The Republican journal., 1916-02-10
GETTING ACQUAINTED.
When You Have New Neighbor Study Him
First

cold Jim Jimpson is the worst crouch
in town." said the assessor. 81 have
tried to be on friendly neighborly terms
with him, but he won't stand for it. Just
last evening saw him loafng around
his place, and ! went over to talk with
him, just to be sociable. He looked
plumb disguised when he saw me coming,
and let me know pretty soon that my
room was better than my company, so l
faded away, and if ever go to his place
again 1t will be when he asks me to-"
''That's wise determination, COM
mented the village patriarch, land
good deal of unpleasantne~ would be
saved if people would adopt something
ike it, Most of US are too anxious to e
friendly and neighborly, especially when
we are just suffering to talk some ones
arm off. and we seldom pause to ask our
selves whether our particular line of con-
versation is going to be refreshing to the
man We want to be neighborly with
eff you approach Jlmpson in the prop
er manner you will find him most
charming and engaging man. He will
take Oft bis coat and give it to you it you
want it. There's nothing he won't do
for a friend, but if you wish to be a
friend of his you must study him little,
and that's a safe rule to apply to every
body. When a new family moves into
or neighborhood | always observe the
head of that family narrowly for 10 days
or more before l go over to assure him
that the tariff is and must continue to be
the leading issue of our American poll
tics.
Nov Jimpson is interested in one
subject above all others. He insists that
White Plymouth Rocks are the best
chickens in the world. He has a lot of
them in captivity and he seems to have
hypnotized good many people into his
belief in them, for he sells the eggs and
young hens and roosters at scandalous
prices. The way he adores those hens of
his is astonishing. He will stay out in
the chicken yard for hours together, just
gloating over the birds.
Zone evening | went over to get ac-
quainted with him. just to be friendly
and neighborIy, as GU say, and talked
hens for 10 or Is minutes. | don't know
much about hens. for they never appeal
ed to me in the least, and l have always
| considered them a nuisance; but when l
see a neighbor infatuated with hens
| know how to approach him with the best
| results.
"Jlmpson was overjoyed to encounter
| somebody who seemed to take an inter-
est in his fowls, and he talked earnestly
and ardently for half an hour, pointing
! out the superiority of White Plymouth
Rocks over the Angoras and Leghorns
| and Poland Chinas and other just as
good varieties. | agreed with all he
said, and said there ought to be law
prohibiting people from keeping any
other breed, and Jimpson was so pleased
that he listened to me explaining the
tariff for two hours, and you can't ex-
pect more than that from any man.
people don't like him, and say he's
an old curmudgeon, and II because they
don't use little strategy in approaching
| him. Let Jimpson talk of his hens for
20 minutes, and you can have the floor
the rest of the day, and you'll come
| away from his place convinced that YOU
| never encountered a more agreeable
man.
every once in while he sends me
over few eggs from his silver-plated
hens, and when l meet him tell him
never tasted such incompatible eggs,
and tn l am reasonably certain that