The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-13
GIVE THANKS.
nike a Shock Of Corn Coming in His
Season."
:, n the Husixing Time OF Life, and Then
Comes tho Great Heavenly socia-
ble--sermon by Rev. r. Do
witt Tainagc, ID. ID.

bfh n his season.
This Is the time of the year for husls-
ma corn. II you have recently been in
me fields OF Pennsylvania, or New Jer-
sev. or New York, or New England, or
81 any OF the country districts you
know that the corn is all cut.
The sharp knife struck through the
stalks and left them all along the fields
until man came with n bundle Of
straw and twisted few of these wisps
~ straw into band, and then gather
\ inc up rs much OF the corn "a he could
compass with his arms, he bound 1t with
\ this wisp of straw, and then stood 1t in
the field in what is called shock.
4 There are ut least two billion bushels
I OF corn either standing in the shock, OF
/ having been already huskcd. The
I farmers gather, one day on one farm,
I and then another day on another farm,
! and they put on their rough husking
apron, and they take the huslling peg,
4 which Is piece of iron with n leathern
I loop, fastened to the hand, and with it
\ unsheath the corn from the husk and
/ toss it into the golden heap. Then the
Wagons come along and takes it to the
corn-erib.
About corn as an important cereal or
corn as II metaphor the Bible is constant
" speaking. You know about the people
IN famine coming TO buy corn OF Joseph,
and the foxes on fire running into the
@standing corn" and about the oxen
treading out the corn, and about the
seven thin ears OF corn that In
Pharaoh's dream dcvoured the seven
rood ears, and the "parched
corn handed to beautiful Ruth
BY the harvesters of bethlehem,
and Abigars five measures of
''parchcd corn" with which she hoped
10 appcase the enemies of her drunken
husband, and David's description of the
valleys covered over with corn" and
"the handful of corn in the EARTH" and
'the full corn in the ear" and Christ's
Sabbath morning walk through corn
fields, and the disciples "pluclling ears
Of corn" and so l am not surprised TO,
find oorn-husking time referred to in my
text; "As shock of corn comcth in his
season"
How wildly to all those of us who
were born in the country comes the re-
membrance of hus<ing time. We wait
ell for II as for gala day of the year.
II was called frolic. The trees having
for the most part shed their foliage,
the farmers waded through the fallen
leaves and came through the keen
morning air to the glceful company.
The frosts which had silvered every
thing during the night began to melt
off the top of the corn-shocks. While
tha s., -; Dyh
they stood blowing their breath
through their fingers or thrashing their
arms around their body TO keep up
warmth of circulation. Roaring mirth
greeted the late farmer as he crawled
over the fence. Joke and repartee and
rustic salutation abounded. All ready,
now! The men take hold of the shock
OF corn and hurl it PROSTATE, while the
moles and mice which have secreted
themselves there for warmth attempt
escape.
The withe of straw ia unwound from
the corn-shocll and the stalks, heavy
with the wealth of grain, are rolled into
two bundles, between which the husker
sits down. The huslling peg is thrust
10 until IL strikes the corn, and then the
and there is crack as the root of the
corn is snapped OFF from the husll, and
the grain disimprisoned is hurled up
into the sunlight. The air is SO tonic,
the work is so very exhilarating, the
company is so blithe, that some laugh,
and some shout and some sing, and
Some banter, and some tease neighbor
Tor n romantic ride along the edge of the
woods in an eventidc, in carriage that
holds but two, and some prophesy as TO
the numbers of bushels to the field and
others go into competition as TO which
spall rifle the most corn-shocks before
rundown. After while the dinner
horn sounds from the farmhouse, and
B the table is surrounded by a group of
Jolly and hungry men. From all the
Pantries and cellars and the perches of
iowl on the place the richest dainties
come, and there is carnival and neigh
porhood reunion, and scene which
nus our memory, part with smiles but
n more with tears, as we remember that
tne farm belongs now to other owners
lnd other hands gather in the field, and
many of those who mingled in that
merry huslSing scene have themselves
been reaped, like n shock of corn
someth in in his season."
There is n difference of opinion as TO
Whether the Orientals knew anything
SCOUT the corn as IL stands i'm our fields;
\ NY recent discoveries have found out
mat the Hebrews knew all about In
p'an maize, for there have been grains
y corn picked up out of ancient crypts
md exhumed from HIDING nlaees whore