Show inetri pg in the bli bil hill I 1 I 1 T wi ent SST S tori TORE an old friend of ours one sick and fired tired of the care and bustle of a city life ims fins retired into the country and gone lone to carmit g 1 as its ih ibe the c sa in is is his arld land arid albeit well situated and comm command nig hig sundry fine prospect prospects is not so irly as some we have seen regul ins ac anti r gic fic le culture and a liti literal eral system to ilir induce an abundant leid yield so far by way of explanation once upon a time our friend being upon a short visit to new orleans was attending an auction fate pale down town and as il it so happ aed ned they were selling damaged sausages at the time there were some eight or ten ell eil barrels of them and they were just jut going at 50 cents ceals a barrel 7 when the auctioneer mth with all apparent serious ness nees remarked that hat they were worth inor morn th n that to manure land with her hero was an all idea ides axt itty iwo two und and a half cents third and la last cull ebil gone retorted the auctioneer cash takes them at sixty two and a half cents per barrel to have them shipped to ids lis countr country seat was the immediate work of our friend and as it was then planting ng time and the sausages sans sane age to use a i common phrase were getting no better very lory fast to have them sare safe under underground ground and out of the way his ext movement ile he was about to pla plant ut a field of several acres of corn the soil of piney wood species so here was just the spot for this new newt experiment in agriculture this new wrinkle in the science of 0 e link of anage ans ge being deemed amply sufficient that amount was pieced placed in ili each I 1 iii lil 11 accomma led fed by the usual number or kernels of corn and an oc colonal ca lonal lonai Ional lonal pumpkin seed and all were nicely y covered over in the usual style now arter after premi premising pre sirl sill that leveal days have ince nitice the corn IV was as planted I 1 the sequel of the story shall ie le told loid iu ili a oia dia dialogue logue between our friend and one of his neigh heigh bois bots neighbor well friend have you planted your corn coin friend yes several days since N Is Ts it up yet et J f up yes and gone the most of it N how is that F well you see sep I 1 bought a R lot of sausages sau siges the other day in in new orleans a sm oth tongue of an auctioneer saying they tiley would make excellent malure if nothing else pise I 1 brought the lot over commenced planting my corn at on ceas it was time pl plaited arted a sausage in each idil 1111 and N well and F and aud felt satisfied that I 1 bad made a good job of it some dats davs dais data afterward I 1 went out to see how the corn was coming en rn and a piety piece niece piece of business I 1 have made of trying agrico tura turo rii rit rents N ethy why what was the mad matier matter er F matter mailer the first thing I 1 saw before reaching the field was the greatest 1 int lot nt ol 01 oba dissing arid and scratching all over it there we wele e rny my dogs and your dog and all the neighbors dogs besides about three hundred buttered strange dogs I 1 never set my eyes on before and every ever one ones w a hard at it mining after the buried sausages aau eau galeb somehow or other the rascally whelps had bad scented out the bu bulnes ines and they have due dug up every bill by this time lime if I 1 could set every dog of them on that auctioneer id be satisfied |