Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
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Quaint sayings and Cute Doinss Of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered and
Printed Here for All Other Little Ones to
Read.
Used Mules for Boats.
SOne of the funniest situations In
which / was ever placed" tells a
naval officer, and it will interest
children to hear about 1t, was while
l was on the Wateree, ten or fifteen
years ago. We were lying at anchor
near Arequipa. of the coast OF Peru,
when great tidal wave suddenly
lifted the vessel bodily and landed
her high and dry NEARLY a mile in
land and some distance from any set
Element or course the vessel was
badly strained and damaged In vari-
Gus ways, and, equally of course we
could do nothing but remain on her
and accommodate ourselves as best
we could to our changed conditions,
which gave rise to all sorts OF ridicu-
l0us complications.
"For example, while at anchor, II
any one wanted to leave the ship, a
boat or gig as they are called, was
ordered from the boom to which they
were tied, and the person was rowed
ashore. We couldn't very we'll use the
boats on land, and SO substituted
mules for them, as discipline had to
be maintained and the regular rou-
tine kept up Then IL any one wish
ed to leave the ship 1t was comical
to hear the coxswain gravely shout
to sailor to get a certain gig
ready. Accordingly, a mule would
be detached, harnessed, and ridden
to the side Of the vessel, when the
sailor would report, with grin, The
gig Is manned, sir, and the captain.
or whoever was going for canter (?)
would mount and smilingly ride
away"
To Get Worms without Digging.
Walter Sawyer, a professional fish.
erman, says: Nobody need work at
digging worms for bait unless he is
fond of the exercise, for they can be
procured in almost any quantity
with very little labor whenever
they are needed. The process is
simple.
Take strong stick four or FIVE
feet long and sharp at one end, and
60 to some locality, such as the back
of the barn, where the worms are
sure to be plentiful
Drive the stick four or five inches
into the ground with hammer or
stone, and then begin to twist 1t
with rotary motion.
Every few minutes hit the top a
rap to drive the point further into
the ground and keep on twisting.
In five minutes the worms will be-
gin to crawl out OF their holes, and
all you have to do is to pick them up
and put them In your can.
They hear the grinding and think
1t is a mole after them, and know
that only on the surface are they
safe. So they come out, those near
est to the sound making their ap-
pearance flrst with every evidence Of
haste and trepidation.
Sometimes they come up for dis
lance of fifteen feet from the twirl-
ing stick, and in cases where they
are plentiful as many as hundred
can be literally scared out OF the
ground in this manner.
Some people think worm has no
sense, and they may he right in gen.
eral, but worm knows that a mole
is its deadliest enemy and will come
squirming to the top OF the ground
any time it hears mole coming In
its direction.
/ have Bow-wow. He is very
fierce. He says, "Bow-wow" most all
the time-at prayers and everywhere.
He is made of cloth: saw him made.
My "Ba-ba" stuffed him wiz cotton,
so he wouldn't bite The cotton has
got into his mouf, guess; so / have
to make the barks for him; and they
are very loud. He has a pink ribbon
around his neck. I'm going to have
a Kitty when the summer days come.
She will say Meow" but she will not
scwatch; no, indeed. There Il a
Buw-wow the other side of the win
dow; he barks; nobody has to bark it
for him, he does it hisself. / s'pose
the cotton did not get into his mouf.
He has legs, and runs; but my Bow
WOW sits on his legs all the time.
My Bow-wow is the bestest; he doesn't
run away, and he doesn't bite me.
MY Bahia can make better dogs than
the ones outside the window. Ba. ba
is my nurse; other folks call her
Cora, but call her Bahia. She Is the
he ,test nurse. She says the Bow-wow
on the other side of the window Is
alive / don't know what "alivc"
means; / never saw it. i am glad
che didn't put 1t into my Bow-wow.
sometimes play he is my pillow; /
put my head on him and p'etend TO
10 s'eepin's Sometimes p'etend he
Is my dolly. and say "By by" but he
can't shut his eyes, cause the cotton
IS in them.
Amusing and Instructive.
Did Won ever think that the same