Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-16

STATE.
leaning Oxen.
The trouble begins this week, boys
with teamiug oxen And we speak to you
because in yo1 only is hope; the man who
has gone on year after year contrary to al
that reason and common sense would
teach, is now past all help. but if you,
boys, will give the matter some thought.
and then more practice, You will be good
teamsters with handy teams When you
yoke up the brinlls steers and pat them
on before the old oxen narrowing. to
break them, what are You about 20 At
tempt? You are attempting to teach
them certain mo,i,ns which they are to
make in Obedience to certain words which
yo1 Utter, and fret let Us observe how
soma folks drive oxen. We heard a man
not long since, who was p.owing with hi,
oxen. and had stopped a momen, to throw
oft a stone from the bottom Of the farrow,
when be wanted to start them again. sing
out, &" Wh-o-a, back, gee Bu.k, glong
Bright, Whoa-hi,h," in voice which
would make the fortuen Of q sen captain in
a gale. Now If you were an OK, or . yoke
o. oxen. or = whole town team, and had
al the intelligence Of the driver, and your
own 10 boot, what would you conclude
was wanted Of vou on hearing sach a tenn
pest Of wodrsa The oxen knew the proper |
thing to do after stopping, was to 60 on,
and did 50. though his command embraced |
all the other motions which an OK Is gen
orally expected to make. This teamster
has kind Of general IDEA that the more
noise and talk he makes the better he i,
driving his cattle Another Kind Of team
ster often met with, is one who INDUCES
in confidential conversations With hi: team
VIII, hish. Bright. you'd better qait your
hluling of and come up into the flrrow.
and put your shoulder up to that bow, Or
I'll warm your back till yol won't know {
yolr hide from a mustard plaster"
That would all be very well, but oxen
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he mia. r. va-.;a.,tion ~. "a /
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mart ,o co,v;roo 4,I.a.. 80 -. - = ci
no. saw ,ac.bod.l are nat ooi7, r..,a.. b,', a.
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ino oxen 70 h. htr7va, mind ,h,' dr:--- h
How then shall seer. bo b-o.oa I'D ia
driven: All animal. arc ,,no,r. ,.f.l;. raa =; u,
BIZ pain. and c2p.i1pe il from, b.h;. an5 III
certain .o1nd, or word. i,1i,a,a ,rba. = bl
desired. The first rgIo sbo,I3 no. r. a. ="
Tavs use the same word for ,ba .,re a a
hing This would .too j, vcrr 1.rro b,
amount of noise in dri,i,g 81
The mo-. in,ro-,,,t t1.r,, r...,..,. :. re
NE l'r'''t0 - 81