The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-04-07
TUE FRESH MEADOW.

With empty cart and full dinner-pails, we
set out early for the assault upon the June
grass. The "fresh meadow" was a level in
tervale, the road to which through large
upland moving lot, descended through Sc
cret chasm in ledge of rocks crowned with
trees, and led US out into the open sunny
meadow behind, like the downward paths by
which princes in fairy tales descend into
realms of underground loveliness, ruled by
expectant queens.
In such expeditions took my first lessons
lii the OK compelling art The mysteries oil
shaw" and "gee," "hwo" and "hwish"--the
last an outandish Vermontese barbarism, sig
nifying "back," were duly explained. The
cartwhip exerc Sc was demonstrated; whose
adaptation to the intellectual capacities Of
the bovine race is marked by the simplicity
Of genius. For the single lessen taught the
OK appeals with metaphysical truth to the de-
sire of happiness common to beasts with men;
and with practical wisdom developes IN
utililarian direction his natural instinct to
get away from what hurts him. IT, therefore,
wish him to 90 forward, 'hck" him pos
teriori; If | would have him retrogress,
pound his nose with the whipstock; it he
should come towards me, touch him up on
the further side with the lash, and if he should
go from, | prod his hither ribs with the butt
These maneuvres having been accompanied
with dexterous intonations of the four afore-
said sounds, together with "go 'lang!" "what
are We 'ba.a-a-ut!" and other interjections
hortatory, mandatory, and sometimes, grieve
to say, imprecatory, all developed by skiliul
teamgters into many wonderful, intricate and,
imaginative variations executed through the
nose, the intelligent beast gradually learns to
do at the sound alone what he did at first, at
the sound accompanied with action. Some
imagine that herein is the true solution oil the
myth of Amphion's song, viz: He Played--a
Greek prototype OF the great Italian hddler'--
q pagan Paganini--upon onn>stringed plec'
tram, or whip Comp. plago, pl:yare, to
scourgel, which he accompanied with the
voice, proba.1,,y in the Lydan mode; and a'
he worked powerfully upon the feelings o
his cattle, by his vigorous instrumental per
formance, executed. Jortissimo, Jorestisstmo
sEorsaado and confuoco motto, 80, when HI
rerlormed as vocal solos these impasslone'
: Vari utOnS upon onc et'iHS, wv ''''N
: lections Of his mssterly Instrumentation In
duced his cattle to manGuvre with such re
markable agility, as to give rise to the pre-
sent slightly varied account that he played
the beasts, instead of on them. This how
ever. is depression, Tor which, now that
! have followed it out to my satisfaction, us
, pardon. 81. -.... ,..., ....-
Theory such as have adverted to wa
impaired to me; and very soon / four'she
4 the plant hickory, and bawed out the SC
en,6c monosyallablss with nasall'y
!, easy and wormanike as that OF any blll O
!. Joe, TO the manner born.
/, The meadow is entered; the cart lett IN
, corner, resting on it's wheel and long nos'
: like that Australian bird who locates hImsel
for his ease, tripodwise upon his two legs an
. his bll the diLner-pails are sheltered IN II
I shadow; scythes are hung and whetted' an
, "forward four" The best man goes foremost
3 and the strong backed scythemen, each wit
: "rife" or milestone in his red right ham
: gi,ded low and light, stepping wide and benz
:, ing forward, seem to gesture the iaillng gra'
!, into the long straight swaths which gro
y close under and after the left hand OF each.
Sand forward, and forward. ~
ii Re.ississsiy they go; rtsz., -. --u
y N For strong arms wave the Ions keen sfsiss
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