80. ax..,n, 49,
diva aaya tao aid msn
".g ysu have anz aa,.st .a,e.+ IA.
bprasst a'a rsssn' re- ho Ia Won ,p,, =.
tss Mall "a rs.syv ,aoAs, I s,n as.-
vinso vow rays paa fallsr .ya,s,s. .
baaevar Ia prasroac aia't you7
AZ b'Msye / ana asys tina nd uoo.
'Thare ata't a naay in hi. asuuty
ratherin' In saelr orepa Ay maaa,nary
oel'late.
That's true, says tho fsrser, with
q viaain aRaile.' It's the tust ons rye
seen in my travels through hero. wei
that boin' tho ease vo. p,abunv want
a quick m cheap transportation for
your crops; you want quick and ehesp
transportation fer yourself. You want
direct line O. communication with
the city that will bring people in an
boost tho laSd values, don't your
=" 0Fhas'o ms, says Old Man Bag
l1dder
iassS wat tho railroads goiA'
70 40 Ter you, says the fsller.
IL looks to nae like 1t would said
INC ola iaaa
IN a tRlak that you would DO
slllih 20 eve us that little hundred
~ 9@ip, sAoh' asys the rallroad ma.
aiun way 'has ! WASH : dld \!
s''se hssss ii0eSf.
:" o4i, II that's tho case. l don't
need 70 Say no moro, says the feller.
Se iso' inc oeso right mere In my
pos4e'' ''0 you II JEST sigh
Gooap. says the old man, Dickia'
up MS hhoe an starun up the team.
lou aoht play mat ON me, young
man NSs ~ Dig. brown. stone jug
iai.
Hoy, hold on o minute, the fsller
rollafs. want 10 talk 10 yeu, Mr..
nA's ie'si'f-
oaElaSo You'll have to walt till
GIT tnrs0sh, then, the old man boilers
PACK Two get this wheat to harvest
An no drives on.
Wsn, tAe Sellsr was pretty heDsfn'
mad, bat shore wasa't nothin' to do
but 70 nsss Down la tao shade an wait.
aaa that's wat 40 done I'll near sun
down, Whom Gao old MAN drove up to
eRo oarn and rnAfeAoa.
"Fhon tao rastcead fsllex went IN
TO Mr. end 'pelsr giaed for treublin'
hiEa when As was basy II you'll give
ne feed Tor nay horse an litths OF
your dmo after supper, though, Ina
sure you won't regret IT, he says.
odd Man Ea1liddor was willin' to
do that. all right, an after supper the
feller Dat an arsyed up an down an
all around for the hull o. the eyenin'.
The old man smoked an nodded his
head ca' agreed that in was all on