New-York tribune., 1910-09-04

rise had been counting on. bat there were
others to follow and l caught glinpseS OF
them through the windows of the barn
They didn't inspire me much
.s7-be having season vas getting nicely
under wav and with the assistance OF
pitchfork I divided the remainder or the
day between The top OF load or nav allo
the peak of the nov in the barn NotWlth-
standing the difficulty I experienced IN
moving about hip deep in the timothy anu
clover which came up just a httle raster
than l could take care of. propelled oy
'Bob's' experienced arm. that was Vastly
nrefershIe TO the sessions in the hayloft,
for the day was particularly not ana NY
clothing soon became vet enough to JUSTIFY
the assumption that | had fallen into the
brook ! knew there was stream "lthLi
a mile of the house. and comtorted myselI
all day with the thought that l couId sLlaSh
around in it little before bedtime. put
after supper felt too lame TO walk so ldf
and. besides. the farmer said there wasn't
time and we'd better be getting to bed
Il lasted the month out but when the end
of it came I was entirely cured of my long
ing for rural joys I got s1ung by humble
bees several times, ran into some poison IVY
one Sunday afternoon and had narroT
blue on both shins from contact with the
boots of the cows while milking ate some
luscious looking thing I found growing in
the field and was sick for two days. fell
through an unIooked-for feeding hole while
putting down hay for the morning meal
OF the horses and had various other mlsad-
ventures which I had not counted on The
folks said they were sorry to see me go
when 7 took the evening train for New
York on the last day of July. and they told
me to come back any time l felt like it L
pronrised that I would for I knew that
would be perfectly safe. I haven't felt like
it since.
"As to the healthfulness of farming, con-
tinued the contented city dwelIer, I've
come to the conclusion that there's moth
ing to it. The medical men tell that a
big part of the typhoid fever enjoyed by
citv duellers is brought back from those
idyIIic spots where we've spent our sum
n1er vacation, and that fall typhoid isn t.
a. we've been led to believe. due to the evil
condition of our good old Croton during the
dog days And there are dangers lurking
in country air Of which the guide books TO
Independence on the farm have nothing 20
say The story of the returned Philippine
veteran who was kicked to death by mule
on Missouri farm two weeks after he got
back is not unknown, and in one days dis
patches from small section of the country
round about the West Virginia panhandle
were a number of instances of the risk L
man runs when he tries to wrest a living
from the coy and reluctant soil.
In one of these cases the wife OF Il
farmer. trying to part two fighting turkeys.
got the usual reward of the peaCemaker
when a meek eyed COW took hand in the
proceedings and made the immediate pres
ence of a surgeon necessary. a man in
Ohio got into argument with a bull and
was assisted by that animal into a tree.
where he died before the arrival of help,
A matron in Pennsylvania was feeding grass
to colt, when the latter pIayfulIy nipped
! off finger Aside from these minor diff
culties. there is the growing danger to the
farmer from airship men who prefer Il
land in the farmers field 70 coming down