Show A happy farmer A certain class clan of newspaper men assert a sert that a farmer is a the most moat independent man on erth earth and nd the that he has nothing to do but e enjoy ju ov life that when aber comes and the blizzard a on the wing he toasts t is his be feet in the oven and ad reads reade the local newspaper and the only thing thine that disturbs him is 13 it a call 0 11 three tunes time a day to a banquet of mince pies and other luxuries it is 13 a mistake the industrious farmer begins work long before the sun thinks of get ting up etith ith his soul shrouded in gloom he proceeds to build a fire and softens his boots boot with th a sledge hammer he then takes a lantern and shovels shovel his way to the barn and feeds feds the hogs it is then the time to feed the newly arrived calf which seems to delight in antt battna 9 a pas poll of milk over the tiller of f the soil until he only needs needa to be stamped to pa pas for a package of oleomargarine he crawls ahr through ugh a barb wire fence and digs the hay out ot the snow feeds the cows cowa cleans the stable gathers up the frozen chicks chases a stray pig worth 23 25 cents four miles and nd does not catch it doctors a sick horse barge freezes his fingers gets get kicked by a one eyed note mule and when the gloaming cornea comes and quietness broods over all the earth he be has a single half hour to meditate and wonder how he will pay his taxes |