The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

I I'tifcltln -.Miim««r <>r ArfruiiH'Mt ,<<l ,I»y all <U'l'IfViilU'H. Modern congregations, which often feel themselves free to criticise and condemn their m inisters for very slight uilens.-ft, would be. iil a t ease, no doubt, if tin* old-time au tho rity of pastors ever their flocks were .restored 1a tin; old* fashioned days, two centuries ugo,it was tin* custom for the rninif.ter to criticise ami sometimes to h a ra ss his eongrega- tinn. instead of perm it ting himself to be Jiiirassed by them. Some sto ries told of an eccentric divine in Bristol, England^ illu stra te tit is. _ s------ Tliis clergyman was given to preach­ ing very long se rm o n s—-so long th a t his congregation finally made, a formal remonstrance, He assured them th a t he would take the m a tte r into consider­ ation. • • • N ext Sunday, when the hour camwi for* the sermon, the . pasto r announced1 th a t he would give them a “sho rt sub­ ject " ilis text, lie said, was from Luke’ •xvlif, 8—'''nevertheless." He. began to preach! and the sermon hint already been h a lf an liojir longer than usual when lie said; “And now 1 lenow th a t you a re all ■ fre tting and grum bling because your dinners are spoiling a t home, bu t ite-ti-t/tc/fix I shall go on." A t la st complaint was made to the bishop against the clergym an’s “ ridicu­ lous m anner of p re a ch in g .’' aml-tlie per­ sonal rem arks w hich lie often .intro­ duced into his so noons. The archdea­ con and the b ish o p ’s chaplain were di­ rected to go secretly to th e church, ami b ring a faithful rep o rt to the bishop of w hat they, heard. , ^ „The clergym an, in spite of their secrecy, got wind of th e ir presence and errand, and preached from Genesis'xiii, ii: “ Vo are spies; to see the nakedness o f the land ye are come,” i’lic sermon, it is said, was so in g en i­ ous and forcible t h a t a good repo rt of it w a s carried.to th e bishop, and fo r th a t time the pastor triumphed over his .enemies. "Finally, however, 'm atters w en t so fur th a t the clergyman one day came to ■blows witli se veral of his parishioners, and conquered them all, giving them a severe drubbing. N ox tSunday lie took fo r his te x t N ehcm iah xiii, t!5: “ And I contended w ith them , and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off th e ir hair." His sermons were not a lw ay s long, •■for, having on one occasion to preach a funeral serm on ou a Very cold day a t a long distance from h is parish church, he took for his tex t, “Alan th a t is born o f u woman is of few days and fu ll of troub le ," and tints addressed the audi­ ence; “ My b re th ren , th e w e a th e r is cold, th e nights a re long, th e roads are bad, a n d we have a ll a considerable distance to go; wherefore l shall sum up my dis­ course in a few words, which you may easily b ear in yo u r memories, “ Let us, then, from the passage read consider, F irst, mail's ingress into the world: secondly, m an 's progress , th rough th e world,, and la stly , m an’s egress ou t of tlie'world, • "F irstly of th e first: Mari’s ingress in to th e world Itj nak ed and bare; “ Secondly: His progress through the world is .with sorrow and care; i "L astly: His egress ou t of the world is nobody know s where. “To conclude: “ If we live w ell here, w c shall do very well there; “And I could te ll you no more if I preached a whole y e a r.”—Youth's Com- jtanion, ________________ „ THE BATTLE FIELD. SHINAFiELD’S MUSKET. An Cnwrllti!ii In cid en t1or tlm C'liuirtlierM* lini -r liiviotlon H cim II ci I by <t Ui'iitli, Jere- MmnaHeld, who had ■for over liven’.y years been* chief clerk at the •Tilled States hotel. In Harrisburg, and son, or which -could be obtained from the old F alling Spring P resby terian "r«(,*),,w. - vored by G reat H ritain, wav driving it from th e seas, th a t a brig, laden w ith a valuable cargo, sailed from a New England port, lia riy in h e r j voyage she was overhauled? and Scaptured by the. Alabama. • The i money and valuables anil the i papers of thewessel were tak en posses* scon of by the rebel privateer, and all ! the oilicers and men, except three,.-were '■transferred to th e Alabama. A prize crew of a captain and two men was put on board of the brig, and th ree of the original crew, two Mwedes.and a Negro ■were le ft aboard to aid in carrying the : prize into Charleston. The selection of 1 these men .was inode because it was th ough t th a t Cue Swedes would not earn ;..under w luit flag they sailed, and the Negro d id n 't coun t. The prize had no t who died a few days ago, was the hero of a tragic and th rillin g incident a t the first invasion of C.'hntnbVrsburg tty the confederates, under lieu. -.Jenkins, in June, tlie story of which has never been told. Jen k in s and his soldiers abandoned Chambersbnrg on Ju n e 17, after applying the" t well to parts of the town, tiro up's of excited citizens had assembled to fight th e spreading flames, some of them armed w ith weapons it Was possible to conceal about th e per* . Jong been on its course before the cap­ ta in found out th a t th e Negro had once been a slave, and he foolishly threat* church, which had keen converted inio~44W^ -H tU kw hyn h* got to Charleston he a depot for arms and supplies. j would sell him, While the people were a t work try ing '"argo, a t the biggest price be-could get. to save their homes and ancient land- I lie th re a t (Hied the Negro with horror, m arks a belated rem n an t of the cor.- and inspired him w ith plans,of escape federate rear guard, which b a d been ; » * “ <<• which he dreaded more than detailed to burn Scotland ra ilr o a d , death, . , ■ bridge, came galloping around a turn j He tried to enlist- the Swedes in a in the street. When they saw th e as- j scheme to overcome the captain and seinhled company of citizens, who had j-the two of the prize crew, but instinctively throw n themselves into a j ^ ,C‘T declined, saying th a t th e ris k to form idable array, th e detachm ent of i J-l?4*”1 wus too great, as .th ey would bo troopers, • w ith tho exception of one t kdlcd if any such plot failed, and they man, turned in th e ir course and r e tr e a t- ! P^d nothing to fe a r from -icing. tak en ed in the direction from which they hud > H southern port.. A fter th e ir re- come. The lone horseman dasher! into j fusmJ the Negro seemed to give up his tlfe crowd .of a n g e re d ' anti excited I idea, and no tn ing in ins wori.s or acts citizens.-and- draw ing his sabre, made j f*ftVe >*ny intim ation Of w h a t was going a passage way fo r his advance. In run- j otl w ithin him. He was a large and niug the g a u n tle t of the populace, ho j powerful man, ebony black, ana, that was the m ark for a score o r more o f ' P»»-t of the eye which us usually white pistol shots, which rattled about h im ' *n ‘um u’as a b rig h t yellow, which on every side. bore him quickly beyond th e reach of I of treading softly w ith his toes bunched IN WOMAN’S BEHALF. WOMAN’S LIFE. i t ORGANIZED The WORK OF WOMEN, fur Cecil It Tlie Many .leys xml Sorrow's of Which Is Compound. A wee mother is carefully p u ttin g her favorite doll to bed. With ten d e r solici­ tude she carefully removes each d a in ty g a rm en t arid fastens o u tlie tiny night-- gown. Then w ith a fond kiss, she lings lier-treasure to lle r and places it in its little cradle. A fter p a ltm g it gently she tiptoes ou t of the room as the tw ilig h t peepscuriously in. A fair maiden stands before her look­ ing glass adding th e la s t touches to h e r evening toilet. "Her lover will soon j no doubt th a t they bav be here! H er eyes are fu ll of innocent tint ; lovelight! She books eagerly a t h e r re- ] g ree flection in the glass! How glad she is th a t she is pretty ! She frowns a little a t a crimp th a t will not stay ju st as it should. A ring comes a t the door and site hastens aw ay to meet her belov ed ." A7~ythmg-wife sits anxiously w atch ­ in g fo r her husband. At each ap ­ proaching footstep her h e a rt beats ra p ­ turously, and then.grow s."heavy w ith disappointment. She will n u t-g o in ­ doors, it is so sw eet out there! -The sweeping-shadows cheer her trem b ling soul, so slio waits and wishes, and the shadows lengthen into d a rk e n e d n ig h t ! A mother is rocking h e r baby to j sleep.-- lie looks a t her gravely while W idespread in flu en ce lia s Wielded. In an article in th e Forum, on “Tho Achievements of Women's-Clubs," Mrs. Alice II. Rhine points ou t th a t associa­ tion s of women have accomplished im­ p o rta n t re su lts for the advancement of th e ir sex, "Women, she shows, have gained the rig h t to vote oh school mut­ te rs in tw e n ty -e ig h t' states of tlui\ ! Union; to serve in hospitals as piiysiy chins and nurses; to pro tect the tmfor- . lu n a te of 1 h e i r owii sex, as m atrons in police ■stations. They have also ob­ tained equal facilities of education in many of the-colleges, and there can life c made sub stan ­ a l p rog re-s iu securing a g re a te r de- of independence and an increase t in the num ber of avenues of employ- ! in<,-nt, I t is la rg e ly due to th e agithtion - a.id concerted action of women’s clubs }o r associations th a t these changes have j been effected, and it would n o t be easy j to magnify th e importance of the re- j Xonnatory and benevolent movements i til' which women have been th e propel- j ling power. T he, Woman's Christian . Temperance Union, in ’particular, has . wielded a : w idespread influence for t good, and. may be regarded as one of j tb e .g fe a t h um an ita rian agencies of our time and country. I “Tiie organized work of women as yet, however, may be said. to. be in its He escaped the crowd ! bravo him * peculiar expression, sorhe- :ch, and liis g a lla n t steed j what, like a tiger; lie had also, a habit IN THE FOREST. Oil* Who t-'iinl* *<» Pleasure In the 1’nlti. lee* Wood*.'’ l am never happier than when in or near the woods. A few trees do not satisfy me. They seem to me to feel lonely, arid sigh; but give mo the un­ tamed woods, that with innumerable voices talk all night in their sleep, and when God passes in the chariot of the wind, wave their plumes and shout as multitudes in a king's procession. Shrubs and bushes do not know much, and have little to say, but old trees arc grand company, Like Jotliams, they talk in parables from tho top of (leri- zitn; have, whole histories in their trunk; tell you of what happened when your father was a boy;,hold engravings on their leaves of divine etching, and every bursting bud is a “Thanatopsis." There are some trees that were never meant to be civilized. With great sweat and straip I once dug up from the woods ft Ainali tree and set it in our door-yard: but it was always in a huff. 1 saw at the time that it did not like it. I t never feltat homo among tho dressed* up evergreens, it is difficult success­ fully to set heinlodks, and kalmais, and vMeh-hafcel. into the rhyme of agar- den. They do better inf the wild blank verse of tho forest. Nature is no novico at poetry, arid makes f?w mistaken in the settings she gives her lyrics,-Tal* mage, in Ladies’ Home Journal. A n oth er tiU trtl Y oungster, Threc-ycar-old “Midgey's” mother wits dressing a eliickou. Midg^jc, stand­ ing on a chair by the kitchen table, was superintending tho operation. On seeing the windpipe drawti she broke out with the wondering query: “Mamma, was sat ehiokey boon catiri’ jaaenwony?" -Chicago Tribune. the puny weapons th a t had been turned against him, On a rise of ground only "a stone's throw -away, th e horseman drew rein. | Kaising his carbine he aimed a t th e ; crowd, b efo re lie could fire, tho loud -report of-a inuslcct-rang ou t above the popping of the pistols, The confederate horseman, w ith a wild leap th a t caused his carbine to be discharged, and near­ ly threw him from his stirrups, turned back in his saddle, and, w ith his head bowed forward on his Horse’s neck, was borne rapidly away. • The rid e r did not rise from the lim p position into which h e . had fallen, bu t clung to his flying horse’s neck until, he disappeared in the distance. Young J e re Shinafield, one of the m ildest youths in the town, stood a few rods a p a rt from the crowd, pale and w ith a smoking musket in liis hand, gazing- into - th e distance whence the flying trooper hind/disappeared. lie had fired the sho t ,thnt palsied the horseman in his saddle, and saved some valuable tow nsm an's life from th e bullet he was about to fire. At sun- s e tth a t same evening,a strag g lin g body of Jen k in s’ man found one of their troopers dead tit the side of a spring on the o u tsk irts of th e town, liis horse was stand ing near. The soldier had been shot w ith a musket ball, Young Shinafield was th e hero of the first invasion of Chambersburg, IH b exploit was th e ta lk of th e neighbor­ hood fo r days. Six days a fte r Jenk in s and his men lmd abandoned th e town they come trooping back on their h is­ toric second occupancy o f tho place. By rem ark s th e confederate soldiers * dropped frequen tly in tho hearing of \ citizens it was evident th a t they had in some mysterious way learned th a t it I Was Je re Shinafield who bad sho t th e ir like a cushion. The brig was steadily moving on w ith light airs over smooth seas toward Charleston, and seemed likely to reach po rt in due time. One moonlight n igh t the captain was asleep in th e cabin, one of th e prize crew was a t the wheel h a lf asleep, and the o th e r one was on duty a t the waist. The Swedes ’were in the forecastle, where th e Negro was also, supposed to be, ■S tealth ily his d a rk form crep t through tho shadows till he came suddenly upon the. helms­ man, and w ith one blow from an a«x which, he had concealed beneath h is ja c k e t he laid the sailor lifeless on the/ deck. The man in th e w aist of the b rig hearing th e fall aroused and sprang tow ard th e Negro, who disabled him w ith ano ther blow of th e ax, J u s t a t th is mom ent th e captain, who had been w arned of d an g e r by the call of th e second sailor, appeared a t the companion-way, armed, and in a mo­ m en t the Negro and the c ap tain were locked in a deadly-embrace, arid rolled together down the sta irs in to th e cabin.- A fter' a b rie f strugg le the Negro came np, dragging the, body of the captain, who was still alive and begging fo r mercy. “ No,” said th e Negro; “you swore yon would sell mo for a. slave in Charleston, and you’re going,- over­ board." And overboard he throw th e captain and th e bodies of th e o th e r tw o sailors of th e prize ci ew. T he Swedes had come on deck, and trem b ling for th e ir lives had ta k e n to th e rigging. Tho Negro called them down, assuring them tiia t they should suffer no harm , explaining to them th a t k ilting p irates was no t murder, and th a t if they would help him navigate tho vessel to Now York the salvage would pay them handsomely. They tru sted tlie black man. and tlie comrade. They got on the trail of the 1v<*sse!1 w»» safely brought to Sandy _ .. . _ f I .• n ■„ • ft* a* ft1 ft ftSt ft, ft ftft1ft ftft ftft•Oft young roan and one day located him in the house of a friend in the village. A number of soldiers surrounded the house, while others entered to search it for the slayer of their daring fel­ low trooper. Unarmed, young Shina­ field stole to an upper room of the house. The' only other occu­ pants were a lady and her daugh­ ter, When the searching confederates had ransacked every other room in the house, they sought the one where the ladies were. There they found the daughter apparently very ill in bed, with her mother showing the utmost anxiety for her in her suffering, The confederate soldiers gallantly forbore intruding on the two more than to give a searching look about the toom and under the bed, and then withdrew, evi­ dently satisfied that they had been on a false trail. When tlie sound of their footsteps died away in the distance, the sick giri sprang from her bed, and from between the mattresses crawled -Jere Shinafield, nearer dead than alive, but not so near dead as he Would have been had the cavalrymen discovered his hid­ ing place.—N. Y. Sun. AN ALABAMA CAPTURE, dotv * U ric Aritcil by th e t'onfoiterate* Wa« S avn l Ity a » * r o . The adage that truth is stranger than fiction is often proved by incidents in daily life. As wC were tossing np and down in an ocean steamer which was pushing into the teetii of a southeaster tny friend and 1 beguiled tho weary hours with reminiscences. Among them tvns the adventure of a Negro dur­ ing the war, which has never, to my knowledge, found its way into the newspaper*. It is too-good a story to be lost, and as every point of the tale can be thoroughly substantiated by personal testimony and legal records, I have taken pains to write it out, and am sure that some, a t least, of my readers will thank me 'for reproducing it here. It was while tho Alai sms was preying upon our commerce, and, fa- llook, where a pilot was taken who brought her to New York, A case was brought for salvage, and successfully argued by eminent counseL The Negro was kept for a time in prison, but was ultimately released, received his sal­ vage money, with which 'he bought a farm in New England, whero a few years since, he was living in comfort and happiness, and also giving a home to his aged mother. 1 have mentioned the fearful look from this man’s eye. An amusing in­ stance of Its effect took plsce in the lawyer's office- The delay in getting the money "out of court after the case was settled and the Negro at liberty was Inexplicable to him. and he used to come often to know when the amount awarded him would be paid. The clerk who received visitors a little old man of a timorous nature, was one day startled by hearing* in a deep bass voice:, “Where's my money?” He looked around, saw this large, yellow* eyed Negro bending over him, and his terror was so great that he leaped clean over his writing-desk and fled to the in­ ner room of his employer,—N. Y. Ob­ server. —The oldest son of John Brown, of Ossawattomie, and the only living member of the familyeastof the Rocky mountains, benrs his father's name and resides on a farm on the island of Put­ in-Bay in Lake Erie. Mr. Brown raises fine crops of fruit and has had a good year. He says his father's grave at North Elba, in the interior of New York, Ls visited every year by thou­ sands of people, —There 5 b a tract of land In Levy county, Florida, in which three holes have been dug thirty feet apart, and each excavation has laid bare parts of the skeleton of a rare animal. The dig­ gers take it for granted that the hones all belong to the same creature, and are wondering what sort of a beast It was whose remains underlie the wholo county. ......................... they move to a >i fro, as if asking bow , infancy. -I t would seem to liavo a fu tu re th e bright-sunshine must leave him and | <jf splendid possibilities before .it, and' th e ugly shadows hide her dear faeo j may be expected to branch ou t in vari- froin him. There is a- " eulth of wis- ; ous directions. To achieve lasting and donf iu his great, sweet eyes. lie holds j wholesome success in any line of cf- tig h tly to h e r dress as if to keep h e r | fort, however, it m ust adhere strictly to th e distinctive capabilities.for good of th e sex, All men w orthy of the name acknow ledge a n d ,y ie ld docilely, enough to the influence of woman if exerted in tlie tru e woman’s way and for purposes no t inconsistent w ith what is ’elevating, -refining qnd "helpful.in is so j femininity. Hitt if women descend to the average m an’s level, th e re is grave n e a r him, When a t la st Ids*.eyes are dosed she disengages th e loving -hand, kisses him ligh tly—as he in n s tn o t be aw akened— and arises to pu t him into his crib. Then she sinks back into her chair and begins to rock again. It is so pleasant to -rest in th e tw ilight, and he sw eet to nurse. A woman kneels by a fresh-made grave. The headboard sta re s coldly a t h e r and seems to say over and: over again the words inscribed upon i t ." He. was her only child and s h e "was a widow. With tear-laden eyes she bends down lower and lower, till h e r lips re s t upon the earth. She longs so to kiss tlie quiet form it is hiding from her! And the tw ilig h t seems to hu rry p a st and lose itself in the darkness. A careworn old woman sits w atching th e shallows come—they are-friends to to h e r—friends th a t she welcomes, fo r they always sing tho same old song;to" her, “One day nearer home.” And so life—woman’s.life—goes ou in the tw i­ lig h t till re st comes to h e r weary body and joy to h e r aching h e a rt—till h e r sp irit reaches its home, where never a shadow can fall upon it.—Chicago llcrnld. BRIGHT SPOTS IN LIFE. The Illt» of gratae (liven by Men Are Mueti 1’rUeil by Women. “Did you ever know the'ardent admir­ ation men have for white? H ainan be in love with u woman, and has not yet told her. a white frock made of soft, pretty material will make him tell her she is the most mlorablo woman on earth,, and for the moment it is one of those precious illusions that form tho charm of life. , * I)o women' like this Illusion?- Yes! Yes! They make up for the many miserable moments of pretense; mo­ ments when she looks the world in the-face with smiling lips and bright words. When among the gay she is seemingly the gayest, and all the- while her eyes are full of unshed tears over things which she can not alter. When she grows tired of hiding her true feelings. In concealing her loves and her hatreds. In covering her sor­ rows, even her joys. Whenshe tells you she really docs not care to go some place or get some par­ ticular thing, and all the time her whole being is aching to be gratified, When she looks back and regrets; looks forward and dreads. When she strives to banish thoughts and strange memory; and all the while her speech is filled with mirth and laughter. Whenher existence is colorless, which she could alter, but would not lor some one’s sake, In such moments as these it is that she appreciates these little illusions, which please her for the moment and then pass away* yet in passing leave a trace. So be not sparing in words that Will lead to them. Do not keep your precious words locked as a miser does a coin; put them in circulation. Let them get worn, perhaps, in handling, but they will always ba sure to bring happiness. Bo when you see a woman with smil­ ing lips and sad-lookingeyos praise her. That’s what she wants. She Is starv­ ing for it and her eyes are mutely bcgfjlng for 1L And yet she hides it all and you are so stupid you will not see i t Praise her. even exceedingly. She will not believe yon, perhaps. But she likes It and will bless you for it,—Mu­ sic and Drama. A HKMABKABt-R law firm, under the name of “Pier*” exists in Milwaukee, and consists of a mother and three daughters, all graduates of the law de­ partment of the Wisconsin State uni­ versity. By a recent act of the state legislature* Mrs. Pier Nvas made court commissioner, and is now allowed to ait among the barristers Miss Mata Pier is the trial or jury member of the firm; Miss Harriet is in the office with her mother and sister, and Miss Caro­ line is making a special study of the admiralty law* danger of injury to b o th—to women in the coarsening-of theij: natu res, which may result; to men in th e destruction of th a t innate, chivalrous respect for womanhood, .which even th e roughest of them , in th e existing condition of tilings, a rc seldom w ithout. There is nowhere a b e tte r opportunity of exer­ cising tho characteristic "tact and dis­ cretion of woman th a n in guiding a rig h t the various woman's movements and keeping them" in safe and reasona­ ble channels. First Author, Then Sculptor. T he first and only book of 'poems ever published by Miss Annie Whitney, the well-known sculptor of Boston, was spoken of. by the critics in t l ^ very highest terms, b u t notw ith stand ing the praise i t . received she never w rote an­ o th e r. One day she began modeling on an overturned po t of damp sand and became fascinated w ith .th e work. There were then no teachers of sculp­ ture, bu t the same artistic tem peram ent and capacity fo r work which made her poems such a success carried h e r over all th e obstacles in h e r path to ■her present h e igh t of fame as a scu lp to rj' Among the products of h e r Btuduu which tlie world prizes is the sta tu e <(f iof Ericsdn in Back Bay. A Worthy Aim. A society has been formed at Paris known as the “Associates’ Guild," de­ voted to,making a home for English- speaking girls who ate teaching or studying a t the Parisian art schools The’inmates of the home pay for the comforts they receive a sum adequate to cover actual expense, but entirely within their means, the object being to surround girls of gentle birth with tho accustomed refinements of life at nom­ inal cost and to extend to them the sympathy and interest o f tlioir own countrywomen in the society in the strange land. WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING. R ev . ArorsTA C uapix , of Illinois, has been appointed chairman of the committee on religious congresses for the Columbian exposition, on the wom­ en’s side. M llk . L ect . riic , of the Paris school of pharmacy, has taken a first-class de­ gree and will be the first woman chem­ ist in Paris, though not in France, for there 1 b a lady already established in this business in Toulouse. Another un­ usual thing about this young woman is that she is of French nationality, as al­ most all the students who frequent tlie schools of medicine and pharmacy are foreigners. T he governments of Bosnia and Montonegro are advertising for good women physicians, whom they Will en­ gage for their hospitals a t liberal sal* ariea. The women of these countries have adopted the prejudices of their Mussclman sisters, and will not allow male physicians to treat them in their illness. This news was received with great pleasure a t Sh Petersburg, aad quite a number of Russian women doctors departed lor the Balkan prov- incca C haiu , ott EB uoxte utters some wk* sayings about the condition of women, in her recently publish, but hitherto unknown, lettera She believes that under ordinary circumstances, the necessity of earning one’s living is not an evil, and that a life of honest inde­ pendence, however exacting, is prefer1 able to ignoble dependenoe. The fiat- lemmess of idleness infallibly degrsdo a Woman’s nature. All women, e*p dally all single women, owe it to th selves to seek sofas profession or*1 ployment which w ill f it s sn interesti thsir live*. THE FARMINC COMBINATION »n* Farmer Cun M»h« H, ul 7 jr a te n t on U I The illus.trn t.on h<‘tv -,vlit| p, device which ivih on-d] Jam es U- -Rot ()f which ha-, conn* into a! .Jo-, in th a t p a r t of the couiiul of its cheapness umi *• <>nr Ah ay ra ck , to In- u -ol ini jlrin v o r other huTuy fal fius w rite r hereof ba*. n e | thing m ore convenient, with* which it may b.s cor convenient rack in wh"| "nogs, Sheep or calve*, t > prising. j The engraving-. n.-cU planation- Fig. 1 shmvs il is p u t together a* it | .vagon to liol-i lilt- hog-,: end F ig ;J (dun-.-, pivej th ing w hen used a1, a hcl - T h e fram ew ork- is cud lows: ’lfn -tv are- two -.k of oak or other <-tron<. feet long, as' may hi inches, au.1 connected shown in drawing, .by ened firmly by bolts th e side pieties as rig h t on the wagon, fou r cross pieces bolted tom of side pieces, aJ are m ade Of " x j'^ in c h l ones -being placed aboif end of side pieces, th ick and l.'i indies wi ened .lengthwise of till in Fig- 2- The cross piJ inches; w ithal to receive the suppsf aec FIG.I frames, as shown. T | m ade 534 inches fronl pieces. Tho supports! w ork are made of hff fe e t long; a t the b<J inches, tapering to ■at bottom of each a | into the mortise in cl -are four of these sul 6n each side, as sliT *a,re bolted and tiailol as shown in the dial the u p r i g h t or post f • so th a t when the toI on it will be ex act cross pieces a t th e l ,a s a hay rack, th l venient footing fl upon when th e ra l loading hay. Tliif ally been made inches), as th e othj informs us th a t he b e tte r 0 inches w i| bo th bolted and and spaced about J tom board 7If P space inches! 5h) inches, third top board. The shown in the d ia l place by a rod sf a wagon bed. Up the lines is liii; piece and m ay ," pleasure. Tlie pleted is in five and ends—each I handled separafi for use | on thel lifted off a n il ,using. On the I of bo ttom frani cross piece th e l bolted throng! holds the botfcq 11 ^ v ; used as a hoi These staplf clear, so fhq through thq a/t('“ passim cross pieecl inch outv il ore all nf f r a i m n v o r l | the sides a hay ra.ol rights inti p ie i- t- s the main in Fig. holding '.I bolt that j for use or <uUv drop inU 1, then and sh width oi] hoard, close til on, and' of Well easily part of j apart barn <>| Try it there made mcnril tittrilyl -Mi 4 ) » *