Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-29

member that there are two balls, and both may be coming towards his wicket at the same time from different direc- tions.
 Each change, of base counts run, and base must be changed as soon as ball is struc. If ball knocks down tire Wicket he is running for before he inter- cepts that ball, that puts him out. So that the last man on the in side has to watch two balls and two bases, and be- lieve me, it keeps him on the jump for the two bowlers and all the felders are against him.
 No ball knocking wicket down counts against him, unless he is actually at a
 wicket or running towards it, and he is not obliged to run towards one unless he has knocked ball away from the wicket
 he is at; and when he has left a wicket l he is not responsible for that wicket until he has reached the other one, and knocked a ball away from it, and has i sta.~ted back again. While six on a i si can play, the more fielders there are thu more exciting the game.
 Riding The Donkey
 1 Mir. Stone had very small donkey
 which he put in my care, nice harness
 and a two wheel cart. had a Deguarea- 1 type of said donkey and cart. with Tom
 my in the seat as driver. We used to
 have much fun with the donkey, who
 would draw quite load of boys.
 The most fun though, was to have tbt boys try to ride her bare back. There was none of them except myself tna
 could stay on her back I used to ride l her up to the pasture, two mile rid. from the school house every morning ant
 evening after the COWS. I judge she wa good to me because I had the whole cart of her, and was her faithful friend Tn, only time I ever had occasion to fint | fault with her, was one morning she wa not feeling very well, and I left her il the pasture with the COWS. When I wen after them in the evening rode a whit | horse of MT. Stones, and after lettinj
 the cows and donkey out, and put up tn
 bars, l climbed upon the top bar to ge
 on the horses back
 The cows had gone ahead quite way just as I got on the horses back ana be
 fore I could get my feet in the stirrups that donkey started to run after the COW
 and praying out challenge to tine hers to run race which the horse accepted in
 stanter. I had never ridden her befor,
 and she ran with me over.a mile befor
 l could stop her, part of the way dow
 a steep hill we left the cows behind. an
 when 1 gained control of the horse I ha
 to return up the hill, and start thel
 towards the school again. Mir Stone an
 some of the boys, when the donkey reacf ed the school some time before Tonm
 and the cows, thought that she ha : thrown me, and so a delegation was ser l, out to look me up, and were much sui
 prised to see me coming along behind Il
 cows, riding the horse,' which was fo bidden us to do.
 was in bed several days for my a, venture and never rode that hose agai L. After MT. Stone sold out the school | | Mir. SaXton we boys could go out on Il common; and play with the town boy ? land had much sport with the donke ! none of the boys could stay 0n her bA' for fifteen minutes at a time, with O exception, there was a colored boy !. the name of Congdon who lived near [ 1 railroad on the New London turnpike,
 would lay down on the donkey's bae twine his long legs about her neck, al : clasp his arms around her body, ne .l the Hanks, and stick to her like bu : she could not dislodge him even by rolli Il over on the ground.
 : would often with my brother Geor . drive the donkey over to my aunt Fun = Strong's house and take our two cousi ' Henry and Arthur Gullive~, out ridil , They were younger than I. and enjoy s the ride very much, as it had more thri j to it than in their fathers family carria l. "a Guliiver. was an enthusiast on horses a ,- all biooded stock and had quite 8 nu
 her of horses and cattle. He had a lar ,e farm out op the Scotland road beside k wife's property in Huntington lane q Mir. saxtcn Took School ;r After Mrs Stones death, Mir. stc H and his family went out to Chicago. ] .+ believe, and have been told that all ,S children died out there. MT. Stone S ,d out to MT. Saxton. MT. Saxton did rs take as much interest in his scholars :: Mir. Stone did; he was writing a book ,e logarithunis and mathematics, which v- terfered very much with his teaching ss soon lost all his scholars except n- brother George, a Mexican boy by e. name of William Jones. and We tn 7d were the only good will Mir. Saxton l fk to turn over to MT. Whigam. who lea lie the premises from Mi. Saxton. in brought about eight scholars with 1 Ile from Orange N. Y. One young man e. forget his name, and seven young won