The Farmer Takes a Wife

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NOW, HERE'S GERMANY,

AND HERE'S FRANCE.

AND OVER HERE:

IS ENGLAND.

OH, I KNOW

ALL ABOUT ENGLAND.

THAT'S WHERE

QUEEN VICTORIA LIVES.

THAT'S RIGHT-

VICTORIA, QUEEN OF ENGLAND.

A VERY GRACIOUS LADY.

NOW, YOU SEE, DELLA,

SHIPS COME FROM THESE COUNTRIES

LOADED WITH GOODS AND PEOPLE

AND CROSS:

OVER HERE.

THIS IS:

THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

AND WHAT IS:

THEM THINGS?

TO TELL YOU:

THE TRUTH,

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE

ISLANDS OR FLY SPECKS.

FLY SPECKS. FIRST TIME I EVER KNEW

THEY HAD FLIES ON

THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

WELL, ANYWAY...

GOODS AND PEOPLE

ARE LANDED HERE,

WHICH IS:

NEW YORK CITY.

THEN THEY'RE PUT ON CANAL BOATS AND TOWED UP

THE HUDSON RIVER- HERE.

THEY START UP ALONG

THE ERIE CANAL- HERE-

AND TOMORROW WHEN THE SEASON

OPENS, YOU'LL SEE BOATS GOING WEST,

TAKING OUT GOODS AND SETTLERS-

WAY OUT THROUGH:

THE INDIANS COUNTRY,

MAYBE ALL THE WAY

TO THE PACIFIC COAST,

MEN WHO'LL START FARMS

AND BUILD NEW CITIES.

THEN IN TIME, OTHER BOATS WILL COME BACK

LOADED WITH WHEAT AND GRAIN AND

THINGS THEY'LL BUILD IN THOSE TOWNS

RIGHT ALONG HERE,

DOWN TO NEW YORK.

THEN THEY'LL BE PUT ON BIGGER

BOATS AND SENT OVER TO EUROPE AGAIN.

SORT OF:

AN ENDLESS CHAIN IT IS,

JUST A-COMIN' AND A-GOIN',

A- COMIN' AND A-GOIN'.

AND THE MOST IMPORTAN LINK IN THAT CHAIN

IS THE ERIE CANAL

THAT RUNS RIGHT ALONG-

WELL, RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR HERE.

NOW, ISN'T THA A PRETTY STORY?

WELL, I'D RATHER LOOK

AT PICTURES IN A BOOK.

YES.

THEY'RE NICE, TOO.

CAN YOU SHOW ME THE BAR

ON THAT MAP, FORTUNE?

- I'LL LET YOU SHOW ME THAT,

MR. WEAVER.

ALL RIGHT,

COME ON.

I NEVER FEEL SO GOOD

AS WHEN THE CANAL OPENS.

NICE MEETING:

OLD FRIENDS.

YEAH.

WHAT'S THAT?

YOU PULL TEETH:

WITH IT.

I WON IT GAMBLING FROM

A DENTIST IN ALBANY.

NO.

I ALREADY GOT A JOB TO

EXTRACT A LADY'S MOLAR.

YOU AIN'T A DENTIST,

ARE YOU?

INDIRECTLY. WHEN I USED TO

SELL NOTIONS UP BLACK RIVER WAY,

I ALWAYS INCLUDED TOOTH

POWDER IN MY STOCK.

WHO'S THE WOMAN?

CITY LADY:

FROM DURHAMVILLE.

ELMER OTWAY'S

GETTING HER DRUNK.

IT'LL DEADEN THE DREAD OF ANTICIPATION

AND LESSEN:

THE SUBSEQUENT AGONY.

- YOU'RE A CAUTION.

- MIGHT CALL ME A MAN OF MANY PARTS.

YES, ELMER?

WELL, I'D LIKE TO

HAVE YOU LOOK AT HER NOW

AND SEE IF:

SHE'S HAD ENOUGH.

- INDEED I WILL.

- THANK YOU.

- NOT ENOUGH.

- THE WHISKY'S ALREADY COST ME $1.60.

OUR AGREEMENT WAS YOU WERE

TO GET HER IN CONDITION.

BESIDES, I'M ONLY

CHARGING YOU HALF RATE.

YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T LAY CLAIM TO

BEING MORE THAN HALF A DENTIST.

WELL, YOU GET HER

A LITTLE NUMBER,

AND I'LL GO

TO WORK ON IT.

I'LL BE

IN THE BAR.

IVY, YOU SURE

GOT A TOOTHACHE?

YOU AIN'T GETTING DRUNK

JUST TO GET DRUNK, ARE YOU?

- MM.

- NO.

TWO WHISKIES,

LUKE. THE BEST.

- THAT FIVE-CENT BRAND.

- YES, SIR.

WHILE THE BIRDS:

MAKE MUSIC ALL THE DAY

THAT'S A PRETTY TUNE.

HAVEN'T YOU

HEARD IT BEFORE?

BEEN OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS.

ALL THE RAGE IN NEW YORK.

SAY, SAM, DID YOU KNOW THA THE GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON

IS AIMING TO BUILD A RAILROAD

FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC?

FOR WHAT?

WHO WANTS RAILROADS?

TELL ME THEY GOT A TRAIN ON THE ROME AND

THE WATERTOWN THAT GOES 22 MILES AN HOUR.

AND YOU THINK FOLKS ARE GONNA

RISK THEIR LIVES RIDING IN IT?

RAILROADS! YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE DAY

THEY'D EVEN COMPETE

WITH THE ERIE.

THE CANAL IS THE GREATES THING THIS COUNTRY'S EVER DONE-

- EVER WILL DO.

- I'LL DRINK TO THAT, SAMSON.

I'LL JOIN YOU THERE, MR. FRIENDLY.

TO THE ERIE!

FIRE AN FALL BACK!

EVERYBODY DOWN,

LOW BRIDGE:

WE'RE COMING

TO A TOWN:

YOU'LL ALWAYS

KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR

YOU'LL ALWAYS

KNOW YOUR PAL:

IF YOU'VE EVER NAVIGATED

ON THE ERIE CANAL

DROP A TEAR:

FOR BIG FOOT SAL

THE BEST DANG COOK

ON THE ERIE CANAL

SHE AIMED FOR HEAVEN,

DID THIS POOR OLD GAL

15 YEARS

ON THE ERIE CANAL

THE MISSIONER SAID

SHE DIED IN SIN:

BUT HENNERY SAID

IT WAS TOO MUCH GIN

BUT THERE WEREN'T NO BAR

WHERE SHE HADN'T BEEN

FROM ALBANY:

TO BUFFALO:

OH,

OH, LOW BRIDGE

EVERYBODY DOWN:

LOW BRIDGE,

WE'RE COMING TO A TOWN

YOU'LL ALWAYS

KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR

YOU'LL ALWAYS

KNOW YOUR PAL:

GOSH, JOTHAM, YOU CAN JUS FEEL SPRING IN THE AIR,

CAN'T YOU?

YEAH.

LOOK!

THERE'S A FIGHT.

COME ON!

OH, AIN' THE CANAL GRAND?

THE SEASON AIN'T EVEN OPEN YE AND ALREADY THERE'S A FIGHT.

DO YOU CALL THA A FIGHT?

BITE HIM, JESSE!

THAT'S FINE!

OH. IT'S BEING STOPPED.

IF I HIT HIM AGAIN, I'LL KILL HIM.

YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED,

OLD MAN LIKE YOU.

NOBODY CAN SPEAK BAD OF MY KIN.

- WHAT'D HE SAY?

- WHY, HE SAID MY BROTHER WAS A CONDUCTOR

ON THE RAILROAD TRAIN.

THAT'S AN INSULT TO MY MOTHER.

I NEVER:

SAID IT!

MY KIN WORKING:

ON A RAILROAD!

WHY, I HELPED DIG THE

ERIE CANAL 25 YEARS AGO.

SO DID:

MY BROTHER.

IT'S OLD MAN RILEY.

BET HE WAS FIGHTING

ABOUT THE RAILROADS AGAIN.

YOU'D THINK THE RAILROADS WAS HERE TO

STAY, THE WAY THE FOLKS ARGUE ABOUT 'EM.

THERE'S LUCY GURGE AND HER BOATER.

- HI, LUCY!

- HELLO, MOLLY!

- HI, JOTHAM!

- HI, SOL!

- HI, MR. FISHER!

- DID YOU HAVE A GOOD WINTER?

PRETTY GOOD. STAYED WITH

MRS. PETERSON IN LITTLE FALLS.

- HOW IS SHE?

- JUST MIDDLING.

SHE'S GOT THE RHEUMATISM

AND ANOTHER BABY.

EITHER ONE'D

BE ENOUGH.

HEY, BOATER!

KEEP OUT.

I A-PULLING IN THERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK

I'M A-DOING?

PULL UP TOWARDS THE BOW

SO I CAN GET ABOARD HER.

OOH, GOODY, GOODY!

LOOK!

THERE'S GOING TO BE

ANOTHER FIGHT!

MR. FRIENDLY, THERE'S

GOING TO BE A FIGHT.

A MAN JUST SASSED

JOTHAM KLORE!

OH, FORTUNE,

YOU CAN'T GO.

THAT TOOTH'S HALF OUT AND HALF IN.

WELL, THE HALF THAT'S

OUT WON'T GO BACK IN,

AND THE HALF THAT'S IN WON' COME OUT TILL I GET BACK.

YEAH, BUT SHE'S LIABLE TO SOBER UP,

AND I'LL HAVE TO GE HER DRUNK ALL OVER AGAIN.

TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO,

I'LL GO WATCH THE FIGH AND COME BACK AND TELL

YOU HOW IT'S GOING.

GAMMY, THERE'S

GOING TO BE A FIGHT!

JOTHAM KLORE:

JUST GOT IN TOWN!

WELL- DELLA!

DELLA! YOU GO BACK INTO THE HOTEL NOW.

CAN'T I SEE JUS THE BEGINNING OF IT?

FIGHTS AIN'T NICE

FOR LITTLE GIRLS.

- BUT GAMMY!

- GO ON, NOW. GO ON.

GO ON.

HOWDY DO?

I'M JOTHAM KLORE.

IT'S GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD

UP AND DOWN THIS DITCH

WHEN I WANNA MAKE A LANDING I MAKE IT-

IRREGARDLESS.

I'M WALT LANSING, AND THE

SAME IS CONSIDERED ABOUT ME

UP THE BLACK RIVER

CANAL.

THIS IS:

THE ERIE!

HE CAN'T SWIM!

GIVING ME SASS:

AND HE CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE

OF HIMSELF IN THE WATER.

IF I DONE RIGHT,

I'D LET HIM DROWN.

- WEREN'T MUCH.

- IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.

EXCUSE ME, SIR, BUT WHO IS THAT LADY?

HER?

THAT'S

MOLLY LARKINS.

THE BEST COOK:

ON THE ERIE.

SHE WORKS FOR:

JOTHAM KLORE.

HE'S THE BULLY

OF THE WHOLE CANAL.

GOODBYE.

IT WAS OVER:

IN A JIFFY.

I'M AFRAID WE HAD A SLIGH MISFORTUNE DURING YOUR ABSENCE.

IVY SAID I TOOK OU THE WRONG TOOTH.

- THE WRONG TOOTH!

- SHE POINTED TO IT HERSELF.

WELL, I CAN'T WASTE

ALL DAY HERE.

I GOTTA GO SEE THE FREIGHT AGEN ABOUT MY CARGO FOR TOMORROW.

WELL, YOU GO AHEAD, AND I'LL JUS START FROM THE BEGINNING AGAIN.

FORTUNE, THAT'S AWFUL ABOU YOU PULLING OUT THE WRONG TOOTH.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

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