The Red Cloud chief., 1894-05-04
THE MODERN WAY OF MOVING.
Sumo Of Its Features rs Noted by n subur-
mite Just Moved Into Town.

nbte JUST MONeu lutO lOWns
I'VE cannot forget" said the man
who moved from the suburbs, "the vans
we moved in nor the men who moved
us. The whole household was active
early that morning waiting for the vans.
The main road by which they would ap.
proach ran parallel to the street in
which we lived and in plain sight. Soon
after 2 o'clock we saw them coming,
three of them, each drawn by four
horses, and all we'll closed up, a decid.
edly orderly and business looking pro-
cession. They swung around through a
cross street and down our street and
halted near the house at 7:1O. They had
told us at the Office that tho vans would
be there at 2 o'clock. Inasmuch as they
had had IL miles to como and it had
rained tho night before 7:10 didn't seem
like q half bad bluff at IT.
"A man came down and located the
house, and then the two head vans came
and backed up to the walk in front. At
side Of the house there was q drive.
way which ran back past the rear Of the
house, with a loop there around n little
oval grass plat. There was none too
much room in this driveway, which was
not designed for four horse teams, but
when the rear a came down the driver
swung his leaders and came in ut it with
the large confidence Of q man who has q
good team and knows how to handle it.
He rounded the oval and halted with
his team headed toward the street and
the rear end Of the van on a line with
tho real Of tho house. When the vans
were all in position, the horses were
blanketed, and then the men were ready.
"There were six men altogether, and
they were all powerful, ablebodied
men. The house was a az story Queen
Anne. The men strippedit in two hours
and without any fuss or commotion
whatever. At 0:2O the last paddock snap
ped OH the last van door, and the driv-
| ers mounted to their seats and hauled
ont into the road again, nee more in
line. Then all hands settled down in
their seats, and everything was ready for
the start. The great arks were very
heavy now, and it was no light work to
move them. There was q little pictur-
esque plunging at the start, but they
were good teams, every one, and they
soon had the vans in motion, and after
| that they walked off with them as
though they were shoeboxes on wheels.
A few moments later we saw them once
more out on the main road, moving now
toward the city.
-Four hours later we caught sight Of
them again. We were then Oh the train
bound for the city and approaching near
it. We saw the ans on a road at some
little distance from the railroad. They
were as we'll closed mp rs a wagon train
would be under escort in an enemy's
country and moving forward.
mot very long aftcrward we stood
on the steps in the land Of brick and
mortar and saw the procession, still well
closed up, appear around the corne They
came up ut n trot. 1t took u little more
time to unload than to load, but no,
much. Soon we heard the last paddock
snap again, this time on the last of the
empty vans. Once more the procession
lined up, moved off and disappeared.
"And left us to settle. 1t is some
thing of u job to settle, as those who
have tried it know, but if anything
could make that work seem lighter il
would DO the exhilaration Of moving in
the modern way. New York Sun.