Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13

written Specially for The Bulletin-)
somsffus. wher, the winds north
west ard the moon sets fun and l reel
Just nike 1t. I'm going to write a new
catechism for adults on Folks as we
Find En-" It's already started,-ha<
and answers, viz: TO wit; namely: that
ou-What is the One Belief held by
Everyman and Everywoman, every
where7
Ans.-That he-cr she-is just a lit
on earth.
ou.-What IL the chief occupation Of
Ans-Berrewing things he has been
too 1asy to earn or too shiftless TO
save from his more provident neisn-
bers-
ou.-what is the chief pleasure OF
men--and women?
Ans-Ffnding fault with their neigh
bors and picking flaws in them.
II may be possibis that the city has
a n1Rnur pppportion of human nature
than the country. but we countrymen
do net need to go to town to find liv-
fnR illustrations Of this catecnism.
The woods are full of them. The first
question and answer plainly refer 70
tho uuzaity OF ssif-conceit- 1t IL prob
ably a good thing for us that we All
have a better opinion of ourselves
than our neighbors have OF us. IL we
really could see oursePs as ltners see
u.s." the chances are about one ham
dred and sleven to fhashundred that we
shouId be . deal less comfortable than
we are AZ rule. We farmers are
fairly free n ON personal vanity
witch is Q very different thing from
self-ccnceit- I don't deny that we
have an W. reasonably need of vanity
L. 10 n
can give Cur ctty cousins cards and
spades and still win first prize IN
deed the most Of us have got so that
we won't even recognize II a. sell
coreeft wf7en II is described to- us
we consider It simply superior wis
don, and sixteen hands high, "hoss
sense" :
One Of my neishbors had, last winter,
about q dozen loads more of stable
manure than he needed himself and he
sold IL to rne- He was TO draw ana
spread Al. have about a quarter OF
an acre which is going into cabbages
and caulifiowcr and kindred vegetables.
The land has been cropped steadily
for a dozen years. 1t needs all the
plant food that can be plowed under
40 todd him to put ten loads on this
patch. I didn't tell him what ] was
roiug to grow there, nor the history
on the lot for any part Of the last. 1t
never occurred to me that he would
be interested OF that he would consider
himself a better Judge of my gardens
needs than myself. But. after he had
drawn and put on seven loads. he sent
me word that he'd put on all there
was ANY sense in spreading on that
patch. and where should he draw the
rest, Do you catch the point? He
meant to act In a neighborly and
helpful way. He had put on what, &C
cording to his idea OF fertilization,
was a good cover of manure. So,
knowing nothing OF the possible diff
fe-snces between my land and his;
knowing nothing of the exhaustive
cropping the land had already under
gone; knowing nothing OF the greedy
crops to which IL was to be planted;
knowing nothing OF the fact that l
wanted to rely wholly on stable ma
nure this season. for that patch, saw
Ing my phosphate for other fields
knowing nothing of these details he
vet assumed, as matter of course,
that because my method OF nanurin9
differed from his. must be wrong and
wsstefu1 and in need of protection
against my own mistakes.
DENT know of single case for
years wher5 one of my neighbors has
undertaken any particular plan of
farming fer the season in which other
ueiGffbory haven't seen and reported
evfdences Of his folly and senility. 1t
ssens Impossible for any farmer ever
to do anything with any crop or field
but some other farmer. coming along
tAs read. win point out his action as