Down on the Farm

Edison summary: The opening picture shows a number of boarding school girls, raiding an orchard. Some are gathering the apples in their skirts, while others are climbing up the trees and shaking and knocking down the fruit. They are suddenly startled by shouts and, looking around, find they have been discovered by the farmers, who start on a run after the raiders. The girls in the tree scamble down, and all take to their heels, with the men in close pursuit. The chase is now on in earnest. Before going far the girls are obliged to climb a fence, which they accomplish in fairly good form. While running down a steep bank, one of the farmers stumbles and falls and quits the race. The next obstacle is a very high gate, at the edge of some woods, which the girls clamber over with difficulty on account of their skirts. Another farmer is now disabled and gives up the chase. The young ladies, though rather tired, quicken their pace along a country road and succeed in ridding themselves of another of their pursuers, who drops by the roadside. They next enter a field and climb up on a haystack. The girls slide to the top of the stack without assistance. When a lone farmer approaches they unmercifully pelt him with apples. He finally secures a ladder, but by the time he reaches the top of the stack the girls have slid down the other side, and he once more starts in pursuit. Again running through the woods they reach a lake and wait in a pavilion. When the almost exhausted farmer comes up they grab him and throw him into the water. To add to his discomfort they again throw apples at him and he is glad enough to get away from his tormentors. Fully described and illustrated in Circular No. 270.