Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-07-14
PHILANTHROPY BY PROXY

Though the Irish Land League howl
ed at him and cursed him for an alb
sentee landlord, Lord Strathcannor
could well stand comparison with hi;
peers. He was ever the first to dir
into his pocket when famine or dis
tress held Ireland in it's grip.
Dunn, his agent, went across the
channel to England quarterly to give
an account of his stewardship.
tbs improvident they are, youl
lordship,' he said to Strathcannon
"They won't hear Of cooperation al
all, and they're cutting their own
Threats with their old.fashioned ways
What they want is some good, pro
fitable industry that they will take
up with enthusiasm said his lord
ship.
Sure, your lordship, you're too lie,
nlnet with them. 1t was only las,
year that you bought every soul OF
thin a churning machine and ordered
thin to use thin under pain of dis
possession, and then you made then
plant castor oil, and it would not
grow
Shut up, Dunn" said Lord Strath
cannon. This time I'm going to start
a new industry altogether on my
estates.'
ct wouldn't be cabbages, your lord
ship?" suggested Dunn.
Shut up you dunderhead" shout
ed his master. mo, it isn't cabbages
It's Angoras. Do you know the prof
its in a herd of good Angoras?"
Profits, bedad!" muttered Dunn
dismally.
Buy every man on my estate a pair
of Angoras." said Lord Strathcannon
They'll have the milk from the ewes
and the wool will find a ready sale
on the London market. And then
when they're making their fortunes
why, We'll raise the rent on en-
concluded Strathcannon, gleefully.
"But-but-" stammered Dunn.
mot word" shouted his lordship
ITS settled. Understand? Buy EN- al
once and report progress to me in
three months from today"
The tenants were accustomed tC
their masters whims. The Angoras
were purchased and tended carefully.
They increased prodigiOusly. Lord
Strathcannon chuckled gleefully when
he read mis- agents report.
CHOW 6 tho tiplo tO cboar tI1 am b1
wrote back. Establish a milk indus
try, sell off the kids, allowing for
some natural increase, and let me
know how many pounds of wool you
get"
He's mad" groaned Dunn, when
he received this letter. "Bedad. / dare
not show my face among the enants,
and they won't pay the rent" So he
wrote back formally announcing his
resignation.
Lord Strathcannon grew purple in
the face. He packed his valise and
left for his Irish estates on the night
boat, appearing Unexpectedly at
Dunn's house the following after
noon.
'You scoundrel," he shouted, chow
dare you resign? Take back your po
sition instantly, do you hear me, sir?"
Beg pardon, your lordship," replied
Dunn, doggedly, ''it's more than my
life's worthy to try to collect the rent
from thin. They say the beasts are
eating them out of hearth and home"
why didn't you sell the wool, you
scoundrel, as l told you to-" raved his
lordship.
'Wool?" screamed Dunn. "Is it
wool your lordship's talking about?
Begorra, I had thin sheared as you
wrote me, and what did we get? Sew
en- miserable pounds of fur Seven
pounds of fur among the lot of thin,
and the poor bastes looking like rats
in a rainstorm. g.
Lord Strathcannon stepped back
and looked at his agent critically.
Dunn, are you mad, or am II" he
demanded. eff it is ], will you con
descend to tell me since when fur has
grown on Angora Sheep"
Sheep" cried Dunn, tearing at his
hair. sheep is it your lordship
meant? Begorra, heaven help me- It's
cats | bought Thin