The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-12
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the OLD log OADm
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xIbSes. their long ahiag1e roofs heSA y
place. not b Dails, Ut b potes spocoa
a q half-yard Diseases; their '-Stick"
chimneys AID bud 6Fe- places, ovss
which once hing to daging tes-kses!e.
aEuusd WHICH I can afDost re to-nigks
sSruup q . half-doseu school-ehildren
yesding sbsir Iessoss By the clear dre.
nghtCchiIdren n. Grown TO manhood
and womanhood, and msybe Themselves
pioneers on . PARKWAY mountain u
Ioptans, or In the New Nexicorancbo,
and lacking many Of the solid comforts
a The old kg cabin of thirty yesfs gons
H,w pleassst 4 b 70 recall tAsh3end.
y peigAbon - they gathered u Al
evening visit. The ehairs arc plaeed
beck IN . hAli-circle; The broad room y
not too large for the cheerful gathering.
There are none In full drosA but they
ere Ill full-hearted. With hum0e IN.
stinted AMI generous natures uncheek.
Cd. they ten al he weather: u eoo~'
The clearing, The masksts, tho schools
and the '.meetings"; II he hr-s:ay
New England tbas someone hes Just
heard from; Of he Rows hFom weekly
papers; a the runaway slaves escaping
Into Canada; q the new AdminbtEafson
and the little that n known In The Wosio
% distant from lack Of . 1ew wires ana
They are not dull o. sedious. nor do
they count the hours till ten, when. BE-
foro leaving, they kneel reverently. each
by his chair, and two short, earneso
pfsyers are offered. They seem 70 pray
Tor everyone: for the wandcrer In the
bleak forest, Il any there Be. withou
shelter; for food and rsiment; patience
and charity; for the loved they have
left. and prospects OF ths !ucare; ior
health, for hope eternal. aud tor the
double blessing Of . peaceful lite.
They have gone! wrapped up In their
Gsiehs, three. five. eight miles, ont into
the wilderness! Como 70 their homes
With renewed courage and bravery, 70
battle with the trees and the forest. and
carve out Q homo for their offspring.
They have lived TO SEQ tho changes,
maybe, but they have not lived TO go .
moro hearty and enduring friendship.
more devoted and earnest Christians,
moro substantial and determined pros.
perity. They have built the solid struc-
lure on which our national character
leans for support in the hour OF peril
and daneerEths love Of right and etsr-
nal friendship for good goveEnmsut
The first Sunday night In the new log
cabin Of Q then fsr-western State VA .
strange sensation to . little boy that be
has never forgotten In the rapidly pas
ing thirty years since such cabins were
In tho height Of fashion Ill over ths
western Union.
Il seems Ike Q dream, and when ]
Close my eyes and think - I do some
Sunday nights, when tho shutters Of TIE
heart sre opened and tho Light comes IN
q through vision, the scene = 70
viewed again and I recall the huge Are.
place, tho evening visits and late. Warn
suppers, tho long sleigh loads and OK
team tufnouts, f6e few and meagfopas'
times, yet the heartily enjoyed hooss u
| The humble farmhouse.
can see the tall trees felled In wind.
rows, the faIlow fires, the black. burnt
fields and blazing log-heaps on tho now
made clearing that has long since been
turned to . farm 6t for mowers and
reapers. BY the blazing light stood thu
father and bic plain-clad boys. watch.
ing tho rcd flames consume tho hugs
logs to make room for the seeding and
tho harvest. Il wa work. II VA cour'
age. Il was bravery. Someone must
bear i. Many . man bore Il like 4
hero. Many . woman bore Il like Z
! martyr. They are gone; worn out like
the roots Of the forest they felled With
their axes. Time has rcaped them .,
with q sickle, and scarcely a ma il left
living Of the old, old settlers that first
cleared the fields Of Ohio. Michigan,
| Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Their
sons and successors may have seen. OF
heard Of their labor. but scarcely car
realize their hardships. Riding 70 thu
village In . covered carriage drawn b
seal-brown teams In silver harness, how
Just before his dsath Captain Payne
remarked. In . speech u Geuda
Springs, that he ate Oklahoma, drank.
Oklahoma, and was Oklahoma from the
crown Of his head to the soles Of his
feet, and when he died he wished % fall
toward Oklahoma A. strange - Il
may seem this desire Was granted.
When Captain Payne wa 10 suddenly
stricken with death at the Do Barnard
Hotel. In this city. he dropped back
from the table, his body falling In the
direction Of the coveted land. and his
last wish va granted Wellington
(Kos.) Prssa
With The thermometer s. degrees b.
low sero. writes . correspondent from
Manitoba, the air II 90 wonderfully
clear and dry that Il does not seem hall
% cold - It really Is. but the effects ars
reliable proofs Of the Temperature. II
h . very common sight 70 ~ people
partly frozen. but unless they 80 them
selves in . glass or aro told Of the faol
they = not aware Of being frozen. %.
casionally the part frozen viii snap ID.
Mustard two feet above the stow will
ffeeze. Water poured from . boiles
into . pail and taken ct once 70 tha
stable win ffequeaEly becoated with ica.
which must b broken before The cattle
can drink.
Colonel vilaa. q Wbcoosin, tie nsW
Postmaster General, h still undsg -,
and has perfect health. He b Q tail,
straight dark. fne-lookiax MAJ. With
black Roocoo Co0klin4 curb and n