The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-22
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Which heralds the coming night,
And the lane, with its nowery fringe, grows dim
To the Watchers anxious sight.
Where, hallway down,
~ ~ sS S:Sd Eve sss Clustered s
IL NRcSrd an ssterss Leaf -
A most royal chief
driven herd are mustered.
Away behind, ~ ~ i
With busy mind,
But step that Is light and free,
And a sun-burnt face
On which the trace
OF a hard days work you see, ..
Comes the farmer home from toll,
Driving the cows before him
AV %s ass s sas %'af S mere
Ali would-whea the day Is done,
couid'hsse SUCH . pair Of winsome eyes &
Searching the night 10 ind mel q. =
I'M Y Evening Post
THE SNIpE CATcHERs. huge red
brick building on the top of the hill was
the "County Seminary" Everybody
thought the location appropriate, because
thebnilding looked Ike the Temple of
Fame on the Hill of Science in the 'front.'
ispiece to the spelling book.
When the seminary was opened the
boys and girls from New Geneva had to
climb steep hillside three hundred feet
up;;and as the county boys and girls who
attended it boarded in town, the school
was like sJefisrson's windmill to
saw timber on a mountain where it was
sure to catch the wind from every
quarter, but where there was not stick
of timber to be sawed.
And 80 il happens now that you may
see the deserted red brick temple Of
education, standing desolate, without
doors or windows, monument to the
stubbornness and wisdom of three grave
county commissioners, about whom i
have neither the timenor Naturalization
to write. 90 srgf
But for a year or two the seminary
fourished, and during that time it was
that the town boys taught some of the
county BOYS how to catch snipes. One
Of these boys was familiarly known as
Jack Thomson. The first day that he
appeared in school he was asked his
name.
"John Thomson, Judge Thomson's
son." he replied.
The boys laughed at this Judge
Thomson had held the Indifferent Office
of Associate Judge, and this parade of
his fathers title gave him the sobriquet
of "Judge Thomson's son." He was a
pompous boaster, also, and so came in for
the title :. Pompey Smash No. B." two
other boys having borne the title OF
Pompey Smash before him.
1t was natural that the boys should hit
upon Jack Thomson when they went
"snipe hunting They wanted a vic
tim, and Pompey Smash No. 3 was just
the sort of victim they wished for.
"Did you ever hunt snipes, JackT
asMany "a time" says he. IL don't
believe there's Teller in this county can
beat me at that"
And Thomson drew his great strapping
form up to its full height. He was full
twenty years of age, and looked down
upon boys of eighteen. .Ea.s..lEg y
"No, but did you ever catch snipes
with bag" asked one of the other boys
"Many a time," said lying Jack
though he could not for the life of him
tell how snipes-were caught in a bag
But he readily accepted an invitation
togo on a bag hunt for snipes that very
night 2 3 : = a = - , y. '' .
must inform those Of my readers WHIT
have never had the felicity of hunting
snipes with bag, that midnight is thu
true time for starting. A snipe will no
readily run into bag before he has hac
his first nap--nor after he has had it
either--so it doesn't matter. But mid
night was considered by the boys the ap
propriate hour.
eAll the boys agreed to this, and Pom
pey Smash insisted on it when he founC
fhof hn xxyar AZ oh
He had never, in all his life, hunted
snipes in bag except at midnight
:, and he didn't think it good to start be
. fore. fs.ts i.,.e VI stss ~
ssia So just at twelve o'clock the boys VIII,
q were in the plot sailed forth. One o
them carried the bag into which tn
snipes were to be driven. The beecl
in he-bottom land above town
was unanimously concluded to be tn
sbestplace:v - gwv EgY-A /
On the way the boys pretended to dis
pute about which should hold the bag
as though that were the post of honor
yroEach one insisted on his experience il
the matter. But Jack declared tina
he knew better than any of them. HI
had always held the bag. 1855. Z
s7'anSE Sd. the rest. affecting a fattering conf
,rssdepes in Jacks skill, agreed that he wa
oasi pfe.eminently the one TO hold the bag
~ And Jack .modestly agreed with them
~ So he stood by the waters edge and bel,
;IIt;1yopen the mouth of the bag while hi
~ compan iona fastened off to wake up TIN
vsssleepyS sMpes,s and drive the confdin,
things straight into the open trap. o
course they went straight home an,
went to bed, and hunted snipes in tn
land of dreams, where one is quite a
likely ,to.catchthemin a bag as any othe
way. sts ssfEsJ 4 ~ LIZ
How long the expectant Jack .stoo,
'sa there on the margin of the Ohio, listen
ing to boeting, owls, and looking 70
snfpes, Will never be known. He did no
.s,l'appear in school. the next informing, bu
/. 2, Departed for home, and. Judge Thomson
wrote an Indignant letter to- the Weekl
Pqyladium. After chat he threw all hi
Influence against the levying of an,
more. taxes for the benefit Of Count
Seminary.
Nobody, had much sympathy for Jack
II lis one great evil OF Boosting that
foses the boaster all sympathy, even whel
he deserves il.
There was, however, one young fellow
In the scnool VINO dlsappr0ved OF sucl
practical jokes, and who said so. Ton
Graves had an old-fashioned notion tina
lying was not gentlemanly, and he sal,
the snipes business wasYa he.fTHe san
That getting fun at somebody else's ex
.Hpe1ssI Was 1of much better than eettin,
anything else at the expense of another
= in other words, wasrstesling. 4 o2E 2
.vy Tom drawled. this out in. his good
natured way, and 1t was not Until he ha,
said it that all the boys began to perceiv
how severe it was.
One of them bristled up and said tina
Tom shouldn't call him liar or thiei
But as Tom showed no signsef "baokinI
down." his antae0nist thought it woul'
not improve matters for him to Civ,
Tom-who was brawny farmer-boy-,
chance to whip him.
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