Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-15
NAUTICAL OXEN.


Among his neighbors Job Hainos was
considered pretty fair sort OF q man.
lie had settled In tho little town In the
southern part Of Kansas. where he lived
a. an immigrant from New Hampshire,
and he brought his Yankee sharpness
with him, but m he dealt fair and Mt
tended 10 his own business hc passed.
Tho only member OF tho family besides
Job and his wifo WIS Ike. o nephew
whom job had taken TO bring mp, rs no
had no children Of his own. Ike was a
typical New England boy about fifteen
years old. He had been brought mp In
one Of tho coast villages Of Maine, and
had great love for the ara
job, like tho majority OF Yankee farm
.rs, was firm believer In cattle, aud
did most Of his work with oxen. One
day ho said 10 Ike; "Ise, " you'll tako
that pair Of yeaEling steers and break
them to work you can have them" Ike
was exceedingly well pleased at that,
and at once assumed charge u his new
possessions II over a pair Of young
oxen were well taken care Of they were.
He groomfi them Us carefully rs the
horses, 10 that their SLEEK coats shole rs
glossy as silk, and he was 20 kind with
them that they were rs gentle Ms sheep.
He named them JACK aud bliiy'
In MS western home Ike never forgot
the far OIL ocean. IL had been tho QUE
hope OF his lic to 10 sailor, but his
being sent west hah destroyer ". When
his uncle gave him the steers TO break,
the idea came TO MN mat though no
could never expect 70 tre'sd me deck OF
ms own snip no oouia use snip phrMas
In tho education OF ms oxen ana thus
always De reminded OF MS own home be.
sias uhe sea- linus ~ was tht JACK and
nhy Were cdnoatea 10 work broken
totaiiy ignorant OF the usual commands
" wmcn oxen arc manager; Gee
ana nav pt up ana whoa had
no meaning Tor tnsn Whatever ~ waa
maui away ana port ana star
ooa,a anu 'ociay. stern an, was
pIx. iho otehsrc" anu waAeu sfon9,
anu MS uncle o'en rehiark.u thht no
hevw snW team tnat conia 10 more
wofx thah thoso oxen ana Ike NO one
put Ike ever thougn, OF hanuiing lhem'
inc heares, heighpor 70 ,he haines
was peacoh mcrwih' - good man ana
pliiat o. inc chufeh. Inc good deacon
Aw mat iaos YOKE OF oxen were work
efs, anu a ues're came over MN TO pos
scss ,heni. ho offered 10 puy them sew
ern tiihss, out 'oo Always saiu That they
seiohsea 70 ike anu were not Tor sale.
,he as.soon ,u,Neu ike u no would soii
'nsth, pu1 met win sueh IN indignant
IeiuAN ,na' no 'ci. ahse'eu' put did not
give up ,ho luea OF possessing tho cattle.
'nay ny "en. 70 'op anu ealui
Soishoot hinhes' " them cattlel
VOTE goo1 every way IN giVo you 500
ios ei'. 70 700 ihucn property Tor
ooy hke Ike 70 nave ana ~ Is apt 70
create IN nun a p,a sperrt ana mako
mn, le,, ABOVE ms .iuefs'
well = uont Know deacon. Tho
ooy sss ucai ny then cattle, and
ptomise ~ promise ! gave them 10
MN !! ne would break en-, and he has,
10 I'm pound TO Keep my part
rhAts AL true enough, neighbor
fhines, put ikes only a boy, and then.
remember siOo amt offered every day
Tor a yoke OF cattle. Why not sell me
these ana give him another pair. to
break; mat I'd do him Jist as we'll"
Ihe deacons 800 and persuasions
hnaily weakened Jobs scruples, and no
gave in. The deacon was TO try them,
and II they worked all right was 10 have
them for 300 How to tell Ike what no
had done was poser TO his uncle. His
aunt declared It downright mean piece
OF business, and told Job plainly what
abe thought Of him.
II was finally decided not to say any.
thing TO Ike until after the sale had been
made and the cattle gene. In order that
Ike might not be on hand TO see his pets
sold no was given a holiday, aud sent TO
spend the day at a neighbors, a couple
miles away, where there WIS boy of
his age who was sort Of chum OF his.
The next morning Ike was of bright
and early. and the deacon was on hand
shortly after. 1t would not be fair IN
Jobt say that he did not have any mis-.
giyings. Ho would have backed ont on
the bargain at the least chance, and he