Enjoy this country life humor from Lewis H. Cline.
A little country life humor for you. About the time of World War I a Chicago merchandising firm
bought out the entire stock on hand of a manufacturer of a very
popular table model, cylinder record phonograph. These were sold by
mail order, on time payment plan and advertised extensively on the
back cover of certain farm magazines. At the bottom of the page,
following the advertisement was an order blank for the prospective
customer to fill out. For a credit reference they asked for the
name of your family doctor. One fellows curiosity got the best of
him and he wrote in to the company asking what on earth the family
doctor could have to do with buying a phonograph on time, the
answer: The family doctor generally gets paid last, and if you have
him paid up your credit is good with us.
A couple bought a Surplus Army Life Raft and placed it on the
rear seat of their Volkswagen Sedan alongside their 4 year old son
and started down the street. All went well for the first few
minutes. Soon the boy became curious and pulled the pin of the raft
which automatically started swelling up, they sighted a policeman
and hailed him by wildly tooting the horn, and taking in the
situation at a glance he pulled out his knife and stabbed it saving
the day for them.
This was one of my prize tractors, Avery 14-28, somewhere in the
thirties. It is in action, as you can see, pulling my 22 by 36
Rumely thresher. It was wonderful power. My engineer is on the
right and me at the left.
