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Show . AT THE HUSKIN'S A typical American trait Is tho do-slro do-slro to ftAt something for nothing. The old time festival ot corn husking Illustrates it. This function has somewhat gone out of fashion "where modern mnehhwry is used. But thpgo hilarious old tlmo frolics woro ou offlolent machine for performing a toilsome task of farm work, aud tho j- are still common In mauy rural localities. tTnole nenbon hhs been worrying about his corn field. Farm help or ospert buskers cost high. Removing the husks by the old tlmo method Is a sneezing, stuffy Job. The hoys cough pathetically to show how It would Injure their throats and lungs. Some rural pcnlus discovered that by f-ettln-t the young psonle together. 4iose busks could haglcatly p stripped, strip-ped, merely for a Uttle treat of sand w)tbs, soplos, and elder. The young folks "have no xlr coming." The bovs get free the ro-clety ro-clety of pretty girls. There are frequent fre-quent tips contingent on red esi-s, which the forces of nature alwavs mysteriously provide In abundance. Of course. I Isn't work. Under in clrcumstanc-.a, good healthy rorr-dust rorr-dust never hurt anyone. The young pcopli, as wall as tho farmer, get something for nothing. |