The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-25
WONDERFUL HosTETLER.
He Made Molasses, Gathered Apples and
Held q Buxx.SAW.

He Made Molasses, Gathered Apples and
Held Buxx-sAw.
The Ananias club had an unusually large
attendance last night. Patrolman Hostel
Ter. who has the proud distinction of riding
mule four miles in ten hours, and beng
pitched under the fence at the end of the
journey, was to make few remarks.
''The farmer Of the present day." began
the patrolman from the other side of the
river, ''does not understand his business
like the tillers Of the soil of long ago. You
can tell by looking at me that was raised
on farm, and want to say to you that I
am proud of it. My ancestors were old
time farmers, but am progressive and de-
ton of things. speaking from an agricul-
tural standpoint.
"1n 1927 sorghum molasses-'them molas-
SEES, as they say on Alabama street-was in
great demand. The old-fashioned way to
get it was to squeeze it out of cane.
dreamed out better plan. bored q num-
Der of holes in one corner of my fathers
farm. The holes were very small ones-I
think. if I remember rightly, they were only
668, 944 1924 feet deep. In each of these holes
placed half ton of sugar. The heat from
the center of the earth melted the sugar, the
water in the ground ran into it, and first
class molasses was the result-or might
money out of my scheme, but the neighbors
fell on to my plan and began to work it, and
dropped out of the business.
ut Just seemed to me that everything
made success of was counterfeited. Why,
l used to take on an average of ten pounds
butter, understand-and It was not long
until every farmer in the neighborhood
was doing the same thing. determined to
quit farming and went to work in saw
mill. Here my prodigious strength came
into fine play. never will forget as long
as I live an experience / had in 1862. Iwas
with the dust of the 2,OOO, 600 feet Of lumber
was saving every day. Fifteen times
within an hour had to change the saws to
prevent the mill from burning up. Several
times when I pushed ten-ton log up
against the saw it would burst into flames,
and the local fire department had to be
called out.
"A number of ladies and gentlemen who
had heard of my fame as sawyer dropped
in to see me work. In the party was love-
ly young lady. She had great wide eyes as
blue as violets, and mouth like half
opened rose, that was just as kissable as
could be. This particular Young lady was
close by me. I had log (36x42) just ready
to shove against the saw, when the floor on
which the young lady was standing broke
down. She pitched forward, and the blood
in my veins froze six inches thick. OF course
if she struck the saw that settled it. could
not get to her in time, but I was near the
saw. With tho rapidity of lightning caught
the saw. that was revolving at the rate of
$4,000, GOO revolutions minute. Bracing
my feet, put forth my entire strength and
held the saw perfectly still. The lady fell
against it just as I stopped it. Fortunately
she did not strike the teeth of the saw, and
beyond bruise on the forehead she escaped
injury.
"While saved her life, played havoc
with the machinery in the mill. The stop
was so sudden that the engine was lifted out
of it's bed. The fly wheel went sailing
through the air and landed four miles dis
tant. The boilers were lifted through the
roof and knocked on the steeple of a church
half mile from the mill. The affair Gre
ated quite sensation at the time and the
young lady sent me nice box of flowers as
reward for saving her life. The strangest
art of it all is that was not hurt at all,
except few scratches on the right hand,
but they were so slight that they did not
even leave scar, as you can see. Indian
apolis News.