The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-02-22
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pfTHuH lil ic bhLtif' SIS stNN y
TIE bone ui the Nbraktrs rss oue
the Y gam 90 toasss OF +, uaesoE Du
.ug calauisi tines houses 10 pe~ stl }
nett uete builtso ~ 90 be esslly defeuds
10 case Of sb s.tsck IRON sAvAses. strcp
sale Of hesu uuber, carried up ss big
Sc IAe roofs, veae su, It'd sround esc
house, ADD 81 the rotuars we're settfy boa
- y wbefe some oue Of the family Ssiche
~Leu st. lldiau ri sas aIpn heoded
souelmfs nun Der Of dw, llngs ~ere II
elosed ,pch iorlAosnon
/ LAbao vas the youusest of f4mily O
piue One OF Als elders brothers ~ss sroSi
up sud married, but the young oonpl
msde their home vi.h bis father, la 81
large 8 household L. u,nelIy devolves OF
one oi the Younger members TO do t1'
chores This part Of the lab + u seuet
lly upon L,bsn.
But he vas stou', stntdV boy, quite
.tIlu < to perform the duties tb.t fell t'
tim. lhtse Wete TO 50 to tbs Il i Sh' Il
ever the family supply Of rye aud lniial
aas ,1hsusied, to cut snd cory the fire
wood, aud 10 summer time TO weed The
gtrlen and herd The cows.
There was no fenced enclosure Tor pas
trrase purposes IA early Peuscook, The
e,Ss Of the settlers ran At large IN tn
uo1ds sud mesdoss, aud the boys took
turns 10 sosrtilg them thIoIgh tbs day
aud du,l1g them up at night As tso
" watched at time, aud as there were
81 out dczan boys 10 the settleme t, 1t
CO.'S qaenlly become L.baus turn oooe b
v eek 10 be out With The cows.
L vas not hard work, aud when 1t Sas
20, stormy weather Libsn rather liked It,
The danger attending 1t was lnst sufficient
10 give d certain st 10 the employment,
for it was il the time ot the French and
Iudial war. Two or three years before
thisa band OF Indians ha / lam - ambush
il the flrett aud shot down seven OF the
settlers as they were passing from the
toVnD D sgsrrlson a few miles CIitant
81 ce then, sltl ongh other settlements had
I It the sconrge. PenBcook had not been
III Tested, Sull the settlers were not un
Of the dagger that any day
might sweep down Upon them.
seutrits stood on guard day and Light.
Every pioneer carried his mnsket to his
work 10 the fields, and on Sunday the coDl
welt armed TO msu TO the lit
tie log meeting Louse. Even the minister
kept bis freIock by his side 10 the pulpit
as he read from the word Of God. Such
" as life on the New England frontier 100
years ego
One bright June day Labsu and another
boy named Ezra Klmbsll went out togethi
r to watch the cows. Both boys had
their fiutlock muskets, and with them
went Rover, . large brludied msstlh that
belonged to The KlmbsI lad.
The COWS ns1 fed fs,tho. than was usu'
II that day, and when the long afternoon
lrew 10 a close the boys were 3 mile from
home. They had not thought OF dagger
l3wever, Us they drove their loving charge
through the bJsky glsdes and along The
orest paths toward the little settlement
rne soft, bslmy air was full OF charm.
Toe smoke rising from tie chimneys oi
he cabins down 10 the valley, where the
,ettlers siVes were cooking their late sup
per. gave pleasant touch to the land
cape.
A great hush had suddenly come over
he forest, Not birds note was to be
lesrl. The stiffness, like that OF Sab
1ati, struck boys attention. and they
ooked at each other With sudden fear
D unching Their tanned faces Rovers
larp bark 10 front resssured them, how
,ver, and they buried on through the
twilight,
Before them was little dell, lhrodgh
glioh a lrJok mesndfred vi h low, mu'
j aleur4les. Alders ned the valley, and
he trunk f u fallen tree OF huge dImen'
.ious lay beside the nsrro~ path.
Ia iisus, Indisutl rose from the white
ips of Ez'a K'mbal as be sprsne back
,arl. He bad caught the gImpte OF red
rgs bebiud the alder bushes,
l4stantIy d'z,n savage rose up from
heir hiding place betiod the fDlIen tree
tuuk and the copse Of sld,r.. Before La
,,u could srriog out Of the way or IN Sny
ssy sLriak from the etcoun'er be was
elz "a,
A stalusrt brave lesped siter Ere, who
lad taken 10 bis heel, thr- 1gh the brush
wood. The pioneer 10y beard bis red Zoe
nst b hind him. How Should be escape |
ii. clutcbes2 DE had but moment to
bins, but il was long enough TO save
lin.
He,al,owed blms,lf to lSII suddtnly IN
uer, body across the wi wood path. II
sAs done 10 quick y tba. The Indian could |
/. ttutn cr evsde the stumbling block IN
~ Vay. He pitched besdlDus over It snd
ell prostrsle upon the earth. WITH ashaip
,erce yrlp Rover rushed upou the fallen |
.vase. throIDi \ aud ,e-r.ug him II
ern1l- mtuuer.
10 the ,Icl emeut Ezra .ptSDg to be
eei aLd dnbe Il
Run 70 the tort add arouse t ~ ettlers
.bou'eI Lalun sitT LIN
Bai Ezr4 dll 4ot need the incentive. A
eu shoe we're e red after him, In be et'
..ped viii scratch 10 Garm ,hs setI
lemebt
No. 20 fortIlste was Lsbsn. Re wss
cd sway lAroogh the sjlderlesI Biz
,ap,ors Travelled a lhst night, utyer halt
us lill they uere mlles irs N the iule svi'
leneut on iA. Merumac.
The baud u wsrr1ots lad teeu detached
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