Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-01-19
CHAPTER ".
Joe Works UnceasinoIv.

Joe works Uncea8inqIy.
I~IULL1VAN drove on, his ungreas-
III ed wagon wheels squeaking a
tD dismal tune and the shaky wag-
- on rafting and jingling in all
its joints from being left exposed and
unsheltered in all sorts of weather.
Joe went to the barn and got. sack.
From the oak grove he managed to
scrape up four sackfuls of leaves.
These he placed in a corner of the
fence. Then he cut pole about ten
feet long and ran it cater cornered
through the wires of the two lines of
fence about three feet from the ground.
Several shorter ones were placed be-
fence corner post.
With his Ratchet he cut pine brush
from the bushes in an old field and
piled them on the poles in the fence
corner, the stems all pointing to the
front, until thick thatch formed a
sloping roof which would shed rain
Then he piled more pine brush about
the two sides formed by the converging
wire fence and climbed over and sur
veyed his work.
He had made coy rain and wind
proof shelter, and he smiled as he
thought of how those uncared for pigs
of Sullivan's would enjoy it. Across
the road was spring branch and an
abandoned washtub from the house,
with an approach of dirt banked to it's
edge, which. set down and placed in the
field, formed a watering place for the
pigs. Joe thoughtfully put several
large stones in the tub so that the wa.
ter was not over five inches deep. In
case one Of the pigs fell in it would not
drown.
Next morning Jim Sullivan brought
the pigs, lively, spotted little fellows.
but poor as snakes. Joe turned them
loose in the field, and they began eat
ing the tender young rye as if they
were famished. Jim's scrawny horses
were also ravenously devouring the
green stuff. After STIMULATING that Sui
Ivan was to fill the water tub each
morning and evening Joe locked the
gate and went up to the house.
Mother, you and sister come with
me. I've got something to show you
he said
''All right. Come on, Annie called
Mrs. Weston. And they followed Joe
down the road to his farm as they
called the four acres.
"Oh-h, brother, look at those old
horses in your farm! Let's run them
Outv' cried Annie.
Hurry, son! They are just gobbling
your rye"
Joe laughed
That's what l put them in there
Cor. I'm renting it for pasture for
awhile"
But they are eating up the ryev' OBJ
jected his mother.
THAT won't hurt it-really benefits
it. Those first shoots nipped off makes
the roots throw out twice as many
more, and makes each plant stronger
and thicker"
"Oh, and there are two horrid little
pigsies in there too! I'll chase them
out for you" said Annie.
II thought you said that hogproof
fencing would keep them out?" in
CURED Mrs. Weston.
1T. willard keep them in too. Those
are my pigs, and put them in there.
I traded pasturage with Jim Sullivan
for them"
''They are mighty little and poor"
observed his mother.
II feels sorry for them-juet look at
their poor little ribsesv said Annie
(Which do you like best, sis?''
THAT cute little one with the white
face and the curly tail"
All right; that's your pig, and his
name is John L. Sullivan, and the
other one is named Mike Sullivan"
"Oh, thank you for John L., Buddy!
/ just love my pig nowy'
''The other one belongs to you,
mother"
why, I'm obliged to you, son, but 1
hardly know what to do with it. We
nave no pen, you know"
You and Annie just save the kitch-
en- scraps for them. I'll feed them on
this rye and oats awhile, and that will
give them good start Then I'll build
a pen nearer the house. If we keep
them growing right each one ought to
weigh 300 pounds by next fall" /.
But, son, we couldn't use all that
meat s,- # . .@.is#
Nom; I know that, and didn't
mean for us to eat them. wanted you
to have something for your very own
you and Annie Those hogs will bring
$15 apiece or maybe more next fall. i
want you and sister to take the money,
every cent Of It, and buy yoI1 some new