News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-10


Gee, but that's a good one" he said
II wish Miles Pagan could hear that y
Hell hear me say it, all right" Sam
replied. But I'm not going to argue
with you fellows. I'm going to prove
it. And, now, what about that pillow,
ing? You didn't tell me whether You'd
do it,
"Sure I'll do it. I amt got nothin
else to do"
81 thought maybe you'd want to de
your own blowing"
mo. | never fool with that till
spring. l believe in lettin' the land
rest Sometimes I don't plow it at all
-jes' streak it off and plant it,
"Well, l want this land plowed deep,
and when | say deep | mean deep.
How much will you charge to do the
work that way"
'Let me see. You want the whole
field plowed|
Eyes. all of it,"
"Well, that stumpy acre will be pref
ty knotty."
Don't figure on that. I'm going to
have the stumps out. | heard father
say that man couldn't be religious
and cultivate stumpy field. / believe
he was pretty near right. A fellows
going to blow them out for me with
dynamite"
"Blow 'em out with dynamite! By
jacks, didn't think there was no way
to git up a stump except to break your
back and grub it up. Would 500 be
too much for that work, SAM"
mo. I'm willing to pay that I'll
let you know as soon as I've got the
land ready for you to go to work.
What'll you take for the manure in
your lot?"
"Oh you won't find much there, I
reckon. You can have it if you'll haul
it Off"
GAIL right. I'll be after it."
Sam left Bill Googe and went down
to see the owner of livery stable
"Want t. hire somebody to haul that
manure OFF, asked Sam, pointing to a
large pile that had been raked up at
the back Of the stable.
''Well, don't know exactly" said the
man. figuring to drive a bargain eff
you'll do 1t reasonable might make
deal with you. How much load will
you haul 1t for?"
I'm going to school," Sam told him,
land don't have any time except aft
ernoons after school, but if you'll let
me do the work along as l have time
I'll haul it for % cents a load"
swell, I'll just take you on that,
bud. I've been paying 80 cents and it's
too much. l don't care when you haul
it, just so as you keep the most of it
out of the way
can right" said Sam. "I'll be after
load tomorrow afternoon and anoth-
er next Monday"
Sam Powell hurried home delighted
with his arrangements. He creased
the one horse wagon, mended the har-
ness and got everything in readiness
for work That night he told his moth
er and sister about his plans.
'That land is mighty poor" he said,
"but I'm going to make it grow some
thing I'll get % cents load for haul
Tag manure from a stable downtown,
and I'm going to put every load of it
on our farm. I'll tell you how I'm 60
ing to manage it. I'll go down and
load up one evening and drive home
with It; then the next evening I'll haul
it to the farm. That'll be three loads
IL week from town, and on Saturdays
I'll haul manure from Bill Googe's or
ashes from the GIN
81 didn't know ashes were good for
land" said Mrs. Powell.
Wood ashes are fine Sam explain
ed. They burn wood at the gin and
there's little mountain of ashes there.
Mr.. Burton, the owner, gave them to
me. Some of these days it won't be so
easy to get fertilizer for nothing. They
don't know what it's worth now"
"Oh I'm so anxious to get out to the
old home again. exclaimed Florence.
when do you think Wen move, SAM
81 expect it will be in March or the
LIST of April" was the reply.
81 do hate for you and Florence to
miss any of the school, said Mrs.
Powell.
''I'd forgotten to tell you, mother"
said her son, that school will be out
in April. Wen miss only a week or
two. They had to cut the session short
because they've run out of money to
pay the teachers"
well, that's not so bad" Mrs. Pow !
ell reflected. although you miss
school, just the same, it really can't
be helped"
The next day being Friday, Sam |
went down to the stable after school
hours and hauled the first load of ma |
nuFe home so as to be in readiness to |
drive to the farm next morning with |
his companions, who were to be on /
hand at the appointed hour.