The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1919-10-16
Good THING LOST
Uncle Henry Surely Had Marvel.
Gus Fertilizer.
Unfortunately, After Il Had Demon
strated Its Amazing Effect on Grow
ing Corn He Gould Not Remem-
Der the Ingredients.

Friday dandelionS were in bloom at
York, Pa. Saturday they were covered
by six inches OF snow. Boston Globe.
Once more we have 10 thank the
Boston Globe for jogging our memory.
says the Lewiston Journal. How il all
comes back TO us. Uncle Henry on
mothers side was q farmer-inventor.
He rigged up all sorts OF farm machin-
cry which wouldn't operate anywhere
except on paper. or in Uncle Henry's
head. He was also great hand to ex-
pertinent with fertilizers, and while he
was always on the track OF fertilizer
that was going 10 produce a double
crop OF something or other his expert
ments usually resulted in reducing his
crops materially, and the rest OF the
family had to do some pretty tall hus-
Ting to catch even.
one fall Uncle Henry produced a
fertilizer that he was sure would revo-
lutionize the farming industry. and il
smell could have turned the trick 1t
would have, too. His fertilizer had a
bouquet that, when the wind was right
depopulated the country for a mile
away from the house. The rest OF the
family went away 10 visit TIL the smell
thinned out some or overcame Uncle
Henry. There used TO be lot OF
skunks In our neighborhood, but they
all moved away that fall. A German
butcher who manufactured limburger
cheese on the side offered Uncle Henry
$4,000 for the secret Of that smell, in
tending to manufacture a cheese that
would make him a millionaire when he
got ii on the market. But Uncle Hen
ry wouldn't sell. He said IL was his
duty to invent fertilizer that would
double crops and he was going TO stick
to it till he did. if he never had "a cent.
He had plenty of scent, however.
When the family finally received word
that a person might live in the house
II he didn't breathe too deep nor too
often they came back. Uncle Henry
had become discouraged and buried his
sample Of the new fertilizer In the
front yard. That night he fed the
hens in sbOut the same place, and
when he threw out their corn they
wouldn't go within ten feet of the
place where the fertilizer was buried.
That night it came on to snow. and 1t
showed hard for ten hours. After it
stopped Uncle Henry's two youngest
children, John and Hilda, put OH their
outdoor clothes and built snow man
right over the spot where the fertilizer
was buried. Then they built a big
snow house and played in 1t till night.
! The next morning when Uncle Henry
went out to DO the chores he was
| amazed TO see, about six feet up in the
air, the snow man and the snow house,
apparently supported by thick green
sticks with leaves upon them. He got
over his surprise and investigated. He
found that the green sticks were lusty
cornstalks which had taken root and,
nOurished by his fertilizer, had sprung
up in two days 10 their present height
| of 1872 feet. and produced some Of the
finest fodder corn We ever saw. Un-
fortunately. Uncle Henry could never
remember what he had put into tnat
fertilizer. and. of course, his sample
was gone, so he never got any pecuni-
AIRY benefit from it.