Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-24

AS' oS lohb ago ne Ted0 IN
the paper about this here egg forcin
meal to make hens lay whether they
wanted to or not, and he sent and got
big lot OF II. Then, about that time,
Job Jeners, who'd been hired man for
Uncle David for three years, took II
In his head that he'd like to see more
o the world than he thought he could
git glimpse Of In the sweet vale O.
Pochuck. and so he hired out to
man down at Sprout Hill. But It hap.
pened that another chap comes along
lookin for work Jest about then, and
Uncle David hired him. He was
willin' hand and a worker but when
1t was too late Uncle David discovered
that he had one bad fault He was
almost nigh'sighted enough to play
the fiddle and be led by a dog.
Uncle David told the new man
about feedin chickens and beddin
the horses, and he pitched into work.
Twa'n't long before Uncle David got
to wonderin' why he see the beddin
so slim In the horses stalls when he
went out to the barn mornln's, and he
says to the man:
Beddin' these HOSES reg'larr
d" Yes. sure!' the man says.
Sawdust?' says Uncle David.
Every night says the man.
Its extraordinary singular where
they kick 1t TO-" says Uncle David. and
he hitched up and went over to the
chopin after load O. wood.
1T went along and II went along.
and then Uncle David discovered some.
thin that made him stare and pom.
der He found the bosses was pullin'
their hay out O. the managers and
twlstln' 1t around in the sing.larest
kind Of way on the floor. Maxim
regular nests out Of It, so 1t seemed,
and you might say squattin' in EN-.
Pears to me like as II these ding
bosses o mine must be goln crazy!
says Uncle David. 'Kickln' their saw.
dust beddin out O. sight and maxim
their own beddin' out O. the hay they
ought to be eatln'!' he says. What
ails you. anyhow? he says to 'em,
and had hard work to make 'em come
out and be hitched
While Uncle David was hitchin
Of 'em, glvin' 'em a dig and q kick
every now and then, and I'm afeared
cussin little. he was so all-consumin
mad at EN- for the queer ways they
had fell into. Aunt Sally come to the
kitchen door.
Davld! she boilers to him.
What? Uncle David hollers back.
1--WE been gatherin the eggs!
Aunt Sally hollers.
well. Uncle David boilers back.
There amt no law agin II, is thereT
NO, hollers Aunt Sally. But
come and see 'em. They skeer me-
80 Uncle David, grumblin' and
growlIn', went to the house to see what
sort O. capers the eggs was cuttin
up.
'Therel' says Aunt Sally, p'intin'
to dozen or two Of eggs in a basin
on the table. 'Thems EN-. What has
struck emp she says.
The eggs was as yaller, most as
a sunhower, and had grain In em
like a board.
Sally, says Uncle David. starln'
at en- minute, They're wood, amt
>they?
{" Pears to me So says Aunt Sally.
Then Uncle David took hammer,
and after hittin' one o. the eggs
couple O. hard whacks. It split. and.
sure enough, the shell was wood, and
thick, at that. with not thing where
the yelk ought to been but a little
pine knot! And that's the way they
all was. Uncle David looked at Aunt
Sally, and Aunt Sally looked at Uncle
David. Then somethIn' seemed to
break In onto Uncle David's mind, and
he Just jumped and hollered.
Great rocks a.bustln'!' he hollers,
Where's that hired man?
Uncle David rushed out and met
the hired man comm from the barn.
'Here!' he says to him, grabbln'
him by the arm. What's allln' o. you?
Can't you sect?
And then the hired man up and
told him.