Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1909 — Tomatoes of the Tub Size Are Vintage of H. C. Nevill. [ARTICLE]

Tomatoes of the Tub Size Are Vintage of H. C. Nevill.

H. C. Nevill is the prize tomato grower of these parts, and when Henry seeks to convince the public of his premiership in any particular he does not try to do it by personal bluster nor by the testimony of a single witness. To this* end he brought to the . Republican office Friday four witnesses of his bucolic prowess, in the shape of four lusty tomatoes, any one of which would make a full meal for a hungry man. The four had a combined weight of 5 pounds and 12 ounces, one weighing 1 pound and 10 ounces and each looking like watermelons with the rind trimmed off. With a half dozen contributors like Henry the whole Republican force could put up canned tomatoes for the season gnd have a liberal amount of catsup unpreserved by benzoate of soda on the side. Come again Henry and may your tomatoes never grow smaller nor your shadow less. In the meantime we have our eyes peeled for any who think they have bigger tomatoes or prise potatoes. > * Now is the time to convince the public well as to subscribe for the Republican. We all give advice; some of us listen to it, but who applies it?