Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-10
FOR THE YOUNG pE0pI
HOW GRANDMA LOST j.,
BONNET. nj

An Interesting sketch for Lit,,.
Rcad-e.icaso's haby DrSm ' sHs
yes, dearie, that is right WI,
said Grandma Hobbs, as Mamie p p1
before her with her new hat IS sa franc
tily on her curly head. Il ho ses jay su
won't anything bad befall it g thd
didn't you ever have a hat -.
ma ?" "'' gran
Not exactly, dearie; but l..
bonnet when I was about it, yon1 mad
and we'll do I remember the ss sna :
and awful end it came to, II fa m
strand, made of whaat va wa
that we'd gathered from the field ". ~b
the kernel was in the milk ~ To na
used to give us little coroer a. a..
wheat-feld for bonnet-straw. VI
Mother got Kizzy Trip, sn;r,l
that went around the neiphborhsa
making bonnets, to braid and
mine; then it was hung in a barrel
bleached over burning sulphur, y
say it was as big as a peck basket \
[ thought it a wonderfully beaut1
bonnet.
81 hadn't had it very long when
haulingbee took place."
What's hauling-bee, grandm.
said Nan, hanging her hat carefulT
the tall post of grandma's chair.
ooh, it was q gathering of men a
great yokes of oxen to haul buildir
from one place to another. Fatherh]
built him > new barn, and the Ii
house we lived in was going to
drawn close to it for an ell to the n
house he meant to build when ho
able.
at was a long distance from <
barn, and down hill part of the VI
It had only one room, and was low
it wasn't very heavy. We didn't md
out, for we had nowhere to go.
Mother kept right on weaving
the long web of 'wale,' and Sally d
] had to wind the quilts; but d
afraid they had naughty noses
were in such futter 10 see all IN
was going on.
Father had put long shoes,
'skids,' beneath the house, like
runners of a great sled, so that it wo1
slide along easier.
"The men came early, with md
than twenty pairs of oxen, which vi
hitched in three strings-two at
corners of the house and one string
the center-and at the word
drivers all piled their long goads, 4
such shouting! You could have he,
them mile:
"'Hi! hi! hi! Gee up! Haw, Bright
and grandma's eyes sparkled as
described the exciting scene.
"The little house was jerked forw
and all the beams and timbers groa
and cracked Down came the pew
plates off the dresser and scurried c
the floor, the brass kettle tumbled
its peg with great rafting and
cradle rocked crafty.
Baby Joe screamed, little 4,
dashed under the bed that stood in
corner of the kitchen. and for a
ment was tempted to crawl afterl
But mother said there was no dar
SO got very brave at once.
"In little while I found that br
er Toby had climbed, by short
der in the loft, out through the q
ney-hole in the roof and was havil
ride on the ridgepole.
81 always tried to do everyt
. that Toby did. But I meant to
I in style, so getting my bonnet, Ii
: known to mother. out of the bic
; chest that stood under the caves, |
it on and clambered out after Toby
, Il could climb like monkey t
but the lurching and jerking when
house stopped and started, as it
; every few yards, made me dizzy.
kept pretty still and the men wer
l busy they didn't pay attention to IL
. 1--WE got along ali right till we v
near the old 'pulky hole,' kin
muclzy place where some bushes g.
!. when all at once the oxen started
. began to bawl. They had run
caves of the house into big horn
i nest in the bushes.
Such a time as there was tn
y The oxen took to their heels and pu
p with mad fury.
"Jerk-jerk! Bump-bump!
u "They roared and kicked and las
> their tails; the men got bushes
. fought the hornets as they ran.
), last the house brought up with on aV
crash! Snap went the chains
away galloped the oxen, snortinS
= believing.
y My bonnet tumbled off at the i
), plunge and the house had gone over
and when the house struck l follo7
it, rolling over and over down the
roof.
by good luck the bushes broke
Q fall into the 'pulky hole and wa:
q hurt much, except that my nose
). a twist that it hasn't got rid Of tot
}, day. and 1 was covered with mud
/: "We had to stay there two days
Q fore we conquered those hornets so
> neighbors dared to come again "
1 their oxen, and in our battles we
= got stung more or less. ;,
It But I didn't feel half SO badly aO:
q that, or even my twisted nose, as y !.
: over the loss of my bonnet. ~ ou
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