Show making conversation irving batcheller Dat cheller in the course ol of ft a lecture tit at witherspoon hall the other night told a story of at a tanner farmer on the tha connecticut hills pretty steep sleep tile the farmer assented it isidor a asked the tiller ot of the soli soil pretty steep 11 the farmer assented aBse nied 1 I suppose its quite difficult to plant your corn i 9 1 quito quite difficult it came the echo the visitor was interested and would not lie le put oft with short replies plies 41 ah eh how do you manage to plant on n this hill ho he persisted the farmer gazed at him pityingly we have to shoot it into the earth with a shotgun stranger ha be assured his bis guest putting puffing solemnly at his pipe in the pauses ot of his reply the visitor gasped Il neally illegally 11 lip hi ejaculated I really leallY now Is that actually true the tanner sighed and turned upon lis ills guest a look of withering scorn no that true he answered im trying to make conver conversation philadelphia times |