The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-04
a TOOL HoUsE WANTED.

$50 D, a.9-
i WHERE'S that log chain?r asked j q
Tubbs IL his boy Bill, as they were eettin
the team ready To draw q load Of wood.
II say. Biz haYs you swallowed tba
llchhihE Never can lind anything Bte
you want il Why didn't You put il 4
ID its placer
n Bill looked asionlshed, us IL he had no
heard the same thing about some misplnt
ed tool, every week Of Ids lie. and sai,
very ineekly;saI didn't know ii had an,
place 10 particular, thought / left ii d
/ the cart, where you generally leave Il, =
The fact is, Tubbs was a sloyell, ant
never could Lay his hand on any thing b,
wanted; and he added to this sin, d cross
grained, fretfnl temper, that worried
every body with whom lie came in contact
The plows we're as often left Ia the fur
row as elsewhere. and lay OUT over win
Eter;th cart md wagon stood under tht
44oldapplc tree, BY tlleroad side; the chains
yoke, and nose baskets, sometimes brought
up IN the stable, sometimes under INV
shed, again in the corn crib, but ortenei
were left with the cart, the shoyels. SPADES
lcroWbarsi scythes, corn.kniyes, sieEics
Erakes, forks, axes, and other tools, we're
scattered about the premises, generally
left where they were last used. j
So there was hunt Of an hour, that
morning, in all possible places, for tho
log chain, built didn't turn up. The OK.
en- stood chewing their cuds, philosophical.
" waiting, as II: they were used 10 such
delays. II was entertaining to an outsider
to see Tnbbs shinuing il, from the barn
to the shed, from the shed to the corn
crib, from the crib TO the cart, and from
the cart to the wood pile, scoltiing as be
went, and blaming everybody but himself
for tue loss Of his chain. L. Z +. ~:
look here, BILL run over TO neigIbor
Jcwett's anu ask him TO lend us chain.
must have something to biud the ioad,s +:
" SO Btu srud to the neighbours. a hatf
mile on, to borrow. When lie had made
known his GRAND, Mr.. Jcwctt replieti,
:" Il is rather doubtful whether yoti. can
find such Al, article IN these parts, J, With
n draw upon the vNtter, and q Wicked
.kipk II bis eye, that sguaited towarii the
sioNenly habits Of Joe THhbs.
! However, he went out to the barn.
where he showed a door that ran back no,
on5littls wheels, and introduced Bill to a.
good sized room, where there was nothing
elsehut tools There we're the crow.bars.
three Of them Of different sizes ia one cor.
ueri the plews all cleaned, the hoes and
shoyels hung mp on the sides; the rakes
overhead, the harness on wooden lpcrs,t
and the chains banging on cleats, and
everything IN lis place, SO that the owner
conld lay his hand on IL in tho night, il 1t
were necessary. ..j..... 49, N. 4
The younger Tubbs got the chain, and
q. new idea Of order at the same time. ii
bFokesin upon his mind with great clear
ness, that it was not necessary to spcnd
hours every week in looking up lost tools.
Or in borrowing from aeighbor. Tubbs,
senior, may never build a tool house, and
save his temper, But the boy will learn
wisdom ia his present school OF affection.
md when he takes the farm, will have
place for everything, and everything in its
place. 4alcricaa AgrioRiturist. " ~ =.