Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-07-14

per acre for your cabbage lana .na =
nave seen the very finest cabbagos
grown on land that could be houebt
Tor $50 an acre. Isn't that a had movs
at the very start?a
I'm paying nothing Of the kinap,
shouted ar. Bowser as he sprang up.
Figure a little and yOu'n see Ia
There house on the thirty acresY'
IL dunno"
Inen If we vacate here, where are
we going to liveT'
You are finding fault. just as you
always do"
! A Woman's Business View.
No; I'm looking at the business side
Oh the case. These thirty acres must
be prepared for your plants in the
spring. Have you figured on the cost
Ihen you must get plants and set
them out Have you figured ON thai? ?
Then they must be tended. The cab
Dage may come through all right. and
then again insects may bother. When
grown they must be gathered and shin
PED. Have You figured on the cost of
all these things?"
Idiot that / am for having said
| anything about it to your shouted
Bowser as he stamped up and down
the room.
Please don't get excited. You have
been offered something better than a
gold mine. Let us see about It. Did
this cabbage head man tell you the
number grown to the acre?"
Il believe he said 5OO.'
Its more likely to be less. but wen
take his figures. If every cabbage ma.
tured you would have 1900. How
much had these ought to sell forY'
Thousands and thousands Of dol
lars. tell you, l have gone over and
over It, and 1t is gold mine and bet
ter"
But take the figures for it. Mr..
Bowser. If every head is sold at 10
cents 1t is a big average. Your thou
sands and thousands of dollars amount
to just $500 Out Of that must come
all the expenses. If you got $3.50 clear
you would be doing well. Don't turn
red In the face and shout and gesture,
but look my figures over and see IL
have made any mistake"
They are all wrong, wrong, wrongV,
Come and show me-"
TN do nothing Of the kind. You
have set out to down me in this thing.
but l refuse to be downed. It's your
internal meddling that has kept me
from hitting a dozen different good
things since our marriage, 'and I'll
have no more Of it. say that there is
a fortune in a cabbage orchard every
year."
Then why can't we figure it out?'
Because you don't want to, but
others can and will Mrs. Bowser, /
viii bring you figures inside of half
an hour that will prove you an idiot at
mathematics
Very well l wish you would state
the case to others. Our butcher has a
farm and raises cabbages. Ask him."
TN do it, and warn you Of your
doom. I'll crush you as the elephant
brushes the wormv
Mr.. 5owser Gets Light.
MT. BoWser donned hat and over
coat and rushed from the house to the
butcher shop. The butcher had fifteen
minutes to spare him to hear his sto-
ry. As he listened he smiled. When
the story was concluded he said:
You couldn't make enough at cab
bage growing to buy your hair oiIv'
But why?" was demanded.
ASK Mrs. Bowser. I'll bet she's got
the sense to see why you couldn't.
Why, man, chap just out Of an idiot
asylum or going in wouldn't be caught
In scheme like this!
Don't you call me no fool!'
There, there! Don't get excited.
Try cabbages in your back yard or ON
the roof and get your hand in. Get a
book on the cabbage head Read poet
ry on the cabbage by moonlight. Con
suit the encyclopedia on the cabbage
stalk. Good night, Mr. Bowser!'
And Mr.. Bowser backed into the
winters night and walked and walked
and thought and thought, and his ears
grew cold, and the frost found his
feet, and now and then a gust Of wind
whipped round corner to meet him
and sing the sad refrain:
"Oh. where is my cabbage head to- |
night?"