The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-03
VOL. XIV. NO. 20


! potatoes, and compelled 10 sle.p,.-, a.
uatr hoor, u ith stick Of VOL -
\ PisivN' End a tianSei alive vi. -
ulin lor covering. unuruistiaI 80.
/ 80 'Hus iiio"s- This aisa L...ag
nsh Experience. Mary the r.,.r 't..,..i
"a" ifunged the hundred mii-st,. ~
ofieais, through swauiIrs and t,,s--i..-
begging for food on the rod r.,i..
than put up with such irlurr.,..
treatment This work. boVever "a,
hos nndsr the immediate suparv,-,.--
oI ne Jetties company, tat had bear
Ahu lhe contractors alone can
bc held Responsible.
me next Inorning We sgaiu eF...li
tne iiser' and ioaied tiil nearIv f-rI
. eiSeA' Wien We were put ts Norl IN
leading a schooner Of luulle- ~.
I'm neI required ~ The construction af
tue Jetiles y mostly brought frnfa PEI.
sseoia, Florida Two nien wsr.. ,l..,..i
VA The hold OF the vessel. who b...t.,,
up the plank, which we're Isit =, -
on barge. We marched in si,,~l.i a..
e.eh taktug his turn in e,rrvi,,.,
plank This wss easy suouyh 80
congratulated myself on being sII- -.
get along 20 Well
. "NtsA ANN - Az LEEU
Aoou. > O'Clock that evening Ne s,r-
ordered aboard the toW-t.oai cots. =.
Orsfton" and, in company S!f4 s,T.r.i
uarges loaded u i;h iumb Der. tab..u ..o,,4.-
twelve miles up the river. Here u.-
partook OF very good supper iu AZ
olher ha,-bOat boarding house. ar.r
which we proceeded TO unload tba
lumber. The harges were btorcbt
alongside shore, aud = plank rt-s. oilf.
As the nank was very low, the ps--ar..
gay 'hts formed was quite pF,-ciatafa.
Down Tins deeliviiy the iumts.r wee
SH4icu' the men woTking in Ta-fz. ono
~ eseh end OF heavy scautliug or
p'Anh' l met with several u4i-usu-
during the evening, falling of tt-
plank into the water tsgiee. 6s.id.- -.
vereiy injuring two ITishnlen by dr,,o-
ping nay end OF the load h..,,r. ~.
partner was T; Ady. l retired To- t.-I II
late hour that night, but not 70 sI.,-r,
was 80 thoroughly used IN at'd
bruised that l could Otly roll IN, ,-.1.,-
the entire night, besides the rnu--
dultoes would not give me Hny r.4-f
b0t peIsi.tently sung their little -our-
OF uIaboiicai glee, as ~ eiai.d az ufv
misery. IN The morning got % =. q
ia every joint, and with a face the af.-
pearance Of bash house steal. or az,
'phlz OF Mike McC0oie after a sef-.1
With Tom 1ilen.
After breakfast we again boarded tl.e
CITY Of Grafton and wer. ID.
ken back TO Port Eads. on th.
way consultation VIZ E.it
by the two DUfchmen ard nl.-
self, and it WAS unalimoqsiy r.
solved that we could stand no unore j..
tAi- sor; Of work, ami that I sh.lIIg
Elake application To Mr.. CotbreU ~.
assistant superintendent In charge. f,-
lighter jch. I did so, and ,sas in
formed by him that we had been en-
gagged in the lightest work to t.e dom.
that he had instructed his agent in the
city 10 feel of mems hands before send
ing them down there IA E4 Judga
Cullen, the Terrible of -. Louis.
ihat he would, however, see what he
coald do Tor Us. Shortly aftcrwarl-
ne sent me after some brush scythez
couple OF whitewash brushes. some.
carpenters pencils, and We EN- mbarket
on the "Siiy of Grafton and returned
10 the scene OF our preyioGs night'-
exploits. Dir. Cothrell accofu,,sui.-..
u. and felt sure thn; our rarts-r,,.,-
self and the other two Dufeflnat.-
were to be promoted 10 the Position Of
Hhiie-wEshers or assistant carpsntsr-
Imagine my surprise when he ordered
'is To take hold OF them brush zcythe-
and go 10 clearing In nfteen min
ules' time every spot in my hands. free
OF spiinters nom my experience wlih
the lumber, WAS covered with hli-fer-
MY arms soou began To ache and my
hands 10 bleed, but the vigilant ey, II
the 'Doss OF the gang WAS ever upon
US, and We were compelled TO hold W
our end.
HEARTILY DIsCUsTEb ANp FfVfye rsn
cHASGE.
AT noon another consultation was
heii, and Was once more deputiz-d
10 waIt upon MIR. Cofhrslt. | this time
nnde MIN The proposition that il ha
would row Us across the fork of IN.
river intervening between a, and f.y--,,
nTmd, We would donate to him In. la
Dor we had already performed a.,,J
make our way back to New Orleans 81,
foot. He refused to entertain th.
proposition, saying We were over one
hundred miles from the city that the
country Was weli-nigh impa-sabls.
and that, IL We could stand 4, no
longer, We might rest half q day. ".
assented 10 the truth of his assertion.
and resumed our labors.
We were Kept at this work OF clear
iDg TWO days. After working hours in
the evening the men would cOlRregate
on the deck of the fist-boai, and sptn
yarns, sing songe, etc. The songs ere
mostly doggerel verses DESCRIPTIVE. of
Jetty life, jokes on the saperintendeut-
and contractors, filings AZ the tough
beef and poor coffee Of the "boarding
bosses" etc One yankee DAN usu.
ally took the lead, while the ret Joined
in the chorus. which ran a. follows:
"Fron Maine TO California.
wherever you may 70,
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