The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-07-07
CHAPTER Iv-cOntInued.


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The logs for the new house were
ready two days after the cutting be-
gan. Martin Waddell and Samuel Hill
sent teams 10 haul them. John Cam
eron and Peter LulSins had brought
the window sash and some clapboards
from Beardstown In small fiatboat
Then came the day Of the raIslng--a
clear. warm day early In September.
All the men from the village and the
near farms gathered to help make a
home for the newcomers. Samson
and Jack Kelso went out for hunt
after the cutting and brought In
fat buck and many grouse for the bee
dinner, TO which every woman of the
Deighborhood made contribution Of
cake or pie or cookies or doughnuts.
"What will be my party Samson
had inquired OF Kelso.
Nothing but jug OF whisky and
kind word and a house warming"
Kelso had answered.
They notched ana bored the logs
and made pins TO bind them and cut
those that were to go around the fire
place and window spaces. Strong,
willing and well-tralned hands hewed
and fitted the logs together. Alexan-
der Ferguson lined the fireplace with
curious mortar made of clay In which
he mixed grass for a binder. This NOR
tar he rolled into layers called eats"
each eight inches long and three inches
thick. Then he laid them against the
logs and held them In place with a
woven network OF stocks. The first
fre--a slow one-baked the clay into
q rigid stone-like sheath inside the
logs and presently the sticks were
burned away. The women had cooked
the meats by an open fire and spread
the dinner on table OF rough boards
resting on poles set In crotches. AZ
noon one OF them sounded a conch
shell. Then with shouts of Joy the
men hurried to the nreside and for a
moment there was great spluttering
ever the wash basins. Before they
/. ate. every man except Abe and Sam
son "took pull at the Jug-long or
; Short'-to quote phrase Of the time.
II was a cheerful company that sat
down upon the grass around the table
with loaded plates Their food had
its extra seasoning OF merry Jests and
loud laughter. Sarah was little
shocked at the fortnight dlrectness
Of their eating. no knives or forks or
napkins being needed In that process.
Having eaten, washed and packed
away their dishes the women went
home at two. Before they had gone
Samson's ears caught a thunder OF
horses feet In the distance. Looking
IN It's direction he saw cloud of dust
m the road and a band OF horsemen
riding toward them at full speed. Abe
came 10 him and said:
" see the boys from Clary's Grove
are coming. II they get mean. let me
IDEAL with 'em. It's my responsibility
I wouldn't wonder II they had some
OF otut's whisky with them"
The boys arrived In cloud OF
dust and a chorus OF Indian whoops
, Apd dlsmounted and hobbled their
-ses They came toward the work.
/. &c led by burly Jack Armstrong, a
~ art, hard-faced blacksmith OF
etwenty-two with broad. heavy
iFs, whose name has gone into
-. ,grhey had been drinking some
u ~ NC OF them was I'm the least
~ ) ZEE on his balance. They scufIled
.pround the jug Tor moment In per-
feet good nature and then Abe and
Mrs. Waddell provided them with the
best remnants of the dinner. They
were rather noisy. Soon they went
UP on the roof 10 help with the rafters
und the clapboardlng. They worked
weil a few minutes and suddenly they
came scrambling down for another
pun ut the jug. They were out for a
spree and Abe knew II and knew furth'
er that they had reached the limit
OF discretion.
'Boys, there are ladies' here and
we've got to be careful" he said
les stick 10 the Job till four o'clock
Then wen knock or for refresh
ments"
The young jewellers gathered Ia a
group and began to whisper together
Samson writes that 1t became evident
then thry we're going to make trouble
and says:
1--WE had left the children at Rut-
lsdge's IN the surs OF Ann. went TO