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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1879)
362 THE WEST SHORE. December, 1879. UKINGINO OUll 8IIKAVK8 WITH US. Tha rime for t.-ii has peat, and nltflil hu coma The lut and aeddcet of the liar n et turn: Win mil will. lih.v bme- and wH"" 1 rf....nif and (mill, the reapers haaien home. Each laden IUi his sheaves. l.-wi "I Die laborers, thy (set I iraln, I'll of the herrest! Mid my 'Diet 1 era burdoued irni ao much with sTain, Aa wild the baa i mm ..I liaart uul brain: Maater, behold nij ehaavee. Faw lltrht and wnrthleee, yet their IrlrHnir weight Ho. .111. all my Irama a weary artilng Ira. ; for long I alriunrlad with my haileai faU, And eta)l and toiled till It waa dark and lata, Vat llieee am all my iliaavea. full wall I know I have nKirt Una than wheat, llrainMei m flowers, dry aUlkf and withered learea - Wborafiire 1 blush and weap at thy (ret - I knaal down reverently and repeat. Maeter. behold my ebeavea! I know these blossoms, elmterlni heavily, With . .. ..... .Ira upon their folded leaves, I 'm claim no value or utility 'literature ahall fresrarice and beauty be, Tlie glory of my sheave. Ho do I rather etrenath and hone anew, roe well I know thy jwllent love jtercelvee Not what I did, but what I etrove to do And thoiifh Uia roll rle eara lie sadly few, Thou wilt accept my sheaves. CI... i'.. (A Aktr$ BOBBOWW NOT WANTKI) HKltK. Mr. Podgers U one of our well to-do farmers, who, I v .lint o( hard knocks anil carefulness, haa secured good degree of imltiieiuli'UO. Kour -iau. make up the family, Susie Han nali, the iniluitrioui wife, John Henry, the only on, ami Mable Gay, a fair imea of 16. One day, a few montha ainre, Mr. Podgers oamo in from the field a little earlier than uiiial, threw hum.. If thoughtfully lata the rocker, anil commenced putting that uaeful piece of furni ture into rapid rocking motion; a habit which he had when tome momentum matter waa press Hli upon hil I, tain What now, Mr. Podgers?" taid Huaie Han. nah, aa ahe notioed the movement of the hut hend. i!'W?'r",VJ h"' "8u,ie " )u what I hare bran thinking about. I have made p mv mind that I have been working long oongh and hard enough lor auy one man. And there k John Henry 1 don't want him to have h1v "? 't- The achoolmaater aayi he has th head of a atatnman, and I am aure he will make a No. 1 doctor, lawyer, or profeaaimial matt of, .una aort, if it ia selling lightning-rods, wt't Jim lapley wanU to rent the piece, and ilill I lulip. w,t, i not nia houae and lot at Cant, lope Comers, and it U a nice place with currant and grape and oherriea, and all auch in the yard, ami John Henry can go to the high acho.il at the t omen, ami Maid (lay can take muatc HMM a the ptany fort, and I am lure wa will Ilk it Iwtter and it will be better for ua alL" " Mehln, ' aaid Suele Hannah, in a ahort Matntioua way ah had of replying to Mr' I otlgrr augfvattona. i 7"ti',''?d Mr "''"Igers, "and there li another Hung I am juat en-k and tired of the everlasting Iwrrowing that p. ..pie keep up here I dan why popl can t get their own thinga, o.l not h alwaya borrowing of aomelly die Thr a the old man One; ther ain't a week but It u something or other. It i. nther the Iota of a plow, or a harrow, or a wagon to haul an r uia load, or a hor, or saddle, or tome thing. And it ia nvr brought back. When MM want it, it ia there, and like enough broke at that And the Mulicka and (lada and Tom Hmith'a and IttU IKwoel'a are jaat aa had. It a aVMuh to keep on hand and . bora at work half the time to hunt up lent thinga. 1 heard lWchnHioodunrwadia on day from the Ibid anthing about Imrrowar being warrant to the lend; bat I think it t'other end foremost for af 1 ain't ba tnrraat to the bormwr I don t know anything about it Now, when we gt into the Corner, that'll all be done with, and we shan't be vexed that way no more. " " Mebbe," roapimded Huaie Hannah. And ao. for Mr. Podtrers had a wav of doinp thinga to suit himaelf, the change waa made. The ft. .. li, except a couple of favorite cowa, a pan of nice young horses, and somo piga and chickens, were disponed of; the implement, ex cept a wagon and buggy, sold; and on a pleasant day the truck waa hauled to the ucw home in Caiitolopc Corners. The event of the new arrival was, of course, a matter of interest at the Corners. It had I., en diacusaed at the postollice and the two town stores, aud aa the procession of the mov ers was on it way down Main street, groups of observers at the windows and on the side walk carefully noted everything. Mr. I'ndgors was busy with his hands un loading ami moving the articles from the wa gons to the house, when he was saluted in a familiar manner with I "flood day. How do you do?" Turning to notice the person by whom he was addressed, he found standing before him a man whoso every expression indicated that he was in for liuaiucss. "flood dsy," replied Mr. I'odgera. " Kxpect to be (lone soon f" said the visitor. " Well," replied Mr. I'odgurs, "We have to send the teams right hack for some mora goods, "Oh!" aaid the man, "could I get one ol t our teams just almut half an hour to haul a little jog of a load from down at the store up to mv house?" " Kot to-day," replied the astonished and confounded Codgers, and as the man retreated, Mr. Codgers said to himself " Well, don't that heat you ?" Scarcely had ho timo to collect his thoughts liofore was startled by another call. "Ho, neighbor," aaid the aieakcr, a stout, short built man, dressed roughly, with one p..nt leg stulled in the top of his boot, his hat setting carelessly one side his head, and auck ing violently at a live-center, " Ho ! neighbor, w ill you got through moving to-day 1" "Oon't know," said Mr. l'odgora. "That is a likely young team," aaid the man, "are they yourn? "I don't know," aaid 1'odgers, "that they have any other owner." "Yes," said the man, "a vory likely team. If you would not be using them to-morrow morning, could I get them to drive five or six mile in the country to see a man I want to ace?" "No," aaid Mr. 1'odgcrs, "yon cau't; they don't know how to let anybody drive them but m. " Of course the man left, and Mr. 1'odgers, turning to his wife, who was standing by, said, "Well Suaie Hannah, there ia two f disposed of, 1 guru that'll lie all. Darned if I L,,..u they borrowed in town like they do in country. I guess them fellow don't understand town, waya. "Mebhe," aaid Susie Hannah. 'I'm mug t.. aa into the 1 will, an .,.(, .1 things that ahe had token from the wagon, Mia. 1 odgers cam near falling over a thin, wraxy .looking girl of some 10 years old, who had slip)) up so ,,uietly that her presence waa unobserved. "Ploaae ma'am," aaid the irirl. "maenad vnu moring up street with the wagons, and the cowa and the chickena and the thiugs. W live right over yonder in that two-roomed house, and ma nas a baby; ,t has a cold in iu head, and it's l.u teething aomr, sn' it haa a dreadful running ' U. T' " tb no,e- mA W coiKh. n' ma don t know whether it's the whooping cough or Mk and sh. aay, ,h. a,w them purty cows, nd that now she could get lot o' frvsh milk for u can our cow , , , , B ..van oil the baby, and sh wanto to know ef yr spare hrr a quart of milk a day till out "I don't know," aaid Mrs. IVlgers, "whether w will I,,,, any to spar or noL' But 1 do " interrupted Mr. Podgars, "yoo Wl your mother we brought the, out. to town to furnish the milk and butter for the famil, Before the day was over, half a doien addj. tioual calls were made for sundry articles aasd ... . u , Mia flat irons, ska coffee mUl, "a little bit o' tea," some salt the . ....... t .mil, no.- oavcnei, ana several other things were shown to be necessary in more place than one. And Mr. Podgers retired worried with the labor of the day, voxed with the prospect of a continuance in town of the same kind of annoy, ance he had endured from his country neighbors. Next morning there was lota to do in the way of fixing up things, and Mr. Podgers rose early and prepared himself for another busy day. Just as breakfaat was over, he happened to look th ru ught the front window, and discovered a man standing on the sidewalk at the gate, through which a boy wa entering towards th house. A few steps down the walk was a girl approaching carrying an empty tin, and acrosi from the other direction, coming toward tin house, also was a woman in a faded calico dress and a dirty sun-bonnet. The sight overcame Mr. Podgers. Nervously locking the door, and remarking to Susie Han nah, "tbey are going to take ua by thunder," he picked up his hat, slipped out of the rear door, and down the alley, and hurried to a shop at whioh he had noticed the sign "Timothy Streakems, painter," Kntering the building and inquiring for the proprietor, he said, "Well now, Mr. Streakeroi, as sure as guns, I have not come to borrow any thing." "I suppose not," replied the painter. "No, said Podgers, "but if you have got a bit of board that'llmake a kind of a notice sign, I want you to paint it" "Will this do?" said the painter, showing a piece of white painted board to Mr. Podgers. "Kxcellently well," said Podgars. "What shall I put on it?" asked the painter. "Put on it," replied Podgers, "BoRitowuis Not Wantkii Hkiir, and do It quick." Very soon the letters ware shaped on th sign, and Podgers bore it triumphantly horn and tacked it to the fence cjosc by the front gate. "That will fix 'em," said Mr. Podgers to Su sie Hannah. "Mebby and mobby not," was the reply. Hut fix them it did, and ao great a reform did it work in Cantolope Corners, that now when ever a man wants a thing in that town, h either buys it or hires it Darh'h' Tomb. Among the most remarkable tombs of the ancients may be noticed the sepal char carved out of the living rook by order of Darius, the warrior and conqueror King ol Persia, for the recaption of his own remains, and which is existing to this day at Prsepolii after a duration of '23 centuries. The portico it supported by tour columns 20 feat in bight, and in the center is the form of a doorway, seem ingly the entrance to the interior, but it is solid; the entablature is of chaste design. Above th portico there it what may b tanned an ark, supported by two rows of figures about the tilt of life, bearing it on their uplifted hands, and at each n griffin an ornament which is vary frequent at Perse polls. On this stage stands the king, with a bant bow in hit hand, worship ing the aun, whose image is teen abov tb altar that stands before him, while abov hit head horert hu forouher or disembodied pirit. This is the good genius that in Persian and Ninevito sculpture accompanies the king wbea performing an important act On each ml t ark are nine niches, each containing a statue in bas-relief. No other portion of the tomb was intended to be tean, excepting the sculptured front', and we must, therefor, oonclude that the entrance waa kept secret, and that th avenues were by subterranean ptssstws so con structed that none bat the privileged eoald Had their way. We are told by 1lTieophrattat that Darius was buried in a coffer of Knypti" alabaster, and alto that the early !'"?' buried their dead entire, preserving their bodies with honey or wax. -