Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1917 — A Broad Distinction. [ARTICLE]

A Broad Distinction.

On a tramping trip Irving Bacheller, the novelist, discovered a chin-beard-ed patriarch on a roadside rock. “Fine corn,” Mr. Bacheller remarked tentatively, waving his hand toward a hillside filled with straggling stalks. “Best in New Hampshire,” said the sitter. “How do you plow that field?" asked Mr. Bacheller. “It’s pretty steep.” , “Don’t plow it,” said the sitter. “When the spring thaws come the rocks rolling downhill tear it up so that we can plant corn.” “And how do you plant, it?” asked Mr. Bachelller. “Don’t plant it really," said the sitter. “Stand in the back door and shoot the seed in with a shotgun.” “Is that the truth?” asked Bacheller. “Of course not,” said the sitter disgustedly. “That’s . conversation.”— Ladles’ Home Journal.