Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1920 — SHORT FURROWS [ARTICLE]

SHORT FURROWS

(Abe Martin in Indianapolis News.) It’B wonderful how gracefully th’ country is gittin’ back t’ normal With cheap hay an’ straw we know' that it’s only a question o’ time till smokin’ t’backer ’ll take a tumble. Miss Fawn Llppincut bought a $250 dress Saturday fer S4O an’ has her eyes on a pair o’ shoes that are gittin’ a little cheaper each week. She says she thinks they’ll reach par in time t’ git ’em fer th’ holidays. Lase Bud talks real confidently about a suit o’ clothes. He’s been in several stores from time t’ time an’ says he thinks Labor is loosenin’ up, too. A 1 Moon has sold hlB car an’ gone back t’ work at th’ saw mill on th’ pre-war scale. Mrs. Tipton Bud had her house painted last week an’ th’ fellers seemed real glad t’ work an’ hardly ever climbed down off ther ladders t’ take a drink o’ water. Joe Moots says that quite a number o’ men have been hangin’ around th’ tile mill, an’ while they haint exactly asked fer work, he believes he could hire ’em if he half way tried. Quite a change has come over salaried people—people that have been pluggin’ along uncomplain’ly ever since th’ war begun. They’re more cheerful an’ inclined t’ talk. Jest a little item like ten cent sugar has given ’em fresh hope. A few improvident workmen are becomin’ alaymed. They feel that they’ll have t’ come down along with sixty-five cent bacon. Many ’ll git caught with cars an’ shirts on ther hands when th’ crash comes. Artie Small says he fully expected t’ git laid off when corn fell t’ seventy cents, but now he hopes t’ hold his job till bologna drops t’ normal. He’s been carpenter professionally, but a clerk by trade. He quit th’ Bon Ton Haberdashery an’ took up carperterin’ durin’ th’ war. Squire Marsh Swallow’s nephew, who wuz a dentist till th’ war broke out, when he went t’ drivin’ a team, expects t’ reopen his office after th’ demand fer common labor takes a tumble. He says it-’ll an awful come down, but he aims t’ make th’ best of it. Elmer Pass’ll close his clothin’ store when things get back t’ normal, an’ hopes t’ be a prohibition inspector under Hardin’. Finley Mopps, who has been workin’ In a ship yard, is in town lookin’ like a million dollars, an’ has accepted a position in th’ O. K. livery barn jest t’ tide him over till another war. Ellsworth Mapes, who has been carryin’ th’ hod steadily fer four years, is out of a job with nothin’ in sight. It’ll go hard with his little three-year-ole daughter who wuz born in th’ lap o’ luxury.