The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-13
GETTING RID OFROCKS.
From tho American Agriculturist.l

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GETTING RID OF ROCKS
/ From tho American Agriculiuristl
! AMUSING EXAMPLE.
In primary SOILS where large rocks are imbedded
firmly in the soil, and lie thcky the ground they
great incumbmnce to the cultivation of the land,
and If to be got out of the way great expense in
| their removal. Many of them worked into stone
fences but better stones for such purposes usually
abound on the same premises these huge rocks little
less than nuisance to be got rid Of in way and
that usually by blasting picking up and carrying away
altogether, when they be devoted to useful pnr
pose. s H
There another way of getting rid of them which we
can best illustrate by case in point Some ago
wealthy townsman bought country placea rude farm,
rather, having good capabilities for fine residence
few miles out of town, and went to work to improve it,
In laying out his building grounds huge granite rock
OF several feet in circumference lay deeply mbedded In
the light yellow loan where he purposed to have his
lawn That rock no must have out Of the way, and
he had no tools to blast it WITH he set to work with
his halfdozen borers and three yoke Of Oxen
| remove it, The .bossed" the work himself but
as he knew much about merchandise than moving
rocks, the work went but badly He ordered levers
and handspkes the aborers shoyeled hole on
side to get the lever under the rock they dug holes
the other side and they dug holes On all sides the
chains were wrapped around it, and hooked and the cat
tie whipped up and bawled Mt by the teamsterall to
no purpose. The chains broke the workmen gabbed
the teamser scolded and the "boss umcd and freted
1t was no go, decidedly, after tong at the rock half
day. There it lay-heavy, sullen, immovabc.
AS they were about leaving for dinner, 1ank 1oung
ing Yankee travelling along, with stick over his
shoulder, and bundle tied in cotton pocket handker
chief hanging ON the end Of it, Hearing the :" muss
in the field he turned from the highway to the
fence near whore the at work. and took a look
to see what they were about. The men had scat
tered leaving the of the premises still at the rock
where he quietly stood apparently musng the i'll
cess of his morning labor Singing out to him, Yam
kee exclaimed Say, neighbor what ye dewin on 2?
Feeling exceedingly neted yet still willing to receive
comfort from almost any quarter, he muttered, half
gIy yet somewhat coaxingy, "Tve been working here
all day with lot Of stupid fellows, and couple of
teams to get out this rock and here it lies Just
ever, and believe shall have to abandon it after
all .''T9H t2f ~ '''
'sDew tell! never r said the Yankee climbing over
the fence and approaching the proprietor-wher he
carefully laid down his bundle containing probably the
most Of his spare wearing gearand what de ye want
to dew with t?' IN. l;t8
Nothing in the world but get it out of sight, some
way or other, 80 that shall never see it again.
''sartn Never want to see the rock agin so?'
eyes, out of sight that's all I care for
"And heow much'll ye give to put the pessy thing
where ye wont see it agin--neverl ~
"Why, I've fooled away FIVE dollars on it already and
III give five more to any who'll do the job.
/" Sartin r. lGf 9Th .ss gtet n Ft
eyes; sntin' NJ .flg - aM #
"Wel throw In my dinner, for I'm paugey hungry,
and keep them pesky fellows of the lot and give me
good shovel and ii dew it for yc this afternoon
and about one q clock n n he ysaa coat oY and
sleeves rolled up of n r,easnnt aov IN the month NJ
April shoveng away like possessed in sinking
braa 49, ~, ~. - - -, $3.50 f.', 's "
said The owner of cmrse was not for oway d;rec,;n,
his men abeut other labor With tha sacntad ,w;ti
more apparent success than At tbs; aornng,s wo,l~
Long lrpfore s,nset orr yonia g,r 49, !. ~ 81 ,o
and bsolxoned with HIS hand 20 ce,a 20 ths srot H
was there in a moment and found a hinge boIo which
would furnish a cellar for r,oJorat ;d ruIJ;n
"a. Ga, ,nsta, : yo,, ;st ,.l. Ia - IL. 49,, Pr 4.