. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. ttle grain was still to be found in theground, I cannot tell; but they surely did. The only way we had to keep them off was byrunning and making as much noise as we would beat on old tin pans, and halloo atthe top of our voices. My good dog Rover aidedme much with his barking. Several years later 112 Stories of Pioneer Life. I owned a shot-gun and this served my purposebetter. After the grain in the ground was gone, thewatching was over for a time. When the newgrains began to grow on the cob, war began oncemore. The crows again came for t
. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. ttle grain was still to be found in theground, I cannot tell; but they surely did. The only way we had to keep them off was byrunning and making as much noise as we would beat on old tin pans, and halloo atthe top of our voices. My good dog Rover aidedme much with his barking. Several years later 112 Stories of Pioneer Life. I owned a shot-gun and this served my purposebetter. After the grain in the ground was gone, thewatching was over for a time. When the newgrains began to grow on the cob, war began oncemore. The crows again came for the corn, and we children hadto frighten themaway. You seenow how peoplecame to have a scare crow inthe field. The mosquitoesthat came aboutthe cornfield at thistime were very an-noying to us. Wehad to build firesto keep them you may believe, this work in the cornfieldwas neither easy nor pleasant for us, but howglad we were when the roasting ears came !Perhaps we enjoyed them all the more, becausewe had worked so hard to protect A SCARECROW. Grandfathers Story. 113 V. AFTER THE HARVEST. After our corn was ripe and gathered in, wehad another kind of party called a corn husk-ing. All the neighbors for miles around wereinvited to help. Great was the frolic and greatthe fun at such times. The men and boys were divided into sides with captains at the head. Each side workedwith might and main to husk more corn than theother side. The captain of the winning side was oftencarried about on the shoulders of his men, amidgreat shouting from the winners. After the work was done there was a big sup-per, which the women had made ready. You seewe had our fun and frolics along with our work,and we enjoyed them very much. After the corn was husked it must be was the work for evenings and rainy big coverlet was laid upon the floor, and allhands that were able shelled corn. Often, whena child, have I raised a blister on my thumb atsuch work! Some of the cobs wer
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