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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
SHERIFF Or THIS COUNTY.
But the Astute Official Wasn't as Astute
as He Might Have Been

But the Astute Official Wasn't as Astute
He Might Have Been.
We were waiting at Hinsdale junction,
which is in Missouri, and is at the crossing
of three different railroads. l was sitting
on dry goods box on the platform along
with man whom took to be drummer
when third man came up and borrowed
light for his cigar and sat down. After
some general talk he said:
"Confound this delay l am mighty anx-
ious to get down to Ripley"
"Marriagef" queried the man beside me.
"No."
anybody dying?"
"No."
Speculation, eh?"
mo. They had big robbery there last
night, and want me to catch the thief I
am the sheriff of this county"
'Do telli'' exclaimed nv friend. az
thought as much when l first looked at
you"
"Why should your"
"Well, you've got the eye of hawk and
the courage of tiger, or Pm no judge of
human nature. You'd be about the last
man I'd care to play roots on.''
"Have cigar?" asked the sheriff as he
extended couple, and it was easy to see
that he was tickled all over
We talked for an hour or so, and then
his train came along and he boarded it for
Ripley. He was no sooner out of sight
than my friend sat down and laughed
until black in the face. OF course 1 in
quired the cause of his hilarity, and he
finally sobered up and replied:
Wont you giveit away?"
NO"
Hope to die if you dor"
Eyes"
'Well, Pm the robber and the identical
chap he's after-ha hal hal"
And he went off into another fit which
lasted two or three minutes, and which he
recovered from to say:
Got all the swas in that sachel and can
show it to you, but you've passed your
word. you know. Think how l piled it on
what an ass he is-hal hal hap
And he pounded his leg and laughed
until he rolled off the box-New York Sun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Arr ested for Bigamy.

A genuine case of bigamy came up before
Commissioner Perrin yesterday forenoon.
The accused is fellow by the name of Del
Wright, and has been employed by T. C.
Morris as a decorator. Wright, it seems,
has a wife living in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, from whom he has never been
divorced, but he took his own leave of alb
sence and came to Provo, where he became
intimately acquainted with a young lady
by the name of Adamson. His affections
for her were so intense he succeeded in en-
tlcing the poor girl from her good home,
and against the wishes OF her father, mar
ried her and came to Ogden to live Every
thing ran along smoothly until Thursday,
when the first wife was heard from and
Wright was arrested on the charge of
bigamy. After hearing the case Comis-
sioner Perrin placed the scoundreIs bond
at $4,000 Failing to secure it he was
placed in the county jail and last night
Deputy United States Marshal Mcclellan
escorted him to the penitentiary at Salt
Lake. The poor girl is almost frantic
with sorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
First District Court.

Judge James A. Miner convened the First
district court yesterday morning after the
New Year vacation and disposed of the fol-
lowing cases:
John S. Latham vs.. William j. Hill; Or
der granting plaintiff permission to file an
amended complaint
Ogden City VS.. J. B. Sprunt ct al: order
granting defendants five days further time
in which to answer herein.
Thomas Cahoon vs.. First National Bank
Of Cheyenne ct al; appearance of H. K
Thurber by A. r. Haywood entered.
Thomas Cahoon VS.. First National Bank
of Cheyenne ct al Hearing on order to
show cause. Petition granted and receiver
ordered to issue certificate for 81 900 and
out of it pay taxes.
). j. Burt ct al. VS.. w. II. Harvey ct al ::
on motion of Ogden Hiles, defendant F. J.
Cannon granted five days further time to
answer.
Dickson VS.. Dickson; on motion of David
Evans, order granting S34S.33 to be re-
turned TO the party who paid it in.
Sarah McGregor VS.. a. McGregor: order
for decree of divorce; default of defend
ant entered.
In re accounts of United States marshal
order approving accounts ending Septem;
Der 30, 1890 amending previous order.
j. Z. Emmertson VS.. w. q. Child ct al ::
on motion to strike out part of referees re
port argued, submitted and taken under
Amusement
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Twas jest this way: saw one day clipper,
crosseyed girl,
Handsome? guess! 'Twan't nuthin' less than set
my head awhirll
amt so nice, nur so purcise that can't beauty
In things that you might likely view quite differ
ent from me.
s'rosa, now, wen you city men get out o. doors
ter gaze,
haze,
Er if breeze among tie trees shud turn leaves
wrong side out.
Err blow the grass all in mass, you'd think natur'
about
Ez quick an wild ez some split child that's boun'
ter squirm an laugh
Wen some one tries ter hold its eyes ter git
fotygraph
That is ter say, vile you folks may want every
thing to look
Jest ez it gould-jest ez it could-ef it WIZ in
book,
Plain ones like me jest like ter see odd things
mixed with the straight;
In wat some folks think fit fer jokes quite often
fits nv trait.
This cross-eyed girl was jest a pearl, eff know
wit sly,
Her name wuz Jane, but she want plain, no
nlore'n a simmer day.
Her shape trim-not FAT, nor slim; her cheeks
war like a rose;
An how her eyes cud tantalizel Cause they war
crossed, s'poSe,
Well, jest bore it till swore I'd ask her fer her
haad.
One huskin' bee she went with me- and all the way
planned
Ter git chance, after the dance, to make my
meanin' clear
WIZ in love; but though 1 struv my feelin's
grew more queer;
Wen we sot down t'husk Bill Brown kept eyein'
Jane, but she,
Though quite demure, quite sure, KEEP
lookin' straight at me
With sech a smile ED make mile seem like a
rod or so
Eff you cud git one jest ez fit by wadin' through
the snow.
After the dance got chance t make my fancy
known,
But 'twan't at me she looked, you see Mex day
she married Brownl
-Waldron in Judge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
The City Council.

The city council met in the city hall at :
O'clock in regular session.
The members present were Aldermen
Shilling, Whalen, Preshaw and Snyder.
Councillors Hank, Chapman, Douglas,
Corey, Turner, Anderson and Hurlbut.
In the absence of Mayor Kiesel, Alder
man Shilling took the chair The minutes
of the previous meeting were read and ap-
proved.
There were no petitions presented, it
being the first time in many months that
such has occurred.
The committee on streets reported
in favor of giving permission
to the Ogden City railway to cross the
Ogden river bridge at monthly rental of
$50 per month. Motion adopted Mr..
Blaisdel thought some steps should be
taken TO make the company pay three
eights Of the cost of the bridge instead of
renting it to them.
MIR. Corey said under the present condi-
tons of affairs it would be a difficult matter
TO draw up contract with the company,
the Ogden City railway being in the hands
OF a receiver, and neither the receiver nor
bondsmen has the power to do anything of
the kind.
Judge Preshaw thought it would be for
the benefit Of the city that the bridge be
rented to the company for short period of
time at least.
Mr.. Turner said if the city allowed the
street cars to cross on these conditions the
city would never collect a ceut from them.
Councillor Douglass moved to amend that
the city lay its own tracks and then give
the street car company the privilege of
crossing over the bridge on the terms above
stated.
The street committee recommended that
the deed be accepted for the street through
block 3d. Report accepted. On motion of
MIR. Blaisdel the new throughfare will be
called Douglass avenue.
The committee on public buildings re-
ported in favor Of the appointment of a
G. Mayer to the position of taking care of
the city hall clock. The report was
adopted.
Mr.. Blaisdel moved that the reading of
bills be postponed one week. The motion
was carried without dissenting voice.
James Cassin, city tax collector pre-
sented list of names of parties who are
in destitute circumstances, and suggested
that their taxes be RENTED to them.
On motion Mr.. Cassin's suggestion was
adopted.
Councilman Blaisdel moved that Hobson
& Wilkinson, the sewer contractors, be
allowed $1,000 on the amount due them out
Of the sewer fund. The motion prevailed.
Mr.. Douglass moved to reconsider the
motion of MIR. Blaisdel concerning the
reading of bills The motion was carried
and several bills were ordered paid.
After transacting some other minor bust
ness the council adjourned till January g.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
General Gleanings.

The city council met in regular session
last evening.
The hotels are enjoying plenty of guests
during these days.
The new city directory has been issued
by r. L. Polk g. Co
Willis Brown. of Omaha, Neb., is in the
city rustling trade among our merchants
Up 10 O'Clock last evening the Ogden
police had not made single arrest in 1891.
Queen City Lodge No. Z held their regu-
lar meeting and semi-annual installation
last evening.
Peter Wilson has returned from an eX-
tended trip in the Pacific northwest look
ing hale and hearty.
The Congregationalists held sociable at
the residence of the pastor, Rev. j. "A.
Bailey, last evening.
The following kilograms are uncalled for
in the Office of the Western Union Tele-
graph company: G. l.. Lovills, j. NJ.
Rooms, Horace Austin and A. A. Smith.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03

Landlord Hooks (of the Tanner house,
Can you refer me to work from which l
can learn how the ancients constructed
those catapaults that would throw stones
half a mile?
Friend-Don't believe 1 can. Why do
you want such information?
Hooks-Well, yen see, I've advertised
that the Tanner house is within a stones
throw of the depot, and row have got to
rig up some plan for throwing that stone.
am enterprising, but 1 am not liar
Munsey's Weekly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
The Conoueror Conouered


In southern archipelagos he fought the bloody
cannibal;
He'd skinned and tanned the crocodile and found
him very tannabe;
Not word of fear he'd uttered, not word and
not syllable,
When he killed the Bengal tiger. and he found
him very killable.
He claimed his strength was very great, for bears
and lions suitable;
He used to boot the grizzly bear. and found him
very bootable;
He claimed in killing monstrous snakes that he
was very capable,
No boa constructor could escape, for he was unes
capable.
Just then his wife came in and said "I'd think It
quite commendable
If you'd come and tend the baby; and you'll find
him very tendable."
The way she took him by the ear viii make this
poem readable;
She pulled him out and led him home, and found
him very leadable
Worcester Gazette
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New York General Market.

NEW. YORK, Jan. 2.-Hops-Firm. Pacific
coast, 5000
Coffee-Options closed steady, 5 points down
TO 10 points up Sales, $500 bags; January, 1900
ml6.25; February, 1880: March, l5.45@1550:
May, 1905; spot Rio steady; fair cargoes 1914 !;
No z 172s0!f1a.
Sugar-Raw, quiet. steady; refined steady,
1alr demand; powdered 2l6
MooEEasy; domestic fleece, 32@37.
Gopper-Heavy; lake January, l4.60.
Lead-Nominal; domestic 40.
T1n-Firmer; straits, 1920
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-The year 1891 opened
auspiciously in Wall street to-day, and the
strength and activity displayed were unusual
1or day after New Years day, especially as it
comes at the end of the week and on Friday
Vorable to advances. Dealings on the whole had
less of professional appearance than they
nave for a long time. There were realiZations
as the day wore along but they made no marked
impression upon prices which were the highest
IN many days. The close was firm to strong at
or about best prices of the day.
Governments dull.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03

street addition ...---s SEQ
j. A. Stephens and wife to G. Z. Maule,
part of lot S, block 25. plat C------- 1000
Z. g. Wood to James Wood, part section
IA township north, range a------ $500
James Wood to MEG. VanDySe, part of
section II, township north, range 80 $500
4s and H. block ?, Park place 1900
W. o. Shaw and wife to J. Rhodes part
of section Il, township north, range /
MEG. VanDyke and wife to e. Rogers
part of section IA, township north,
range a---;----.--.,...----- - 1000
L. G. Chamberlain and wife to William
Shepard, lots 9, 10 and IL, block g. HERR
mans addition -------.---------...- 600
j. Carr and wife to ]. H. Lash, part of
lot 5, block ID plat C.-------------- 1900
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Going to Get Married.

The funny man of The Pittsburg Dis
patch is going to get married. This is his
announcement of the coming event:
She is Kings daughter she lives DER the water
Her home is in Allegheny;
Ny hearts in a f1ut:er, love no one but her,
And we will be married some day.
New York Herald.
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OGDEN DEPARTMENT.
NOTICE.

All Ogden subscribers of THE HERALD are
requested to settle their accounts to Janu-
airy l, 1891, Immediately by calling at The
HERALD branch, 2472 Washington avenue.
Alter the above date the circulation will
be IN the hands of L. H. Beason. Ogden
manager Of THE HERALD. Prompt atten-
to the above is requested.
THE HERALD Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
The Ogden RiYer Rridge.

AT last the Ogden river bridge is practi-
sally completed. The stone abutments are
finished and the iron trestle work is almost
done. The first team passed over it on
New Years day and was driven by Judge
). M. Preshaw and Mr.. Richie, one of the
engineers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Died of Tyuhoid.

Patrick Durey died New Years after
noon at the residence of E. R. Ridgley, on
the corner of Twenty second street and
Adams avenue, of typhoid fever. The fu-
neral was held from the Catholic church at
o'clock yesterday afternoon and the re
mains were inferred in the Mountain View
cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Jan. -Cattle-Receipts 5000;
active, strong and higher, steers, medium to
extra. 4.0o95.25; common, 3.5O03.75; stockers,
22503.1O
Hogs-Receipts 5000; active, lower; range
and common light mixed, 3.451355; fair to good
mixed, 36O@37O; prime heavy and butcher
weights, 3.7503.S5: light 3.5Gay3,O.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; active and higher:
natives, 34O04.S0; westerns, 4.25D4S5; Texans,
4.C0Ql4. 40.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Closing Railroad Stocks.
NEW York. Jan. 9
= Chicago Produce.

CHICAGO Jan. 2.-Wheat, steady; cash, Ss1
May, 96H@9o55; July, 92A.
Corn-Steady; cash, 49, May, 5214@529s-
OatS-Steady; cash, 41@4l1s.
Barley-Firm, 72CG75.
Pork-Dull; cash, 1925; new May, II. 1917.
Lard-olow; cash, $50; May, $40.
Rye-Firn; %.
Whisky-l.14.
Shoulders 2O643O.
Short RibsA.S505.O5.
Short Clear-5.3 OI535.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
$500 Reward {!

WE will pay the above reward for any of Liver
Complaint Dyspepsia Sick Headache Indigestion Con-
rtpation or Costiveness cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions strictly
complied with. They are purely Vegetable, and never
fail to give satisfaction Sugar Coated Large oxes
containing 80 Pills. IS cents Beware of counterfcs
and limitations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WEST COMPANY CHICAGO, ILL.
Sold by Johnson, Pratt&Co., Druggists
SALT LAKE CITY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
BUCKLEN,s ARNICA sALye

The Best Salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
Sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, aud all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded Price % cents per box.
For sale by A. G. Smith & Co. 1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Amador, S1.OO;
Aspen, $50; Consolidated California and
Virginia, S2.OG; Homestake, $500; Horn Silver,
SO; Mexican, 500; Ontario, $500; Plymouth,
Sl.00; Sierra Nevada, S135; Standard, SLIGO:
Union Consolidated, Sl.25; Ophir, $3.50, Savage,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
WILLIAMS AUSTRALIAN HERB Pills.

Hyou are yellow, bilious, constipated
with headache, bad breath, drowsy, no ap-
petite, look out, your liver is out Of order.
One box of these pills will drive all the
troubles away and make a new being of
you. Price % cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Shonninp.

"Did you find what you wanted2"
eyes. They had it in seven different
places"
LET me see it."
ooh, L didn't get it."-Harpers Bazar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
An Objection

ere you sutton for Miss Browns
hand?''
Eyes, but didn't"
Didn't what?"
"Suitor. "-Munsey's Weekly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Wool.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2-Wool, steady; Mon
tana 1928, territory, 1902
BOSTON, Jan. 2.-Territory woods are in good
demand, fine selling 60@62; fine medium $1,000;
medium 54056 California and Oregon woods
quiet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Very Erapila.

Chappie-How did you get hurt, deah
boy?
Cholly-A shadow fell on me.-Munsey's
Weekly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Sohmer Pianos.
LINCOLN PARK

Is developing rapidly. See the improve
ment work going on in that part OF town
and note the low prices before buying else
where. WANTLAND,
235 Main street.
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Chicago Wheat.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Wheat ruled weak and
prices declined. The opening was 1s@4 higher
than Wednesdays closing but steadily declined
1RQ124, then held steady and closed about l1s0
Ia lower. Receipts, $4,000; shipments 1853,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Or Rather Hymn.

Edith-Mary, Pm sorry to see you flirt
so. You never learned that at Sunday
school
Mary-Yes, L did. They taught us to
commence with a little "him. Light.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Liverpool Grain.

LIVERPOOL Jan. 2.-Wheat-In good demand
firm.
Corn-In good demand; spot, S. Sad, strong:
January, new, 5s. SD, strong; February, 5s
Id. strong.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
London Money Market.

LONDON, Jan. 2.-Closing consols, money,
50 1915; account 9515-16; Z. S. fours, Sl.244 U.
5. fours one-half Sl.06; bar silver, 4SI4d. per
ounce; money, 314031s per cent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03
Boston Quotations.

BOSTON. Jan. 2-Atchison Topeka, 291s :
burlington, COS; Mexican Central, common,
2l3si San Diego, 16.
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COMMERCIAL.
Money Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Money on call, closed
offered at g.
Prime mercantile paper, 7@s9.
Sterling exchange-Quiet, stronger; sixty day
bills, 4.79; demand, Asa
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Petroleum.
Mining Stocks.

NEW. YORK, Jan. 2.-Petroleum-Feb February
opened 70, closing 72H.
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Real Estate Reports.

{. Woodmansee and wife TO WO. Ridges,
lot IL block =, Woodmansee's Main
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DESERET NATIONAL BANK.

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 9, 1891.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
il stockholders of this bank, for the
election of thirteen directors to serve
the ensuing year. will be held at the
banking house, Tuesday, January 18th,
1891, at II o'clock a. m.
L. S. HILLS, Cashier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-03

Bodega Bourbon Sl.75 per gallon at the
Bodega, 10 Commercial street
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MARKET REPORT.

WHOLESALE BUYING PRICEs)
Retail about 10 per cent. higher.
Corrected Daily By the Peoples Forwarding Co.,
"a and 20 E. Second South Street.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-22
When One Writer Smokes.

Many brain workers have found in
spiration in tobacco. Il. E. Francil
lon, who is a very hard, very regular,
and not seldom an excessive worker,
finds that his consumption of tobacco
and his production of work are in al
most exact proportion.
II cannot pretend to guess" he says,
whether the work demands the to-
bacco or whether the tobacco stiInu-
lates the work but in my case they are
inextricably, and ] believe necessarily,
combined. When l take a holiday,
especially If spend it in the open air,
| scarcely smoke at.all. Indeed, / find
that bodily exercise requires no stimu-
liant of any kind whatever. If | read
smoke little, but If produce, tobacco
takes the form of a necessity, / believe,
for am indolent by nature, and to-
bacco seems to me TO be the best ma
chine for making work go with the
grain that can find"
His general conclusion is that bodily
labor and exercise need no stimulant at
all, or at most very little, but that In
tellectual and especially creative work,
when 1t draws upon the mind beyond a
quickly reached point, requires, being
a nonnaturaI condition, nonnatural
means to keep it going. New York
Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS FILED
WITH COUNTY RECORDER.

VIM F Eastman and wife to Loren
Peterson, 3O7 20 acres, tp "a, S W,
$4,000.
Louis Stuenkel and wife to Eskild
Erentsen, lie, / sec tip 6 | W,
$4,000.
S + Smith and other heirs to
Louis Stuenkel, all interest in same,
$4,000
Rosa Shark, not married, to vii
liam Farmer, Its 2, 5, 6, bl 10, Mil!
City, S125.
Martin Cook and wife to f NJ
George 1t 10 bl Highland Park
$125.
Salem Land Co, to VIM G Jackson
1t bl Is Englewood, $3.50.
Oregon Land Co to + N George,
1t IL, bl IL Highland, $500.
J E Mccoy to Mrs M J Mccoy, s
W 1 of property on Capitol street,
Salem, 800.
f j Thurman and wife to Flora B.
Hobart, l5 acres d, |, C, Il p Jack tp
10, $3.50.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-22

A man applied to a western farmer
for work. The farmer looked at the
applicant, asked him few questions,
and then told him to go the pump and
fetch a pitcher of water. The man did
as he was directed, went to the old
fashioned chain pump, filed the
pitcher, narrow mouthed one, and
brought it to the farmer without spill
ing drop of water
you'll do" the farmer said, you
can begin work for me tomorrow morn
ing"
When the farmer was asked what
filling the water pitcher had to do with
it, he said
why, it's dry time, and If the fell
low had pumped too hard he would
have sent the water over the pitcher as
well as into it, and if he hadn't pumped
hard enough twould have been the
same But he pumped just right; and
judged that he'd work just right, not
too hard at first to slack up afterward,
and not too slow, either"
The farmer was right in his estima-
ton OF the man, for'he has not better
farm hand on his place. Youths Com
panion.