Sharp County record., 1885-02-19

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IN congress, but cannot write a common
business letter and spell one half til,
words correctly, "Son, that is a saw-mil
man, beware, young man, beware!i
Mothers will say to their daughters
"child, that is saw mill man. Heed him
not. Trust him not, GENTLE &c. Better
elope with the coachman and bumbly
kneel at the feet of your heart t-broken
parents and ask their forgiveness, than to
link your destiny with such man."
Nevertheless, Notwithstanding, we believe
there are many who belong to this rough
set" that are good, kind-hearted men.
But few Of them make financial success
of life. They die too soon, Die of zen.
largement of the heart" Where is the
man that can say he ever visited the
Shanty of saw mill man hungry and he
gave him not hash; naked and sold and
he furnished not the credentials. Or if
stuck in mud hole, he did not kindly
take his feet from the mire and clay and
place them on rock "sorter edgewisen
Swearing Is their worst fault, and perhaps
they are as free from this vice as any class
OF people in the world that have as many
agravatlng circumstances to contend with
We will mention few of them. We will
take day when everything goes wrong;
the weather is hot, the water low and
hands disposed to be contrary, and orders
come in for unheard Of S yes and lengths
OF timber We will match the saw mill
man against the world for rapid, coherent
ana comprehensive 'eussing" But let it
be on sultry, August day, when every
body Is worked down filing an order,
and let there come in an imperative order
from company thes has been good
friend and prompt pay to the saw mill
man, and let the order be for lot of tim
ber OF such lengths and sizes that necessi-
tateS going into the woods with teams
and hands to get the logs. Who~et! Then
II you want to hear condensed new re-
VISION OF ten horse power, saw~mill pro-
lanlty, 60 with US. We've been there.
The road has not been worked for a year;
the wagons have shrun4 in the summer
sun un'll the tires rattle like tin bells; The
frames and afdA asd MAI 6scause rney ave
been taken off the usual drives, and the
boss takes charge and oil 90 into the
woods to get the logs, promising to be
back with them by IL clock a. H. After
at the place where suitable trees
are found, there are thickets to clear up
and stumps to cut before the wagons can
be got in position. Then there are skid
poles to cut end "tote," lifting, whooping,
heavng and swearing to do. By noon
the wagons are loaded, the spring poles
are TIED down and the procession proceeds,
but not far. First Log shifts and has to
be put back. Then tire runs OF and
one and another Of the thousand accidents
that saw mill men have to ooutead with
happen until, after 5 o'clock p. H., when,
whife going up hill, the front wagon
loaded with a log twenty four feet long
breaks down. The boss, who is in the
rear, hot, thirsty, hungry and tired, comes
forward to see what is, the matter, and
passing too Near the of wheel mule, is
kicked heels over head down an embank-
ment, landing in brush pile at the bot
tom. Then is the time the say mill man
arises from obscurity and makes areputa'
ton in literature. The crooked trees in
the woods btraig tighten up and the straight
ones brace themselves; the little chunks
on the ground turn over whilo he com
munes" with nature. When his devotions
are over he proceeds to the mill which he
reaches about 5 o'clock and holds another
communion which includes all the hands.
When night draws her sable certain Ger
the scene, end the vigorous oaths have
settled down with the gentle de~s-
when all nature reooverS from thu musical
strain and relaxes--t,le roof Of the saw
mill generally falls in, mashes the only
l3offee"pot and kills all the dogs but thir'
teen or fourteen.
P.S.-To John Estes ard D. Richie, of
Hardy, this true story Of sasv-inill life is
respectfully dedicated by their friend,
TnS WRITER.
Dueock, Feb. 10th, 1885.