Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-12-03
and don't want to put nobody

| Salter told him to be sure ard git stliish
establishment, and charged bin 10 AK
if the horsis were stidy. I'm kinder fraid
| Of horsis.
Byme by be got back, and a splenderif-
erous consarn he'd got for rs to ride in,
can tell you. 1t was nothin' on airth but
IN old soap cart, with boards laid across $
the top to set on. | amt materially struck
up, but did feel kinder sheepish rid;n' in
that soap cart. Mrs. Saltar felt - de-
composed tha, she drawed her vale and
shut up her eyes. We got to the fair arter
awhile, end Ichabod and the driver histed
US out Of the cart. 'Twasn't no small Job
to git Us out. for the cart was as high as
the top OF our woodshed.
Oh sich place as the fair was acres
and acres OF ground fenced in with boards
and all strung over with white tents, and
red flags, and sheep pens, and men in re-
gimenlals. and women in tiouncsd petit
coats. The wind b!owed like al get out,
ard there was dust enough to plant beans
in. We 20. some pieces Of yaller paper
give twenty FIVE cents apiece for them
and three pieces of ribbons to pin to
our shawis that said we might gwin, and,
with lchabod atween us. in We went. Ii
there wcru't the shalowest conserl in
there that ever was, then Ill give up
The fuss thing | seed was Ieetel tesny
box, with two hens and grower in it.
Next clm pair Of turkeys, and my good
ness If the next wash. goose. aud the
next two little skairt to death loohin' pig
gins.
" Well if ever!' sez 7, "Who ever
heard tell Of giving a quarter to see g
goose?'
Hush r. .ez Mrs. Salter, That's the
way Of these agricu!turoHs fairs. They
bring specimens Of their fetAered aninal-
culIs to repsa. for The premiums
There was horses, and sheepscs. and
cowT. and oxen, and sights Of all kind OF
critters. lehaboi aLl Ms. Sa,er wen,
OF a. little ways - see q colt, and ! went
up TO pen where there vas q big red
COW, and man to tax. l..r Of her. |
looht at her a spell. but didn't see ncthin'
wonderful AMI asked the man what
there was curis about her lie was shy
lookin' chap with a large yellow caIash on
bis upper lip, ami kind Of known wink
in his eyes. lie looked up when spoke,
and sez, privacy liae---
"Msrni, siul - the habit Ct teilin
anything ab0u: that annerail = common
folks, bat when a haujsom ga, Ike you,
asks ne about her, | can't help answer
ing
tlushed red engf. ! can tell you, for
it sorter fustrated me to Ue battered SO by
stranger, aud sez l.
Laud sake. squire, yol don't mean
it,
Yesl do says he, I'm ready to swear
nm
Now don't ssz I, lis wicked to ssear
l don't doubt yOn are in airnest.'
Aifnest 10 be sure | am" sez he.
'and now to convince you, | Il tell you the
story OF that ceow. She is one OF the two
that Noah hesriel into the ARK =
Ny graciou. de!iveranes - sez /, 81;
can't be. :"
Marin" sez he, lookin terrible hurt, Il,
you dou's believe me III permit my yssi. IL
silence
"No herings :" SEE I. don't do no,hin
in. hurry. believe ali YOU say
"Wal. ssz be ; that ceow was in the
ark and when she cum out, Noah give he I
to the Duke Of Dsyonshire. The duke
was one Of my fathers persiekerler cronie.
and he gave the ceow 10 him. Nv father
le, me ,rot her out t, the fair Just for the
notion OF Is. She make serenty-Gve lbs
of butter in = wesk. besides mix eaOusl.
+ for my chidIen-tour Of them-my wife
MIXED iour hundred pounds Of curd from
her last sunmer-made caper.al cheese
all it needed vas puttins into the hoop
and pressing litgic.'
Laws sez |, "if don believe that
Il @hcpper!"
Yes," sez he, she is the ~hoppinesr
ceow you ever seed. And you can think
Jest AS you're = mnd to-this is = free
country, and with that he wnked at All
/ ether leler that hed Jest came into the pen
lest turned away AID left en-. was IN
dlsnliied, for felt eggsaetiy as though
| Il been resulted.
h-dnt gone but few steps afore
me, lchabol and Mrs, :,alter. They was
ag~ine TO see the horses race. thought
| | might as well 20 too. Out by the racing
place there WAS two or three boards set up
on blocks. ] felt kinder fa,iguei. and
thinks. III jest set down a mint or So
/ So made motions TO sit; but man
grabbed n.s by the arm. and yelled out
Not by two ehalks YOU don set here
thout paving ninepence.'
| ketch me payin for scttin'! Id stand 10
all everlasting fu,t! aud went right of,
| Wal, the horses raced. and | couldn't
tell for the life Of me which beat didn'l
keer much, was crowded and smmed up
so, it was enough to xii any ybo1y. 3y the
time they'd done that performance, we d
all got putty considerably hungry, and
hchabod sed we'd better rejourn to the tent
aud git somethin to cat.
! give fifty cents for two pieces of pie
aud doughnu,, lchabod paid a quarter
| to smell Of wing Of chicken. Mrs. Sal.
| ter had bag of turnoyers, and some
cheese and we sot down on the ground
and eat altogether. After our dinner was
done, we hunted up other curis things
! The funniest Of EN- was little ihing that
they called blowing masheen; you
| gwoup TO it and gitc q man cent, and
you have right 10 blow into pipe you
could blow out al yer breath aud find il
your luGg. and other appariiiens was good
or not laid oai one cent in tryin Of it
The man sed bIowed Two quarts.
/. Two unarts If .hatg sez |.
Two quarts u cnrbonie acid and hig-
gin. says hh,
.What?' se. l. ~ Amt drunkard.
and amt got no giJ about no."
Folk, around there laGvd, and ichgbod
and Mrs. sa.ter pulled m or into the
tent, where tho needle work WAS STOCK ~.
Oh. sich heap u coun,erpin4, and kiyer
lids, and rugs, aud pin cushions, aud ban.
nils, aud things. you never set your eyes
on' There WAS baby Iiyps, aud hay chop