The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-05


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Let; me tell you of the real Yankee.
lEES4 One day last spring wanted to
{baild a little house for sollc general
$nses and found that carpenters were
scarce My colored factotum told me
safI a. man named McGrcgor. living not
Gar away.
-.skillful carpenter, is he?"
asked.
4 Yaas, sir. Mistah McGrcgor build
1 Ypu' house, and lay de chimbley, and
40 most anything"
That's a pretty broad recommended.
ltion, but iMcGregor made good. told
!. The %colored man to send MIN over,
and one morning when | had been
away, u came back to find McGrcgor
at work. Without waiting for any III
sSstrnction he had commenced the job
Y With the material at hand and was
gmnhng a; fair bluff at what wanted.
! a let him go ahead and he built the
house. Then he asked where to put
n the chimney and he tackled that. 1t
WINS 3about5tim to plant corn, SO In
81 sidentallys asked McGregor where
sifelks got a little seed corn down here
Tor a starter
IA y; IT reckon ] can let YOU have what
5sJou need" was the answer and I
n found that McGregor had farm of
4 some pretensions, which lie titled
with patience and good results. EIe
II also supplied me with other seed of
a aue sort and another, the whole
amounting to several dollars.
,s 9fs We wanted some chickens and Nc
I n t;:egor{ had some to spare. He con-
4 lcladed he could also bring lis some
Sbutter every few days. While he was
~ at E;workgon our small job man came
SIpsto urge McGregor to go and super.
n ,Eye the erection Of So mill. An.
~ at Eers wanted him to so and build n
G,inney with freplaces and | learn
5tS ed from this man that McGregor had
Il IL reputation for being the best chin.
{ 4 ney, builder in the neighborhood.
& fI9$ He got through with me IN time tG
kegin his garden making. and was
AS hnsy at that when a Pennsylvania
\ 8tnancams down this way to talk about
4 sheep: Il made some inquiry around
Al the; community as to who was the
V best authority on sheep, and ali
/ said:
Take him over to sec .lcGregor
", He knows more about sheep than an!
y E5nnc else around here haa'."
5fciregor went into the subject eX
@ haustiYelE,, telling the advantages an,
disadvantages the differe;; kinds o
iitssture TO be found, the effects of fee
and climate, and made The Who'll
matter as plain as daylight.
X NJ But he said, after he had tallte
u 20 us two or three hours, you wi
have ito excuse me, for am to 6
Ills evening to paint lorse for
55sSS riau diEwn on Sheep.pen creek, and
8~ill have to be getting ready"
The next thing saw OF McGregc
/. he was setting an hydraulic ram Il
"a a farmer to pump water !" to Ii
Il barn from spring under the Iii
Then one day he came by the hon!
* and the children hailed him to as
nv tx he: couldlnot tri mthe hocrs of the
donkey McGregor got chisel III
5SS hammer, set the creatures long hoo
Nj IN a block of wood, trimmed them
in proper shape, smoothed the BIZ
4 5s toms, and Pietro was as Gocd as gu
lgain.
A neighbor had trouble with W
a t4s5 snd 4 McGregor was sent for to II
1 "a II: up inside. While there hoi
Y NJ as taken sick and McGr4gor was I
DOCTOR During the sumE,er he act
I, I $.si5 as chief carpenter on right pret'
lii us house, and In addition to dol
n II much Of the wood work he put
Y some days lathing the, walls, and he
ed with the; plastering. From thu
was called to, lay so1ue CENT
floors in a cellar. One day he ca
I. up with ham in. a sack, and said
S5s lad killed pig and he. thought
v might like to samples North Carol
is.E 7corn-fed gem. It was as fit as
\ Gi egor. While he waited he told
u: small people how to- make: a raj
trap, and how to set snares for BIZ
In the fall l was driving on
II country road and saw some +
moving a boiler engine. 1t wa:
r AM heavy task and the owner had sent
w McGregor. He had come about
time the boiler was loaded: The I
were trying to get the heavy eng
On the wagon, but McGrcgor
sS7 wise The engine had j wheel
= TAI tt4I ~, ri, sidat one; the fly wheel the