The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-13
Evil fer the CutweFni.

the only kind Of labor father ever saved
us children ana mother freti.
Evil fer the EutweFni.
After reaching the cornfield l started
hoeing, but noticed that a large number
of the plants had been cut off even with
the ground during the night. In ordi-
nary seasons / might have had to guess
what had done the damage, but that June
It wasn't necessary. ] t69k my hoe ana
followed up the trail through the sriow
rying to his lair. He might have got
away but for the fact that he had frost
ed his feet and was limping badly.
Later the corn began to show such
symptoms of SOose-pimples and discour-
agement that l went all over each of three
large fields and set out a not pepper
plant by the side of each hill of corn.
The rest of the SUMMER the crop Just
doomed. One day in July, when the snow
was nearly gone. We had To go out and
fan the corn and wipe the perspiration
Off It's forehead, the pepper plants had
made il so hot.
The snow falling on those peppers kept
up 4 loud kissing sound all summer.
About the middle of July we boys con-
ceived a fine scheme. We began feeding
one of the cows vanilla extract and milk
ing ice cream from her, When we grew
tired of vanilla We fed her chocolate ami
so on. Finally we so 9verwDrked the COW
and changed her diet SO often that she
became insane and then gave nut sun
daes.
Remedy for Sunstroke.
a short time before this one of ia
theirs harvest hands becamc oVcTheated
lie showed all the EARN 1rkS of SunStroke.
We were in such hurry TO get through
the harvesting. however. that no one went
for a physician. We laid the poor. over
heated chap on n shuwdritt in a fence
corner. Bs noon he vas all right. with
the exception OF chilblains on his shout
der blades:
About the middle of August we wont
TO Sunday school picnic down at No
stream from the place took our ice skates
and were there two hours ahead of th5
rest who had to flOunGcT uphill through
the SnOwdriftS. it was the only picni.,
I eyer attended where the ants dida't
bother II was huge fun TO swing thu
girls ana hear thCm squca when big lot
Of snow from an OveThangitiS boGgh wen;
down thrir backs Miliie tInrisht got mad
and vent home early because sh. thought
somebody had stolen her neck fur Aft
erwarr il was found in Jim Harper's over
coat pocket. we pOkcd him a good deal
about Mile after that.
"A th5Y that came about the aash Of
June did lot Of damage. II let the
ground sink away from all sides OF tIi4
sweet potato plants in their ridges 50
that " men the next freeze c3mo. two davs
later, the roots were exposed and frozo
up so tight they couldn't put out anv
more shoots fer three weeks,
ut was nothing unusual FOR he sap 90
freeze suddenly as it was rising in the
Irees and stab right through the bark
Some of the trees were fairly brstlinc
with iciclcS. An Incle of min. male his
fortune that year selling rock candy FROM
the sugar maple grove near is house.
In many respects, as you will see from
What l have told YOU, il was pcculilr
year.
Has Been Beneficial.
Joking aside. however. the rains of the
last week or two have not b.er cencr-
ally harmful; indeed. they have been ben
ciicial. rhS only sufferers have been the
iruitSi overland il has heel q trying
season for them. unquestiOua oily --ahd the
farmer who is cutting MS hay. All other
so runs the testimony, has
thrivcd most noticoahly under the st;uIiI-
lUs given il by the rain
Alter today il $ safe to sav-thc beli.f
being based on advices received Ut The
weather burSau-thCTe viii be summer
weather. and the resort manaenrs NAV
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