Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-26
ROBUST VACCINATIONS.
Some Very Able Stories Alleged to
Have Been Told III Nevada.
lCarson City Appeal.

tSarson City appeal.
Yesterday afternoon, when the lawyers in
justice Cary's court were waiting for the YER
dict n petty larceny case, Attorney Sober
Derg related all incident OF his early childhood
In Minnesota, illustrative OF the peculiar Gus
toms In vogue In that state:
Il knew an Old farmer there who owned ten
acres OF timber land where millions of pigeons
came each year 10 roost. They devastated the
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
hfserop, and ii was a bad year for old Thomp-
SON. when be couldn't ship thousand bushels
Of wheat to market at go per bushel, and IL
ranked A No. 1 when il reached the Chicago
elevator Ii there had been few millions
more OF pigeons he would have come pretty
near getting a corner On the Minnesota wheat
CROP
% know a planter down In Alabama" said
kittrell, who was fully as sharp as that. He
trained an alligator to work up and down the
Ilver ,, and catch the little picaninnies that
take the little kids In his jaws and swim back
10 The plantation. 1t was q dull day that he
couldn't corral three or four. The planter
raised EN- carefully, and when they got big
sold 'em In New Orleans at prices ranging from
three to ten thousand apiece. He was rolling
Ia wealth when Lincoln's emancipation proc-
lanat1on was issued. and after That the alliga-
tor never did ANY more work. TIE man Is no
barely keeping body and soul together In Wash
1ngton, cierking in one OF the government pu-
reaus at eight thousand year.
Judge Cary evidenced the greatest interest
IN these weird tales, and edged up to the
group.
These are curious yarns, gentlemen, but 1
believe them all. / had dog once, back in Ne.
braska, that kept to herd LUMBER"
Beg pardon. Judge; did you say the dog
her0ed luinber?"
"Yes, sir, cottonwood boards We always
Kept Dog there to bring the lumber In at
night"
Every body now paid the closest attention, as
TREY Knew THAI the boss vas 81 work.
" IL va; Tliio way. Cottonwood boards warp
TO HUMP lis rack NJ about nine la the morning.
SID IL halt an hour Is would turn over. By
elG:el Il y Cuid warp Lac otilr way with the
near, aG0 make another flop. Each time it
tur: co il moved couple Of faeJ. always folioN-
Ing the sur toward The west. The first sum
mtS lived In BToWn?iil' over tea thousand
fee o. lumbei skipped ouG TO the hills the day
2st1fe / ha3 advertised 2 house fatsia. Invent
&c tAs county seat 70 attend Il lawsuit aud when
go back taere Wa3E'L o stick OF timber left.
t had StraytQ away into the uplan5S. al Or
,iIalJ board would climb tao mile Ill dur
Ing hot week, arc ;Vhea iG struck the timber
Ii would keep Wofmin' II and OUT among the
'feSS IKE garter snake. Every farmer In the
state had TO keep shepherd dogs TO follow MS
lumber around the country, keep Ii together
&Dd show where it was in the morning We
didn { need any fumes there for lumber. We
So we'd II east OF the place we wanted TO use It,
and let IL warp Itself 50 It's destination, With
men and dogs 10 lead it Off at the right time
We never lost 8 stick. Wen, here comes the
Jury" continued the Judge. 1.-THE witnessa:
lied. so guess they VIII CifSgcTpa