MARSHALL, MINN. 
tions about raising kids, flowers or vegetables, 
it’s all in my line and no doubt I could help 
you. 
I don’t believe in being too fussy when it 
comes to feeding the kids. They’ll grow like 
weeds just the same. My daughter went in a 
store here to buy some crackers for the boy. 
She said to the grocer, (I could meition his 
name but for business reasons I’ll omit it), 
“I don’t want those crackers. Some one told 
me that the rats run over them.” The grocer 
said: ‘‘That’s impossible, because the cat sleeps 
in the box every night.” Now it sometimes 
pays to be careful because I’ve been more 
careful mystelf since I read the following 
verse on a stone: 
“Beneath this stone, a lump of clay 
Lies Uncle Peter Daniels 
Who too early in the month of May 
Took off his winter flannels.” 
I’m at a loss to know what to write since 
I can’t tell you about my summer vacation. 
Maybe those long accounts about by trips 
don’t sound very interesting to you folks, but 
I get a kick out of looking at sights that I 
don’t get a chance to see in Marshall. A seed- 
man has to do something to pass the time 
when summer comes and no seeds to sell. They 
say a woman is as old as she looks, but a 
man is old when he stops looking. 
It would be useless for me to tell you how 
to raise good gardens or what to raise to 
feed your stock to make them grow fat, be¬ 
cause the exhibits at the Lyon County Fair 
are proof that you all know your stuff along 
those lines. I can truthfully say that last year 
I raised the tallest castar bean plant I’ve 
ever seen. It was at least 15 feet high and 
furnished shade for the rest of my garden. 
Also I raised more nice tomatoes off one 
small patch than I ever thought possible. My 
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