Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1914 — A City Farmer’s Strenuous Day of Recreation [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A City Farmer’s Strenuous Day of Recreation

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. —After a busy week this Park avenue man thought he would slip out to his farm, early Sunday, and hang around the growing corn and chickens and things for his every-other week vacation. He did what

he had always done —set his alarm clock for 5:30, and the old clock was faithful. But the man wasn’t He had spent a strenuous day, and thought he would turn over and sleep another dime’s worth —and he knew that his wife would rouse him—yes Indeed, he just knew she would. But his wife was tired of that sort of thing, and she let .him sleep. At 6:15 the city farmer jumped out of bed and dressed himself on the way to the traction station. He caught

Jils car by doing a marathon, and after be had recovered his win<f"he began, to read. His farm is only six miles from the city, and he was so busy reading that he forgot to get off at Stop 3. He came to three miles beyond his getting-off place, and bad the pleasure of walking back on the hot ties. When he arrived at his farmhouse, all raveled out, he found that his . tenants, too, had gone for an outing. This meant that he would not get his usual white meat and gravy dinner. He lounged around a while, an 4 finally coaxed a promising pullet into a sack, hit the pike for Stop 3 and boarded his car. Just about the time he was comfortably seated the pullet escaped from the sack and began cavorting around the car. After the panic was over and the chicken was sewed up again he leaned back and wondered what kind of a day the folks at home were having. He delivered his chicken to his wife and she told him it was one of “those old mammy chickens/’ and it would lake three dAyii to cook It