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GEO.. F.WEBB,
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THS3 PAPC?? (3 ON FILS
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"La aaVes! II theer ain't
) oks of
xen I The first I't seen in th is rnahr
ywr. How like old times it dor IfMik
to I
see Vtiit Ml h.,, tnr-,t . .
w rongrsi uay 1 ever live, I won't;
specially them oxen what KseViol used
to own, I might come to fonrit m
nsme, I s'poee, but 1 kin sever fbrgit
(hem Oxen, never. K4i4il u..i
himseir. and brok Vhi in with hi. n
nanus; ana If any man ever knowed
how to break In oxen It wa Keklal
Meeks, If I do say It. They was known
lurana near, was them oxen, and there
jvs'n't another yoke in the
try could compare with them at pullin1.
wm move or break with m, and it
as most a-en'lv movei but 1
em split a yoke and w alk right outeu It
urn vnev was nilchfil In a m
noonia hour. It
strength they did have. But they long
"u me way or all flesh, the same
as poor Ezekinl himself, ami I ,in.,h i
snybody recollecU Vin now but toe.
n hen Ezekial Meeks first heir in
pay attention to me, them oxen was
uss in weir prime, and Ezekial was
ust turned of are. I well reonllpnf ,
father sayin' that if 'Zeke Meeks had as
much thunder an' lichtnln' 1
them oxen had, he was no fitUn' match
ror me: and it was his m. In ion ,. h.
hsd. He was rather 'posed to our mai
rlsge, father was, and when finally Ete
klal popiwd the question, and I told him
I was willln'if he could a-et father', mn.
sent, father he came right down flat
wnn b Dig ior
That was in the snrlnxr. when hn.
In work was s-comin on with a rash,
and that was the hurt I seen of Ezekial
lor a (rood whi e. But. blea T-nnl I
didn't feel a bit worried, for at our part-
in r.zeKiai ns just allowed we'd best
wait a little, so I wax sure 'twnnlH k
ill right. He went homeKzeUlul Hlrl
and went to work, and In a little while
we heard he'd bought the farm next his
father's and was settin' up for himself.
Fsther, he allowed as he'd never pay for
It In the world: but one of the n.lo-h.
bora said Ezekial allowed as them nvn
had pulled everything he'd ever hitched
em 10 yei, and he reckoned they could
pull the mortgage often that farm. So
"too could fairly hear
Ezekial and his oxen thev set to work;
and you might say the whole township
goi up onio me lence to watch 'em. The
next fall, father set alwut moviu' his
barn. Yon see. it faced north, and to.
ther he thought it would be a sight bet
ter io nave it lace south. Ho 'Lias
Brown he lent his oxen fur a dav. and
what with father's yoke, too, they
thought thev'd have no trouble. Fa.
ther hadn't said so he was too anunlcv
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for that but me and mother knowed
well enough he'd liked to have Ezekial's
yoke the worst wnv. Well, ther trot the
barn around all right, all but about a
quarter turn, and there it stuck. They
tried and tried, but It was no use. and
at last 'Lias he allowed it couldn't be
got 'round no further 'thout more help.
M 'If I WfLX voti. snualre.' savb he. 'I'd
go over and git 'Zeke Meeks' yoke
io, eoya lauier, won t do It, not
If I haf to let the old barn stand right
here.'
" 'You can't rit 'anr other yoke 'lthin
six mile,' says 'Lisa.
" Then we won't move It anuther
eencb,' says father. But he didn't quite
mean tnat, xor we barn was to d set
atraicht. now the work was hecrun: an.
sfter a good deal of blowin'and stormln
srouna, xatner ne nnsiiy sets on to get
Ezekial and them oxen.
"Zeke, says father, 'my barn is
stuck so' we can't budge it, and I Want
vou to come over with them oxen of
yourn and help pull It around.'
- -squire Aansom, says izeuiai, slow
and easy like, 'kin I have Kezlah?'
meanln' me. 'Cause if I can't,' says he,
'my oxen can't move your barn.' -
- -uy aaor says miner and tbnt was
i pood as a bond in blood with him
'Bv dadl Zeke Meeks. snvs he. 'If them
oxen of yourn can move my barn alone,
you km nave Keztnh.'
"'Ihi'n they II move it, pqmrp.' snvs
F-wliial, 'if it Riti'ti- to r-HiU
Kxekial he came over with tilt
oxen, with the bigrest yoke and the
strongest chain he had, snd hitched
(in fafct to a corner tl th. hnrn.
"Me snd mother We weht Out to look
on, aud I did hope and pry that them
oxen would do themselves proud. Well,
Kzrklal he made sure everything was all
right, and then he took his place at the
htail of his yoke, with his gad in hand,
snd gave the word for them oxen to
start. Then them oxen leaned for'd till
they had the chain drawn tight, and
they bent to and pulled. Lorsalies! how
they did uulll I kin see 'emtliia minute.
They just dug in their hoofs and bent
ineir dscks, ana strained every harve,
snd I really do believe my heart stopped
oeutiu- Twixt my hopes and my fears
'Hoy!' say Ezekial, 'hoy!' and he
touched 'em with his s-ad. And then
how they did null. Their eves bulired
tiielr tails straightened out like pump
handles, and you could fairlv hear
their bones s -crack In.
'Mr hones was becinnln' in slnV. fur
i ue oia Darn awn t budge; hut I didn't
Know what them oxen could do. 'Hnvl'
soys Exeklal again, 'boy!' They wa
puuin' together like they was one erlt
ter. nor Eivin' a hair's-breadth of alack.
ana soinetnur begun to creak. "Hoy!
says fczekial, just once more, and that
time told the story. Them oxen seemed
to double right up; their noses touched
the ground; they fairly groaned; and I
leckon that pull would have been the
last of 'em. but the creskln' suddenly
growca louder, snd then the old barn
gave a lurcn, and them oxen walked
riirht awav with It. .
"Hell, father he wa never no nanit
to swear much, but that t me he elnml
his hand down on his leg, and he said
nea be gosbed if he'd ever seen the like!
And Ezekinl, when them oxen hsd
pulled the barn to where It vu wanted
he come to me snd takes me by the
hands, and says he: 'Kezlah, you are
mine, ana mem oxen has won ye."
"I never felt so proud in my life. And
rather, as he was a man of his word h.
allowed that It w as a fair dicker, and he
wouldn't back out.
'No, we wasn't married HirM. aw.v
Ezekial he allowed we had better wait
till winter, aeein' as we had waited to
theib bones a-cbacus'
long, and by that time he'd have the
house on his own place all fixed up and
reuuy. oo u was settled that we wasn
to be married till January, But the
time soon paased, and almost afore
knowed It my weddin' day was at hand
And it was a time I'll never ferglt th
same as I'll never feririt them n vp n 1
suppose nobody ever does ferglt their
weuuin aay. A nynow, I know I'll never
lergit mine, and while I can reran that
day I'll always recollect them oxen. It
was uiera mat took us over to Parson
Donlow's little log meetin' house at
Munson's Corners, where we was yoked
for life.
"Munson's Corners wn a aanA i hie
miles from our place, and on a cold
night It was considerable of a ride; and
that weddin night of ours was about
the coldest night that winter. But we
had a big party in the sled and so we
msnatred to keen tol'ablv warm Th-
was his father and mother And mint
made four; and Ezekial's sister Pru
dence, she made five; and his brother
Joshua, he made six: and Joshua'a wife
she made seven; snd her sister Experi
ence was eight; wen my two sisters,
they made ten: and my sister Chaxltv'.
husband he was eleven; and Ezekial
and me, we made thirteen. It was a on
luckv number, so father a.M K
just filled the sled body right up, and by
sexun- aown nai on lie bottom In the
straw we managed to keep tol'ably
"Father he 1oked with Emit!.!
he didn't believe them oxen could ever
tote us a ll ud Jimson's hill. Tint HLti
hs allowed they could, and of course
they did.
This Jimson's hill wa long and
steep, and right on the top of it was
Mnnson a Cornere, and just a ljttlc this
sMc of the Corners stood the old log
rnffim hoiiM,
m Don'ow ybs hoi'i'n' ji't, :-.. fc.
lectin's st that time. and lo. .
e go to the top of the hill we etuli
hear Pearon Will-art's loud 'iiwi!'
and Sqmurt Munson's ringim ii3v!
jab." Ksekial and me bad talked Bet
ters aU over, and we had settled it that
the day of our bein' msde ne oa earth
hould be slue th d of our bin' nude
Onh lU iht Lore1; nd Ezekial Le Lad
seen Parson loiilow, jmd it was aQ ar
ranged. l ... -. ,
-Well, we got to the top of th hilt
alter a long, hard pnll, and Eek'l he
drd Ui tu door ot tiiemeeriu1 kous
and let us put; and w sH hurried in
out of the cold, while he attended to
makln them oven ft aomewlleresso'i
they Cbhidu't getaway. . i
"The lilac was about full h
ent In, but room wa Bisde.for ns by
th
siovri snd bv I he t.m u s t,.,t
warmed 0rHves Ezekial earn lu, and
w found place and tot down. The
meetin' was goln' right oa all this tttnc
they was sinirin and ahnutj n In ; th
good old wsy we never hear now adays.
.t laat, when th right tito had come,
Parson Don low made some remarks
about havin' a couple to unite in holy
wedlock, and then he calls for Eaekktl
snd me to come for'd.
"We went uo. Ezekial lookln' e.d
as a beet.and me feelin' about the same
snd there. In the presence of every body,
we waa 'ou together for Ufa, promis
ln' to love and cherish till ,l..th ,1,. ,,.
part, which, t am proud to say. we car-
nea out to the letter, i
"When It WSS all donaPanu-m lV,nln
ne takes us by the hands, sod says bet
mt cniiureu them u hi.
'my children.' sava he. 'l'nil VlBVal Ssaar
started u ron s hew walk lh urn. Vn
have taken upon yourselves the gravest
rrKponsiuuuies ot earth. Upon you de
pends the flttinir for Hea vea nr hll n
future gcheration. Will you not, at
mis critical period at this critical pe
riod,' says he, 'put yourselves into the
hands of the Lord, to walk with Him .11
the days of jour lifer Then Etekial
speaks up, and says he: 'Parson Don
low, that It lust whst we've m.l
our minds to do, and at that Parson
Donlow he shout: 'Pralu, th ti
and Deacon Wilburta holler! 'Am..
while So.ua I re Munson he let out his
nngin' ilnlleluiahl'
"Havin' our minds msde tin A It.
Ezekial and me kneeled down st the
mourners bench, and there wa soon t
good many more with . fnr
Donlow he Just let himself out and
preocnea nis beat, sort of nsln' me and
Ezekial for hit text: and th ind
aniens and the rlngin' hallelujahs was
nearti an uie while. You never heard
such S time, for they don't have aurh
nines nowadays.
MJut I aln t com In' to the n'lnt Th.
meetin was at white heat, you might
nay, and everybody who had
salvation was a-shoutin' and a-singin'
unci a sitrnin . when all of a .iid.Unt
somethin' haneuned. Parson Donlow
he was prayln', and it teethed a if he
nun lain noia upon the very battlements
of the Heavenly city. He wsa nlpndin'
formoreand more of the power, though,
ior tne lire ol me, I couldn't see w hat
was to become of u If nrmtinn fuli
- ... 0 .-j
man we was then.
"'Let US see the real Pentarnatnf
flresl he shouted. 'I.et us heiu- th.
tushin' tound from Heaven.and fet
Hut that was as far as he got, for just
men, an of a suddent. somethin' ban
pened. The little log meetin' house
orgun to move really move. Ami 1k
kept on a-movln'. It was a jerky,
thumny. rocky motion, as though It
shook up oy some mighty heavln' of the
grouua Itself. . ;
"If there hod been shoutln' before. It
wa'h't to be compared to the shout in
there was then. You couldn't hear for
the noise, ther made. 'Praia th. TrAf
cried good old Parson Donlow. 'Amenl'
noiierea JJracon IVilbnrt, and'Hallelu
jr.hl' rang out Squaire Munson's rolcc.
imi czexiai ne jumps up, a gospin i
Them oxen!' and he made for the door
juet as fast as ever he could. lint th..
door had got jammed so's it couldn't bs
openeu. .
"And there we all was. In that, mi-kln1
and tremblin' little log meetin' house,
amidst the shoutm , and thesingin and
the groan In' and the sighin'; and the
mourners' bench it wa'n't half, "hlu
enough to commodate the tuddent de
inand lor plnce. And atill that Jerky,
thumpy, rocky motion kept on, till tho
people they begun to get frightened
half out of their wits. The women
screamed and the children erhxl. till
at last Deacon Wilburt, more or less
scart himself and I guess twos more
he jumps up On seat and hollers:
'Enouarhl enoutrh! Oh. stay Thr hand'
and lust then there came an e-rtra
bard thump, and the deacon went
sprnwlin, heels over head, Into the
crowd around the mourners' bench, and
the motion stopped as suddenly aa it
had begun. That Inst jolt loosened the
door, too, and Ezekial he rushed out,
all the rest u-folleriii' him, and, bless
me. if Parson Donlow'a Ilttl. nl1 t
meetin' house wasn't clear down to the
foot of Jim son hill! You see, Ezekial
had chained them oxen fast to the bot
tom log at the back of the buildin',
never once thinklu' they'd walk off
with It, and the shoutln' must liev start
ed 'em.
"No. I kin never fercit oxen, rtni th.
longest day I ever live, and 'specially
them oxen of Ezekial's. Ezekial he has
gone to his reward, and I know that
I must Toiler soon. He fonn-ht. th. nvnl
fight snd won th crown, and I know:
thst I shall meet him on that bright
shore beyond the swellin' tide- and T
s'pose it' foolish but sometime I
fancy it' just possible I'll find them
oxen there, too."
lllnmlnalad Bird's L
There is only one bird which nrorld..
'Hlumlnstiori for its nest. This Is the
India, grosbeak, whose nest, built of
Ma,l?s of frrnaa and strfnfi nf lpnv. vs.
W I
scmblcs an inverted bottle. Thi.
it divided into two chambers, and would
be in complete darkness jf the g-ron-
beftk did not capture firrfn. and j -
f'm-m v. :;' little In , ' , , l .
tmm Jul
k &r.ir.!-.t, II o!Vbt H r Eaea
t Rocky CreiS.
T rraaraer-a Ban Had Mom ..4
Startax (aaJtl.s-Caal Alw.yi Ma
kf. 1 U.s aw a smh t h.w
- - -aral AaaaaratMti.''
You maybe moujbt not think it fiom
the general outward sppeanueBts U-
' Bar. but w hea I
vs ioUrf (ltd
sprightly tad
JL supple-jioted 1
(
; y v s
y f fW tt
'7 bors
4 w a a 1 d rather
the fa.tcet
in hif
V mii. da.h iLii
n to est when I
(
r Washanrry.And
w nnsi li mcpuf-ui
look prob-
v
, ..V V able
u . , . able to you, I
hsr seen Uie day and hour when
I contd rid S horae-race, or p'.sy the
.ixun., v. j ...!' j n v. .......... .
any vounrster In the whole discovered
;,,. a V nr a m.1 (lh
touhtrr. And till thia dav I oerer hear
tell of fast hot-' but w hat I recollect
s midnight, moon! ight horse-race which
I took a hand In oncst upon a time
year snd years ago.
Umber Jim Saaws t'
At that time 1 w as nothin but a rear-
lin boy the onlyest ons in the family
end my msineat runnia mate was
s nigger youngster which belonged to
my father. The other boy wa same
Jerry, and a w was one year's chil
dren, both born on the full of the moon,
the general under stsjidin was that he
would full to me when I got old enough
to branch off and set up business on my
own hook.
One pleasant summer dsy, late along
1l the shank ot the erenin, S preacher
travellin through the settlement
stopped over and put up for the night
tt our house, la the main time me and
Jerry we made It our personal aud par
tlclar business to try every strange
horse that come along. We had to tend
to the stock and see to it that there
was plenty of corn In the troft and fod
der In the rack, and so we reasoned to
irether With oursclvri that nn trn
horse eould get his board and lodgins
in our lot tree gratis lor ncUiin. Th
crenernl fact that the hnraa In thl. mm
liclongcd to a preacher didn't jax our
nsnas a oianie bit, . lie had to show
down in regard to hit wind and his
speed II be had any In him. The preach
er which wa had with n. that nlirht
called his horse Limber Jim, and sa we
led him down to tho lot me and Jerry
made it up between us that he would
have to untie them len and unlimber
molten generally somewheres before
daylight the next mornln.
- " Oat ta th Mooallaht.
There was then at that tlma a little
short -coupled, long-iegged horse on the
place which I called mine. Aeenrdln tn
the family understand In he was mine
io iceu ana curry ana riue sna claim as
tny own. but still he didn't coma In for
BO exemptions under the general law
gin. horse racln. I told Jerry that he
would have to rido the preacher t horse
whilst I would back the little bay ts
usual. Up to that time I never had
tun up. agin but one horse that could
pass by tue utile bay, and that wa a
roan mare which belomred in Vtamn
Weaver, a younger brother to Ben Chris.
It is about the same way, I reckon, with
most all country boys, but In them days
I would rather take a lickln any time
thin to ride a hone that couldn't lead
the pack. It Is human nature with
everybody but boys In partlclar to
try and keen ahead and work In the
lead. You can take notice of th. aam.
thins- in old men. They most In ren.r.
ally pull for the amen corner, or take
the first sest In the front row of the
dress circle.
So in pursuit of ii'llonrnmrnt.meand
Jerry reassembled ourselves together
dowfi there in the home Int. at. mid.
night, and now presently wc had took
the horse out and off down the old
stage road looklh for a level stretch to
run toe race. The moon bit wa shlnln
brk-ht a day. and when WA Dot nut la
- ' - n
a clear openin we dismounted and got
down so I could take a good look at
Limber Jim.
And as I am a fanner from Farmer.
vllle, and a natural-born southern gen
tleman, that horse was the moat urllt
and nnpromlsln plug I hsd ever saw In
an oi my born days. He was sway
backed, and bcnch-leffired. and hni.
snkled and yew-neckc. and slab-sided
ana raggea ana raw-bony. Blamed If
I couldn't hang my hat on his hip bone
snd count his ribs by the pale light of
the moon. He was sluggish and sleepy
and looked like he would break up and
fall to nieces at every sten he tnoV
Finally at last I come riffht out and
told Jerry if he wanted to run a race on
that old horse he could do It but tn
me I wouldn't ride him in a nice for love
nor money, cause I was plum satisfied
he would let loose and fall down and
break his neck or mine and marh
both. And Jerry he was ruther skittish
about it. but by this tlma I.ImKer .Tim
had his cars flopped snd his heed hung
down like he was flxln off to sleep, and
Jerry lowed he'll be smeared if he want
goin to wake up the old crowbait if It
brung on a funeral in the family which
at that time likely young bucks such as
him was worth a thousand dollar a
head.
Th Midnight Rae Was Kaa.
Is that midnlirht. monnllcht hnem
race we didn't have any starter and no
iudees to sneak of. and SO mn.mi.nt.
inlly we had to make our own rales tnd
arrangements, me way wt managed
was to start even and gallop slorg
neck and neck till we come to a litt
'le
turn In the road. Then I would hoi!
ifo, Bnd away we went Whilst p
Inpin up to the stretch I hcit tl)i lit
bay linen all I could an p. tn m 1 !.,
J ul ft m if ta(
v. hen T " n.t !" ' - '
torn. f.M T I Kt ta f r:'v wa I
the race was t-j fef a to er i, - I
quick, locf fw ;a ! ' w t
hort knowed hl was c I
worked tfct ssn I .-e n! ,r. '
sad. the !:u l-r '
l. Tj '. J. 1 r' e j , '
wa a Bli! k, tin! bef,r r 1;
covered the first c - r e ! r '
had left Limber J i It ! V 1
Wit Jnt tfcifia t ' i
to run a w ..:. t .e .i-iltf ,
I heard Jerry i if ci.t to i I
Do vour beM. i ;d '-,! !!
ft eoiulti ! j
The next nilnut be Vt t v u e "est
put Of wind, si I l ' .-' I
dust I could see Ji-rry sihI (..:' '? I
all tangled up U ere l " '-ri ' f 1 ? j
l t' e r'- f . ' -i - 1
snd ten J !) to 1 e mv.'td. I run i.i
little lisy on owt to t.,a ml ii" t
stretch knowin that he was way yos t
the Worst best horse I tad ever f!t;r:
leg over. Put w hco e got to i he ' 0
pin place I eovldu't rcinr Yu.
Iior hide of Jerry and L.r.bcT J n. 1
reckon the old h.'me uiut l.aie th n -M
we was in for a tea mile rare iu iniee
straight heats. Tie run on down tnc
road about three mile Iwfare Jerry
could pull him la, snd 1 ha 1 n Vj
righ give them both i for ln.t I' rv
they got back. Limber J sui com tj.im
that loose double-shuff e fox walk of Ins,
and whilst me and Jerry was tn IV in over
th race bang my cats if he didn't fro to
!orp fight there in tin b g road.
Ta. O.m. Thr tured.
W got the horaes back Into the lot,
and tubbed eff the saddle mark tod
sneaked oil to bed without raisin any
disturbment round the place, snd the
next momin everything wss sa smcvoth
and lovely a a summer day. I man
aged somehow to toil the preacher off
down to the lot before break tint end f?ot
up a private confabulation with htm iu
regards to old Limber Jim. In the final
wlndup I told him if he would borrow a
horse from my father and lcne his old
plug In our lot I would try snd put nine
weatberboardin on him snd round hint
up a little agin he come back that w ay.
The prftcher he took the bait like a lit
tle man and had s talk w ith father ac
cord In at the breakfast table.
"Limber Jim Is s 11 right sud sound as
a dollar," say he, "but right at this
partlclar time he Is somewbatly under
the weather from bard and constant
rid In'. Thi boy of yours, Brother
Sanders, is a natral-born horse niaMfr,
and I would lore to put Limber Jim In
hit hands for s few weeks, or st any
rates till I pass along this way on my
rettrrn bsck from the hill country ,
Well, bein t they waa both brothers
In the same church it was all riRht with
my father. You know how that is.
When th preacher went off that morn
ln he was ridin th best saddle horse
on th place, tnd up on three legs and
chawln hit corn and fodder between
nap. . , , ; ,
The crops was laid by then snd all
the stock was Idle, so I hnd a good
chance to take tome ot the kinks out
of Limber Jim's hide. I give him two or
three day to rest up In, and thpn I
straddled him one mornln snd p it Out
up the road to see Ilamp Weaker. I
bad a tolerable good fiddle which I
wanted to swtp to namp for his open
face, tllver-case watch snd some boot.
Anyhow that wa the story which I
give out to him When I got there, but
to you, I was plsyin for even with Lim
ber Jim as my w Ian In card. I set my Ag
gers too high on the watch and fiddle
trade and wa flxln off to start back
hom when Hamp up and says to mt.
ey he: 2
liufe, wherein the thunderationsdid
you run up with that old boncyard7" :
I responded back that I had nicked up
the horse from s preacher thn was
paasln through, th aettlemont, and
then went on to remark in a scottcrin
wsy that there was some good blood
In htm tnd a right smart speed if I
could but only bring It out where It
would show. .
Hamp he laughed fit to kill himself
and lowed be wouldn't be caught dead
and ridin such a razor-back. "Aint you
skeered, Bute, they will arrest you for
cruelty to animals
"The next thing you know th buz
zards will come down and close their
mortgage, and you will hsve to tote
your saddle home," Hamp went on to
sty. . ;
It Was "Pat fp or Shot Cp."
Well. Hamn he kent on noktn fun .t
me and Limber Jim so till presently I
got sick snd tired of it and told him I
wss ridin the fastest horse in the settle
ment. He took another laughln spell
then, tnd lauched till th wator hkl
up In his eyes. But when he got through
ami qmt 1 panierea mm ror a race and
proffered to bet him mv 11,1,11. t,;.
watch, even Steven, that the old horse
could beat his roan mare in a runnin
race one mile dsh. Hamp thought I
was Jokia at first, but when I M rr
fiddle down and told him to lint ut, nr
thut up he covered It With his watch
ana went on after the rosn mare.
When we iralloned tin to th atar.Sn
place, both of thw horses wns tnovin
long neck and neck. Hut when they
got the word to go the mare made a
pur sna snot out ahead exactly like
my little bar had done when me and
Jerry run our midnight, moonllpht
icr. ii wa some time before Limber
Jltn could pull himself up together in
runnin shape, but after that every t re
be bunched his feet h
three or four lengths, snd he bunched
em tremendous quick snd fast, Phmed
if he couldn't co and come niilrt
do more runnin and msks less f
about it than tny horse I hsveevr t
.-vow, men. to cut the storr t' .
when the race had been run to a finh
Ilatnn Weavers roan m:e. kk
worst heat hot- fw s'l ! ei
ceptln my little Tpsy. I put In tnd tri,
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depart iih-nt. ,'n
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husine. t .
The fly vbxt i 11m e I
certain b'lisfluis & I r r 1
of sized manna p.s- r. 1
a narrow border tf wx l t
slkky stu T fro'n es
border of w ax 11 pi.t n,',
afatkni Is spn ad, 3! '
ready for lujjvu-tmn s I
one machine, an 1 t ,. 1..
ccrmciiy of about i" 1 i t
From the mm hlne t,
Inspectors, w ho sec- tl ,H 1 e t
the right conninl'nrv, and i
1 ackers, to Imi put into 1 v ,
mcnt The pnjwr gis li'
Forope, Australia si If. u
bciils all arts of thlacounn-v.
Tlie mantifncturers of lie s
per began business nlott
ofl a small mule, occupt a ! -
connection with astiburbua di
which the brother hsd e-
a branch of their city busmcw. s
the brothers carried oa Hie ft
intnufncturing as a side l--. n
first only enough was msnu'
supply limited 1o hI di hoi I
demiiiiil frra.lkiuilir irroi, .. .I ,
tory is now one of the bl I'
of fha eitr. and the four Vri' -
drvotu to It. their entire time.
Some time ago one of tli-1
had occasion to discharge c i '
employes, a man who hnd I
tl.em several years, snd hud m,
facilities for learning the In.iiir o
everything was done. ItWHr
that it wns his intention to ,
trets of the mannfaetur. if " -or
such of them sa he ponw-.
rival manufacturer doing 1 -a
small scale In aaoU.. r km a.
brother tmnif,"-'- 1 - 1
against hi in by io junction to ,.
him from telling what r
from himself eng-flg"rg In I
The suit ha Dot yet been ti"
Involves a qui'KSKra of h
adjudicated In this ', '
is specially interesting to r- -tiirers
snd attorneys. Oi 1 T
(Mich.) Cor. N. Y. Sun.
INTERESTING RE.UO.
Aa aael.aS and W.ll-M.l. 1
finiad la ttrrnn.
Another relic of th mid 1 p b
ln fnnl l v. !... 1.. .1. .
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of a halberd. It was foui-d in a -
or drain out on J'ohi t. , 1 ,, ,
few days siiice by a boy, I. v
ered with a thick costin-jof r 1 t,
on being removed, showed t
weapon hod been haniomc!y t
and damascened with fin
l.t Tk. V 1 1 . J l. .
fancifully-shaped I. i'eorcu'
anj a curved and pointed j - ,
the spike or spear, ' '1 pi
19 Inches leyon 1 1 ' e 1
half an inch square nd no i t' 1
' h, n rrr,,l .,1... rt . . i
mnitis stt.irh.-d to , .
wrought nails, fn I,,, c'o. H i,. .
very handy w.1: -i In 1
lore ganriowder was Invent... i
hooked pole being bandy to !
off his horse, t!.e . : - t -w ,
through nd the e -e to .
'ith. There mnv ! ,
between this snc;eH la'! i (
old two fx ! If. - ; t , 11
the upper pfrt cf - - i s
since, no inf.vtmttt: . , .
whii h 1 rs bepn r,', ;
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of the ' ' c n r 6 - r
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