The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-24
Jay Gould in Baying Time.
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On = brffht July morning. when the wooo
bird wakes the echoes along the Hudson ana
the wren aid the thrush come down to na1ne
their little besks In the bea utiful brook when
sings along past the door of Washington IT
wings quaint and queer old home. the quick ear
catches the sound Of voices out behind Mr.
Gould's barn. Following this sound one comes
to merry group OF .shands'' clustered about 9
large grindstone which has bacon rfnds under
the bearings A small by, reekng with per
spiration. is turning the stone, while MI Goutd
with an old scythe, may be seen riding on the
top Of it There are other men about who could
turn the grindssone easier than the small boy
who is turning it bus no one is hopeful enough
to turn srindstone but q boy. 1t discouragss
man, SO it 10 customary to secure boy TO 90
this heart-breaking job. and generally boy VINO
is about TO 60 fishing Is selected. he grinds on
hour after hour while his worms are baking In
the sun and has heart 10 slowly dying In his Ut
tie bosom.
Later on the merry work-hands go ioyously
afeld. jug containing spring water ana Q
small straddle bug is taken to the lot and con-
cealed under swath of green grass. MI. Gould
wearing pair of brown linen trousers and blus
wammus. together With chip hat, rolls up his
sleeves so as to reveal the raven pin feathers,
now slowly turning to iron-gray, which acorn
his brawny arms. He then stands his scythe
and swath up where be can get at IL, and pull
pistol pocket, proceeds to put keen wire edge
on his weapon.
1t is quite interesting to see Mr.. Gould and
twenty-seven willing husbandmen turn loose on
little bunch of grass and wipe Il out in two
days. Toe hay 10 q mixture Of red top. timothy
ami red clover, With ornamental hornets nests,
made of papier rnache. in the fence corners
In his conversation Mr.. Gould uses good
many railroad terms OF course, together with
his farm slaug, and most OF his orders are given
to baid-headed Spaniard with an ecru plastron
OF magenta whiskers, whose name II Terrence
McClusky
Torrance" said Mr.. Gould the other morn
Ing, as he swung the jug over his arm and took
drink, II do not know but 1t would be
cheaper next season to FIX mp the old mower
You see, il costs me Sos now TO NOV this grass.
Then new scythes and swaths each year. $54
more; s. for whetstones, IS for ornamental
hornets nests. and say s55 for board of hands.
Traits SOS, or $S8 per acre, say $40 per ton for
our grass, and last year the stock would not eat
It. Now. the mower only needs new counter
sunk washers on the reverse shaft bearing, new
tender frame center pins. new oil cups on waist
bearer kLees and new hinge on whistle shaft
arm. Am r'ght?"
"Dade you cir, Muster Cool
SWELL, that will not cost over SIS or $40, and
will give all the moving hands two Ays, which
they sorely need, Tor rest. Ny coachmsn could
drive the mower. think, and the hands could
rest or prune the sheep
"Yes, we laundry the shape on the 18th, and
we could shear them on the 10th and 18th. I'm
thinkin'; and Muster Cool, ye should get an
other shape to associate wild the wan ye have,
or it'll be lonesome and die wild the augwe, as
ye call it."
'All right, Terrance; and wish you would
see what repairs the hay rake ne eds. Then you
can couple on to Ii and take IL to the machine
shop. Ny idea is that it only needs new cross
head babbting. water gauge ferrules, pet cock
rod handles, steam chest: gland bushing and
goose neck ring eyes"
1t is said that much of the hard earned lnoney
which Mr.. Gould gets every month for his rail.
reading is spent on his farm 1t Irvington. He
hasn't SO mu b ground as Cy Field has. but IT is
under higher stale Of cultivation. Mr.. Gould
likes to encourage crops, whilst Mr.. Field pre-.
fers to see his grounds grow up kind of wild, as
they do in England Jay has peculiar weak
ness. 1t is for having real hornets on his coun-
try seat He says he thinks it promotes activ-
ity, and induces one to make gigantic strides to-
ward someth .ng better.
Mr.. Field has quite lodge or toll gate at the
entrance to his grounds where the lodg keep
er's wife hangs out her clean clothes on Monday
morning to scare the horses OF the gentry.