The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
~ CHARLES FREDERICK CARTER

~ CHARLES FREDENttN tNNTEH
TT the jingle of the telephone bell at
his bedside had not given the cor
L rect pitch you probably would not .
have noticed that Farmer Timothy .
Hay hatted when he snored However.
doesn't matter. because the snoring .
ceased as MIR Hay rolled over and. re-
clining on one elbow, took down the .
Receiver
The call was from the station agent /
at Dsmalburg who read to Squire Hay
a telegram from the Chicago sales agent |
of the local farmers association urging
the immediate shipment Of a carload
of early peaches To- take advantage of a
strong market The suggestion must
have met with approval. for Mr. Hay
ordered car placed for loading.
MIR. Hay yawned rs he hung up the
receiver, then pulling a gold watch
from beneath his pillow noted that it
was quarter to :. II Farmer
Hay had been given To- such profitlcss
reflections he might have remembered
that his late father. whose slumhers
were timed 10y an eighty-nine cent alarm
clock. would have had half u days
work done 10y that hour. The elder
Hay, YOU see chose to he born before
the gasoiene-electric era. an exhibition
OF bad taste for which he paid the pen
atty at hard labor for life. as was just
and proper.
without getting out of bed Mr.. Hay
reached for another phone. connected
with his own private farm system, and
inserted plug in hole labelled
Barn"
THAT you, Pete? Don't send the trac-
tors into the field to-day. Wen ship
a carload of cholera murhuS. Get the
hands into the orchard ON the stroke
of ! and step lively or we'll miss
that evening train. Watch how the
peaches are running. and If we're not
going to have enough to MI the car
we'll let Pease ship few crates Yes,
know they haven't begun To turn set,
but city folks like their fruit nice and
green. Besides, prices are higher than
they'll be again this year"
With the leisurely movements that
only the prosperous can AFFORD Farmer
Hay took his bath in "A tiled bathroom
with open plumbing and all the other
shaving by a telephone call from his
lawyer at Dismalburg, who told Of II
merchant who wanted to borrow some
of the farmers surplus cash, Mr. Hay
finished his toilet 10y putting on "A col
lar and tie,
Yes. | said collar" 1t wasn't cell
luloid either 1t was imported linen at
$3.50 a dozen. And don't. forget that
the tie cost more than "A quarter. Also
ne wore a coat when he went down to
breakfast at his own table. although it
wasn't SUNDAY and no guests were rX-
pected. The air in the dining room was
heavy with the fragrance Of cut nowers
on table and sdebnard. Alsb the room
was bright and cheerf , and handsomely
furnished,
After QucnChing his thirst with "A
glass of water innocent of typhoid bac-
terra. since 1t was from an artcsan well
beyond the possibility Of contamination
and cooled 10y ice made at his own SAM
tary rcfrigeratlng plant, Farmer Hay
ate "A 81 breakfast measured by met
ropolitan prices, that Is 10 say II may
be mentioned in passing that he did not
eat with his knife The conversation
was about the approaching annual fam
lily trip to Europe. with parenthetic
comments on the news in tn" daily
paper just left a. the door 10y the rural
mall carrier.
Leaving details Of the trip to b" set
tied at some future conference, Farmer
Hay sauntcred out on his daily tour of
inspection The general utility man,
who was washing down the ConCrct"
walls and floor Of the cow stable with
hose, reported that the new power
driven vacuum mlk"r was working Ia
perfection and producing larger yield