The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
BARRELS.

THAT barrel lying backyard where Tommy threw
new to the little mischief if he had only stopped
it. But no. this baseball Tommy did not
about barrels The barrel lay as If sadly thinking that
just last month it clean and and filled with juicy
all interest then and the barrel received
a deal of attention until the apples Then
rolled mistake it rolled him, which
provoked him that he used it for football But barrels
were not made footballs very
a heap O Tommy bit sorry he only
oyfuy of Mr. Barrels broad girdes and
off to roll it. Poor Mr.. Barrel!
Thousand Day.
the thou
sand which Minneapolis cooper shop turns out every day.
the fate would be sadder there were not SO many
they expensive; but since the shop
double the number if need be- it makes
little or no difference if few are used as footballs
factory by freight trains
warehouse there stacks and stacks OF elm hoops already
fastened together, which from Mchigan placed
another they toward the dusky ceiling in
giant columns Close at hand bales of heads, made of
and nicely cut in half The slaves are made of elm
refresh themselves in big, cool they piled
shelves in dry kiln bake Here they left two three
days with blast of air raging this
is humiatng that shrink and shrink till
they shrink But that what the want
the properly behaved slaves piled ready be
used Some Of them, together with the heads, close
little printing shop to be beautifully labeled in bright red and
blue ink One head Of each barrel bears the brand of
article will contain any other brand desired by the firm
shop well
Curious Corner.
Between dry workshop there is a curl
which Tommy might have supposed
for him to play Indian in. tiny lake awaits the
the prospective fisherman miniature wgwams
standing invite the hunter or
lake is only big tank ever SO many feet long and nine feet
and the is clean the wigwams
bundles hickory wood-very strips with
bark ontied at end and the
will Tommy would probably understand that these
of hickory will be hoops when they skilled
hands of the that they stiff would
easily if they the big
five until they become flexible they be wound
they certainly before
they be handled. All this is very we'll know,
Tommy would What is the good of being boy if
can't pretend?'
No one could possibly workshop proper A
sullen roaring and rumbng be heard blocks
grand din, of humping and Gathering singing
ending spiteul screech, gathering itself
avalanche of noises ready ones
the minute head insid the
hustle less threatening presently
the chaos resolves itself into full of work. and indeed
The First Step. = "
The first in the making Of a barrel raising"
but is not all the kind of raising
fashion they would that way half a minute
they held So in there frame which might
skeleton the
form Of barrel until they be fastened
form looks much like fourlegged
upside down a block wood heavy lead hoop like a
slim doughnut is first placed inside posts
another thin doughnut grooves
top of the posts. Then sixteen
cording their width inside rings
driven down firmly the beautiful circle will
the minute is touched. this ghost
is off the stool, rings rings are
placed the form raise another
after barrel is set the work moving with lightning