The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-19

II was said lhat the farmers IN
the country ahOut Dlnel We're up to
snuii 40 patent naNfOrk> cOuId De
un.oaded on them. on the hundreds
of patent medicine circulars they re
ceiycu each year not one resulted III
the safe OF II consumption cure. me
Tin peddlerS who deait with them took
their ives IN ;hpir hands. &c ute was
the word applied to the people OF the
town and county.
one October day a middle aged man
OF good address might nave Drrn seen
driving toward Olnry IN buggy. IT
was raining. ana the highway was
muddy At IL certain spot wheel ten
into rut ana the buggy was tipped
over. Five minutes later citizen OF
Olney named Scott caIue driving IN
from crossrOad He AT once offered
his aid. 1t wasn't much OF trick to
right the buggy. as no damage mao
been done. but the stranger. VINO gave
his name as Anderson. was prOtuse IN
his thanks. he was 80 profuse as TO
emba rrass Mr.. Scott. he said it was
the FIRST thing that had happened in
years to make him believe In hnmanl
ty. Mr.. Scott could have passed him
by. but hadn't done so. MIR. Scott had
halted and got down in the pouring
rain and grabbed and heaved on the
muddy wheel. Mr.. Scott mad been Of
fered a dollar for his trouble. but mad
waved It away.
The stranger was to stop at the
Raven inn. in town. He might be
there a week. II Mr.. Scott would call
he would he shown that gratitude still
existed in the human breast. MIR.
Scott felt that the stranger was over
doing things. but curiosity forced MIN
to call He was warmly received.
Then Mr. Anderson told his secret.
He was travelling over the country to
find some farmer ne could trust.
Those seeds were new variety or
cucumber-a chocolate cOlored cucum-
Der. 1t grew To "A length OF three feet
and was going to produce revolution
in food 1t could he baked. boiled or
fried. the SaIn- aS a potato. but con-
tanned three times the nutriment. and
the taste was something that beat
fried oysters all to smash. The big
hotels of the cities would pay dollar
apiece for them ana would contract
for million a year. Hush. On your
life don't mention it. More money in
1t than in n diamond mine Mr.. Scott
had helped Mr.. Anderson out OF the
mud Mr.. Anderson would now help
Mr. Scott out OF any tinanriaI mole ne
had fallen into. He would give MIN
twenty of the seeds. The twenty
would grow 80 one dollar cucunners.
and the 300 cucumDers would produce
full peck OF seeds.
Mr. Scott was amazed. astOnished
had ever been handed sonnet hing tor
moi hing since coming down with
measles
Mr.. Scott did not drop word to Il
human soul His wife saw that ne
had something on his mind and tried
to pick il out of MIN. Dut sooner Than
tell her he let her threaten 10 90 nome
to her mother. 1t was MIR. Anderson
who tackled a farmer now and then
III ne STREETS Vi OlHtN anu lpoh Vim
10 his room and showed INN one of the
wonderful cucumDerS, He didn DO
it to sell seeds. just TO drop mint OF
what was coming
And then the farmer would 20 home
and think it over. He couldn { wait
three Years tor seeds. He wanted 10
be Ill at the start, before the price
should drop on an erSiocked market.
He would go back to the kind Mr.. An
derSon and ask as Il great favor 10
sell him Il score or SO. In each and
every case he did go back ana pai0 IA
dollar apiece for the seeds and took
his solemn oath not to say word Dt'-
fore the next spring. and he went
away with the little packet of seeds
Rugged to his palpitating neart
In time that salt bag of seeds was
emptied and filled again In time ev
cry man who could raise Il few dollars
and wanted to make ter for 3tle mad
bought seeds. The news somehow
real he'd as far as twenty miles away