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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1905)
0 THE FARMER'S BOY. You ask about that boy of mltut, An' what hts inclination is? . Why, stranger, can't you read the sign That's writ acrost that youngster's Phis? He's such a master hand to shirk . That sometimes I' can most admire him! An' lazy! if you gave him work He'd help you make a chance to fire him. His mother says he's quick to learn That when he's foollu' out o' doors He's makin' poetry to burn But watch him fool at doln' chores! His inclination is to be A sdhietning that they call a poet Such , foolishness don't come from me I aiu't that kind, not if I know it You see that critter on the wall There lu the frame? Well, that's a cow I His mother says he's got a call To be a artist; but somehow 'Tisn't such a gift for him to draw; There's nothin' in it to surprise us. But what that boy is useful for Is what I'd like you to advise us. When I was young it wasn't so; Boys had a different tralirtn' then They knew they had to hoe their row An' work .their way like little men. There weren't no fine contraptions known In them old days for saving labor; And he who'd finished for his own -Would go and help a friend or neigh ' bor. 1 ' s You think I'm hard on him? Why, His mother says he'll turn out grand! He's juBt the apple of her eye. But, stranger, when I take a hand H-u-s-h! Here she comes. Is that you, ma? I just was talkin 'bout our Neddy So smart, I'm proud to be the pa .Of such a son eh? dinner ready? Chicago Reoord-Herald. H' said the Judge, "still cllng,to the old belief that a parent has 9 the right to say whom his child shall or shall not marry." , "Ye-es," agreed Sir. Robards, slowly, not wishing, for certain private rea sons, to give an unqualified assent, and yet too well acquainted with the Judge to think of open disagreement. "Now," continued the elder man, .ponderously, "Sarah, Martha and Con stance all married to please' me. Dorothy, ' although she is 25, Is yet unmarried, but I have reason to be lieve that she is not altogether ndlf-, f erent to the attentions now being paid to her by Mr. Winthrop, a man who meets with my hearty approval, a man of wealth, culture, refinement, and a IF YOU ASK I SHALL TELL YOU." . man of good character. You know Mr. Winthrop, William?" "Ye-es, I believe I have met him." ' "He was formerly one of my clients, but that was before you came into the office. He is a very worthy man." "And you say Miss Dorothy is In clined to er favor his suit?" "I believe she is not indifferent to him, but, of course, she Is discreet and modest; perhaps, I may say, even diffident She has always been a most obedient child, and I always given her to understand that Mr. Winthrop is my choice. She will accept him when the time comes, .and he will make her a most excellent husband. Ah! there she is now just starting off for a walk. Dorothyl Dorothy! Take William with you. I am sure he would rather walk with you than sit here with me." Miss Dorothy drew pensively near, looking very pretty. She answered very demurely, her father thought shyly. t "If Mr. Robards wishes to come I am sure I shall be glad of his com pany." - : Mr. Robards expressed himself as very willing, and the two set off to gether. He was a Junior partner 4n Judge Lawrence's office, but he was ten years older than Miss Lawrence. For several years now the judge had made him his guest for a fortnight at his summer residence, and in the city the Judge's wife had been socially gracious to him when she needed one more man at her dinner table. "Year father was Just telling me his views on the rights of parents," he ob served meditatively after they had walked some distance in silence and bad lost themselves In the shrubbery. "Yes? Father Is very conservative In many things." "So I should Judge. So I know, In 111 OLD-FASHIONED FATHER SCHOOL OPENS 'i Chicago Tribune. fact, in business matters, but I was not aware that he was quite so con servative as his remarks seemed to Im ply In domestic affairs." ''Will you tell me Just what he said to you, Mr. RoDards " She looked at him gravely. There was certainly earnestness, almost en treaty, In her tones. "I am not sure that it would be quite right for me to do so." "If you think It wrong, of course do not tell me, but you will permit me to guess?" "Oh, of course." . "He told you that he chose the hus bands ftfr my three sisters?" "Yes; Was it not so?" '"Yes, It was. He did choose them. They married the men that he picked out for them, andI cannot' In "Justice ' say that the result was In any case unhappy," but I think the principle is ' wrong." -'" ,-,! t.K,v3?'"'': "You think you shpulcf choose for, yourself.? ., 5 ., . 1 , "I think I should cljoose'for myself. . Did father tell you that I was going to marry Mr. Winthrop?" ; "He eild that he believed that you were not Indifferent to Mr.wtfhthrop's attentions; that ne naa.-given you to understand that Mr. Winthrop was hK choice, and that he had no reason' to think that you -would disregard" his wishes In the matter." "',' ."I am not going to marry Mr. Win throp." ' ,;' I "I beg pardon!" , C ' ''I am not going to marry Mr. Win throp. I have never disobeyed my father In my life, but I am not going to marry Mr. Winthrop." William Robards had made up. his mind more than a year before that he" loved Dorothy Lawrence. A man well practiced in the concealment of emo tion, he was perfectly convinced that she had not suspected his passion. He was aware that the world, in cluding Judge and Mrs. Lawrence, would not consider blm a suitable match for Dorothy, but he had deter-, mined to make an attempt to win her, nevertheless, for he believed In his own heart that he could make her just as happy as If he had the wealth and the social position requisite to his eligibility in the eyes of the world. When the Judge had spoken of Mr. Winthrop he had been greatly dis turbed;, now for a moment his heart was lightened by Dorothy's deter mined avowal, but in a moment it sank again, for the thought came to him that the reason she so positively refused to marry Mr. Winthrop was that she loved someone else.' The thought made him cold, but his face was gravely impassive. "Would not Mr. Winthrop make a suitable husband?" , "It is not that. I do not love him." "You believe In love, then?," . She looked at him seriously, re proachfully. v "I do not believe only; I know. Bat Mr. Robards, you you; believe, too? You are not the kind of a man to treat such things lightly. Tell me, am I not right? Do you not also believe In love?" "I believe," he answered solemnly,' and then more softly, "I, too, know." She bit her Up, seeming to check some ill-advised speech; then, point ing to a rustic seat under some willows that bordered the path, said: "Let us sit down." They were silent for a long time. "Dorothy," he began, "I must toll IN THE FAR EAST. you something. I am afraid It will sound fi. little strange 'after all this, but I must tell you all the same. I think it is best that you should know, and after I have told you I shall go away and shall not trouble you again." "Trouble me," she murmured. "Yes. I am afraid that what I have to say must trouble you more or less. It Is a very simple thing, though, after all, and a very few words will express It Dorothy, I love you." She seemed genuinely - distressed. The man had spoken very quietly. His voice and his face were under perfect control. ' ' ' ' "Now, I shall go," he added. - V "But why " she stammered. , "You have told me1 that is, you have implied that your affections are fixed already on someone so firmly that you will risk disobeying your father." j' Yes, they are." "In that case should I not go away?" 1 "No, you should not." "But: why?" T . ' "I have not yet told you on whom my affections are fixed." ," . "I have no right to ask. But, of course, If for any reason you think it would ,be well to tell me " A'fyou ask I shall tell you.'! t A "Well, Who Is it, then?"- ;- i She leaned over and whispered in hln ear very softly : . "It la William Robards." vDbrothy!" ' "Oh, Will, don't! You are so im petuous!" .; " -. , "I I, think I am rather slow." Some' time afterward Mr. Robards and Dorothy marched u& to the judge, where" he was dozing over a book on the porch, and after they had made him aware of their presence Mr. .Ro bards said very firmly. , "Dorothy and I have come to tell you, sir that we are going to be mar ried." "Why, God bless my soul, William!" exclaimed the judge. "You! Why, I'd sooner have you than Winthrop." Boston Globe. SCHOOLHOUSE IN PORTO RICO. The structure herewith Illustrated is one of the old-fashioned schoolhouses formerly erected in Porto Rlco. Al though the educational commission is building many schools of the modern American pattern a number of houses of the oldtype still remain. The roof is of tile so loosely Jointed that dur ing one of the sudden downpours so frequent in the tropics the floor has to be covered with vessels to catch the flood. The windows are without glass, but are protected by wooden shutters. These must be closed during a shower, and darkness prevails within. The American schoolteacher meets the dif ficulty by calling upon the children to sing. f . It takes a lot of philosophy to enable & man to admire a woman after he discovers that she has no earthly use for him. Good, Simple liar Stacker. An Iowa farmer writes that in his part of the country, where a large amount of hay Is raised, but few farm era have barn ' room enough to hold it, so are compelled to stack it In stacking hay out of, doors some loss Is unavoidable, but an effort should be made to reduce this loss to the' minimum. One of the greatest mistakes is making the stack too small. The smaller the stack is, the larger the proportion of hay Is spoil ed by being on the top, bottom or sides. In , making a large stack, a stacker of some kind Iff a necessity, and the one illustrated here seems to be best all-around device for the pur pose. The device stands straddle of the stack and is held in place by brace iropes. The hay rope runs through a SIMPLB HAT STACKER. pulley in the cross-piece. Drive the load of hay up to one end of the stack to unload. After you have tried this method, says the farmer correspond ent, you will never stack another load of hay by hand. Capacltof Well. A ready rule for arriving approxi mately at the number of gallons per foot of water: From the square of the bottom diameter of the well, in inches, cut off one figure and divide by three. Thus: If the well is sixty inches in diameter, 00x00 equals 8,000; cut off one figure it eaves 300. i-Thlsi divided by three gives 120, which is the number of, gallons for each foot of depth. If, therefore, the depth of wa ter were found to be ton feet the available supply in -the well would be 1,200 gallons. As the bottom diame ter .of a well is sometimes less than the top diameter, care must betaken, in ascertaining the volume, as above, to adopt, for the purpose of calcula tor, the diameter of .the partwhere the water is: A lighted candle lower ed down the Veil will serve to show anyl breaks of diameter above water- level. American Cultivator. '. V .-. t ' Handles for large Basket. To make handles for bushel baskets, save1 the hand pieces of all the worn- out water buckets, or else make others like them, and passing a wire through, bend it down at right angles, to the hand piece. Clipping the "wire off "at HANDLES FOR BASKETS. a proper length which is about 6 or 7 inches, bend the ends up into hoops. Taking two of these handles hoop them in between the splits, under the rim of the basket, on opposite sides, and quickly have two good handles for carrying a basket filled with potatoes, or any heavy article. The handles can remain on the basket, or be re moved at will. . Cooling the Milk. In summer the full milk cans should be set out In cold water. If the water is not cold enough a clean cteth, with its lower end dipping Into the water, should be wound lightly round the can. On no account shoujd milk Intended for a creamery be kept at the farm for more than twelve hours. A New Fruit, i ". The boHe of the' ball Just now (hor tlculturally speaking) ' is the peach tomato! This lovely fruit-vegetable is of a glowing deep watermelon-red color. It is exhibited by a fruiter in the shape of one fine cluster. On this cluster are eight fine examples, all clustered thickly together and beauti fied by means of laurel leaves. ' One of the clusters is yet a deep red. They are said to be of an exquisite- flavor ond to contain few seeds. FIR When the Cow Choker A neighbor turned his cows Into hit orchard with mien apples, one cow became badly choked with an apple. We took a piece of rubber hose three feet long, rather stiff; we greased this with lard, held the cow's head up and shoved the hose down her throat,, pushing the apple down in the stom ach. A piece of rubber abojt lVa inches in diameter is the proper sice. Cow all right. Another plan I have tried with good success. Soon as the cow Is choked lose no time In getting her into the stanchion, draw the head up with a rope and fasten. Melt one pint lard, put in a' long-nocked bottle; while warm pour down throat. She will struggle to throw lard out; the throat being well greasod will caue the apple or potato to slip out easily. Exchange. Cows for the Dairy. , Before the dnlryman can be suecss ful in either branch he must draw the line between the breeds that excel in yield of milk and those that give milk rich in cream. The first thing the scientific dairyman docs Is to select thebreed for tho purpose ho may have In view. The next will be to feed in such a manner as to secure the larg est yield of either milk or butter In proportion to the cost of food, and the cost of the food depends .upon its adaptability for convention t Into the ingredients entering into the compo sition of milk. One Man Crowcnt Baw. , Most crosscut saws are made with two handles jiud are iutcndod to be use Dy two men,. Dut it is rrequonuy deslrabre on the farm to have the saw M i . . , . , i uvtuiauie ror use ay . a single man. Logs to be sawed may be too largo for tho bucksaw, and a sharp one man crosscut will ' saw almost if not fully as fast'as a bucksaw and with out the back breaking effect In any event, whether a saw Is to be used by one or two men, It Is an advantage, says an Ohio Farmer writer, to have one end of it furnished with a two handed handle. Some small crosscuts are made with such a" handle at one end (Fig 1), but, if not, the ordinary handle can be removed from any broad bladed saw and a homemade TWO-HAJfDED HANDLE ON CROSSCUT SAW hfcnjjle inserted, ,(lg: 2). " In use, the iawyer, wilj,'of course hqld the main stem -with js jeftthand while with his right bje. wlfl grasp, the. lower and forkedpaft of the handle. He will be surprised, at'rliis increased, .command over the, working of the implement , The Barnyard, i Thereis nothing, so repulsive as a wet and filthy barnyard, In which the animals are .compelled, to walk knee deep'm filth. Such" a condition is not necessary, .and can be - prevented if the barnyard is kept well ! supplied with absorbent ' material. ' Throwing whole cornstalks into the barnyard is the old method, but cornstalks do not absorb until they are trampled to pieces,' and in the meantime much of the liquids are carried ff by the rains. It will pay to shred the corn stalks or cut the straw for bedding, while , leaves and dry earth may also be used In the barnyard with advant age. - i ' Feeding Hena. Hens like a variety of food, and they should be given as much In that line as possible. On the off mornings give a feed of equal parts corn "and oatmeal, wet with milk, or boiled tur nips or potatoes mixed with a little wheat bran. All scraps from the tabla and refuse from the kitchen should be mixed with the morning feed. A dally allowance of a small quantity of meat, ground bone und oyster shells should not be overlooked. Inoculating- the Boll. Any farmer can try the experiment of inoculating the soil with the nec essary bacteria for promoting the growth of a' crop. Should the soil seem unadapted to clover it will be found of advantage to procure a few bushels of earth from a field upon which grew a luxuriant crop of, clover, broadcasting the earth over, the field and. seeding to clover, the possibility being that a good stand of clover will be obtained. ", : Our bid and often recommended pre ventive of lice in nests Is a big hand ful of dry slaked lime in the bottom of nest boxes. A little carbolic acid is ' put on the lime before it is slaked. Every time the hen steps In that uest she stirs up the carbolated lime dust It is estimated that to collect one pound of honey from .clover sixty-two million heads of clover must be de prived of nectar, and 3,T50,000 visits from the bees must be made. The roots of a tree are often as ex tensive as its branches. .mmi!W!fW, i