The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-01-30
THE ORTHODOX TEAM.


BY FRED. EMERSON BROOKS.
In CaIavcras county, California, where
the big trees grow that the Cahiornians
50 delight to brag about, the lumbermen
have eighteen and twenty yoke OF oxen
in II team.
This particular lumberman has named
his several steers after the different de-
nominations owing to certain peculiari-
ii ~ he has discovered in the oXen-as well
as in the denominations.
In coming down the narrow mountain
road the lumberman sees stranger driv- |
ing up the canon. 1t is quite necessary |
on such roads to turn out where you find
n place wide enough for one to pass you,
else you are likely to meet team where
il is impossible for you to drive by on ac-
count of the precipitous rocks above and
below on either side, especially when you
meet n stubborn OK team, in which case
you are compelled to take your wagon
apart and carry it by, and may consider
yourself lucky if you are not forced to
take your horse apart. 1t is customary
when entering canyon to hello at the
top OF your voice to give warning to any
one who may be on the road. This lum
herman yells - the stranger whom he
happens to see coming up the canon: to
turn out. VIII II he gets near the stranger
he stops to chat with him about his
Orthodox Team.
Hold on, stranger! Turn out yonder close
to the wall,
For the roads rather narrow and Pve got
itall!
Whoa, back, haw there, old Baptist! Whoa
Methodist, whoa!
These are the oxen that need all the road, !,
you must know.
Yes | drive without swearin', though
strange it may seem,
For Pm drivin', good stranger, my orthod-
OK team!"
Said the lumberman of Calaveras
THAT Episcopal OK is OF excellent breed
He's more noted for style than he is fol
his speed.
: Though of delicate structure, this OK will
not shirk.
But he never was known, sir, to sweat al
his work.
He's a good, pious OK, never losn' his way
For he reads all the slgnboards ana goe'
not astray"
@ Said the lumberman of Calayeras
'There's the good Baptist OK; he's hard
q shell to the bone;
k Shakes his head when it's raining ant
k closes his eyes;
s He hates to be sprinkled, though it comes
y from the skies!
n Why, he won't cross a bridge unless drag
n ged by the team!
,r He'll go nowhere, l swon. but down int
II the steam."
n Said the lumberman of Calaveras
h "Presbyterian, geel Congregational, haw
Inn. OF LAT TO "a
J" know how to draw!
They're SO evenly matched. sir, that yer,
few folks
Can tell 'em apart when they're out OF tn
yoke!
But you see slight difference when it
J; One leans on his elders, and one stand
H. alone!"
-, Said the lumberman OF Calavera
~ seThere's an OK | term Israel, oldest of al
Once he grazed in the garden beioI
II Adams fall;
N lie went into the Ark at the time of til
flood,
=, Aud when Pharaoh starved he was chewil
> his cudl
- There's an ancestry, sir, full OF glory, n
doubt,
But for gorng the Master they're scattel
Dr ed aboutp'
or Said the Iumberman OF Calavera
er "Tve an OK over there who tends strict
- to biz!
And he keeps growin' big, while he keel
CROWN old!
And he never let's go where he once gets
hold!
He's strong one, you bet! why new
yet spoke
But he started right off, with his neck
the yoke"
Said the lumberman OF Calavera
- ''There's old Methodist, one of the best {
TX You'd suppose, by the fuss, he alone dra
err ged the load!
IN How he pulls when | sing hallelujah al
oi shout;
'"- But the worst of it, he keeps changi
about!
tb He was bought on probation, and wor
pol like a top;
W But pve had him three years, and suppo
'r- ! must swop!"
im Said the lumberman of Calavert
'"That suave Universalist many admire,
m Thinks the devil u myth with his gre
ph prairie fire!
~ There's an Adventist claimin' to ha
ty second sight;
If he keeps on guessin' he'll guess t
thing right!
,r. And the Seventh Day Baptist-their nuI
m bers are such
id IL they do break the Sabbath, they dol
IS break il much!"
IN Said the lumberman of Calaver,
"That one in the lead is called Christi
Nv n for short,
m m Tho ef ! holler out 'Campbellite' he rails
nd Il snort;
III He's "a tarnal good puller, b'leaves reli
ris ions deed,
But won't draw at all il he's yoked wi
creed.
. Don't mind the water,-he's got lots
- vim,
y And is never so happy as when in t
swimr'
= Said the lumberman of Calaveri
az "Got Spiritist? Yes sir; bought one
nm ~ chance;
ami \ M iff5A ftspnmes to hard work he goes
InDk I'd an q 3>aNeai a.s....-
lu II Nothipf q pFalsl 4 AZ sir, In .. medium OK
hm When Vol h3gt to k6en prbtfdin' wi
lm ~ ftibbi iiia 4 d t|ckslflq saw
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