The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-26
Emmanuel
Can
Radish



umphantly With ny patent manure
! win grow the biggest fadishes Ia ths
z United States
Emmanuel Catty was recent emf
grant % America. on the v0yAss
thither Ne bad become converted I'd
vegetarianism. and henceforth intend
Led to devote bis life to the culture
q vegetables, convinced that fame
and fortune would crown his efforts
Il had taken bis fertile brain but a
short period TO evolve a manure, com
/ bined Of more chemicals than could
/ be named in a summers day. OF its
uniYersel efficacy he had no doubt
but DESTROYS Of proceeding with al
+ prudence, be intended to try II first
on the humble but tasty and euccu.
4 lent radish He manured bis plot of
ground, and sowed his seed accord
ingly; but, as time weat OH, the leaves
of only one radish appeared above the
/ ground
Never mind said Emmanuel, 1T
viii be O monster
The weather was exceedingly hot
but the radish grew and prospered
Its leaves filled all Emmanuers little
plot and broke down the fences. EN-
manuel watered II daily from the well
at the back Of bis house, but the heat
continued, and BY and by the well
gave out Then, one by one, all the
wells in the neigbborhood gave out;
there was a drought.
Presently the only green things In
the neighborhood were the hayes Of
the huge vegetable, which, in spite Of
the heat, continued to grow and Pros
per People came from miles round
to see the radish, TIL Emmanuel piled
huge barricade Of old meat tins in
front Of It, and demanded cent
apiece for permission to look Inside.
Then still more persons can,u. for
they knew there must be something
worth seeing, If they had to pay in
order to see. Emmanuels pride and
hts profits grew daily, till at last It
was time to dig up the radish.
But, behold It would not come up
Emmanuel Catty, aware that II would
be work Of some difficulty, had requI-
sitioned half-a-dozen neighbors with
picks and shoyela to assist him. and
q large cart wherewith to carry the
radish away. But the farther down
he and his companions dug the far.
ther the radlsh extended.
It's bulk diminished, 1t is true. after
they had dug down hundred feet or
SOL II showed slight symptoms Of mar
rowing, as II intending to taper, az
do ordinary Fadlshes. But its perfec-
tion had TO be taken on trust. for let
its ownerand his companions dig as
they wopfd. the radish showed no
signs Of stopping The tail seemed
prepared to continue indefinitely.
BY this time scaffolding was erect.
ed, and the sides OF the pit round the
radish were strutted up; tho whole
state had gone wild with excitement.
and three leading newspapers had
opened subscription lists to enable
Catty to continue the work Of extract
ine the radish. So the digging con.
tinued, and as Catty superintended It.
he realized suddenly the cause Of the
drought; that wretched radIsh had
drawn 10 itself all the water in The
neighborhood, and tapped the wells
If anything, this increased the In
terest Of the public; people felt that
they had sacrificed something to the
radlsh, and had a right in It; SO the
boring went On with undiminished en-
ergy. Emmanuel Catty heading the
workers and rejoicing Ia the thought
that he was famous at last.
After some weeks. however, the
work came to a standstiil; the heat
In the mine was becoming intense.
and the radish still extended down.
ward Emmanuel nearly wept with
disappointment when the suggestion
OF giving up the task was first made.
Come what would, he vowed he would
see the end Of that radlsh Il believe"
he cried, that It goes right through
tho earth!"
People looked at each other dubl.
ouslyi II seemed possible that the
idea was correct; but how to put 1t
TO the test? The heat in the mine
was already sitting. Then Catty had
another idea.
LET us excavate inside the radlsh
ITSELF" he cried. That will be cool
enough"
This was true, the water which the
radlsh had sucked up into itself from
SO large an area kept It cool and
fresh: besides, It was easy TO work,
and not difficult to strut up; SO into
the very heart of the radlsh plunged
catty and his devoted followers, bur.
rowing steadily downward and exca-
waiting the radish pulp day by day.
Some OF It they ate. thereby obvl-
ating the necessity for a large supply
Of provisions. The hole IN the radish
with the mine. and the
mine in It's turn with the upper atinos.
phere; so the air supply was sufi-
cient. and they pereeYered.
It strikes me. said one Of Catty's
companions one morning. that we
must be really getting somewhere at
last" lie struck his pick against the
ndish wall as he spoke, and II went
The next moment a shout
Of horror burst from The workers.