Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-10-12

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throwed the three legged stool at tn,
cow and hit her on the horn and i
glanced of and hit me on the pant,
just as went over the fence to feet
the pigs, l didn't know deacor
could talk so sassy at cow, anc
come SO near swearing without act
ually saying cuss words. Well,
lugged swill until l was homesick &c
my stomach, and then had to clean
off horses, and go to the neighbors
about a mile away to borrow lot oI
rakes to use the next day. / was 20
tired almost cried, and then had
to draw two barrels of water with a
well bucket, to cleanse for washing
the next day, and that time / wanted
to die. 1t was most nine o'clock,
and began to think about supper,
when the deacon said all they had
was bread and milk for supper Sun
day night, and / rasseled with a tin
basin of skim milk, and some old
back number bread. and wanted 10
go to bed, but the deacon wanted 10
know if l was heather enough to go
to bed without evening prayers
There was no one thing I was less
mashed on than evening PRAYERS
about that minute, but had 10 take
a prayer half an hour long ON top OF
that skim milk, and ! guess it curdled
the milk, for l hadn't been in bed
more than an hour before / had the
worst collie a boy ever had, and I
thought l should die all alone up in
the garret, on the floor, with nothing
to make my last hours pleasant but
some rats playing with seeds OF corn
on the floor, and mice running
through some dry pea pods. But, o.
how different the deacon talked in
the evening devotions from what he
did when the COW was galloping on
him in the barn yard. Well, l got
through the collie and was Just get
ting to sleep when the deacon yelled
for me to get up and hustle down
stairs. thought may be the house
was on fire cause / smelled smoke,
and got into my trousers and came
down stairs on jump yelling fire.
when the deacon grabbed me and
told me to get down on my knees,
and before l knew it he was into the
morning. devotions. and then he said
amen" and jumped mp and said for
us to fire breakfast into us quick and
get to work doing the chores. !
looked ut the clock and it was Just
three o'clock in the morning, Just
the time pa comes home and goes TO
bed in town, when he is running a
political campaign. Well, sir, / had
to jump from one thing to another
from three o'clock in the morning till
nine at night, pitching hay, driving
reaper, raking and binding, shocking
wheat, hoeing corn, and every.
thing. and l never got kind word.
i, / spoiled my clothes. and think an
other week would make pirate OF
me. But during it all I had the ad-
vantage of pious example. I tell
you, you, you think more Of such, q
man as the deacon il you don't work
for him but only see him when he
comes to town, and you hear him
sing, Heaven is My Home through
his nose. He even is farther from
his home than any place l ever heard
of. He would be good mate on
Mississippi river steamboat il he
could swear, and l guess he could
soon learn. Now, you take these
cabbages aud give me ninety cents,
and l will 60 home and borrow ten
cents to make up the dollar. and send
my chum back with the horse and
wagon and my resignation. I was
not cut out for a farmer. Talk about
fishing, the only fish l saw was a salt
white fish we had for breakfast ono
morning, which was salted by Noah,
in the ark and while the grocery
man wds unloading the cabbages the
boy went off to look for his chrm,
and later the two boys were seen
driving off towards the farm with
two fish poles sticking out Of the
hind end Of the wagon.