CANDIDATE OF SOIL A citizen delegation called on a local politician who was shortly to run for re-election. They found him in shirtsleeves, well-worn overalls, and with pitchfork in hand. He insisted in-sisted they go down to the barns with him where he had some hay he wished to finish pitching. Arriving at the barns, the politician was embarrassed em-barrassed and the citizens surprised t.o find no hay. "George," called the politician to the hired hand, "what happened to the hay." "Sorry," replied the hand, "but I jist ain't had the time to throw it back out of the loft since you tossed it up for yesterday's delegation."