WEDNESDAY MARCH 24 1948 Elise & took Lee, Brother, and Dick Cade to the Hitching Post for supper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INVERNTORY TURNOVER 1947 1946 DEERE 3.2 2.7 IHC3.73.1 CATERPILLAR3.9 2.9 M.H. 2.0 2.1 CASE 2.5 1.4 OLIVER 2.6 2.2 M.M. 2.4 1.9 A.C. 1.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %OF RECEIVABLES AT THE END O YEAR TO SALES FOR THE YEAR DEERE 16% 13% IHC 5 8 CATERPILLAR 1312 A.C 15 M.H. 6 7 CASE 4 5 OLIVER 11 13 M.M. 6 7 _________________________________ THE HIRED GIRL written about 50 years ago by my father William T. Brown Now a certain woman being unexpectedly deprived of her handmaiden was in sore destresss for she had much bric-a-brack. Likewise company had come, yea even at the eleventh hour and there was scant provision for the noontime meal. The hour of their arrival was indeed apparent but the hour of their deaprture was veiled from the human eye. Likewise the dress-maker abode within the house. Then she said unto her husband "I pray thee go forth and find me a new serving maid for verily the cares of housekeeping bear heavily upon me and I am exceeding weary!" Then the husband answering said "Lo these many years have I seved thee and many servents have I found thee in my day and generation but verily at this hour am I sore perplexed as to where I may seek her who shall meet my requirements. Like shadows gliding o'er the plains Thy servents move successive on I scarcely catch their Christian names F'or while I gaze their forms are gone. But she my helpmate, helplessly grounded on the bed-rock of prose and finding no relief within the realm of song, while glancing at the columns of the morning paper, where all wants are made known, did counsel him to lift up his feet to the Hill Millstone, from which cometh our help... which being interpreted signifieth Eastern Avenue. And he girded up his loins, or more probably put on his overcoat, and went forth by faith into the land of the three- decker. And it was a weary land, the goat (over)

Creator

• Brown, Theophilus

Language

• English

Identifier

• 1948_1_093
• MS02.01.28.093

Keyword

• diary

Year

• 1948

Date created

• 1948-03-24

Related url

•  https://digital.wpi.edu/show/70795c32m

Resource type

• Image

Source

• MS02.01.28.093.111

Last modified

• 2023-09-06