Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1901 — FOR THE QUALITY ONLY. [ARTICLE]

FOR THE QUALITY ONLY.

Why the Job of t-'oddins Was Not Done That Dayi.._jc» *‘Stan’ dar," shouted the driver of the “crowbait,” as he pulled up in front of a handsome residence on Lincoln avenue. “What you uiean rovin’ ’roun’ heah.like a snake fence. De lady’ll think you neber had a oat.” “The lady” had appeared, looking at the rig, looked at the men. and then at the load of sod. says the Detroit Free Press. “Yes,” she said, “we need some sodding done. Say two yards wide in the front there, that bare space under the tree, and this spot by the porch, where there has never lieen a spear of grass since we owned the place.” “Yes’m.” “But we want it done right. The ground must be spaded up, you must put on plenty of fertilizer, water the sod down till It Is set and then insure the job. My observations have been that there has been more jobbery, more confidence gfflnes. more fakes, more downright stealing in setKng out trees and sodding lawns than there is in the common council, the legislature, the Congress of the United States and In the stock exchange combined. 1 know jnst what I want, and that is just what is needed. I’ll give yon $2 for the job when I’m satisfied that it’s all right. Coine the first of the week and come by 6 In the morning. And don’t drive that horse, either. If there's anything I abominate it is having a shadow like that standing In front of my place. The poor thing looks*as though he was fell on air and water. Don’t you think that you could do the sodding for $1.50?” “Say, lady, you keep lookin’ ’bout an’ see es you can’t get dat work done fur nuffin' an' de sod frowed in. I’se toilin’ for a llbln’, I is, an’ I don't go ’roun' tendin’ I Is a cha'tablc Institushlng. I nebber does no wo’k ’ceptln’ fo' quality, I don’t. De oleTesahndanters ain looking fo’ tny tfork. Good-mawnln'!”