Witnesses yesterday included his wife, Lisa Merchant Johnson, who said that before Johnson's last few stores closed in 2004, he happily awoke at 4 a.m. to put in 16-hour days, seven days a week.

Farmer Wants A Wife (FWAW) is currently chugging along with its freshest season. However, it appears that we might’ve copped a cheeky spoiler on who will win our farmers’ hearts. So ...