The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-07-15
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ready two days after the cutting be
gan. Martin Waddell and Samuel Hill
sen teams to haul them. John Cam
eron and Peter Lukins had brought
the window sash and some clapboards
from Beardstown In a small fatboat.
Then came the day Of the ralsing-a
clear, warm day early in September
All the men from the village and the
neal farms gathered to help make a
home for the newcomers. Samson
and Jack Kelso went out for a hunt
after the cutting and brought in a
fat buck and many grouse for the bee
dinner, to which every woman of the
neighborhood made a contribution Of
cake or pie or cookies or d%oughnuts.
"What will be my part?n Samson
had inquired of Kelso.
"Nothing but a jug of whisky and n
kind word and a house warming"
Kelso had answered.
They notched and bored the logs
those that were to go around the fire
place and window spaces. Strong,
willing and well-trained hands hewed
and fitted the logs together. Alexan-
der Ferguson lined the fireplace with a
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
a 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. At
noon one of them sounded a conch
,hell. Then with SCOUTS of joy the
men hurried to the preside and for a
there was = great spluttering
over the wash basins. Before they
ste, every man except Abe and Sam
ION took a pull at the jug-long or
,hort"-to quote a phrase of the time.
1t was a cheerful company that sat
Town upon the grass around the table
With loaded plates. Their food had
is extra seasoning of merry jests and
oud laughter. Sarah was a little
at the fortnight directness
their eating. no knives or forks or
being needed In hat process.
eaten. washed and packed
way their dishes the women went
Iome at two. Before they had gone
;amson's ears caught a thunder of
feet in the distance. Looking
n its direction he saw a cloud Of dust
D the road and Il band of horsemen
Iding toward them at full speed. Abe
anne to him and said:
Il see the bows from Clary's Grove
re coming. If they get mean. let me
cal with EN-. It's my responsibility
wouldn't wonder If they had some
f Offut's whisky with them"
The boys arrived in a cloud OF
and a chorus of Indian whoops
nd %dismounted and hobbled their
They came toward the work
rs, led by burly Jack Armstrong, a
alwart, hard-faced blacksmith OF
bout twenty-five with broad. heavy
ioulders. whose name has gone into
STORY. They had been drinking some
no one of them was In the least
sgree Off his balance. They scufied
round the jug for a moment In per-
CT good nature and then Abe and
rs. Waddell provided them with the
remnants Of the dinner. They =,
ere rather noisy. Soon they went
, on the roof TO help with the rafters
ID the clapboarding. They worked 4
ELL a few minutes and suddenly they =
me scrambiing down for another a
III at the jug. They were u for a r
rec and Abe knew 1t and knew furth- 9
that they had reached the limit .
discretion. h
Boys. there are ladies here and o
I'VE got to be careful" he said. O
.e's stick to the job till four O'Clock. d
zen wen knock or for refresh "
d
The young jewellers gathered in a CO
CUP and began to whisper together. r.
mson writes that II became evident Il
on fLsy we're going to make trouble il
Il says: pi
'.lNp had left the children af Rut- II