The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-11-01
UNCLE JOSH GOES
TO THE DALLAS FAIR
HE SEES SOME TIMES AND
LEARNS A GOOD DEAL.

Our Dear Nephew:
Y.uy Uuclo Josh and Aunt Saman.
my wus TO that ntlms Fair, Your
vnclc Josh Is nor a gvine to tell
you hat wat we seen. Thcm hy d.
wins. rail roads what ia crckcd up
an down. Booser Reds vile hosscs,
them shows fur men only. thru the
tuncL an dancin wimcn did MT pleas
yo1r aunt Samauthy one bit SO she
says. JOsh, you gis' come with me
and We viii sec them things that We
farmer folks Is use TO- so OF we
hikcd TO the chicldu house. the pig
pen and the sheep lot. and o. whcr
they had the corn, cotton, wheat.
cats. punhins, water miliens, &C,
sc, Sc. Now my Dear Nephew, your
Uncle Josh saw some cyidcns OF
farming in them produce stores,
mighty fine. but when your uncle
begin O. ask the store keeper some
things about farmin he did not fine
q sinGul wun ur them what node
a litUc about how to grow stuff al
hum. Your Uuclc Josh studied farm.
in nightly while nc wus lookn on
them fine cotton stOks what crowd
az the end NV the ro and in the
g. nj In
the men what WIS wantin tn sell
seeds at 81 a bushol If he farmcd
the Ian which crowd that cotton. He
said no, he wus gst sellin seeds
fur the man which did the plowiu.
The truth is the more your Uncle
Josh aksed. the bigger fool he found
himSef Cr the tothcr felcr. an he
dunno which. Your Aunt Samanthy
says, Josh YOU gist come away frum
them sintific farmers an quit argin
with en- or you will be fitm threck.
ly no, said your uncle he is skoolcd
in them aegifyin debates. he turned
i in the farmers union an can do
hit in fun with a man who noes
sumthin. Well your uncle and aunt
got lone all X. o. an he went at
onse TO thinkin. All the way frum
Dalus We seen men plowin with
steam. with mules, with hossos, an
won man plowin with a rail road en-.
gin along side NV the rode. but when
We 20. back into bu'ifully Oklaho.
ma We seed no man plowin. I asks
Your aunt If She wondered what
Wus the why that no body wus p!ow.
IN on this side uy the river Sb.
lowed they wus all so tired pickin
cotton they wus Just rcs,in - git
rcdy to p!ow. But your Uncle Josh
though. different but said nothin. fur
to g'J in TO argimcnt with your
aunt moons sumthin. but my Dear
Nephew your Uncle J his opipjon
prN,ly expressed, why these her.
OKLA farmers WIS not plowin ls this.
ihcy air Trade 10 plow now fur thcy
might dy before spring an they
would loos that work, 50 they wato
III the day afore they git redy 10
plant and then they have no time
10 do anything but list. list. li,t,,,
Most NV these here east side farmers
air the biggest courds NV death I
ever hearn nv maby so If we had
more preichin they w5uld all rit re-.
Ilgon an so not be so afraid NV dyin
an then they would make enough m
tn' side to pay the preacher SOM
NM any way somCthin ought 70
hapln u get move on them fu-
the man that don't plow in the fall
can't hope ia git a fun crop the
comm yer the man what sows whect
now or iii the first of Dccombar
VIII reep wheel next May. the man
What plows now with par nv clio.
pants swaps them off fur par nv
g"tes to plow with next summer an
; plants oats and corn, in feb. fur OATS
and March the 10 fur corn. Low.
/ with his goats next summer win
CRIB corn an rcep oats
NO" your Uncle Josh has ured
Io'' about somthings, an in som.
other letters which he viii rite q
You later on he viii tol you abo a,
tcmo nv thcm.
F'nm your Dear Unclc Josh
Attention Ell.