Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-08-01
MAKING A "ezAN HoLe.u
A Tendorfoot's Amusing Experience In a
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A Toudorfoot's Amusing Experience In a
Washington Logging Camp.
"Aiy first e., sentence nj numbering" said
q certain prominent citizen the othernieht.
"ygas in making bean hole. OF course YOU
don't know what bean hole is No more
did when J won't up on Rum river ina 1865
and applied 'orwork ia uneo Washburne's
camps NEGLECTED 60 tell the boss that !
didn't know The difference between a gee
haw ANA cross haul, and maybe he tool, me
for an an rounder at the business. Anyhow
WAS hired oIhand, and the next morning
the foreman said TO me, 'Woistling, You
take Joe and Charlie here and go over
to the new camp and chink up and build a
bean hole All right ] said, as cheerful
as could be, and of we started.
"As soon rs we'd got into the timber ]
halted the boys and asked, WHATS this
chink up the old man wantsg Joe looked
at me pretty hard and told me about tight
ening up between the cabin and logs with
clay. And what's bean holof / inquired.
But the boys seemed TO be getting pretty
tired aboHt something You sec, they didn't
like the idea Of being put under such a
grecnhorn, and both claimed they didn't
know what a bean hole was So told them
to wait there a minute, and / ran back to
the foreman and said, Look here, Mr. Cole,
how big do you want that bean holeY oh,
6hy 6ors by 81 he said And how deep
do you want itp Three or four feet he
answered
"Well, when we got the new camp we
chinked the cabin an right, and then
measured of space feet squire, and we
started TO dig feet deep. / was going
90 carry out the boss biggest figures to
show what good man was We dug all
that day and 10 was hard work, for the soil
was loose. and the sides Of the hole kept
tumbling m on u.s. When we got back TO
camp thnt evening che foreman asked me
IL Id finished the bean hole, and ! told him
aot quite, but wen finish her up tomorrow.
Toward noon next day we were pretty near
through and we were smoothing the bot
tom of the sepulchsr when the foreman
showed up to examine progress. didn't
notice hsn tin beard him roar, What
tile are yOu fellows doingg / looked up,
aud there stood the old man with mixture
Of Advertisements and Indignation on his
face. Then knew something was wrong
I'D had my misgivings all along-but |
answered az coolly as ] could that l was
making bean hole,
"a bean holcp he shouted, "a bean hole9
We'll, you come ont of that bean hole quick,
you blmked bean hole idiotr And then lie
began 90 laugh, and never heard a mau
laugh like that before nor since. IL seemed
~ il he never would get through, and OF
course 10 sounded very unpleasant to me
soon learnedwhat bean hole is.
"You see they build a log inclosuro about
2 feet high and or feet square and MI il
with clay. In tho middle they sink deg
hole and start fire Of maple sticks in &C.
When there Is a good bed of Goals, they put
in pot of beans and cover il over witt
ashes and clay, AND the beans steam in
there till they are done and make the best
eating You ever got in the woods. But tn,
beam hoio wound me up in Shat camp. Tn,
story went all through the woods and from
the head waters OF Rum river TO Anoka
and thcYo WINS so much snicbering wherever
| went that couldn't stand It, Why, mel
came lOand l5miles from other camps TO gel
asquat at hechap that built the bean hole
/ So, though didn't make any more special
| ly bad breaks there, pretty soon called fo
my time and got out of the country
South Bend (Wash.) Journal.