National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-11
HurryIng mp the Cakes.

= few morning since Just when the
drowsy god holds us the closest, we
were startled from our innocent dreams
by heavy knocking at our bedroom
door. We thought oi burglars, murder,
fire. everything in short, except the
cause OF the alarm. Hastily pulling on
our unmentionables, hind side first
which caused US to walk backwards---we
opened the door, and beheld the earnest
face of NJ. G. Ellis, one Of the heaviest
rnchers OF Sutter County, now resi-
dent of Marysville, and connected with
the Plaza Steam FIGURING Mills, who, in
answer to our inquiry of "What is the
matter now ?" replied, "Dress yourself
and go out to the ranch with me we
have something to do there this morn
ing Grumbling, we obeyed orders
that is IA reporters duty-and donning
our garments, went down to the Marys-
vile stables, where we supposed we
should find team ready. Disappoint-
ment is apt to come of too great expec-
tatlons, especially when one expects too
much of stable men. The hostler, who |
Is second cousin to Rip Van Wrinkle, |
mad fallen asleep after being awakened,
AMI before we could arouse him and get
a team ready half hour had passed and
n o'clock in the morning" came lust
as we rolled out of the stable. "Driye
with tight lines" said the stable man.
Did we do it Not much. Ellis rather
pushed them on instead of holding them
tight. After taking a drink from a bot
tie found in the buggy, and lighting our
cigars our companion condescended to
ne hot ha 4 |
You know that once upon time
General Bldwell cut some grain, thresh-
ed 1t, ground the wheat, baked bread
from the flour and ate it for supper
Now, l propose to beat this, and beat it
badly. 1t is seven miles to my rancho,
and | intend to drive there, cut and
!hresh some grain, take it to the Plaza =,
Mills, grind it, have my wife make bis \
,nits from the -four, and we will eat :
hem with our breakfast before 8 II
clock. y After finishing this long II
'peech, he gave another push on the IA
ines and relapsed into silence. In fifty "
minutes we were at the ranch, but here IL
mother disappointment awaited us. The II
cams were not in the field, and another II
lalf hour went by before the machinery II
'as ready to be put in motion. Then o
lr. Ellis mounted to the header and cut il
header full of the golden grain" We II
nd aside our coat and mounted the u
ootboard of the threshing machine, and @
hen the grain arrived we fed it e.
trough. From the grain thus cut and u
lreshed our sack was taken, and as al
rain cannot be ground without soaking 81
was thoroughly wetted there in the AZ
ED. We then started for the city, Pc
hich we reached in forty minutes from I'll
e ranch. Arrived at the mill another pc
awaited us. The grain Ia
as too wet, and another half hour was pc
st in drying it. 1t was then put ne
rought the screens, from thence into ac
e hopper and soon a sack of f}onr was IN
oduced from the wheat which stood in de
e field but few hours before. From an
e mill to the residence of Mr. Ellis, ele
zen Mrs. Ellis took charge of it, and mn
half an hour we heard the welcome wa
breakfast. At 7:55 by the watch me
ich timed us all the way through, we eh'
down to splendid breakfast, and the
Iore us was the biscuit made from I'M
! flour we had worked SO hard to OBJ que
n. This is true story, plain state Ian
ut OF the quickest work ever done in on
State. Ii any man can beat this he
have to eat his biscuits for supper
day before the wheat is cut.-CM- A
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