The herald., 1895-07-09

nets called seines and in traps made Of
latf1s nailed on logs. When the fish ran
down stream in the fall, the water being
muddy, the 1sh Topped in on the laths,
and tho water ran through and left them
to be picked up, the trap sloping up SO
sharply they could not go over, and the
water rushing SO swiftly through gate in
q milldam they could not back out; and
there was the mystery of the fish all told.
We were nearly all day getting to town,
and our wagon was at last backed up to
the sidewalk in "Lower market" We did
not stop at q tavern for we had cold chick
en- and bread and butter and boiled ham
and preserves Of our own, and we had hay
and blankets in the wagon for bed. I
did not mean to GO to sleep early, but did
80 and had quiet night In the morning
there was strange news. A dozen chickens
had been stolen from another wagon, and
the thief, running with them, had been
knocked down by my father, but had got
away. The chickens however, were scat
tered when he fell and recovered by the
owner. There was a man who came early
In the moyning with hot coffee to sell, and
got cup of it and had great breakfast.
When we sold out, it appeared that was
to have q new cloth cap and pair of new
bootsi Tho boots that seemed to fit me-
and If there was anything the matter with
them they were not too small-looked
pretty we'll, and the thought of those boots
and the cap caused the long ride homo to
pass pleasantly, and had great news to
tell from Cincinnati. Father had pointed
out the great river that ran to New Or
leans ! had seen q steamboat l had
missed the museum because was asleep
all night. and there was no time to go in
daylight. l saw drug stores with big bot
ties in the windows. l say dead cattle
hanging in rows by their hind legs. I even
saw a wooden Indian with a tomahawk in
his hand at the door Of a house, and a
stuffed bear, and there were rows Of houses
miles long and crowds and crowds of peo-
pie, and no one seemed to care whether he
spoke to you or not.
When people talked about Cincinnati,
knew what they meant. l had been there.
] knew whore the Brighton House was
and where the steamboats, were tied up
and where the lower market was. Rumors
reached us occasionally of very successful
men in the town who had gone from the
country. One young man got $50 month
for work at the Brighton House, but when
1t came out that he was the barkeeper
G06r0 WAS DOb bO luuCll Cllcor dDOuu HILL
Another young man was said by his sis
ters to be the "head soap boiler in great
factory, land he had plenty of money, but
that did not impress me, for had smelt a
soap factory as l was coming out of town.
There was young man from the lower
Dry Fork who had been sitting up nights
reading law" they said, until at last he
read so much he passed as lawyer" 80
they said, and he had gone to Cincinnati
and was lawyer, and, they added, he had
20 much business he was getting rich and
he had been poor country boy like the
rest of us Tho next thing he was can.
didate for an Office, with salary of So, 900
Q year, and was nearly elected, and the
next time the election came around he got
the off1cel The lawyer story was hard to
believe, but it turned out true. And there
was boy knew whose father told my
father he was in store and was paid $40
every Saturday night, and it appeared
strange that he could do something to gain
all that money. 1t was clear that Cinoin-
natl was the place to go, right on the road
rs it was to New Orleans, which was the
biggest place in the world. There was not
any Chicago ST. Louis was out of the
way--that is. the river that got the water
from our farm did not run right down to
st. Louis, but it did run to New Orleans,
and mY father had gone there on thu
steamer Plowboy when he was young
mau, and on the appearance OF yellow
fever my father left New Orleans.
Ny father and mother concluded-I for