1910 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
687 
STORIES FROM REAL LIFE. 
The Champion Mean Man. 
One of our readers in Pennsylvania 
is anxious that we should name the 
champions—that is, the men, women or 
animals who stand at the head of any 
procession marching to excellence. Thus 
we are able to tell the story of prize 
cows or horses or hogs or potatoes or 
wheat or anything else which is out of 
the ordinary. We have never before 
attempted to point out the champion 
mean man in the world, but our Penn¬ 
sylvania reader wants us to do so, and 
sends us his story. 
It appears that a barber named Good¬ 
man had been out of work for months. 
His wife and children, four of them, 
had gone without food and the children 
cried with hunger; one of them getting 
to the point where she chewed an old 
whisk-broom. The father one morning 
looked across at his neighbor’s door¬ 
step and saw that the baker and the 
milkman had delivered bottles of milk 
and loaves of bread. He could not stand 
the sight of his starving family, and 
he stole this milk and bread and fed 
the children. He was caught by a po¬ 
liceman and dragged into court, where 
he told his story. The magistrate at 
once promptly discharged him, and a 
fund was raised by policemen and other 
court attendants with which he bought 
food and necessities for the family. The 
story got into the papers and within a 
short time there appeared upon the scene 
a very benevolent man, who told a 
plausible story. He said that a rich 
woman nearby had heard of the trouble 
and wished to aid this barber. She of¬ 
fered him a house, rent free, for a time, 
and would provide the money to set 
him up in a barber shop. This kind- 
hearted man went so far as to show a 
check for $10 which the woman had 
given him for the barber. Of course, 
the family was overjoyed at this streak 
of fortune, and hope filled their hearts. 
The stranger then suddenly remembered 
that the woman had told him to give the 
barber only $8, as she thought that would 
be sufficient for them at present. Conse¬ 
quently he gave Goodman the check and 
requested him to get the $2 change. 
There was about $2 left of the pennies 
and nickels that came from the collection 
in court, and this the barber gave to the 
stranger. He then went out to cash the 
check for $10, only to find it was abso¬ 
lutely worthless and bogus in every par¬ 
ticular. Certainly this man may be 
looked upon as the “King of Mean Men,” 
for his scheme is far worse than stealing 
candy from a child in the cradle. All he 
wanted was the $2 in change and he got 
it. If anyone can show a mean man 
whose meanness tops this we have room 
for him on the list. But one part of this 
story should be treasured in memory— 
that refers to the check. It is the part of 
an old swindling game to offer such a 
check and ask for the cash or the 
“change.” It is a safe rule never to touch 
such paper. 
Lime and Cement Mortar. 
L. B., Chiu, N. Y .— On page 480 V. R., 
Perryman. Md., asks about lime cement. 
In answering, Edward Van Alst.vno tells 
how it should lie mixed, but says nothing 
about sand. Is this correct or a mistake? 
I have seen no correction. 
Ans.—T he mixture given in the ar¬ 
ticle referred to is correct as it stands. 
The lime and cement with the gravel 
or stone make an excellent mixture 
without any sand. The expert who 
first taught me to make it said he would 
prefer not to have sand, as it was more 
difficult thoroughly to incorporate it 
with the lime and cement, and I believe 
he was correct. Of course, it is under¬ 
stood the stone is broken into pieces 
like pea coal. Some years ago a cold- 
storage house was built near here; for 
this lime concrete and broken slate were 
used, no gravel at all. A year or two 
later it was necessary to cut an open¬ 
ing in one side, and the job that the 
man who did the work had to cut 
through the wall would convince anyone 
of the strength and durability of the 
material. edw’d van alstyne. 
“Cover Crops” After Corn or Potatoes. 
O. D., Northern Pennsylvania .—I wish to 
know which would be the best thing to 
sow at the last cultivation of the corn to 
plow under for green manure, clover, cow 
peas or Soy beans? Must the cow peas or 
Soy l>cans be plowed under iu the Fall to 
get the benefit of them as a cover crop? 
What would be the best crop to sow on the 
potato ground immediately after digging 
that would benefit the ground and be ready 
for plowing in the Spring for some crop 
suitable to follow? After the oats are liar- 
vested what is the best thing to sow as a 
cover crop and bring the best results in 
bringing up the fertility of the ground. 
Ans. —There is a mistaken idea about 
using cow peas and Soy beans at the 
North. Our seasons are too short to 
permit sowing these crops in the corn 
or in late Summer, expecting to make 
a heavy growth. In parts of the South, 
where the seasons are longer, cow peas 
are planted between the corn rows after 
the corn is “laid by”—that is, when its 
growth is ended. These cow peas grow 
until November in the warmer South¬ 
ern season. Seeded in the same way 
in northern Pennsylvania, they would 
make but a feeble growth before frost. 
Cow peas or Soy beans used as manurial 
crops at the North should be seeded 
before July if possible. The best “cover 
crops” for seeding in the corn are those 
not hurt by early frosts. With us 
Crimson clover, turnips, rye and rape 
answer well. This year the clover was 
killed in March, but the rye made a 
good growth, as did the rape and rye 
up to Christmas. In your case, we 
should use 12 pounds of Crimson clover, 
two pounds Cow-horn turnip and a 
peck of rye to the acre—all seeded ahead 
of the cultivator. After potatoes are 
dug in the North there is nothing bet¬ 
ter than rye to cover the ground. Po¬ 
tato digging usually works the ground 
enough. Rake off the vines, harrow 
and seed to rye. If the oats are off 
early in July cow peas or field beans 
may be broadcast after plowing or disk¬ 
ing the ground. In September they can 
he worked under and rye seeded for 
Winter. 
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