New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
INHERENT In OLD DAYS
,uuIDE ROPE TO FORE
,:,,r, Moisture. Little Sun and
Ont The StumpS Come.

.,,,g trouble with a safe sus
Riegefs ts.,- IN front OF Park Row ouhoins
rsndec = .orning and IL attracted the ai'eheio -
YESTERDAY -ac-acy filing the benches IN cry han
q nc -,,r,etbe smith. having taxed one ma" '''
fsTE = started in on a newcomer
MS bench So So ave huckskin tackle for that"
They 80 posding IN the direction OF the safe
sd5 Drsie' Ruckslin? Eow's that?' asked
.g4ev. what
DE ne"s' ,ornin' right after q rain so. II
The iD' ,,.tsl,in there wouldn't be no trouble
thsyo Ia that safe" continued Dirigioie.
tSou, savyy" said the transient seeker Ai'e'
,,,s, and leading so, 49,, bousb, nm with
We'll ~ - sinnenahoning Valley, in Northern
PENNSYLVANIA
s..s,s-s Increased. a.. ,,,.,,o,
hsene o,nt nothin' like buckskin for Iftihg
'4he' .,..,sllv when the meteorological con-
FseL" .rs right" resumed Smith, pausing 10 let
CIV. -.-,losical" soak into his listeners
IT," ssis he with near-enthusiasul' 1 d never
-, the way old Jim spanoro ciea'eu On Iis
US ,o,s NTH buckskin. old Jtm was a cute oiu
fanp .,,sr lived He knew all about the weather.
els - lvea TN now he'd probably been called
az g-eat scientist nature faker.
eI ~ wasn't a faker, no Stree, Old Sim was
D1 IA knew how TO use his head. Deer was
.. .,,,,rA him Il bein' new country Aho ne
ihoA - deal Tanned the hides and druv
,lsiu
- I'm his wood lot he said ne oloh l heeo nome
1,hsrn new-fangled stump pulers'
.vr want IS plenty Of rain and hot weather
= ,ba right kind Of weather and III show you
80 mil stumps scientific said old Jim.
h ~ sftar his spring plantin' the weather sot
y. o,d hot hy turns and Jim got busy. / went
ser The Skees bows and Uncle Bill Rood one
min 10 SCI him operate II was just through
~. when We got there, and Jim had the queer
Iai n OF
-, birbed around a string Of stumps and the
- - the ropes wss htched TO a big white oak
rec near the house.
We thought lac was plumb crazy He set down
80 she sfoop and cooked his eye at the weather. in
.holt an hour the come out blisterin hot.
W.n there WIZ s0nethin' dom 10 wonst. Them
,,,ksEin ropes was soppin' wet when Jim hitched
tbs,r 10 The stumps. but soon the sun struck
sr ms sskes. how they did begin TO shrink and
s.Vl Purity soon them dern stumps begin 10
.-s,k and hesve and one by they pulled
ON by the shTinkin Of them buckskn ropes. 1t
WY as easy as r0lliu' Of a log.
That same night it rained more and old Jim
-svsateo the operation. He used tf~m buckskin
rgpes every time IL rained. and. hang me II he
Gdnt clear up three acre stump lot in the
month Of July, 1865
his head that he didn't that old white oak
tree IN his front yard the shade rotted the
shingles on the roof Of the house. He was too lazy
ucu il down, and besides he wanted 10 show all
o.us that his buckskn method defied all the laws
o. natural science, and he done Il, by gum, he
done Il,
For long time he was stuck for something 10
bitch 70, the old white oak bein' the biggest tree
anywhere in sight. He tried one or two bitches
or cher trees, hut, pshaw, the old white oak
never budged The other trees were ripped out,
TIA, WIZ all We all thought we had the laugh on
old jim. and that nettled him. for he didn't like
20 Be made fun OF
Probably jim WIZ good deal Ike the boss OF
that gang hfstin' that SAFE He didn't ike TO be
beat out One night In August II raiRed good and
hard and old jim passed the word around that he
would move the old white oak next morning II the
Ssr cone out Well old Jim made good but he had
TO resort 10 certain hydraulic principles before he
done H.
Wien we got down 10 Jlnl's place at 10 O'CLOCK
be had double ouckskin ropes runnin' from the old
Viis oak 10 the well, the ends OF the ropes ben'
zar down to the bottom II the well Well. sir II
T'ksd like charm The sun came out good and
tot The usual shrinking took place, and that old
Fhiie oak WIZ yanked out by the roots in twenty
me minutes by the clock. II worked slick as
grease"
Why didn't the ropes pun out OF the well, leavin
ne Tree" asked the newcomer.
That" said Dirigibo. "u-uz Just what We asked
&c i'm ana old Jim laughed at US pityingly."
WHAT'S The answer" demanded the new bench
warmer
Why" said Dir.g1ble, amy one but a natural
@n 1901 knows Jhat you can't pull the hole out OF
tgel"