The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
A Familiar Street Scene.

A teamster with 4 load of wood wsnt
up the avenue, and blithely did he crack
his whip DER the horses staunch and
true. They turned into an ali.vw,v
with his heavy wooden load. when TIE
wheels did sink unto the hubs in that
muddy alley road. Cit up" the
teamster shouted loud. $50 it while
! you're young" and the steady bru,es
did ciIusn the mud. each side the wagon
tongue. She hove and sot.n The
wagon did. AS Oncc a poet sung, '.and
every time she hove and sot. WISER
leak she sprung" So iarei it with this
load OF wood, as near Us one could
Judge; the more the horses Glove the
mud the more it wouldn't bulge. And
then bean the cro",d TO come. first TAI
ways) the small boy. and teamater.
stopped ON Jefferson the struggle to en-
joy, and Youngsters all along the walk
the ono to annOv. A butcher-rart.
n passing cab, a wagon full of stoves, IS
buggy and a grocery rio. with soap and
-four and cloves. There sto ned q man
on business bent; q doctor in his Gig;
the venue was oOn filled up with ev-
cry kind of RIG. AS Oliver Wendell
Holmes once said, if martyr one would
burn, some man from Out the crowd
would know how to rOaSt him to Il turn.
probably from a restaurant. posted on
well-done steaks. That man is sure to
be on hand and all directions takes.
'Why don't you whip your horses up?
Why don't you haw or gee? Come,
wake up. ancient stick-in-the-mud. or
1n,rn th, fIir,, IN IT,. fxnp
whipped his horse, up; the team>ter
geed and hawed. But the load OF wood
was there for good. AMI there it stood.
saying it would (noD Come into the
garden, Maud The gathering crowd
lever offered to help, but gave advice
Instead. while the painting horses stood
and pulled and the driver scratched his
head. He would look on this side then
on that. then gather up each rein; then
shout, rave. fume, wea and try it on
again: and all the while the crowd did
leer and scatter round advice. but the
wagon wheels stayed where they were
as il within 4 wise Come down from
off the load of wood Lets rescue
'em all in boats" "Oh, put YOUR
shoulder to the wheel'' Say, G We
EN- d 1ceu Oh oats linen some one
took another team and h.tched il in the
rear; then both teams pulled in opposite
ways while the crowd did scoff and jeer.
Having gahcd ut port and Starboard
wheel. fully ii ty t mes or more. the
driver then began to do what he should
have done beiOre-thrOw oil the cord
wood stick by stick, and as he worked
he swOre. And all the while tre heart
less mob fired Off the ancient joke as
how the wheels could silent be. when
all of them had spoke: that wheels and
horses both were tired, they spoke with
q Vaughn tongue; that the muddy team
would be admired. and thus the
changes rung; that the wagon surely
would 90 of, if he thought it wasn't
loaded, and mentioned the labor of the
nan as the work the old scare-crow did.
At last adown the alley of mud two
teams pull d the wagon along. and
thus the end of the tragedy there brings
with it the end of the song. As the
teamster looked at the scattered cord
the crowd gave him . parting sally:
''See. your sticks are all scattered pro-
miscuOus around set EN- up in another
lley."-DetroH Free Press.