Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-29
rs BARN RAISING.

~ DIlhAS AAlollNO,
81 ever tell you about Eliakim
[Aising" inquired Uncle Silas APP
be sat OH the porch In the moon.
didi Wal, In them days twas
6m to have plenty Of rum at all the
II And sometimes the boys took
VAS good for 'em, an got reckless,
mighty nigh havin some purity bad
zen father was ready to raise his
he says to all the folks, says he;
have rum, boys. Ye needn't ex-
ut ye shall have as good supper
~ All the gals can git up
= all right. Applebee.' they says,
onc on 'em come an worked with
10 an the gals had done their best.
- two long tables, the whole
the kitchen ieenty-five or thirty
M the front room, SO t all the men
~ down to once. There was cold
4Wn bread an beans, pum'kin an
~ ginger cakes an lection cake,
now what else.
= gals in the deestrict was there
1t on 'em an see the fun, an the
"a. There was enough for all.
INT bit stingy In pervidin, an
rev her reputation was at stake.
he tables were cleared, the men
vent to wrastlin. They always
y raisin, an good time they had.
the time yer Uncle Dan thro wed
Ase three times runnin, but I've
out that afore.
Everybody said this was the best
I'd ever had at a raisin.
I'M Hunt was goin to raise bis
Svery next week. Twas a mon
~. No such Unstable little flee
ley use nowadays--hardly strong
n hold up the ruff. Eliakiin's
bowed down the winter before
a dozen head o. cattle for him,
mt to have one this time strong
~ :.n "nad that might come.
! Qrs WAS nore'n foot thick each
III mortised in together
now how buildin's was raised In
WI They fined whole side to-
III the ground; then they'd take
|t1 with iron spikes at the end and
an raise it till the ends of the tim
III slip into the sockets All it would
Nj.
~ hard work an resky IL one lost
ID, fur ii 1t give way an fell back
crush pretty much all on 'em to
many men did It take, Wal, sew
y or hunderd was none too many.
dy went to raisip in them days,
10 to vandoo now.
Tim always was az mean as pusley.
,Rll thought he'd be too proud to
fool of himself.
barn bein SO big an the tim bers so
they like to "a had an accident.
The last side, an the men was
4 out. Twas a master hot day.
twas half way up, when it began
TO, boysl Lay to for your lives
lther, for If it fell 'twould be the
the most Of 'cm. Lay to for your
women screamed, an there was
out a panic, but they rallied an
mighty lunge. an the beams slipped
Ii sockets.
lsuch Il shout as went upl Some
vas so beat out that they Jest laid
the grass au painted.
expected then that seein as he
lassed any rum, Eliakim ID invite
ID to the house for supper, rs ia
!. Iknowed better, for sister Jane
b stayin in the house with Polly
10 was kind o. sickly, an she had
\ awhile afore, an says she:
n you think Mr.. Hunt is too mean
He wouldn't let Mrs. Hunt git
or 'em. Polly Ann says her ma
put it, but ne wonldn't give in, an
lothin cooked in the house but a
read an plate of nutcakes.'
only a lad and not a-workin, so |
bought how mean it was of Ella
l see how beat out the men was.
! 'em had come afoot four or five
D of course seein as Eliakim had
hin, they expected supper.
! amt goin home tonight?' father
lie who was clean tuckered out.
lust. Mary d be afeard to stay
th the young uns, I'll be all right
pper,' says he.
re amt to be any supper tonight.
Ann told Jane so. Her father
I let 'em git any, said, kind o.
less.
read like wildfre, but most on 'em
: believe it.
ION as the barn was raised, Eliakim
,eared. Some thought he'd jest
|wn to the house to see If supper
1y, but he didn't come back. Then
Iozen O. the men went down to the
Through the winder they could see
eatin supper with his wife an Pol
gone off for good, an not so much
much obleeged to the men!
pounded on the door awhile, and
y stalSed into the kitchen.
at we wantr asked Eliakim.
want some supper afore we go
we've got in the house is on the
Ielp yourselves, says Miss Hunt.
fore Eliakim could speak.
took a slice of bread an Il nut cake
IN went back to the barn. Then
rs reg lar indignation meetin. If
ut when folks talk about 'em, Ella
you'd "a sot his head on fire that
father he asked some on 'em down
house to supper an some O. the
RS asked them that lived further
so all had supper; but no thanks
Iunts.
e WAS mischief brewin, though.
o you s'pose some scamps that had
ere that day done'
:, they was so mad at Eliakim that
mt to that barn in the moonlight
N bars an pried out the underpin
ie Mt the whole pile Of timbers down
pl
Ter an | went up there the next
Twas a pitiful sight, sure enough.
: the timbers was split, an they
In heap.
as bad an unlawful thing TO do.
all that there want many that