The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-08-28

after, but snch lie WI not be de- /
yeloped until the appearance of
the life giyer. Pau. ) deathbed
statement on this subject is con
elusive, and deals with a material
spirit life on earth, recording to
various uiierances cnltained in
the Scriptures. Apart from such
an authority we are - blind men
cropping in the dark, - know not
for what.
Friday, August p. Z a. m, at
which time might have been seen
a procession consis' ing Of three
unicycles you knew the kind.
one wheel in front, solid iron tire,
no fear OF punctura, and for mo-
tive power one par of automatic
starting legs mo stark plugs to get
out of ORDER, all guaranteed for a
speed OF two mics al hour or so.
First came Neighbor Johnson (the
chassis of his powerful wheelbar-
row is of solid construction, made
for wear I'D rot for beauty.
Next ca' he Hon. Geo. Mclean,
with a replica Of the foregoing a
big bunch of dried ferns took the
place Of springs. so that the Der
ries would not icll on the rough
and rocky road down to the dock.
Last and well, was going
to say least. bli modesty forbids
came your humble scribe with
one-wheel runabout equipped with
nice snr'agy cedar Stats instead
of ferus. The inventor of this
type of vehicle would have been
tickled to death had he seen the
procession. Incidentally a dandy
picture for the movies was lost to
ne general public, as il could have
been headed "How the Cove
Profteers GeGt Their Produce to
Market" occasionally. However,
such scenes will be soon a thing of
the past when Albert Abrams gets
his new Ford roadster
You never miss the water till
the pipes choke, which was what
happened in my case last week.
So Uncle George and |, as a pre-
liminary, started to clean out the
reservoir, as perchance a dead rat
or shiny water lizard had got in
the outlet, and even if the cost of
living is high we prefer our water
au natural in place of - so long
as yon don't know it s all right, as
happened in the case of a neigh
Dor when a robin committed sui
side in the tank, the result was
thin, very thin, chicken broth.
However, to resume: Having
bailed out the water, | got in the
tank and we proceeded to bail out
the mud. Now, George is a mighty
pleasant fellow to work with. new
ertheless he did manage to fill my
right eye with the aforesaid liquid
mud, and later dropped the pail
and polka-dotted my person also
with mud otherwise it was a good
mornings work i: rleaasnt con
pany. But the trouble was not
over, for not drop of water came
out of the faucets. So we issued a
distress call to neighbors Abrams
and johnson, and found the pipes
bunged up with rust and mud.
After clearing which the blessed
water ran freely and we were able
to give those thirty hot houses a
drink.
Opinions differ in the neighbor-
hood as to what millrun is really
composed OF. One neighbor holds
that there is a liberal percentage
of chopped hay or straw; while
another says cement; but ! think
he is away oil, IS ms Apen-
sive these days--but. f. course. it
weighs quite a bit. But however
that may be, the question is, what
are the poor miliers to do with all
the good sweepings9 It's a study
of economy and economics COM
bined. Maybe they go on the as
sumption that what does not fatten
viii fill. Something the same sort
of reasoning the Germans must