The Lincoln County herald., 1869-10-28
. Putyisg' o stoves.

'c' 10 Pstsiss % stoves. '''' ''"''
We do bot ienshber Tie exact dats Of
the Invest stionof stUvss bst iAwss soas
ysass ase. Hisse thes nsahisd have bess
termsntsd once year, BY the di6cultiss
that beet the task Of putting them up,
and getting the pipes 6xed, With sll
sNr YaAksS ingsiufy ho "A msficin 'taS
ever isvsuesd ssyT wsthodr BY which tht
labor Of putting sp . ssess can b lser
seued. The JOB 4 O. ssyers, .spd vsxa,
sous % humanity can possibly eGdute,
sud gets more 10 every year. " W.
Men alvsys tst their stoves up On 5
rainy day. Why. NO know set but "
never heard Of ~ exception 70 ths rule.
The 6rst step To- ba Aksn. is to put on .
very old ragged coat. under the impres.
sion that when be gets his mouth full Of
phster II will keep hii shirt bosom oissn.
Nett the operator gets his baud inside
the plso>, whore the pipe oeght 70
60, and hlaaks biz lpeess, apa then care
fully makes q black mark, down one side
OF Bic nose. II Is impossible Is NAL any
headway, 10 doing this work, Until this
mark u made down oss side Of his noss.
Hayius got hjs faos properly marked, ,hs
victim is ready to begin tho ceremony.
The head OF tho family, who 10 the big
goose Of tho sacrifice, gtasps ono eide Of
the bottom Of the stove, ani1 M wife eAod
hired girl the ether aide. IL this ,vay
the load il sssrted from the woodshsd to.
ward the parlor. Going through the
door. the hesd Of the family Will carefully
swing Ais side Of the stove a.baud tsnd
jan bic thumb nail against the dver post.
This part Of she cevsmogy,is never omitted.
Having got tho family comfort in its
place, the. next thing 10 to dnd its legs.
Two of these arc leN inside Of the stove
sinss The Spting BEFORE The ether two
must be hunted after, for twenty Ave min
utes. They are usually found under the
coal. Then the head Of the family holds
up one side Of the stovo while his wife
puts two Of the legs ID place, be next
holds up The other sids while the other
two ara, dxsd, and one Of the other two
falls out. By the time the stove ID on ito
legs no gets reckless and takes OF bis
oM coat, regardless Of his linen. '-F '1e
Thon hs goes for the pipo and gets
two oipders 10 bis ,ayes,i Il dos't make
any difference how we'll tho pipe wss put
up last year Il will always be found :
little too short or . little too long. The
head Of The family jams bib hat over his
eyes aud taking . pipe under each arm
goes to tue !, TIN sbop to have it 6xsd.
When he gets back he steps upon one of
the best psfior chairs TO zee If the
pipe ats, and hie wife makes him get
down for fear be will scratch the varnish
boot heel. In getting down be will
surely step on the os., and may thank
his stars that It is u0t the baby. Then
he gsts 90 old chair aud climbs up to che
again, 10 6nd that 10 cutting the
pipe of the end has been left too big for
the hole 10 the chimney. So be goes to
the wood shed and splits one side Of the
end Of the pipe, with an old axe, and
squeeses il in bis hand To- make III
smaller. ~ ,u'i1nI. feH :. ,}u-N cJ
Finally hs gets the pipe 10 shape and
6nds that the stove does not stand tru J.
Then Hitself and wife aud The birsd
girl novs The stove 10 tho Left, and the
legs fall out aeaih. Next 10 to move y
tho right Mors difficulty nov, With the
legs. Moved 10 tho front J. littls. Fl.
bow not even with the hole III the ohm
uey, and the head of The family goss
again 10 the Mbed shed sftseasems little
blocks, Whils putting ths blocks under
the legs. the pipe comes out of the chin
ney. That remedisd the elbow keeps
tipping over 70 the great alarm Of the
witS. He'd Of the GniIy 9ets The ain. 4
nsr tsble, out puts the old ehaie On lit,l
gels bis y,fa hold Of the chair, aaa bal i
anees himself on 1t to drive some nails
into the ceiling. Drops tho hsmncr On |
wifs's bead. AZ last gets the nailss
driven; nakss . wire, swiss,to hold The
pips, hammers .. lit1ls hsrs, pals . littls
there takes = long breath, aud ,npopn-
sss the ceremony concluded.
g JOB never but up suy stoves Il 4
would have ,rvised his soPatstles IL hs
had. n The hbove progsanms. With iuniA 4
portant Variations, will b, c,ysied oAt ia;
many respectable families dpying the
asxt fsw weeks. - : : ~ .''' 20
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story Of the late Thsd, Stevens beats, any