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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357518" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Dad's Philanthropic Plan</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I knew an old philanthropist, a farming man was he,<br>Shrewd at a deal, but still withal a man of charity.<br>He had three sons - three hefty lads - Josiah, Jim and Joe,<br>And each of these had his own land, and made a goodly show.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>But still the farming methods of Josiah, Joe and Jim<br>Distressed their good old parent and disturbed the mind of him.<br>'These sons o' mine appear to be a sight too slow,' thought he<br>'They need a better class o' stock and more machinery.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Wherefore this old philanthropist, this shrewd old farming man,<br>He sat him down and pondered long, and thus evolved a plan <br>A simple scheme, beneficent, and calculated so<br>That it would guard the interests of Josiah, Jim and Joe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'I have acquired,' reflected he, 'a lot of tillage land <br>Much more than I can work; and my affairs get out of hand.<br>If I can but amalgamate their properties and mine,<br>And call the whole the Empire Farm, the prospect will be fine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Then rose the good old farming man and called his sons around,<br>And thus his philanthropic scheme did earnestly expound:<br>'My sons, it grieves my heart to see you struggling on the land;<br>And I've decided, after thought, to lend a helping hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'You all have been good sons to me, and this is my great plan:<br>We shall amalgamate the farms and work them as one man.<br>But first you need machinery; your methods are too slow.<br>The cost of this will fall on you - Josiah, Jim and Joe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'Josiah I'll allow to buy a good, upstanding team;<br>And Joe a separator, for there's coin in milk and cream;<br>To Jim I give permission - he's a fav'rite son o' mine <br>To buy a brand new harvester of up-to-date design.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'Josiah, he will feed the nags, and Joe can buy some cows <br>And these be privileges, mind, not ev'ry dad allows <br>While Jim can mind the harvester till harvest comes around,<br>When you can fetch it, with the nags, and work it on MY ground.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'And, as Joe's cows come into milk, he'll fetch 'em up to me,<br>'Long with the separator; I will work it - do you see?'<br>But, strange to say, they did not see - Josiah, Jim nor Joe.<br>They said rude things that plunged their parent into deepest woe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>They called him many ugly names, such as 'a mean old man';<br>And told him pretty plainly their opinion of his 'plan.'<br>'We'll buy our harvesters,' said they, 'and work 'em on our own;<br>And if you get hard-pressed - why, you can have 'em for a loan.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poor old farmer bowed his head. 'Ingratitude!' he cried,<br>'And after all I've done for you, my offer is denied!'<br>And dad, to-day, is forced to plough and harrow, dig and sow,<br>For they were most ungrateful sons, Josiah, Jim and Joe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q>
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Shrewd at a deal, but still withal a man of charity.
He had three sons - three hefty lads - Josiah, Jim and Joe,
And each of these had his own land, and made a goodly show.


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