Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-12-23


noiissm s.fisy and Nils xhnspns FroE.ls
Bdi Tbi.heyer Smiley had ratio terriers and
chicken cocks, aud tom cats, and all them
kind Of things till you could't fetch uothihg
fpt him to bet icna b0t he'd fiatcb t0n-
He ketched frog ono day snd took him
home, end said 1hs calculated TO .eddoate
him; spd 90 he, never done nothing for
three months but set In bis back yard and
learn that frog TO jump. And You bet he
did learn him, to6.q HE'D give buf q Iistie
rhoach behind. sndb the next qmi6ute9y y ood
see that frog vhiriius in the air like .
dougbnuts7--see him turn one, summe SET,
or tnaybe, o couple, it he got q good starr.
and come down flatfoo'ed like a cat. He
got him up so ID the matter o. keiching
,6ies, and kept him 10 practicsse constant
that he'd nail a .ay every time as far as
be could see him. Smiley said all frog
wanted was education, AMI he could do
most any ,Riiig -~anda 4 believe him. 7WhF,
live seehD him seta Danl1dW-hs down
here on this rf9or--DapH Webster was
the name Of the frog-a,d sin 6,t. FL
DAn'I, ffiest" and euicker,n sou con
wink, he'd isping slraightdp, Jagds snake
fly offu The eouRter there. Jand hlp down
on the floor again sssolid as q COB of mud,
and fall 10 scratching the s,de Of his bead
with his hiud foot as Indifferent as il he
bsdp't 90 idea bed done any moren any
frog might do. You never see a frog SO
modest oaud straightfotwardA as be was. Tor
all be was 90 gifted. "A Nd when i, come
to fair and sqdare jumping on q level, he
could get losermors groaod at one s.raddie
than any suimsi of bis breed you ever see
Jumping on dead level was, his strong
suit. you understand, aud when il come To
that, Sgley yoald ante up niopey on BIN
as long as he had p red W Smiley v. &
monstrous proud of his frog, and Hweli lie
might .br, for ,fellers that had travelled a. d
been every where all said be laid over any
frog that ever they seess hinsVlTsdnSI q
rIWeila aSmiiey, kept a he beast ID 10 slii'le
Ia, lice box. and he used to fetch him down
town Sometimes and Jay for a bet. One
day a fellow--a stranger in camp, he was
Acame across him v witii his box, and say s:
-iIWh hat mightnit beyoa've gotain The bog?
And Smiley says sorter Indifferent like
canary, maybe, but it aiu'tT-:ts only just q
frog. 81" 0'''''f ''"' W u''' 'u'.''''5
And thefrler took il, and looked at II
carefnl, nsndi tusned II around .this way
aud that, and says, Hmr-so 'tis, Well,
what's he good for? .l.......,.........
Wei, Smiley says, easy and careless,
he's good enough for one thing should
judge--he eau out. ompjsny ftox in Gala
verasi county. w 10 ss.ri,ori . edf 70 nsg
The feiler took the box again, and, took
another long particular look, aud give It
back to Smiley Wen, 'don't see nc
pouls abou, that frog tia - any better q
any other frrg.e ssatloqni aidi 90 soalq
;, Maybe you don't Smiley says, Maybe
you understand, frogs, aud maybe you
don't understand EN- may be you've had
experience, and maybe you aiu't ouly a
anna ature, as it were.r Anyways, I'vei g,t
my opinion that be Can oul jump snyjotsog
| in Caaveras county. .,,-.., .,f.'-,i,, ,,.
Aud the feller studied minu'e. and
then says, kinder sado like, Well. fm only
. strarger here ANU / aip't got uofrog-but
il had I'D bet you e ,.....i,....5 49,.
Aud iheu Smiley says, That's ail right
'Ath.ls oil right--if you'll hold my box
u minute III go and get you frog. spos'
,e And 50 the feller took the box, and pus
up his forty dollars along with Snilsy's aud
set down to wait.
o So he set there a good while thinking
to bimself, and thena be got the frog
utSand pried hi, nnou, open and took .
teaspoon aud hilled nin full Of qaailIshot-7
filed him pretty near up to the chin---7ant
set him OH the aoor. Smiley he went ou
TO the swamp and Stopped around 10 th'
mud forsa long time. and finally he kr,chet
frog aud fetched him in aud gave him t
this feller and says:s av,d a,i5z s,.,s,9 nd
Now, II you're ready. set him alongside
OF pan'b with his fofe.paws just even witt
Dan'i's, and In give nthe word. 10 Thet
he says, Observation-Disclosures hiu
aud the Teller touched up the frogs from
behind, and the new frog hopped on lively
but DAnl gaye,a heaye, and hys,ed pThl
shoulders-so---like Erenchuan, but |
plan ed as solid as a. anvii, and he could
90 ; ao.e -" ',,an a no "as ansno,1 oas :,
ms Sdissns ed ION hi,r ne dia..t hass \,
\ iden what The matter was, on course ,u q '.a''
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