The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-10-31
Da ,ishire's." said the colonel. "were
the devil and oil to control"
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FACING Trial.

Facing Trial.
A distinct sensation ran through
the Woodruff school. but the school
master and a group of five boys and
three girls engaged in a very unclass-
like conference In the back of the
oom were all unconscious of it. The
geography classes had recited. and
the language work was on. Those
ing a game under the leadership of
jimmie Simms. who had been promot-
ed to the position of weed-seed mon
itor.
The game was forfeits. Each child
had been encouraged to bring some
sort of weed from the winter fields
preferably one the seed Of which still
chung to the dried receptacles-but
anyhow. a weed. II any pupil brought
in a specimen the name of which he
himself could not correctly give. he
paid a forfeit. II a specimen was
brought in MOI found in the school
cabinet-which was coming to con-
tain a considerable collection-it was
placed there, and the task allotted to
the best penman in the school to write
its proper label. All this caused ex-
element. and not a little buzz-but II
ceased when the county superlntend-
emit entered the room.
For 1t was after the first Of Janu-
airy, and Jennie was visiting the Wood
ruff school.
The group in the back of the room
went on with its conference, oblivious
Of the entrance of Superintendent
Jennie. Their work was rather alb
sorbing, being no more nor less than
the compilation of the figures of a COW
census of the district.
Altogether" said Mary Talcott,
I'VE have in the district one hundred
and ifty-three cows"
Il don't make it that" said Ray
mond Simms. Il don't get but a hun
dred and thirty-eight."
1.-THE trouble is" said Newton Bron-
son, that Mary's counting in the
Bailey herd of Shorthorns."
we'll, liiCt lie GOWS, III l ilty IL
terrogated Mary.
Not for this census" said Ray
mond.
"Why not?" asked Mary. They're
the prettiest COW in the neighbour
hood"
"Scotch %Shorthorns," said Newton,
"and run with their calves"
Leave them out" said Jim, land
tomorrow, l want each one to tell in
the language class. in three hundred
words or less, whether there are
enough cows in the district to justify
a cooperative creamery. and give the
reason. You'll find articles in the
farm papers if you look through the
card index. Now. how about the CEN
sus in the adjoining districts?"
There are more than two hundred
within four miles on the roads lead
ing west" said a boy.
"My father and l counted up about
a hundred beyond u.s." said Mary.
But l couldn't get the exact num-
ber." .
"Why," said Raymond, I'VE could
find six hundred dairy cows in this
ne%ighborhood, within an hours
drive"
six hundred scoffed Newton.
You're crazy! In an hours driver
II mean an hours drive each way"
said Raymond.
81 believe we could" said Jim.
"And after we find how far we will
have to go to get enough cows, if half
of them ~patronized the creamery, Wen
work over the savings the business
would make, if we could get the prices
for butter paid the Wisconsin cooper
alive creameries. as compared with
what the centralizers pay US, on a
basis of the last six months. Who's
in possession of that correspondence
with the Wisconsin creameries?"
Il have it," said Raymond. Pm
hectographing a lot of arithmetic
problems from it."
"How do you do. Mr.. Irwin? 1t
was the superintendent who spoke.
Jim's brain whirled little prlsmatlc