The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-04-19
The Yankees Fox Skin.

sMornin', Squirrel said down east CIV
ing nod and a wink to Lyman Towle,
as these gents stood in their store in Bos-
ton one morning, up and dressed for
business.
.How are you; sir?' said the merchants.
tPooty well, coa-siderin the state of
things in ginerawl. | say, you sell skins
h-re, don't you!'
we do, occasionally was the res
ponse.
We'll, so l calkelated: buy fox skins
teou, reckon!'
Sometimes. Why, have you got some
for sale?'
Some! Yes I guess hev one: its some,
teou, tell yeou.'
Lets look at IT, says one of the mer-
chants. The owner OF the skin tugged at
the capacious pockets of MS old .syaller'
over-coat, a few minutes, and out came
pretty considerable, sizea5le 6ang-up of
venerable reynard.
There it is--a perfect bewty it is, too.
Amt it?'
Seen many finer one,' says Towle
'Praps yeou hev, and praps yeou haint;
but | deou think it's raIe bewty-slick
a
When did you get this skin!' says the
merchant.
When did get it! why when 1 killed
the darn'd d critter of course
Yes, we know, but was it in the Fall
or Summer, or when!'
'Oh! yes; well, | reckon, 'twal' ut fur
from the 4th of July, any way, fur I'd
jest cleaned up my old shoodn' piece, fur
p'rade on the glorious annivarsity, and a
long comes the old critter, and | Jest give
him rip in the gizzard that settled his
hash mighty sudden, tell yeou.'
Fox skins, said the merchant .are not
very good when taken In hot weather; the
fur and hair is thin, and not fit for much
in Summer
We'll, meow [ reckon, since | come to
think it over, 'twarn't hot weather when |
shot the critter; no, I'll be darn'd eff it
was; made a thunderin' mistake 'beout
that, fur twas nigh on to Christmas, was
by golly, for and Seth Peurkins wur go
ing to ffolic, | remember it Ikea book,
coldas sixty, snowin' awful, was, by GIN
ger!'
WELL says the merchant, was the fox
very fat!'
FAT! Oh! Molly, war'nt it fat! Never
did see such fat feller in all my born
days Why yeou, the fat came come
clean through the critters hide, run down
his legs, 'dll the very eirta WAS greasy
where the darn'd varmint crawled around.
Did, by peunkins!'
TOO tat, then, we guess, 10 be good
said Fowle. Fat skins, sir, are not 50
good as those taken from an animal not
more than ordinary fat
We'll, guess 'twar'nt so durn'G fat
nuther; come to think abeoutit, twas ano-
ther fox our Siah shot last Fall; this old
critter, war'nt SO darn'd fat,not overly fat
fact, L guess, IL ecGs reY-ther poor;
kind Of team, tree-menjus lean; poor old
varmint was about to die of pure starya-
ton; never did see such darn'd eternal
starved, lean, lank, famished live critter,
on the lords yearth beforep
Very poor, eh?' says Lyman.
'Very poorl guess it was; SO almigh-
" poor, that the old critters bones stuck
clean eodff, almost threogh his skin; hadn't
killed it jest wnen did, II woui1 dfed 5T5r'e
it got ten rods further along. Fact by
gollyr
'Ah! WELL says the merchant, we see
the skin is poor, very poor; the fur is thin
and loose, and would not suit us.
'Wunt suit yeou! Neou look ahere
yeou,' says the Yankee, folding up his
Uersatie skin, Il don't kind o. like sich
dealing as that, no heow, and I'll bf
darn'd to darnation eff you catch me a " !
din fox skins with yeos, again, there ayIo
lumber in the State o. Maine.' Ar uie
holder of the skin vamosed.- -1s'o'a
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