 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 Seiten
...hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum,"— Last of its timber,—they couldn't sell 'em, Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbraco bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide > V ' 114 COMMON SCHOOL... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 Seiten
...hubs of logs from the "settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, they could n't sell 'em; Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between...bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Stool of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher,... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 Seiten
...of logs from the\" Settler's cllum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between...Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the vat when the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." " There ! " said the Deacon, " naow... | |
 | 1869 - 310 Seiten
...The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'erri, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends friz/Jed like celery -tips ; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too,... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 Seiten
...these ; The hubs of logs from the " Setter's ellum",— Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges...top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." — " There !" said the Deacon, " naow... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 Seiten
...logs from the " Settler's ellum " — Last of its timber — they could n't sell 'em — Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between...top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." " There !" said the Deacon, " naow she'll... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 Seiten
...these ; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum," Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges...Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the fmest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 194 Seiten
...; The hubs from logs from the " Settler's ellum " Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em — Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges...top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." "There 1" said the Deacon, "naow she'll... | |
 | 1871 - 320 Seiten
...The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoronghbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...The hubs of logs from the " Settler's eUum"— Last of its timber — they could n't sell 'em ; 6. Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges...between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the... | |
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He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of whitewood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum... 
