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Show THE COMMENTATOR 'As an introduction to this story we planted some tomato seeds In a b-.x one da-y t:.is spring even before the snow was all gene. We watered the soil and watched until the plants ?UP,lWe tilem a rmgslde seat to the sun.s rays in cur south Undo,v, ne thinned out the dwarfed plants and t.ie weeds, and when they grew too large for the box we transplanted them to tin cans We watered and weeded them some more and carried them outside eac i warm day and back in at night, until they were hardy enough to remain out Finally we set them out in the garden and weeded and watered toem, again, and cultivated them spending a good many h;urs alto-' Ktther, out under the hot sun and in the cool of the morning and evening. The tomatoes would soon be in bl essoin and we occasionally sto; ped in between wiping tr.e sweat from our brow to calculate the number num-ber of ibushels of fruit we expected to harvest. ' Then cne night an unexpected frost c-me along and left every t.ant black and wilted. Gone were our bea.utiful plants; gone were our prospects cf an abundant harvest Once more our plans had gone all screwy and me had to turn to a favorite verse of one of Robert Burns poems for consolation: "Tz A Mousi on turning Her Up in her nest with tnp nlnnrrh " r-b. "But, Mcusie, thou art no thy lane In i roving foresight may be vain:' T. e best laid Schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea' us naught but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy." Andthe next day we renewed cur "Try Again" spirit and planted some beans .and corn to take the place of the tomatoes. When the 19th rolled around we couldn't help but remember that 21 years ago today we were watching the biggest flood we had ever seen in the history cf Sanpete county and in spite of all the damage done we have to laugh when we think of '.a E.ira," stack! Itating down Mt. Pleasant's main street with a chicken standing on top cackling to t ie tcp o its voice. Honorable Patches. |