. Highways and byways of the South. shore! Jed com-mented. Harry Vetts was shootin suckers Thursday, asthey come over the riffle just below the mill, saidMr. Burton, and he was gettin* lots ofem, too. Did Harry say anything about tradin horses ? inquired Jed. He tol me he traded six times in one day whenhe was in Hodgensville las week, and brought back thesame horse he started with, but he didnt say whetherhe got any profit out of his deals. Harry wants to make money without work,declared Mrs. Burton ; and he wants to make it bythe armful, and hell never do it. Everbody arounhyar like to trade
. Highways and byways of the South. shore! Jed com-mented. Harry Vetts was shootin suckers Thursday, asthey come over the riffle just below the mill, saidMr. Burton, and he was gettin* lots ofem, too. Did Harry say anything about tradin horses ? inquired Jed. He tol me he traded six times in one day whenhe was in Hodgensville las week, and brought back thesame horse he started with, but he didnt say whetherhe got any profit out of his deals. Harry wants to make money without work,declared Mrs. Burton ; and he wants to make it bythe armful, and hell never do it. Everbody arounhyar like to trade horses. They do for a fact. ButHarry, hes the greatest feller at it of all. Well, you caint make much just farmin, saidMr. Burton, and theres gettin to be more rentersand less owners every year. I reckon the Dudley boys make enough, suggested; but then, see how they four of em, and theyre all single and itslikely they always will be, for the youngest one isover fifty. They work harder than any renter and go. The Fisherman r^ THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AS * U r\. L -_ . *^ ,\ . : [ iTiLDEN FOUNDATIONS. The Birthplace of Lincoln 165 worse lookin, and they deny themselves ever privilegeon earth excep that of hoarding up money. If it clars off, Ill plant the rest of those potatoesin the garden, Mis Tilly, remarked Mr. Burton tohis wife. Mis Tilly was a pet condensation of She, in turn, was apt to call him Billy. No, said she, youll have to wait till nex moon aint right now. Im a great hand to gar-den in the moon, she added, turning to me. Thingsthat grow under ground like potatoes and carrots wantto be planted in the dark of the moon ; and thingslike beans and peas, that grow above ground, want tobe planted in the light of the moon. You can startpotatoes side by side, some planted in the dark ofthe moon and some in the light of the moon, andthose planted in the dark of the moon will be the bestever time. You know, too, how tis with mea
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