The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-16

spent sss ,s ;.., :, ~. day in n.l
FL IT ! rs = 80 - 81 /
s. s1G1fe1 af~t I<y e1Bld kA3.du1 02uck
bill pillow, and With much difficulty made the
chariot wheel horses pinw. Put the poie-end
horses into she.plox i the incoming, and put
he pos1llios ah1 An horse II Shea ke1Alon;
1 hasihx aroend heing cell svaf4s3 - Ind
very heavy ploving, repented putting them
in at all. for fesr it should give them habit
Of stepsiss in Ne chariot ssrpH
.Apprehending the herrings were come, /
hauled the seine, but caught only few Of
them. though good many Of other sorts of
4 N s5sren osdu<k nesssaeer anSs d Ia 4
/ fbrn ne tAatrny mil VAS N sreA dsh&ss of
being destroyed ! Immediately hurried of
all hands with shovels, etc., to its assistance,
and got there myself just time enough to give
II > reprieve for thus time, Nv WheeIfue kravel
into the place which tie water had washed
While was there q very heavy thunder show
er came on, which lasted upward of an hour
| tried what tim e the mill required to grind a
bushel Of corn, and to ny surprise found il
WEE within Eve minutes of an honr. Old
Anthony attributed this to the low head Of
water, bat whether i. was or not cannot
say. The works are all decayed and out of
order, which | rather take TO be the cause
!! Such mill WE should think hardly vossh
saving. Even the vigorous Washingtonco1ld
not get Virginia plantation in very good
order We read everywhere IN his diary that
| he owned one hundred and one cows, and yet
had to buy.batter sometimes for the use OF
has family.
| Would the reader like to know the reason.
| Gen. Washington himself tells He mention.
| in bis DIARY thai one morniag in February,
LEO. he went out TO where ny carpents en-
were hewing. the sasa carpenters heing siack
slaves. Il found, he wrote. ..that four of
them, namely. George, Tom, Mike and young
Billy, had only hewed one hundred and TWEEN. /.
ty feet since yesterday at ten O'Clock Sur
prised at this msagre result OF day. labor /.
Of four men, he sat down TO see how they |
managed. Under the spell OF the MASTER |
eye they worked faster, bg. still in wonder !
fully buns'iug ard dawdIirg manner He |
records that after they had prepared log for /
cutting into lengths, they spent twenty Eve 4
minutes more IN getting the cross cut saw,
standing to consider what TO do, saving the 1
stock IN two places, etc He found that the |
four men had done exactly one mans work i
the day before, snpposing they could work no /
faster than they had done whiie he watched /
the n, aud that one int Ell scenf. active nhorer
could do about as much hewing as they would |.
in week Here we have the reason why a
man possessing one handred and one cows
had 10 bay butter. re this was the case with
the best farmers IN Virginia, and one Of the
richest, waat rtast have been the cona ton OF
the ordinary pianiations2
Much Of this time. baweYer, was spen. in
taking care OF these dilaforv and nnealeulat.
ing la5orers If sa..aaaat disease broke
out among Them. Il was The master who alone
hal the nerve ard energy 10 make the
requisite arrangements The small pox ono.
ravaeed his negro quarters. he enters in hi.
diary:
"A fer LAX In d the doctor directions inre-
gard to my peouie. SET out tor NV quarters.
and %. The 70 Iaboslt twelse o 'clscx. dime
enough % hn4 ekesrfhiug ia the utmost CON
fusion. disorder ana back rarl!ness, nv over.
sees on his back with broken leg. and not
half erun psp ecially of eronnsi prepared =
"a these desperate circumstances. WITH the
dead to be buried. the dxinp 10 be conforted.
the sex 10 be administered 10. and the well
10 be tranquiiizYti. the master proceeded "a
Arrange hesri,alI se narata the sirs from tbs
well provide nuIr ses ard give instruction "A
to Toe treatment 81 the disease.
Washington X DER lie was a Virginia planter
His pleasures wer- few. bat they were such
as be sesalv eff5nx4i. We learn fr,n hfs A.
srv thst a. han 81. during the sessor. abog,
twtee = week. ala III. plssfy thar tbe.s were
his haory DAYS There are scores 81 entries
like he fa3losiuE.
Week hqn,ids after breakfast. and fon.a
fox at Nafdv Hole, aud killed her after a.
chase Of better than twa hosars. af,.i .fter ,rre
ing her sysice. the last Of which time. She en-
dead Cd, az the tree. after being there sew
eral minutes apftareatly veil .
There were balls OCCASIONALLY at AIexan-i
dria, snd sc tsnsi Va 1t n yssa ate aiding them.
and entering iaso the hunlors and gsveties oil
the entertainment vita much spirit.
Tae usgal coarzs {. : "a. a. Aasat Yer
non was sometimes Ike ;fis The master
rose early. shared and dressed himself. ex
cent that hi. qaaue was arranged hy ser.
vant HIS .irss sssle was "a the stable :. q
recorded lha, I'D once anpsied, With hss own
rigst strong a-a.. zIlrraa s.fap ID the shout
der of Tie groom Who had allowed favor;.e
horse 10 stand al pi.hs IA Tho sweat ana dns.