Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, August 13, 1914, Image 8
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OK THE OLD FARM
Putting Up the Grist Was Job
for Rainy Day.
Father Went to Mill, But the Miller
Has Experienced a Change and
the Ancient Methods Have
Become Obsolete.
Happv Is the miller that lives by the
mill:
The wheel turns round of Its own free '
will.
The miller may still be happy, but
he is a different miller from the one;
celebrated in song and story. He is,
now a great manufacturer, who buys j
. his grain in car lots, searching the;
whole country by wire for his supply j
and contracting for millions of bush- \
els season ahead of time. His mill'
is no longer the picturesque structure
sitting beside the brool. His tower-*
ing factory has its own side tracks,
its vast grain bins and elevators, its
gigantic power house, its acres of
floor space crowded with rumbling
machinery and whirring belts. His
customers are wholesalers and jobbers
in distant cities, and he has no
direct touch with the millions who
will eventually buy the flour and'
make their daily bread.
It was not always so. a writer in the
| Detroit Tribune states. In the good
f old days back on the farm, putting
k up a grist was a Job for the day when j
Jupiter Pluviws planned a rest for the ;
BV boys and the hired man.
"Get the fanning mill out of the i
I^HRgranary," says dad at breakfast time, j
raining today, and we might as j
^ll put upr a grist."
^^^Hj^^would be lots pleasanter to lie on !
H^HHkiay up under the roof of the big I
and listen to the patter of the j
^H^Kops and watch the swallows
with their wives or
politics un in the cunola. It!
I Be lots better to have a game
^Bwlth the big post at the foot j
^Bdder for goal, and a merry
^Hand down among the mows !
^Bg under the manger where
life on the good nature !
munching hay above you. |
of_things you could |
^^^Hdo on a rainy day better
H up a grist.
^^R;rist must be put up. You
broom and sweep the barn
j^Wclean as it was once when
^Hthe party and the bovs and
^Be from all over the ndghborHn
the fiddlers sat up on the
Bx.
the hired man and dad carry
le old red fanning mill and set 1
pn on the barn floor and put on
lopper and the crank, and set ;
ight sieves In the right grooves, j
then the hired man takes the
Bank and "blows 'er np hard." just to
Set the dust cmt of the mill, and dad
lakes the bier barn pail and goes into
the bin and brinps out a pailful of
wheat and pours it into the hopper, i
Then the song of the fanning mill
begins. Ruppy-buppy: ruppy-buppy, !
ruppy-buppy. ruppv-buppy. Did you 1
ever hear it? If you did. you won't
forget it in a thousand years. It is
this noise that gauges the speed of
the mill and shows when you are :
turning steadily. And steadily you |
must turn or the wheat will clog on
the sieves, and the sticks and straws j
and little gravel stones, which do not !
make good bread, will go over with
the wheat into the grist. So the
strong arm of the hired man keeps
the mill singing ruppy-buppy, ruppybuppy,
hour after hour, if the grist is
a big one, and father dips and carries.
and boys who would rather he
playing I-spv, shovel up the cleaned
whrat'into hags.
Then it ft ops raining, after awhile,
but. as it is still too wet to cultivate,
father goes to mill. The hired man
puts in the baas and hitches un tlfn
tenoi while i thcr .">?> j,, }j;p house
to s.'ick lit) and put <r a j;:pi r collar
and his second 1 suit. Tie n he
mounts the I''"! and drives aciiv
Arrived : ( the n:i"! f;j:!i? r upends
the buna arid t?*w them ovi-r "per: the
miller's hand truck. or pour-* them
into the cut ld< ho: ; cr if flu- r, ]] nf.
fords such a oonvooi'sno. T! < he
puts the team under the mill slier] < r
drives il down to the blacksmith's to
have a couple of shoes set. and the
miller starts the endless succession of
little buckets thnt dip the wheat out
of one hopper into another and carry
it to be cleaned and winnowed and
scoured and crushed and sifted and
bolted and bacaed. Then father receives
It back with the bran hut
minus the miller's toll.
This is as it used to he. but soon
there will be no more goin? to mill
In the country. The farmer will sell
his wheat to the hip miller In the city ;
and will buy his little sack of flour ,
from his sroeer, just as do the dwell- j
ers in town.
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Englishman Quickly Got on to Scheme
Which Enabled Him to "Do" the
City Thoroughly.
There is a very pood friend of mine,
whom I now call the New Innocent ,
Abroad, says a writer in the London
Times. Though he has lived the greater
portion of his life in the West end
of London, circumsfances have always ;
eonspired to prevent him crossing the
channel.
He cannot speak a word of French. ^
and last week he spent three days in
Paris. ?!
When he came back I went to Eee
him. \
"I think I have seen everything there
is to he seen in the streets of Paris," ho '
said when I met him, "because I dis- ,
covered the ideal way of seeing a 1
strange city. s
"Whenever I wanted to go anywhere
I signaled a taxi cab and showed the f
driver the address I wanted. Now, all
these French cab drivers are men with
wonderful Intuitions. They knew at
rnce that I really v anted to see Paris
m all its beauty. So they took charge v
of me, ntfd whenever I wanted to fO
from ere office to another they drove
me all round the city.
"Often .after the first day I knew ;i
that the plaee I wanted to call at was
not more than a few hundred vard9 I
away from the hotel. Still the cab
drivers determined that I should improve
my knowledge of Paris. j,
* "Tho proper way to pursue this
method of sightseeing is to drive for s
half an hour in silence. Then you
stop the cab with violent signals, pro- s
duce your written address ^gain and
flourish it in the driver's face. *'
"He smiles politely and generally <
treats you as though you are a naughty
child. Meanwhile, a srtall crowd
ocllects composed ef polite Individuals
ill anxious to proffer you their serv- li
ices.
"They direct you to different places of
public interest, and after an ex- ,
change of courtesies you start on another
jcy ride for half an hour or so." jj
REAL CAUSE FOR ANXIETY "
il
Old Gentleman's Exceedingly Neat
Rejoinder to Tactless Remark
Made by Nephew.
There is an old gentleman in Phil- /
adelphia approaching the ninety mark
who still finds much zest in life, and, j
having retained all his faculties, he
feels that a,few of the physical dis- a
abilities of age are of small account.
His nephew is a man of small tact, '
a fact which has always aroused the
ire of the old man.
A few weeks before the old gentle- ,
man's eighty-ninth birthday this
nephew, v.ho had been overweighted
with busir.es cares for years, started
on a trip to Europe that was to
consume a year.
"I have come to say gocd-by," an-1
ncunccd the nephew to the old man.
"I am starling abroad to be gone a
year?perhaps longer. I thought I
might never?well,# you understand?
I wanted to bo sure to see you onco
more." r
Whereupon tho eld man loaned for- a
ward, fixing his nephew with his bead- ii
like eyes. ' o
"Hill," he said impressively, "do you a
mean to tell me the doctor doesn't 1
think you'll live to got back?1' t
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How the Rain Ecres Holes.
When rain falls it doos not actually
soak into the earth, but bores its way (1
in. forming tiny tubes, says the Uoho- *
both Sunday Herald. These tubes are
so email that it would be imposrtb'e
to insert hair in one of them with- c
out bursting its walls. Sometimes the t:
tubes are bored down to a depth of
four or live feet. When tho surface j
dries tho water evaporates from the ! v
tubes, just as it would from a pipe.
If tho tube- is twisted it takes longer s
for ill-" water to evaporate. j t
If one takes a rako and stirs tho j
ground after each rain ho breaks the ;
tops ( ! tie tubes and the water will ' <
stum' in <!;< ni r months. In tins way i
tin fanra is of the West, on semi-arid '
lards. More the rain tails ore year ;
r.:h c a crop of win at every other
y there lair.;; sukichnt water in
two years, but : :ot enough- in one, to
raise a crap. j
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How tc Win an Author. j
"There's no greater fallacy." said
an author at tin- New York Authors'
club, "than the popular one to the
effect that writers don't like you to
talk to them about their work.
"Mark Twain exploded this fallacy
well when he said that there were
three ways of pleasing an author:
First, to tell him that you have read
one of his books; second, to tell him 1
you have read all his books, and. third, ;
to ask him to let you read the manuscript
of his forthcoming book. The j
first way wins his respect, the second
wins his friendship, and the third wins I
his lev*." | }
Stever
1. Fqu.-ilily fur tin* vol its of tin* Fifth
i;if< ?i iiifjiinst in the following | :?rlieulti
(;i> ('onirress is wjistitur on tin- ;iver;i
fliifli jn'c pnirticiilly useless to the Fifth
ion 1-o htiihl ;m<l liiiiinl.iin its postroiid.1
i tiu.li it uses fur etirryinir tin* m;iiIs it w
;14l^S.")7 in tin* Fifth District each vein
vitii Mr. Finley's !icl|> litis just passed ;
'his would make $1,500.0(1)) for South Ca
eople jirr^laxed that amount lor Kiver
prut on the roads of the Fifth District
;irulers. The vuliie of their hi'i'.ls wool
(In Tltev ;ire diseriniiii.'ited against in
$100,000,000 h;is lieeu spent in buildinp
tout It some of it for publie rotuls?
(c) The t*;iriners of the Fifth District
ct iri\iny: free lolls to the ship owimt.s tit
assing through the Canal tmd placisi]
hose who use it. This timoimts to milli
ich. Morgan &. Co., of New York, tire <
hipping eoinpsiiiies tire held in Europe
locks or lionds in such ships. "Why tn>
ml New England tmd Europe? Yet Mr.
wrong from tiny point of view." Mr.
ow Wilson tmd voted 1o ttix you to keep
is cotton or eolton goods or to import hi
aged in foreign eoiiuiierce, tmd they had
'ork tmd Pennsylvania ship their wares j
iglon tmd hence get the benefit of free
mted against again and by the vote of ]
ml stands with President Wilson on this
Finally, lie opposes giving away the
As lat-e tis February 24, 1011, with Mr. 1
Ozark Power Company) a water right t
ncome of $350,000 a year on the investm
lid tlie.re are hundreds of other like pr
)istriet objecting?
r<- <1
Try a new num. Stevenson is mi- imm
i were ci
could ii
GROSS AS TWO STICKS:
' propra:
a eons \
By ALUE FORD. ? ' money
! full cri
> ? ; i;- | Jo
"There!" exclaimed the little stenop- 1 "Jus;
uplier, taking her watch from her belt as I cc
nd petting it in front of her. "I'm po- ! I could
lp to hold my breath till it's live 1 w'10
clock and then I'm going to run! I've ' my sho
lways h it above watching the clock, could 1
ut I'm beginning to understand a few sumir.f
(lings! licsi'lcs, I've hr.d a horriblo thing t
ime today trying to get ready for the 1
'ourtli." v.as'do
The bookkeeper slid his ledgers back ; 'ie
n the shelf. "Now what's tin* mat- ^ur,lc>d
? - .... . , '\\'i
it?" r.e asKeci, wun an exa^tnuea ^
ir of rosisrnaiion. j tp,?pt'-?
"Oil, I'm tired to a frazzle end as \ l!n
ross j i two rtirV.s!" The little p|-.-:t
tenoprai nor. exploded. 'Catch
"WiT. dm't tr.ho it nut on mo!" oh- jnsj;;v
. etc(1 the bo-ahkveper amiably. "What ^!l(j \
as happened. anyway?" viry t"
"Kvcrytliiiis!" ri turned the little "T!i.i
tenoarn; hor dramatically. "I've been long!
limed into a housoheei r. y aersil util* nuitcas
!y man?any thin;; l?it the stenng- keeps
npher I thoir-'ht 1 was. the stenog* J(>r j;0
o.pher trying t?? pet thinps shipshape i-'ourtli
a preparation for the holiday. Vandc
"This morning I had to devote two sugyes
olid hours to ?h< -eking up his club for ),-!
ii!!s for "Mr. Cray! And my tiles a /
r.ile behind, waiting for a clear lain* fnJ
to! If those nu n don't hoar my typo* j?he*
tijuiig run u* iuv) mum j g;*c (jj,
totaling to d:>! Aim! they bother from h
.round for an hour to think up some- "liei
liing to help me pass the time. Mr. my tra
Iray smiled generously when he hand- close t
d me his bills, as if he wore giving p.jt tin
ne the time of my life by permitting The
ne to see how he spends his money? saj(i n<
:nd incidentally keep his personal ao- "Am:
ounts for liim! j poked
"When I finished that Mr. Nicholas ;u< pe ,
ailed ine in and said his wife had the cal
isked him if I wouldn't be so kind as
o write out Iter club programs for tlio
vh?le of next year! The club wcia He
ibout to adjourn until fall and K was ; wp0 p{
laving money by doing its own pro- rough
;rams instead of having them printed, they v,
dr. Nicholas beamed on me as if he their
ison's Platfo:
I>i.strirt v.ho are loyal citizens. They
i L's:
ire sllU?iHI.I)<>() of dollars a year in Ki
District, and lias utterly failed to eoi
s. If it would spend jjtfiO.OOl l.0( If) a y
ould mean $1,000,000 a year for S^oi
or .S'J?).4UI) 111 filf-ll cotiwy 111 im>
fi River iiiid Harbor bill providing t"i
rolinn or $.'{0,000 for each counly in
.s iiiid Harbors and "ret no benefit.
:. It would help every man, in the
d be doubled.
i what is known as the Reclamation S
; dams to irrigate the states of the \\
. as well as other citizens, were disor
ring the I*. S. (lag and engaged in tli
g the burden of maintaining the eana
ens of dollars and was merely a gift t(
loininant in this trade we are infornu
. There is no voter of the Fifth I)
: them then to give money to the mi
Finlev voted to do that thing. Woot
Finley followed Champ Clark agains
up the ri' li, yet when the Fifth Disti
s nitrate of soda or Peruvian guano.
I to pay toll, while the manufacturers
it large quantities coastwise to Califoi
tolls if the shipper gets any and the ]
Jr. Finley, its Congressman. Mr. Stet
issue. ' y
great water powers.
* ^
''inley in Congress, they g^ve away t
hat the Missouri- Waterway ComBM
cut of $2,000,000. Thus the peop^B
ojects. Do w.e ever hear of the (?
idate.
;;;:cr:".ig an nc.nor upon me that riches "to
lever be estimated in letting me ! "Well," i
close to his wife's club as to "I know w
i few hours writing out the club as the cai
ms! Then she'll feel so right- anu wnen
vlien spending on charity the ! line for D
I've saved for her, when the b!ankety-b
dit?well, it belongs elsewhere,, ey can bu
soy it myself! nie ?"-0. 1*1
t wh< n I was working as hard! "Nov, w
ii'd to pet that finished, so that order." qu
pet started all that awful filing, I fiosity. "if
ou!d come out and look over monico's f<
ulder but Mr. Brown himself! I "Well, I
:t-ll thai he thought I was pre- some ham
; a good deal in writing some- have some
hat was not business letters, so 1
?ned to explain what it was I How
ing. That pa\e him an idea and | An Am
ut back into his oifice and re-j "nothing t
presently v. ith his silk gloves, estimated
sn't you please, when you have, ing upon
1 ?ini". jiict .catch these thread" sixth seast
. r. he iiSnOii. And lie &!tow? d faith to bt
iters i: his gloves that were al- lers. They
?:.!ir?Iy pone at the tins!: medicinal
them topethe.'!' Why, { liad to Charles
elv to crochet new tij?n ti.t ,.i! the pack
didn't dare do anything but ray which, whi
ariTuh-st work far him. i? ll into 1
it's tne way it's been ail day to be fhhc
Mr. Gray asked me to puck his .Hence tin
e?f-cn: that drawer win.re he "Had."
shirts and colla.s, you know?|
hud to go out or' town lor thei flew
A:uJ while I was at t!iat Mr. J A now ti
I'.'sUor had a bright idea. llet many undo
nil that I phone a reservation J>gp-nd u
n?ami thru run down and get tnnt suflra
rii. well, what's the Use? of London
a -C home!" ( Periling h<
h::It' arose from her chair. As, i< ps d.ui; 1:
1 so Mr. Drown emerged hastily c,f like per
is office. j templnring
e," lie s;;?d, 'Tve pot to run for' of coerciot
in. Will you shut my dwk an J only by ha
he window and sign the letters 1 terrorized,
sre?" | house of l<
little stenographer nodded and, their estat
> word. ' eldest nial
I," called the bookkeei>er, as he do net ivil
ills head back through the door ' mental an
vuri leaving, "don't forget to put I'hiladelph
: out and wind the clock."
The per
Deimonico Meal. I tho Schoo
had heard several old miners well fixed,
id for many years been living a
frontier life discussing what You wijl
muld do when they had "made all right, ii
Dlles" and could return with to ask thei
rm
arc now ln?in?r diseriiaiver
and Harbor projects
nplv willi the HonSlilileal'
on the public roads
litli Carolina roads and
District. This Congress
?r spending ill.
tfiis District. Now the
Suppose our part was
District, especially the
lerviee:"
'est. Why not jrive tbe
iniinntod against l?.v tho
ie coastwise trade when
I (?n the people instead of
j people who are already
?d and the bonds of the
istriot who owns either
illionaires of New York
Irow Wilson said it was
t the request of Woodriet
voter wants to ship
this tnoves in ships enof
w England, New
rnwif Oregon and Waslih'ifth
District is diseriin,'enson
is. opposed to thi.s
0 a j^^fcM^|or?oration
^ ll giye a
for the
of the
the states."
said the grizzly old veteran,
hat I'll do. I'll go as straight
s'll take me to New York,
1 get there I'll make a bee
'elmonlco's and I'll get the
lankedest dinner that ir.ony.
I don't care if it costs
1 have it."
hat do you think ycu would
t-rit-d Fred, with some cu'
you were to go into Delor
a $."0 dinner?"
dunno; but I guess I'd have
and eggs?yes, I would; I'd
ham and eggs!"
1 Carlsbad Cot Name,
erican who says he has
0 do between drinks," has
that Carlsbad is now enterthe
five hundred and fiftyMi?at
least, if there is any
1 placed in the old chronicascribe
the discovery of the
properties of the "Sprudel"
IV, in 1-138?or. rather, to
of this famous huntsman,
lie in hot pursuit of a stag,
he boiling caldron and had
d out mere dead than alive,
j "Carls" and hence the
Terror to Englishmen.
prror has been added to the
>r which mere men labor in
ruler the rising tide of mill
gism. A wealthy sunrngone
has altered her will, diflin r
son and making her votetor
sole lioir. Other women
suasion are said to be conpitnllar
notion. As n.means
i the plan would bp effective
Ivee. Commoner might be
but the members of the
rds almost universally hold
bv entail in favor of the
h heir. Their younger sons
icrit anything but tempera
d other defects, anyhow.?
ia Record.
eon with a diploma from
1 of Experience is pretty
I find that most men are
r you only take the trouble
n.