Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . GOING TO THE MILL. My only pathway was blocked by a number ofhungry wolves! At first I stood still in terror. Then I left thepath and felt my way through the thick brush-wood on one side as quickly and silently as Icould, and so reached my home in safety. We lived in our new home a number of yearsbefore we had any wheat. At last father raised ii6 Stories of Pioneer Life. a small patch, which was cut with a sickle andbound into bundles by hand. There were no such things as reapers and self-binders in those days. When thrashing timecame, the wheat st
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . GOING TO THE MILL. My only pathway was blocked by a number ofhungry wolves! At first I stood still in terror. Then I left thepath and felt my way through the thick brush-wood on one side as quickly and silently as Icould, and so reached my home in safety. We lived in our new home a number of yearsbefore we had any wheat. At last father raised ii6 Stories of Pioneer Life. a small patch, which was cut with a sickle andbound into bundles by hand. There were no such things as reapers and self-binders in those days. When thrashing timecame, the wheat stalks were spread out andpounded with a heavy flail, till the grains rattled. FANNING AWAY THE CHAFF. out. Then the straws were gathered up andtaken away. The wheat and chaff were thrown up into theair while two men fanned away the chaff with asheet, and the wheat fell to the ground. Some-times, instead of using a flail, horses were drivenover the wheat to thrash out the grain. We felt rich when we were able to have alittle wheat bread! We thought it so fine thatwe called it cake. Grandfathers Story. 117 VI. SCHOOLS. I wish that I could let my little friends peepinto the schoolhouse of my boy days. Twomiles from our home was a little log cabin thathad once been used as a dwelling, but was nowour schoolhouse. We followed a blazed paththrough the forest to reach it.
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