Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1882 — A Fair Story Without a Moral. [ARTICLE]

A Fair Story Without a Moral.

At an agricultural fair two farmers were discussing the merits of mowers. Said one: “That is the best mower ever invented. You can clip around a tree so nice and slick that not a spear will be left standing." Said the other: “If I were offered that mower for nothing, on condition I’d mow one swath with it, I’d think it an insult.” They went on to examine other mowers. At last they found one that was best—easiest draft, smallest cost, lightest weight and backed by the most testimonials. Other farmers gathered around and every one said, and emphasized with his forefinger on the palm of his hand—the other hand—that it was the ultimatum, last, best. What mower was this? We take pleasure in making known, for the benefit of farmers in want of mowers, that the mower in question is the mower. Do we intend to continue with fair stories ? No, njum; this is the last. —Providence Journ a 1. Something like 200,000 clams are consumed daily at Coney Island, 10,000 pounds of meat and over 1,000 chickens. Rev. A. N. Ford, of Warsaw, Ky., writes: “I have used Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla with gTeat ben< fit. I think it beats the world as a medicine to give strength and purify the blood. It has currd me of bad blood, weak kidneys and poor digestion. ”