The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-12
Economy.


the hard times, resolved to become more
economical, and revolyed in his mind how
he could best try himself in this new direc-
ton. lie thought over his various Inquiries,
10 see which he could lose with the least
trouble to himself his cigars no, he could
not stand that his beer no, no, not that I;
his newspapers Oh, no, by No means what
could he do to cartsil !? Just then he saw a
load of wood pass by-taat's it that's just
what I'll do ; I'll saw and split my own
wood. Happy thougAt-just the thing
Then began tire plans for IetrencAment
frst, lie must wheel it into the wood house,
and then saw and split 1t. Bully, by jim
go ~ Ike first time he saw Leonard lie
told him to send to his place twelve cords Of
wOod--he WIS bound 10 have enough this
time. The wood came IN due time, and the
first time he looked upon that great pile,
ard those huge sticks of green maple, his
head felt faint. His resolution urged him
on, hSyever, and he thought it best to 5egia
at once--tte wood would season hettet un-
der shelter than out of doors he removed
his coat, vest and sugpenGers fastened his
pants up with leather strap around his
waist, removed the sideboards of his wheel
barrow. and took the gate off its hinges, pre-
pared for wcrk-vig orous work. He walk
ed up to that pile Of wood, dragging the
wheel-barrow after him, and dropped tie
barrow, as much as to say, this means bu-
HI ~,
the barrow, crosswIse, and then tried the
weight TO see how much of load he had
"pshaw, that's nc load at all'-and he Put
on two mere sticks and tried again sThat'll
do very we'll - and fixing his eyes stcadfast-
ly upon spot midway between the gate
posts, he made Violent rush 10 go through.
All was we'll till he reached the gate; when
the two ends of the wood struck the two
posts of the gateway-the wood stopped, but
the barrow went on and The man went over,
striking the roman part of his nose against
the front part of the wheelbarrow. With aD
expressive sound, made by opening TIE lips
shutting the teeth turning the tip of the
tongue towards the under iaw-blowlng the
breath forecably through the teeth, suddenly
shutting of the stream of air by raising the
tip Of tae tongue to the roots Of the upper
teeth he raised himself up and stood erect.
He saw his mistake, and with commendable
patience went to the woodhouse and brought
the sideboarde of the wheelbarrow Having
adjusted them, he reloaded the wood By
placing one end of each stick at the rear end
Of the barrow, the other end projecting over
tue front and seized The handles again to
make another attempt. Balancing the
with care. he reached turn in
the path, where he tipped the barrow g.
little to enable st to describe curve but
was in danger Of tipping over. In his frantic
efforts to recover the equilibrium, he ran
into his wife's summer flower stand, crush |
ing the whole affair to the ground. There
himself at he same time. Fortunately the
scream was the louder OF the two, and The
remark was heard oaly by himself. He step
ped back end with compressed lips and
stern look, viewed the devastation he had
Just theo he was startled By fall
setto solo by his wife: atom Taylor's old
SOW Tom Ia. old sow y With al
yell OF execration he turned and beheld al
large black sow aud four pigs making meal
from the potatoes he had planted and teLG-
ed with so much care With one tremen
dous bound he began chasing the hogs, and
holding an animated conversation with Ton,
Taylor; though Tom at the time was hard
at work in the Gravel Foundry, q half mile
away. The hogs ran over the potatoes
through the corn, under the clean clothes on
The line, through the cucumber patch, and
fnally came to halt in the middle of the
flower bed After much effort the hogs were
driven into the street. and the gate placed
on it's hinges. While re-adiustirg his wear
ing apparel, he made the longest speech he
ever made in his life before the get of
which was that economy is bumbug. any
how, by jugo.' After getting himself in
preseutable shape, be started for down
town. On the way he met Mr.. Turk, and
told him to send his machine righs up and
saw that wood. by lingo ~
--o-@-s-----
FIRE.-There was fire Tuesday morning at the
place the Burlington road, town OF somers'
known as the PennOyer place, owned By Mr..
Runals, and occupied by Mrs, Williams. The
fire was discovered iii The she'd near the house,
about o'clock, by Mrs Williams. The shed
was used as a sort Of shop and storeroom for the
agricultural Implements used on the farm, all of
which we're consumed, amounting i'll valEe to
about 5000 The house caught fire. but by the