Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-04-08
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Robust Imaginations.
SOME VERY ABLE STORIES ALLEGED to
HAVE BEEN TOLD IN NEVADA.

SOME VERY ABLE STORIES ALLEGED to
HAVE BEEN TOLD IN NEVADA.
Yesterday afternoon, when the lawyers
in Justice Cary's court were waiting for
the verdict in petty larceny case, Attor-
ney Soderberg related an incident of his
early childhood in Minnesota, illustrative
of the peculiar customs in that State:
Il knew an old farmer there who owned
ten acres of timber land where millions OF
pigeons came each year to roost. They
devastated wheat fields, and the old coon
used to catch the birds in nets and thrash
them out on the barn floor. Each bird
had three ounces of wheat in his crop, and
it was a bad year for old Thompson
when he couldn It ship thousand bushels
of wheat to market at $3.50 bushel, and
it ranked A No. when it reached the
Chicago elevator. If there had been a
few millions more of pigeons he would
have come pretty near getting a corner on
the Minnesota wheat CROP"
II knew planter down in Alabama, -
said Kittrell, "who was fully as sharp as
that. He trained an alligator to work up
and down the river and catch the little
picaninnies that played along the bank.
The alligator would take the little kids IL
his jaws and swim back to the plantation
It was dull day that he couldn't corral
three Oh four. The planter raised 'em care
fully, and when they got big sold 'em III
New Orleans at prices ranging from three
to ten thousand dollars apiece. He was
rolling in wealth when Lincoln's emanci-
ration proclamation was issued, and after
that the alligator never did any more
work. The man is now barely keeping
body and soul together in Washington ,
clerking ir one Of the Government bureaus
at eight thousand year,
Judge Cary evidenced the greatest inter
est in these weird tales, and edged up to
the group.
'sThese are curious yarns, gentlemen,
but [ believe them all. had dog once
back in Nebraska, that kept to herd lum-
ber.''
''Beg pardon, judge; did you say the
dog herded lumber 7"
Eyes sir, cottonwood boards We al
ways keep dog there to bring the lumber
in at night
Everybody now paid the closest atten-
ton, as they knew that the boss was at
work.
sit was this way. Cottonwood board
10, -, he n
would begin to hump its back up abou
nine in the morning, and in half an hoar il
would turn over. By eleven it would Wail
the other way. with the heat, and make
another flop. Each time it turned it nov
ed couple of feet, always following the
sun toward the west. The first summer J
lived in BroWnvilIe, over ten thousand feel
of lumber skipped out Of the hills, the das
before had advertised house raising.
I went to the county seat to attend a law
suit, and when got back there wasn't {
stick of timber left. 1t had strayed awas
into the uplands. An ordinary boaro
would climb a two-mile hill during a hot
week, and when it struck the timber. it
would keep worming in and out among the
trees like garter snake. Every farmer IL
the state had to keep shopheid dogs to fol
low his lumber around the country. keep
it together, and show where 1t was in the
morning. We did not need any fumes out
there for lumber We sawed it east of the
place we want ed to use it, and let it warp
itself to its destination with men and dogs
to head 1t off at the right time. We new
er lost a stick. Well, here comes the ju-
ry,s' continued the judge. Tine witnesses
lied SO, guess they will disagree. Car
son City Appeal.
ORNAMENTING A DoG.-Once 'man
had a dog which dident have no tail, the
dog didnent, COS it was cut off wen it Was
little, but Frankly, that's the baby, he is
little too, yes, indeed, like puppies. So the
mans dog erode up without no tail for to
waggle, but one night sum notify boys
shey got piece of old rope out of a ship
ward. and sum pitch, and fastened the rope
onto the end of the dogs back with the
pi5ch like it erode there. Then that Dig
was proWd like he was a new dog on old
tail. an he went sW ellin around amung the
other dogs, tryin for to waggle it til he
almost broke his back, But he cudent lift
it of the ground, and after while it was
drug aeros a cigar witch felier had threw
away. an it got lite, the tail did, aud had
a smoke its own self. Then the dog it lied
down like it was goin to sleep, and it
said to the other dogs, 'There wasent
never any pup wich cude be 90 cool aud
easlum like me vile his tail is house a6re.
OF TO be hired out to teech fortitude to
Christion marters. just wake me up Wen
it's oil burn of. cos have got an important
engagement"
But when it was oil of, and the fire was
got hold of the cake Of pitch onto the end
of his back he dident hav to be woke up
cos he woke the whole town up hisself.-
Little Johnny.
Young Snoodlekins had called at the
Snithers residence. He had seen Matilda
home once or twice, and had now called TO
take her to the concert. While the young
lady was fixing her hair Mrs, Smithers was
doing the agreeable to Snoodlekins in the
best parlor. Presently entered the heir OF
the house of Smithers, aged five. This
is Mr. Snoodlekins. Gregory said his
mother. Gregory looked at the young
gentleman with face frightened up by
recent recollection. Mamma likes you
lots . he said. ssDoes she?" asked Snoor
dlekips. 'swhat makes you think so, Greg
ory?u .'Cause she said she is glad Tildy's
oet a beau at last" Snoodleklns turns
crimson, and Mrs. Smitbers cries '.Why,
Gregory!n and looks unspeakable unspeak-
ableness.
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