Iht RURAL NEW. YORKER 
1551 
Various Notes 
A Husband and a Woodpile 
I enclose a photograph of my husband 
and his woodpile. We have been burning 
wood now for three Winters. The coal 
strikes do not bother us. I do not know 
how long the round pile sits, but some 
of the children say it sits for 111 years. 
I just know that when I use down one 
side during the Summer, when other wood 
gets scarce, my husband just fills it up 
again during the Winter. The heap 
against the woodhouse will be piled inside 
for Winter consumption. This picture 
was taken July 5 by one of the boys from 
the city. We have used the oil stove 
more this Summer, so the woodpile is 
pretty large yet. MRS. w. d. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
We commend this man as a model farm 
husband—at least, so far as the fuel de¬ 
partment goes. We know that many a 
farm woman will gaze on that great pile 
of wood and give a sigh of regret as she 
considers her own poor and short supply. 
Let us hope that many a farm husband 
and son will be moved to noble deeds 
with his ax as he studies that picture! 
“Yes, That's My Wife!” 
One of our readers undertook to take 
a vote on our referendum ballot for Gov¬ 
ernor of New York at a farmers’ picnic, 
lie found many farmers quite indifferent. 
Some of them felt hopeless, since the 
politicians had always “run things.” 
Others did not seem to care who the 
candidates were, so long as they could 
beat the other party. The people who 
took most interest were readers of Tiie 
11. X.-Y. (who. as they said, had been 
trained to such things). The women 
were more interested, as a rule, than the 
for doing such strenuous work and risk¬ 
ing his life. What is your opinion? 
Connecticut. v. n. 
The Government does not reward peo¬ 
ple for bravery of this sort. The public 
generally considers that the great satis¬ 
faction one feels from saving a human life 
is reward enough, and most of us would 
feel that way. It often happens that peo¬ 
ple who can afford to do so offer some 
private reward for such bravery, but 
there is no public reward offered by the 
Government. There is, however, what is 
known as the Carnegie Hero Fund. This 
was donated by the late Andrew Carnegie 
for the purpose of rewarding people who 
do acts of conspicuous bravery. This re¬ 
ward usually takes the form of a gold or 
silver medal, though sometimes money is 
given. The general feeling about such 
things is that men and women do not 
perform such acts for any financial re¬ 
ward, but for the highest motives in hu¬ 
manity. 
* 
Wjiat the papers report as “the mean¬ 
est swindle” is that of a scoundrel in 
Washington who promised to locate the 
burial place of a soldier. lie took money 
from this soldier’s mother : 
In the case ■'exposed the grave of the 
soldier was never located. The swindler 
told the mother he would visit Washing¬ 
ton if she would pay his expenses and see 
what could be done. Later he reported 
success, adding that the body would be 
sent home. A brother of the dead soldier 
became suspicious, and by a personal call 
at the War Department found that no 
inquiry had been made. 
There are thousands of such cases 
.1 Husband and His Woodpile 
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men. The following incident occurred at 
this picnic: 
“I went up to a business-looking woman 
near Farm Bureau tent and said: 
“Farm woman?” "Yes. indeed.” 
"Take The Rural Xew-Yokker?” 
“Sure.” 
"Have you sent in the ballot for Gov- 
irnor?” "I certainly have, and I saw to 
it that my husband and son both sent in 
their ballots, too. They both read about 
it in The R. X.-Y.. and said ‘That’s a 
good thing.’ "Yes. but have you made 
out your ballots?” ‘Why, no.’ they hadn't, 
but I saw to it that they did. They say 
women don't know as much as men. but, 
anyway, they do more.” 
A few minutes later I went up to man 
anil said . 
"Farmer?” “Yes.” 
"Take The Rural New-Yorker?” 
“Yes : have been taking it for years.” 
“Filled out the ballot yet for Gover¬ 
nor?" “Oh, yes; sene that in some time 
ago ” - 
Then I happened to look over his shoul¬ 
der. and a few yards away I recognized 
the woman I had talked to a short time 
before. "There.” 1 said, pointing to the 
woman, "that’s the most businesslike 
woman I have met here to day. She not 
only sent in her own ballot, but saw to it 
that her husband and son sent in their 
ballots, too.” The man looked around 
and smiled. 'Yes.’ he said, ’that’s my 
wife.’ ” 
My brother, while swimming in the lake 
here, saw a woman who could not swim 
any longer, and was drowning.' lie 
started to swim togard her. and by the 
time he was there she had gone down for 
the third time, lie plunged under water 
and after a long search picked up the 
woman ancV brought her ashore. While 
all the crowd ran away frightened, he 
gave first aid and called for a trained 
narse. and after many efforts) she came 
to herself. Can you tell whether he is 
•mtitled to any reward or bounty from the 
Government of the United States? Many 
people say that he should get some money 
where these bloodsuckers play upon the 
sympathy and grief of afflicted women 
and extort money from them. Do not 
have any dealings with them. Write di¬ 
rect to the War Department with your 
story. 
1 am a New Mexico man, kuocking 
about the East with an idea of locating, 
and let me tell you something. 1 found 
Tiie It. X.-Y. taken by a Government 
clerk in Washington: by a rooming-house 
keeper in Sharon. Pa.: by a speculator in 
Geneva, and by most all the farmers. 
A. s. w. 
There is no doubt that The R. X.-Y. 
finds its way into all sorts of places. 
There is no more widely distributed farm 
paper in the world. We have readers in 
Alaska, in Patagonia, the island of Java, 
Japan, South Africa, Northern Norway 
and all the way station* in between. And 
all agree that they take the paper be¬ 
cause it gives them the truest idea of 
American farming and what the Ameri¬ 
can farm needs. 
« 
I am one of those boys who went from 
the farm to the city, and am also one of 
the few who are contemplating returning 
at some not too distant date, and so am 
a constant reader of your valued maga¬ 
zine. that T may not fall behind the times 
while I am existing, not living, in the 
city. a. c. s. 
Charlotte. X. C. 
That is a good reason for reading The 
R X.-Y. You would be surprised lo 
know in how many cases The R. X.-Y. 
acts as a connecting link between the 
farm and the man who has drifted away 
from it. We shall be able to pull many 
of them back. 
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