Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-29
HAULING 4 BUILDING.


S ~ <ttpfIeSpOndeutO OF the Lewiston Jour
lldz gives graphic account Of the NOV
lng 0f shook factory at Turner, Me-,
from which we copy as follows:
The site selected for the shook shop
syas spot where the rocks were 50 thick
tNat holes could not be dug for apple
trees It was decided last year that the
shook shop must go. Last fail the spot
was IeyeIed by blasting some Of the
biggest rocks, and the foundation laid.
The time set for moving the building
was last Monday afternoon, and Caleb
Smell had charge Of the hauling.
Caleb Smell has moved buildings for
thirty years, and can haul building
anywhere. He Is large farmer on SHELLS
bill, and is well-known in the region
around as genial, quick-witted man
with heart as big as an OK. He says
he has Daniel Webster's head.
Daniel Webster was great fisherman
and made Bunker -Hill-monument
speech that has not been forgotten for
fifty years, but he was nowhere alongside
Caleb Smell in hauling building. Pro-
fessor Cain can move a house down the
level grade of Lisbon street without
moving the family out and without much
fuss, but it took good calculation, quick
Judgment and engineering skill OF high
order to haul the shook shop to the
Booker Intervale," and Caleb Smell
was equal TO the emergency. The
distance to haul was not long.
The building was about SOx40-
took up good deal of roadway. The
road was up hill and down, rough and
sideling. and in some places just wide
enough for the building to go. Every
thing was ready and string Of cattle
hitched to each of the s'shoes" at r.
NJ last Monday. The first pull was to
turn the building half round She
swung on her bed as gracefully as the
Puritan minds her helm. Caleb is a
speechmaker, but he always makes short
speeches. That is more than can be said
of Daniel Webster. Caleb looked up
and down the road to see if more teams
were coming. Then he got up on the
crosstie and spoke:
s'Men and teamsters, you have made a
good pull. We are bound for Canaan =
the Booker Intervale Like the road to
Jordan, it is a hard road to travel, but
we shall get there. Mind well the word.
Bring every OK to the bow. Strain up"
When Caleb was making his speech,
every teamster stood by the side Of his
cattle with goadstick at shoulder arms,
and at the word they all pointed the
spur at the off OK and whispered at the
nigh one. They all pulled together with
steady strain.
ssHard on the nigh string" shouted
Caleb, and they walked with it, but not
far; it was heavy load for the team.
They came to standstill before Caleb
gave the word, -hish."
At the next pull the team was stuck.
Caleb swung his hat and hollered. The
teamsters put spur, but it was no 20. 1t
was delightful afternoon, as warm as
summer, and women gathered in Charles
SHELLS dooryard with their sewing and
knitting work to look on and to encour-
age the men and oxen. The off s'shoe"
had plowed into the gravel half its big
ness, and Caleb ordered the building
"jacked up"
Uncle SoIon Chase volunteered to give
Caleb some advice. He turned round and
spoke, ssYou drove Them Steers until
you drove the Greenback party into the
mud. am driving this team; you can
take command Of the elm prv." AS he
spoke, his Daniel Webster head went up
so high that it laid on the back of his
neck, the elm pry was a stick of hub
timber about twenty five feet long, and
ten inches through at the big end, which
was sharpened out like the toe of shoe,
the building was .sjacked up" seven
men raised up the elm pry and Uncle
Solon fixed the bait. All was ready,
Caleb gave the word. The men broke
the pry down as the cattle strained up.
Everybody hollered, the teamsters
screamed, the small boys yelled, the
women waved their hats, and when the
building started Beecher barked and
wagged his tail. The noise was immense
mot unlike the confusion Of tongues at
the tower Of Babel, but above all the din
and clatter Caleb's voice could be heard
as the clarion notes of the bugle are
heard above all the rest in band of
music.
To Caleb the Booker Intervale" was
the Kingdom come, and he had i'm
pressed every man, woman, and child,
boy, dog, and steer with the same idea.
The cattle pulled well, but they could
haul the building only when it was
''jacked up and helped by the elm
pry. Progress was slow, and the
shades Of night were shutting down.
Caleb spoke: Men and teamsters. don't
make another pull Your cattle pull
well, but there is not team enough. We
must have fifteen more Yoke. Will Won
come at o'clock tomorrow morninga"
All said aye Supper was spread for
forty, and steaming hot, but nobody
stopped, all in hurry to get home to
do the chores.
The next moyning they began to drive
in the cattle early. AS they came on to
the ground the word sWhoa-backl" i"
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