The Progress., 1896-06-24

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80, rho first Two epon this many y
,oar How like old times it does '"'N
Ia coo 'cml III never torgit oN'h' ""'
ITO longest day over I'VE WIZ
Specially them oxen WlH' rE'N,I,
usod to own. ! might como I" '",S'
INV name. | e'pose. but KIN n'N'' '''
ri, thom oxen. never. E1"kmi Ta'S'"
inr, himself. and broke 'Cm III WIN h'>
own hands: and If ever Nv! "''
krowcd how TO hroAk III oxen WV"
Tzckial Mceks. if J do say It, ''
was known fur and uc"r' N''
oyer. and there want Ann'h'' ''N'
In thn whole country 'on'H ''''i'
,,ith 'em ut pulin II was No,' v, |
hrooI, with 'cm. and II was '"'H, |
,,a,,,r noyc. but | once f"'li ''n v"
a woke and walk right ""''" M"
thnv was hitchcd TO ,r', ~ ,,,,
hour II was wonderful the S'''n-,"
they did have But they i"h@ NV ",
thc wov of MI flesh, IN" s''n' ~ po"'
1zokiol himself and dono' u '"'
hndv rrcolccts cm now bu' me.
.Whon Tzcl,inl Mccks first began w
nav attention to me. 'h''l W." w."
inst in their prime. ana h"'N,' wa"
.,,,t 4urncd Of age. ! well rrro'!''' '"A
tothnr sDving' that if 'Ick" M''hS l'a'
&c much thunder an lighln'nE III WV, WV.
os them oNon had. II" WIS wv H,
match for me; and 1t was Tvs WHY, =,
that he had lie was ra'h'' ''N,I
our MARVIN, father was anu N ,;",,
0n,|ly Ezckal popped 'h' 1"''"",',
nnd told him was willin' il h' 'ono
,,n, fathers consent. father he came
rieht down fiat with a big NO.
,yrhnt was in the spring. VINO" 'a'"'
-, ,yo,k was cOmin' on with ruS".
and that WAS the last seen OF r'"eNi',
for good while. But. bless YOU !
a,d,,t foe, a bit worried. for ~ ON,
no,.ti,, r1ek;o, bc just allowed we Il
host wait little, SO | was S,'o
would be oil right. lie went n" Nv, +,
Ezekiol did. and went to WORN ANU III
a little while we heard he'd ho"sn' Wv.
farm next Ills fathers. and was Se,''"
nm for himself. Father, he allowed as
La'd mover nay for it in the Wo,ln' '"'
ono of the neighbors SAID ihPh''' :"
lowed as them oxen had ru'''o ''o,l
thing bo'd over hitchcd 'cm to yc', anu
no reckoncd they could pull the l''of'
,ooa often that farm. So E19klal nno
IT, oxnn thov set to work. ana you
might say the whole township E'' w
onto the fence To watch EN-. me n',
fa,, fothcr set about mov'h' MS o"'n
Won goo Il faced the north ana la'h''
ho tbought If would I've a sight ne',''
,n hnve II face the south 80 i'a'
nro,,, no lent his oxen fur day a'''
,,,h.t with fathers yoke. TOO. 'nc.
thought they'd have no uoup'e' , '',o
hadn't said so-he was too spnhkN ~
,h,t-but mo and mother lmoW'o we
onnnUb he'd liked to have had fzekia'
n rn,o tbe worst way. Well. they 81
tho horn around all right. all hui aboU
"A a quarter turn, ana 'n'ie 1t S'",,
They tried and tried. but l, was
use and at last 'Lias he allowed
couldn't be got round no tul'h'
'thout more help. H. g.
cor was you. squire says me- l
90 over and get 'Zeke Mecks YOKE =,
n.No.' saws father j won't DO ". "
,fI baf to let the old barn stahu ''s
here 600,
"'You can't git AIRY other So
~jthis six miles says LAS
"sThen we won't move Vt nnuth
eepeh,' says father But he "'''
o,:ite mean that, for the barn ha, "
set straight, now the work was neEu
90 after good deal of blown II
st,rnjn' around. father he finally st
OF 10 got Ezekial and them oxen
"'Ieke.' says father, my BARN
s,cot so's we can't bulge IT. and
want Won to come over with them ~
NJ vourn and help pull 1t around
"',Surnjre Runson.' says Eek
slow and easy like. kin have hezla
meanin me. Cause VI can l. >.
he my oxen can't move your parh.
"'By dadr says fathcr--and that
"a good as bond in blood with III
,Rv dad, Xcke Meeks. says nc.
sAem oxen of yourn kin move my "
alone. you kin have keziah
"'Then they'll move 1t. square ;
Ezeki,,. If it amt took root
SO Ezekial he came over ana v
hts oxen, with the biggest yoke
The strongest chain he had, and
hitchcd EN- fast to corner oil Inc
Darn.
''hIe and mother we went ou' W
On. aud I Nd hope and pray that u
oxen would do themselves proud.
Ezekial he made sure everything
all right. and then he took his y
at the head Of his yoke, with his
In hand, and gave the word Ter I
oxen to start Then them oxen 'e'
ford tn they had the chain ORA
tight, and they o'nt to and pulled.
sakes! how they did pull | kin
ON this minute. They just dug III
boofs, and bent their backs. and st
cd every narvc. and really do be
r nv heart stopped beatin' twlxt
hones and my fears. Hoy" says
kial, 'hoyv and he touched EN-
his CAD. And then how they did
Their eyes bulged out, their
Strengthened out like pump hal
and you could fairly hear their
a.crackin'
my hopes was beginnin to sin'
the old barn didn't bulge; but
know what them oxen could do.
ays Ezekial again, hoy Ihey
pullin together like they was on'
Tor, not givin' hairs breadth OF
and somethin' begun to creak.
avs Ezekial, inst once more, am
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