The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-01-17
HARVEY Osborn, CALF
COLLECTOR, FAMILIAR
FIGURE IN wayne
BY WILLIAM r. SANBoRN.

III you nave TAD for collecting,
consider your old friend Harvey Os-
born, otherwise Honest Harvey" who
has been collecting for the past 40
years. And yet, the more he collects,
the more is seemingly left to collect,
so, like the brook, Harvey goes on
forever.
We have said, consider your "old
friend Harvey" because it is estimat-
ed that he is the best known man in
Wayne and Randolph counties, espe-
children. The town folks know him,
too. as will presently appear.
Truth to tell, he collects largely for
their benefit, and if he makes an
honest dollar thereby, why not? Man
can not live by collecting alone, even
if he can eat his collections, as is U.s.
ually the case with Harvey.
Although Harvey lives at Lynn, he
belongs to this whole section. He is
moveable scene on our landscape,
going to and fro in his persistent
quest. The women and children watch
I for him from many a farm house win
dow. He Is as certain as the sunrise,
as he leisurely wends his way collect
ing-always collecting.
He Collects Calves.
Harvey Osborn collects calves. He
is the greatest collector of calves
| known to fame. While thousands have
been content to collect cancelled
stamps, ancient furniture, rare books,
or bugs, and now and then mayhap, a
| "bun," none of these things for Har-
vey. Calves are good enough for him; {;
| nor can he get too many of them, but
at that he gets a-plenty. At 100 in the
| shade and at 80 below, he has kept on
going.
And would you believe it, he is US
! ing the same old wagon he drove 40
years ago. Rome Shurley says SO.
Rome is a truthful and honorable man,
but, alas, he often cracks a joke
When asked why he hadn't bought a
truck, Harvey replied that they travel
too fast; it would miss the calves
and turkeys that he creeps along past
and discovers.
His wagon was good enough 40
years ago, and it is good enough now
1t isn't likely to tako header into
a ditch, knock down the telephone
system or smash fences. No trucks
for Harvey while horses continue to
perambulate all kinds of roads.
His $4,000 Record.
! Mr.. Oshssn hung up a record In
1919. He has been making records for
40 years, but that for last year over.
topped all previous efforts. 1t Is said
that one Of his records is this: He has
never missed bringing calves to Rich
mond on a single Saturday in the IL
years that the local stock yards have
been operated, and this is probably
true of many preceding years, as the
| butchers estimate.
Nor has he missed bringing in tur
keys at Thanksgiving and Christmas
times for thrifty matrons who have
long depended on him. Turkeys, how
ever, are but a side line. The follow
ing figures tell their own story of the
calves delivered at Glen Miller alone
during 1919:
January, 81 calves, S1,404.35; Febru
airy, 81. sS35.6O; March, 62, s1.44s 81
April, Sc, $1,169.70; May, 76, S1,663.44
June, 73, $1,94715; July, "A, $2,030.55
August. IS, $2,375.22; September, 81
$65O.50; October, "a, s1,S12.6O; No
vember, 46. s1,256.S0; December, AZ
s1.097.70. Total number of veals, 710
cash collected, $1S,732.23.
This is considerable of a record. L
explains why Mr.. Osborn is so widel!
known among farmers. and why the
hundreds of women living in Rich
mond who have bought his turkey:
can pick out his old familiar outfit. {
block away.