Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-09-17
Farm & Grange.

De i re ,unn.: sfrflo,n leter.ni
ci 10 Boon, farm r. DOIt,
goodness SAKE, think tint l was :
ing to by a firm, for such w.r. not II
,nten'io1s. NJ, not By any mean
Way Ind neyr j)in,l the Patrons
Hls5an Try Wa, bc,use hid bet
black bailel by thIt sane Orytnizati'
somethi Y less tn IN half a dozen time
And why 1 was not going to buy far
the rea Ter can easily guess-1 hadn't Il
required amount Of funds.
But l am wand ,ring away from n
fine SUNNI r. Afternoon. r. r.tu vi
tell you Why an in what way WAS g
ing tcbec,ns1 f.rmer: MY bank a.
count was NJ more. AMI my landlad
would NJ: wait with me for anO.h
weeks board. hence my d'p1rtur. fro
tn. city and ny arrival an>ny the farm
ers. The tim, wa, 50 ing when l wa
dercd amo g the rur l i stricts.
Tne gra,, was jis. starting from j
mother earth. AMI loDhe inviting in til
extreme, to lazy young man with tn
world before him, anI no one to take Z II
OF but Himself. Wh,n l sly inviting.
don't IN ,sn inviting to eat, bat to Ii
down and take solid comic It thereon
threw myself on the green swlrJ 'neat|
the shade of friendly bush grown
near the roalsii'. was lying thus
dropping into deligh fnl snooze, whe
voice from the highway disturbed m
calm repO'e.
''siy, young feilcr, what's the nat
ters''
I rem ,inc perfectly quiet. turning tn
nf,ttrer c:resully over in my mind.
was lying OF my back, and, with very
little bodily cxeriion, raised my lett les
to q perpendicular position, ana gently
moved my foot up AMI down, and waite.
to see the effect. AID to this day,
solemnly believe. though I know I an
liable to be killed for saying it, that this
motion was the sign of distress among the
Patrons, for in an Instant the man in tn,
wagon was at my side. Bending oser
me, he Sal L:
''What ais you, young mln?'
i. said nothing for momcnt. wonderin g
ift'what ais you' was the test word,
and, III so, what would be the proper re-
Spouse. Finally [ gro,ncd out-wlth a
mysterious and unknown working ofmy
tingers-the words Corn brc ID"
With bounding heart | saw hal be
yond doubt hit the NAH the head
Without worI my fratcrnal brother
assisted me to arise, and Led me lmpiny
toward the wagon which stood in the
road near BY. lie helped me into the
wagon, and, :. after hal i'm
bibed som .!hing from little brown jug,
I was able to tel! my r.scucr the story o,
my wrongs. Ths l will no. repeat for
rcaso best known to myself. Suffice it
10 say. that the f,rm:r was deeply
touched by my tale. wounl up by tell
ing him 1 want, ii to get work on al
farm.
"Well. now,'' sail my rescuer, 81,
AN lookin' for a young chap to work Oh
my farm. Did you ever shear sheep?'
''Oh, yes,'' said, II have done as
much of that as any other work on a
farm.''
This was the trdth, for l had never
been on the grounds of homestead In my
life. was just going to tell him what
Jolly time had experienced last Christ
mas when the idea struck me might be
treadiug on dangerous groun Is, SO l de-
termined to re main silent on the subject
until I had learned something about
it.
"How much will you pay month for
q good shearcr,' ventured, determin-
cd not to air my ignorance.
s'How much month?" S id he, with
undesirable establishment. :Why,
maj, I won't have shearing enough to
last a week."
"oh, yes,' replied, "shearing on a
small scale, understand
..Small scsle!" he repeated, with en-
III isis ''How mnny sheep are you use
70 she airing in the spring?"
r.+Oh' tlst'> all right" replied, cool.
~. ''Of course you will not shear as
many sleep in the spring as in the
fall. And here commenced to whistle
an unknown melody.
"YOung man." said my companion.
savaeely. 'did you ever hear Of shear
ing sheep in the tail?"
Without raging attention to this point
cd question, ! asked:
''How much will you pay month for
farm hand, gcneralIy?"
swell, III give you about eight dol
lars month and feed"
lgave prolonged whistle, wondering
what would have to feed, tut not dar-
Ing to ask.
"Nhst do you say, young man? Do
you hire?"
i didn't exactly understand him, but
said 50 at once.
We arrived at the farm a little after
DARK, and at ten O'Clock got into bed
between two bury farm hands. aaI soon
dropped asleep to music OF quacking
e ese, barking dogs. and my two bed
fellows snoring an accompaniment. I
the morning, orrather in the night, at
lnh-past three, was aroused from
shearing sheep by the man behind me
rolling over. me and standing on the
floor. When was able to speak
said:
"Wh0'5 sick?"
No reply.
''Where's the fire?'' |,
mo foolia', young man," was the
eiuf reply. ''You had better be tumb-
Ia out, or you will miss your break.
FAST"
During this speech the speaker was
Jumping hurriediy into his pants and
III Ota.
"Well, you are hungrier than I ever
was, although I've often been in need OF
! square mel. Bn. think I would have
y A. n l.