The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-19
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referring to her az an old maid. Sally
Aldridge didn't care. however. She
had Z" farm left to her by her parents.
and by hiring some help and doing
considerable work herself got along
all right and kept her young sis~er
Mamie in school. r.s r
/ Miss Sally invested in six hives Of
bees and waited. She likewise got
stung. 81 times and waited. She care
fully followed instructions, and at the
lend of the first season there wasn't
enough honey in, the hives to feed, the
bees on through the winter. She sold
them for .as.dollar-Ia hive ~andEltallied
it up. to experience. :
r" It raj at this time that MI. Well
come came along to buy potatoes. He
was an old bachelor living 10=miles
away. He also had commercial
dreams and ambitions. He also had
decided, to experiment: Sally Al
bridge had no potatoes to- sell. Her
bees had taken precedence of the, tn.
-bers.,55 She and Mr.. Welcome had a
talk, however. He was a. pretty blunt
man, and before going away he asked
permissionGto call and get better &C
quainted.
"Oh, yes, but it won't do You, any an
good" was the reply.
But should our friendship ripen in
to loye?"he asked. Il : :. : :
But it won't" =.
"But If It should 1 should certainly
ask you to be my wife,
"An I should just as certainly say
no to it."
"I simply shan't marry until I have
found a bigger fool than l am"
He laughed and went his way, and
Miss Sally went in to read up on poul-
try raising for market. Nothing In
Shakespeare compares in interest to
a poultry book. The reader feels like
growing with the ROSTERS, clucking
with the hens and piping with the
chickens.
She took. 500 head Of poultry, three
incubators and several barrels Of
dope. The dope wasn't needed for
the chickens-they were nev sick
an hour-but for the buyer There
were grounds to be laid out--hvouses
to build-wire fences to put up. No
trouble at. all, as the books say! 49, Any An
child 10 years old can run the ma
chine after five minutes. .
a! =#l H#aE1Mfisss#zfS5ailJyEEEwas noHzchild.sFsN Neither
was she q chicken.@Fora 10 long
months she was a hen. She was with
them all day and a part of many
nights. She got to know what pip
and gapesi are. There were a hun
dred motherly old hens that did moth
ing but SIT around and have chills,
soft corns. backaches and fits of va
rious kinds. They must be doctored
by day and sympathfzed with during
the long hours of night. Some Of the
incubators roasted the chicks, and
some froze them to death. -
The chickens didn't last as long as
the bees. There were few eggs, and
few broilers. The hospitals and no.
tells that had contracted had to turn
to mutton to fill up their guests.
There ought to have been a profit Of
$4,000 the first year, according to the
seller, but there was a loss of hun
dreds the other way. &&' '1'
Miss Sally had dead horse" to sell,
and she sold 1t, and a few weeks later
tried her third commercial expert
ment. It was ginseng this time. The
little roots came from; Persia and cost
dollars and dollars per pound. but
two acres OF Persian ginseng would
net the grower about $4,000 clear
profit. s-=zs..E#. -+ ss=H5as5='
The ginseng roots from far-of Persia
turned out to be burdock roots from
nearby Michigan.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Welcome had made
excuses to drop in3noWaand then. He
drove up one day#withs: look of de.
termination on his. face Many a
woman has seen thatzslooka and real
lied that the crisis was atH#hsnd. Tho
old bachelor had hardly entered the
house when he was !greetedzwith: Il
gave you my answer long agp."
Exactly Miss AldridghsI have
come to claim, the fuliiilnlsnt Of your
promise" ~ z s11 n
Il am q bigger fool hfhln you are.
Sit down while / prove itHto you. You
knew nothingss,=whateyYer about bees,
and yet youswsnt into honey-raising."
"You had s2o9old Hens around your
farm, and You figuredsst that you could
manage a Thousand
You didn't know ginseng T. root from
burdock. ~ s,.-r.+4 44l sa... s~
mo, ] didn't. ana that's where ]
am safe. Where is a bigger fool?"
G Fright hers,,tiny dear. I was let in
on the ground floor on blue roses; !!
invested linr a banana orchard i'm Ohio
that Wa to be run by, steam; ! u bought
mahogany trees to set out in my
farm. ! bought ' mnuehroom pe s d that b
turned .eus IT, be, tturnips; raised and
seltdl sauaha for 4 cents each that cost
me g. M last !. vas try'
Ing 10 sgrpN celery on a sandy side.
Hin ! An her. to; claim your hand'",
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