The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-01
ROBUST VACCINATIONS.
SOME VERY ABLE STORIES ALLEGED TO HAVE
BEEN TOLD N NEVADA.

The Carson City (Nev.) appeal in recent
issue SAYS: Yesterday afternoon, when the
lawyers in Justice Cary's court were waiting
for the verdict in petty larceny case, At
torney SOderGerg relate an incident Of his
early childhood in Minnesota, Illustrative Of
the peculiar customs in vogue in that state.
4 knew an old farmer there who owned
ten acres of timber land where millions Of
pigeons came each year to roost They de-
vastated the wheat fields, and the old coon
used to catch the birds in nets and thrash
them ont 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't ship a thousand bushels Of wheat to
market at $500 a bushel, and it ranked 4
No. 1 when it reached the Chicago elevator.
If there had been a few millions more of the
pigeons lie would have come pretty near
getting a corner in the Minnesota wheat
crop"
i know a planter down in Alabama
said Klttrell, ''who was fully as sharp a.
that. lie trained an alligator to work up
and down the river and catch the little pic
caninnies that played along the bank. The
alligator would take the little kids in his
was duh day that he couldn't corral three
or four. The planter raised 'em carefully,
and when they got big sold 'em in New or
leans at prices ranging from three to ten
thousand apiece. He was rolling in wealth
when Lincolu's emancipation proclamation
was issued, and after That the alligator never
did more work. The man is now baIely
keeping body and soul together in Washing
ton, clerking in one of the government bu-
Teaus at eight thousand year"
Judge Cary evidenced the greatest inter
est in these weird tales, and edged up to the
group.
These are curious yarns, gentlemen, but
/ / believe them all. / had dog once back in
Nebraska, that l kept to herd lumber"
BEG pardon, judge did you say the dog
herded lumber"
''Yes, sir, cottonwood boards. We always
kept 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.
cit was this way. Cottonwood boards
warp ike thunder in the sun. \ board
would begin to hump its back up about in
the morning, and in hal! all hour il wOLlC
turn over. BY IL il would warp the Othel
way with the heat and make another flop
Each time it turned it moved n couple O
ieet always following the sun toward thI
west Tue first summer / lived in Brown
Vile over ten thousand feet of lumber skip
ped out to the hills the day before ] had al
vertised a house raisin'. l went to the couu
ty seat TO attend a law suit, and when l 60
back there wasn't a stick of timber left.
had strayed away into the uplands. An Ol
dina,y board would climb a two-mile nj
during hot week, and when it struck th
timber il would keep wOrmin' in and OF
among the trees ike garter snake. Ever
farmer in the state had to keep shepher
dogs TO follow his lumber around the couI
, try, keep it together, and show where il wa
in the morning. We didn't need any flumC
! there for lumber. We sawed it east OF Il
place we wanted to use it, and let it warp ]
self to it, destination with men and dogs
head it off at the right time, we never lost
, stick. Well, here comes the jury" contil
I ued the judge. The witnesses lied so
guess they will disagree.