Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-05-17
THE SWINGING AK.
How Various Trees Are Cat /
Camps ana Cypress Swan

White pine, in fact all pines
lumber, are cut from the grou
ing usually stump of about IT,
Other American evergreen tint
the cypress and red wood, are 2
cut at a distance up the tru
enough to overcome the bulbou
OF the base. In regard to the I,
ture in the timbers, it is a curl,
that, while Il chopper would har'
think of building a fire near h
to keep him warm, he frequent
one to keep his ax warm. A CO..
filled aX-hcad has positive dis
entering wood that can only
come by coaNing and keeping
out of It. The dexterity and pr
with which a lirst-class chopp,
dies his aN are remarkable.
three feet in diameter are Of
entirely through and still rctai
perpendicularposition until n brl
some slight shock topples them
The two gaps on either side meet
straight line. To the novice thel
many strange things within the
ince of an ax. In clearing yi
farm land 1t is frequently u stipu
that the chopper shall "buchel
stumps to hold Il pail of water in
words, to leave cOncavc bowl on
! A.. a, 4
IoPs W 10 eaten eaten! ram water anu foy
ln inc @ pinetleS i,l, the az, AK IS u'eu i2r'
every purpose lor WhlGh II cuI''h-
,s eIulreu' m'tn II Tue cnop. '.
MS ,i ,poot,Pncks, ,, GUS iacloS
SucheIS morse ana ca'tic le'' b.
pms up MS Shcu'' Sn'nI'GS' a.''.
IouSes;; !,;; constructs ms pooS ''
ucElls' ' anu Gtcn Wiil'IIes ms
P'chS' ie Su'tcrS c"'Ps ioi ".
cups mes 'ooacco ior MS PIP
iylhS orluSoS over "lh.ersIica '.
''cS out Tue cheoN'rS lor ms eve.
amusement anu carveS 'ile '',
ooaru; IN "Woru' II IS u part ..i
cel OF himSrll' ana It's song
music oi iIie 10 ms ear
Alter leaV,hg 'hc plherlGs L..
u u Ioh% ramD'e 10 Il neW me .
racllic sloPc. IN 'a'l,orhla' '
coast rahS'; II eh'crS inc IAN '.
woods anu tIeh lhueed ah's.
iS'ehce Is round IN taci, ITS p
IN society Is elevated mo
lreeS, lhe Nopa'hs OF the lor
fast disappearing. But their
stumpS still remain to tell Of '..
parted greatness. And r'
stumps they truly are. So l-'..
indeed that the nN has to cIir.
world to overcome them, and .-
per assumes a position which us
compelled to attempt anywl
They Surmount The enormous 'N'
the bare OF the tree and c
operations where the average E
OF the trunk may be said to ..au
builds n platform made OF staN'.
cross-pieces OF rails, somctin'-
zen 'eet hlsh' around ms VIC i.
C,hoPS from 'Ila'' cutting aooN NJ
pouS swell VIZ IL IN eNPer' h
SIMPLY 'oucNe' a hoIe IN u.
anu urlVihg Il STOUT STAKE IN I'
perGheu upon lhal slchier lo',A.
ne ucElr0U'ly SWING, ms Oi'
SIZE ol lhc re"wo"I giants
famous, anu anu II !, Il iegeha Oh
rnay ,'n,I' " wv "o'".n"" a.m .ii n,'" "".P ''
"urm o,.n,,,d Tt !, onI "n' f,a s'"u VI ,i u ,r,
".ouLu ,'',' Ini II ,. "nu i'uuu , ".io.''c' .'.
W ,I Nv n''u ,I, D''i' ., "' WI IL n ~. " '.''
tno ,;s,li Gs'lc. i,.SI '"i'' l"so 'atl "
Te"Ga,,,'; ,p i,,'; mno,' ;,;,, ,I, ~ o."Ii 'u,.
v,ao ,i1 ','nS',,,o u,'',u ~ .I,I u ''..
.i unio,u L.,.,, .,"'ul.I9 '.,i "iHlPI" ilP,I "
s. ECU n'''lts, I'..I 'llu VI? 'r,''e.ot'''N !
iTlcsl i oolToaus i, @ "S, III il's l'''u' '
plunses TGmh ';I, IH'iie ns Ha'Ni M"'"''
I W. IrUs,,.,,S ,.i ".t ,.,, , Doioie T., l,l %
,I ,ieulu reIe'upin,lng ., 't !ii M uuI' VI.
aHtH"'u W @ s,.' ''o'N'" N'''' 1T '''.
Vi t''' e"''
But 1t Is not tunllIihe cypre
OF the southland are reached 'lh. ,
AK takes the water. In Those oW
shadowed and moss'draped l.''.N7
chopper becomes ambitious ana p
forms his work while sklIIlu"y ua,.'
ed IN one OF the most trcachcrouS OF
aquatic contrlyances, dug OF
Should anyone thinK there Is osclen
required TO chop from Il dug-out'
the SAptIc try 1t. a person not IN
pert hand with an aX, but n now
at swinging one whl'e tcctermg IN
canoe diu S0' ana monrhGd' once
tne Bayou iechc he padded up to
ols ltco % Mhos1 grcaI' pu'pruS SIC
.eac,''u lar iaI "hu'r ., M',sl' "n,' lnSton'
ms "TsJT. ,I " ,I o,g 'nU'i,' t % Se'~G' ,, n,s m
u"u ~ ooIuIl s'oo's 'l'c, III 'nc pIc
naI''nclng ;,I, himself ior u lno,',riiI uhu
.ruc 'G"ai!or;'n i. II;'' waI null "s.n,nc"'
smunS S,i pn'H ,, Ms a., aM anu Thd i''u"c T W
s1IoNc @ ". 'lo , 'rcc' i "G ""s-Tu'
tGni P'ea " soll'erSau't inS'ahIly'
shoV ouV vi W".et ~ 'lc S.elni
cutter shoV uhucr wa.'i ~ the DO
anu wherc VIZ ,n' IN went u " my s'c,,y
this uay' ne Soulh Il'S Worl1
"eal'h III thG cypress anu IL mas oe
comparatively lSihlly drawn upon:
Is SOIL nhS-SValueu woou' very iree iF'
NGosS S 'n" ple'ii'SleS' anu cal'y Workt
@Wltnoul @ queslloh tnc lnoSI caSily n
nipuIaleu woou Ill tle worln Is tne so
smo0ln, glos'y-9ra'ned mahogany pl
Oh oalilothla' lhe famous reH-wo'
lts gram Is so s'laisht ana SO dellca
y woven lHal 10 use a chopper seNpr
sioh' "lt SFllts II you shake an aXatii
OF the AK in the oaklands of t
southwest, where it labors for Fran
and Spain, sending them annua
thousands of dollars worth of STAY,
and also of It's desultory existence
cordwood chopping, "grubbing," chi
coal-stacking, hoop. p.pole-cutting, Il
kindred industries, little need be S;