Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-12-03

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unbounded, and was ABOUT hours fad
ing them; and when Gid was IS much
surprised as the discovers Of Robinson
Crusoe were, not finding them as Iexpeci.
ed. They ale typical W, steTners o.the old
school, if you know shat that is.
would give You full d scription Of them
and the ways Of their w stern brethren as
far as ! have seen if il was not to 1udi-
crous for your dignity. I am jlbilant over
the prospect Of killing a goose 10 bring
back with me ! hav, already killed )
ducks, 3 gray mallard blackhead and
teal All you have 3 do is 10 get your
/ eyes on duck and be is you're. Toe boys
have a pond about To- ards from their
barn, which is greet place for them.
| The pond is about the size f. or ice pond.
( with high bank on tn. lower sir G. All
you have TO do is 10 " Tx up behind the
Z bank and shoot The time S what you
want. The way We W. TX here prevents
I all sport in that dire ton. There are
about so ducks on tbs pond to-day. bat
being Sunday Of cours. / cannot indulge
in the sport. / am tic ling - do IL; you
could kill them all. Yea can shoot, they
will fly up and circlr and con G back.
shoot again and the same old hing again
The boys have No 0 not to shoot them
with. AL you have 20 10 is % st ike the
/ tip Of a wing with one ( these IN ties and
I you can chase the bird own On the prai-
4 RE. My legs were 90 tir, 4 last night from
/ the effects Of the chase had after those i
I killed that could not 81 ep. It is raining
/ hard now, and If il conti iues - do so will
/ prevent US from work 10 n ROW, 81 l Will
have the day t. shoot hicks | want to
bag 200 When / kill tEai many / will
stop FOR the day. l 8 Il here, as have
heretofore stated, about ,oou on Wednes-
day When | found he BOYS L was 4
O'Clock, Il. NJ. / helped them 10 shuck
uGtjl night. and then we vent to tn, house.
George cooked supper " lie Garnor and
pm tLc team away TO Tie night tel
You George can cook meal in hurry,
one that would be envi b. a Maryland
housewife too. After b wing u long chat
We went 10 bed, - arts, next mo- ming at
o'clock, George cooE Bg while Garner
and | fixed the teams r the days work.
We get in the corn fie 4 by the time we
can see an car of corr, and stay until il
/ gets too dark to see Cle, only stopping
4 about 10 minutes in the middle Of the day
I to eat lunch we carry long. | shucked
as fast as / could ha re shucked from
pile OF our corn, AMI then could only
shuck one row while the Boys shucked
! two They can shuck it about twice as
fast as yon can pull it off he stalks. Alter
my first days york M wrists ard arms
| began TO get sore. After my second they
| got worse and began to S veil, and after my
! third my wrist got as large as horses
| leg. My hands felt like lauls and my fin
| gers as sore as boil. 4 rain came yester-
/ day eve expressly for my benefit. We
stopped shocking, but tn did not top my
wrist from aching. TIL boys thi, morn
/ ing were joking me ABOUT saying, My
! God, | wish was hom.." did not say
the last part, but won't leny the first, for
/ laid awake half the MI ht expecting my
hands to drop off they aimed me so bad,
and during that time d" not remember
what | said rather expect WIS over
laid though last night as we three slept in
one bed and / slept in he middle. The
boys, corn field is mill from their house
and the rows are a n lie long. We 10
| nV,I ht-
rying rows down aud 5 up. We have
shucked 81 days sine, | have been out
here and they have 'stima-ed he pile
shucked at 400 bushels 20 blrre.s. We
have two more weeks SIN cking yet. They
will make 600 barrels Ibis time or 1900
bushels. II Is no trouble to work Lere and
make money. The Ian Is rich as cream,
not ditch or clump e wool TO break q
field. The public roads uu just US straight
Is the streets in Il city, assine each other
nj right angles The whole country IS a
mass Of corn, now and then brol en- into
by an oat patch. There Is railroad run
ming close to the house, 'ver which and
, 10 trains pass daily.
George and | went on - the NJ ,thodist
, Church this eve and iou d the mil lister as
ready to crack a joke in the pa pit as a
ioafer around a barro NJ counte-, The
boys have two teams Of horses, either one
of which would max, two of our old
black. They have sorl ] years Did that
| have TO bride. and We been thinking
= strangely of buildinp n ! "a Ter to q 4 mn ~
his head. They are be. uies, just rolling
! in fat. The boys this tin have raised 10
. bushels Of wheat, 2,400 .ushels of oats, IL
, tons of hay and 5000 b. ihels of cnrn, be-
sides selling $500 worth If hogs, and now
have 10 more fine chaps They have not
hired days help either. This is the land
for poor man, everyl )dy does his own
work and every man is working for him
SELF When l first ca ae here / did not
know which was the sea Ger the people or
the trees. You could lot see ;oul /
suppose have passed oxen houses since
have been here and ha' only seen 3 lit
tie girls and boy, but Z day it was eau
ton TO see how the people came out Of the
corn-field to church.
The boys have now lie of corn 10 feet
wide, 10 feet high anC IS feet iong-a
right respectable pilc-ar waen hey add
another pie of the same dimensions they
will be done shucking. heard George
tell Garner this morni g that it vas his
week &c cook and mex week wa; mine