The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-08-27
In Which Most Everything Is Made and the
Gospel Is Preached. 80. -

three miles from Taunto green, at the.
head of q large pond stands q building
whose history is SO peculiar and whose
uses are SO many that it can properly
be clnssed among the wonders OF the
old colony. 1t was erected about fifty
years ago by Josiah King for a fork.
works. A few years afterward IT was
sold to- William Pierce, who now owns
III. disappearance, it is no more pc.
culiar than the ordinary run Of ,coun--
try saw-mills. Its age rests lightly
upon it, and, Barring, : accidents, it IS
likely to remain a Landmark for at
least fifty years to como. It's history,
told by one who lives near it, is as
follows: as .va
ION the lower floor of the building
are three rooms. In one lis a sgrist.
mill, in another machin cry for Saving
and splitting wood and cider making,
and the:third is used for a church and
for holding various kinds ofsentertain-
ments. Grain is broug hit there from
miles around and ground into meal
for fodder and cake!making. ION any
day during the teSfalL you will see
half O. dozen old farmers gathered
about discussing things in general,
and waiting for their little grist tt! be
ground. Meal made from corr OF their
own raising is thought far superior to
any that can be. bought ct the store. r
Il asked an old man one day why he
did not use. sbolted meal; live used
meal of my own and father raisin'
for over sixty. year an. its good
enough me. I don, : 'Aiye ms many
new-fangled notions just gut ipSts git
money out uvgus.s porss formers. OF
coufse he must have his clumsy joke
on the end 81 c'n bolt my own
meal fast enuf when is made into
,cakes,' 5s;S:3 AZ 3s
in 1.-THE early fall the old mill is kept
running night and day making cider.
Hundreds Of cartloadsof apples are
l2ground up and the Juice squeezed out.
An uprightabarrel with one head out
Stands always full of the fermented
Juice, and a cup cup, near BY invites every
one to help himself. One day small
boy wandered in.s He could not reach
lover the top of the barrelto the cider,
so he made an inclined plane Of. a
board and crawled up onif..7 He reached
down to dip q cupful of the coveted IL
4uid The board, tipped: up and the
young man went in head firstF Lucki-
ly someone heard the splash and rush
ed into the room just i'm time to save
the youth sfromsg cideEy grave. This
boy has now grown up taSbe an active
Temperance; worker. Understanding
parties aresoften Eheld 5here;s and the
person who drinks The mostsis voted
the champion, T once saw q young
man drink ten glasses in rapid success,
! sion. When this part of the mill is, not
! in use for alternating woods sawed
and split here, and the same old farm
ers who bring their own corn to have
it ground to save money will bring q
load of wood and have it reduced to
the proper size for stove burning.
! ears ago This part OF the mill was
fused: for saving box boards and shin
giles, and more recently as 8; furniture
factory. q yssi ss. Sf:3 4 s. ~.
III ALI TIT, 8 Years theS old mill
has been there has been . but
one iaccident.. Zone day the mill
was saving 2 shingles, sswhenr. a
neck came in. He gotatoo near the
1 shafting, and it caught him by the
scarf and began to throw him, around
|. ILL
i f!!lbettstoppea... his boots and stockings
we're torn from his feet in shreds, and
| four of his ribs and an arm. were
broken: s..y,!,,aj b, ..,..,; i.ss -.
aS.tThel room used as a church, is such
as che old puritans worshiped in. Ex-
cept, in midsummer and midwinter
meetings are held here regularly Sun
days, and on weekday evenings fairs,
! festivals, and sewing circles' often
| mako merry in this room. Not infre-
l'quently in:vinter dance draws the
tyonng people to the oldinill. ss8
- distinctly member one evening
II prayer and praise meeting that I at
d.tended here. The minister was an
i old; man and very. near-sightet. In
Il. tho course Of the evening he began to
II cough, and not being able to control
Il it he asked for someone to fetch him a
glass Of water. IT was searly7in the
4 fall, in cider-making time, and in the
second room beyond stood the full
i barrel and a glass near! it. "a young
N scapegrace quickly responed to the re-
h quest Of tho minister. but instead of
bringing water he filled. the glass with
! cider, and with sober face took itup
/ TO- the preacher. The audience dis
! coveted the trick and reached for
handkerchiefs, q The unsuspecting old
gentleman raised the glass to his lips,
Il and, without stopping to taste OF
/ smell. swallowed the whole of it.
| Such look -ofs horror as camo over
! his face when he realized the rrlck ]
| willsnot attempt to describe, The au-
II dience smiled and Uttered, but the
| miaister immed lately regained. his
com posture, and said not 4, word. D
| One Of the most pathetic scenes
j eyeriwitnessed was the funeral of 9
II little, child in the church-roomsof the
\ old mil. The parents swere poor,
hard Working people, and the dead
baby was The only. one! God had given
/ them. II was q beautifullit girl, al
/ fair as sthoug its parents had been; Of
/ liroyal blood, instead OF being too pool
i Eto5pfovide d coffin for the little thing.
J Kindtnsighbors had bought 8 little
J white easket and. made % little white
robe of some cheap cloth and trimmed
IL with blue ribbons. They put How
ers about the room in the old, inifl il
rude vases and cups, and gathered
reYerent lY about the mourning par
ents, while the minister said a few
kind words and prayed tos God tina
the father and mother be ggivel
; strength to bear their great grief.,'
Surely, like tho mills OF the gods
this mill grinds all. - Taunton Mass.
Cor. Boston Globe. ss ss
All the Insurance HaaWanted.
Young man., said q minister to !,
passenger who had lust finished eura