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THE HARDWOOD RECORD 



THE IRISHMAN'S CANT HOOK. 



A farmer, accompanied by several of 

 his hired men, went into the woods one 

 morning in the fall of the year to cut down 

 some trees. When about to begin work 

 it was discovered that the cant hook had 

 been left behind. Turning to one of the 

 men, an Irishman not very long over, the 

 farmer instructed him to drive back to the 

 farm for the missing tool. The Irishman 

 did not know what a cant hook looked 

 like, but was averse to exposing his ig- 

 noiance. so drove off on his errand, trust- 

 ing to find someone at the farm who would 

 enlighten him. 



At the barn, however, there was no one 

 to help him out of his dilemma. Casting his 

 eyes about the place for the thing which 

 would be likely to bear the name of "cant 

 hook," he saw a mooley cow with never a 

 sign of a horn upon its head, and con- 

 cluded it was that he had been sent for. 



Procuring a rope, he fastened the cow 

 to the rear end of his vehicle and exult- 

 inglr drove back to the woods. 



"What in Sam Hill have you there?" 

 shouted the farmer on seeing his mes- 

 senger and the cow. "I sent you for a 

 cant hook to use in moving the logs; what 

 have you brought that cow for?" 



"Be jabers, boss, divil another thing 

 could I see around the barn that can't 

 hook but this." — Star of Hope. 



The Scobee Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at Winchester, Ky., with a 

 capital of $30,000, by R. P. and R. M. Sco- 

 bee of Winchester and W. H. Treadway 

 of Clay City, Ky. 



The Mishler Lumber Company of New 

 Madrid, Mo., has increased its capital 

 stock from $60,000 to $100,000. 



Read our wanted and for sale columns, 

 pages 29 to ?,2 inclusive. 



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Successor to B. J. Ehnts 

 WANTED AND FOR SALE 



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