The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-01-31
BOURBON ESPONDENcE.

and although most of us were not prepare,
for the present cold ''snap," yet We ar
disposed to grin and bear it," inasmucl
as there is no way to help ourselves. Log
and timber and lumber and wood, &c, ar,
coming in in large quantities, and th'
prospects are fair for larger lumber trad,
here the present season than any previou:
year since the completion of the railroad.
The roads are now strangely in contrast
with what they were six weeks ago. Thet
they were almost impossible, now the,
could no, be better.
1t would astoni.h New England radi'
cal abolition npeacher to see the kind Of
vehicles We lIoOsiers use, and the way VT
work to make money enough to pay oul
portion of the interest on the bonds held
by New England loyal uilliouares. 1t is
not uncommon to see an oak plank twelve
inches wide. rounded off at the front end
sled runner fashion" with hole large
enough to hook log chain into it, used tt
haul a log forty>four inches in diameter.
The "fore-runners" Of pair Of hobs
are considered equal to any in use for
logging purposes. BY means of dou5l,
hook fastened to tie under side of log
attached TO chain connected with the
doublc-trec, span of horses can easily
load log in minutes time. After the
! log is loaded all that il necessary to secure
the log from falling off is to lay the chain
over the log and tasten it TO the runners.
This binds the log so tightly to the sled
ihat it is impossible for it to slip off. And
after lie log has arrived at its destination
all that is necessary to unload it is to Ln>
fasten the ends of the CHAIN and start the
horses The sled is drawn out from un>
der the log and il remains where left, until
the miller with his can't hook rolls II int
the gangway and from theIce into the
mill, where il is sawed into lumber to be
shipped perhaps thousands Of miles away
to be worked up into houses, machinery
furniture, &C. &c.
'-Bod-sleds. or sleds with four short run
ncrs. are the Kind in general use They
are made OF crooked sticks Of timber work
ed up into the proper shane and the runners
protected with shoes made of cast iron
There are some, however, who are not able
To afford the luxury of pair of hobs
with cast IRON shoes. This class Of people
co,Em0nly use shoes made Of hickory tim
Der fastened 10 tie runners b. means oi
wooden pins These shoes answer very
good purpose and in fact are as good as
cast iron shoes Vutil Ike ground begins to
yet bare, when they Don begin to wear
away. Sleds are also made Of boards of
two inches in thickness fastened together
with cross pieces of the same material -
! For light work Kind Of goeart" called
pung" is irequent y used. A man who
understands his business. can make une
of hem in about an hours time after the
materials are at hand Take two hickory
poles fifteen To twcniy feet in length and
shave them out 6 To s feet from the lower
end. bore holes in them four fec. apart H.
which drive pins l. to Ii inches in height
on the top If which fasten knees or banch
es and on these fas,en boards for bottom
and on the b ,ck end make seat six inch.
es high. and you have a "pung" in every
sense Of the word In the early settlement
If Marshall county the articles out .
which "pungs' were made were called
stables, but the march nf civilization y
has enlie hteued the people and the word
/ has become obsolete
John Conrick started one day last week
to sre his mother who lives in Canada. lie
got as far as 1t. Wayne, and while waitinr
for the connecting train on the Wabash
road, concluded he would take a nap
While in state of "oblivious unconscious
ness some light fingered gentlcu an re
licyed hi IL of his wallet containing about
fifty dollars. When he awokc he discov,
cred his misfortune, and seeing sleepy
ll"okin. Individual snooziug in one corner
e the room LID he was the man
and vent fer him. giving HIM .v. ~. ,roun'.-
ing. Tor which little bit Of innocent amuso.
ment he Was arrested and taken before the
Mayor, who. considering the loss he had
already sustained fined him only ten dol
lars and costs He returned home on the
day following a wiser, but a some SEa
poorer man
hree deaths are reported within a da,
Ut two jennie Hutchinson, aged fou,
years. died on Saturday: Amelia Orcott
aged ten years died on Saturday and Mrs
! Baker died Of consumption on Saturday
To CONSUMERS 1t C ,sts Won no NOR,
to buy full pound Of d. j DcLand
Co.'S Best Clinical Sa1eratus. than i
3 does other kinds tina. only weigh IA or i
oapces