Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1883 — Henry’s Idea. [ARTICLE]

Henry’s Idea.

“No, that’s so—you can’t allusi teli what a boy’ll make,” replied the old farmer, as he leaned back in his seat. “There’s my Henry, for instance.”' “What of him?” “Biggest fool you ever saw.” “ Is that so ?” “Why, up to the other day it seemed to me as if he didn’t know ’nuff to open a bam door straight, and I’ve had serious thoughts of sending him to th< fool’s asylum.” “But what has happened?” “ The boy has developed. Just when we all thought him a fool he was thinking out a scheme which will roll us in wealth. You can’t guess what it is.”" “No.” “ Well, weYe going to raise 40,000 oowcumbers for the New York market. We’re going to wrap each cowcumbei up in tin-foil, tie a plaque to one end and a chromy to the other, and sell the hull bizness. for 3 cents! It’s Henry's own idea, and it’s rich. The cowcumber kin be made an ornament, will stand in any climate, and the plaques and chromos will encourage art and give a fresh boost to decoration. No, sir—don’t you call a boy a fool until he has had time to develop.”— Wall' Street Neivs.