Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-17
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a fight as he could under them eireuhfo
stances If he hadn't no talent. ItaiwayB
makes me feel sorry when ! think Of that
last fight or his'n, and the way u turned
out.
a'WeIf, this eyerJlm Smiley had rat TOR
riers1 and ehiekeneOeks,a and tom eatssJ and
all them kinds Of things, till you copldHt
rest, and couldn't fetch nothing for him TO
bet on but he'd match you. He ketehedH
frog one day and took him home andeaid
he cal'lated to educate him; and so he never
done nothing for three mouths but sit In his
back yard and learn that frog to Jump
And you BET he did learn him too. He'd
give him little hunch ibebindAi and she
next moment you'd see that frog iwhirlin2
la the air like odpughnut-7see him turn
one sImmerses S Or may SGuPie y ns sSSs
all fightdikeHa ratai He got him up so,in
the MISUNDERSTANDING flies and kept him
In practice so constant he'd nail a fly every
time as far as he could see one. .n Smiley
said all q frog wanted was education, and
hej could do most anytlIng|7apd, \ belieye
him, Why, have seen him set Tam WEBB
ster down here on this hoor-Dah1 Web
ster was his name-and sing outs Flieq
Dan'l, fliesi' and quicker'n you eouldWinl0,
bed spring straight up and snake ahy ott'p
the counter there. and hop down on tne
HOOT .dGdlii dS SOliu 40 u .kOD vi uaNf uhN
fall to scratching the side Of bis head with
his hind foot as Indifferent as 1.-THE hadn't
no idea he'd done any mOre'n any frog
might do. You, never see frog 30 modest
and straighttor'a ard as he was, tor allhe was
so gifted And when it comes to fair and
square jumping on a dead LEVEL he could
| get over more ground at one straddle than
any animal Of his breed you ever see.-
| jumping on a dead level was his strong
suit, y0n understand, ,iand when iteomesto
that, Smiley would ante up money on him
as long as he had "a red, Smiley was NOM
strous proud OF his frog, and well he might
be, for fellefs that had Travelled andabeen
every where's all said he laid overany frog
that ever they seey Id-ygroat o3,- uoffgzldaa
| Well, Smiley kept the beast in little
lattice box and he used to fetch him down
town sometimes and lay for 5bet.q One
day feller--R stranger in the camp, he
was-come across him with, 2 box, anq
says:
the box?" i1uoS 9ti u0'ia % si--sGifdEl
o. And Smiley says, sorter Indifferent like,
"It might be q parrot, or it might be ca
nary, maybe, but .ain't-it's only just a
| frog" 0 2i 9suf''J 9-3ia o. JON
And tho feller took it, and look at7it
careful, and turned this way and that, and
says. "Hi'm-so It's. Well, what's he good
for?" .l'''''"' -h' =
'.Wen," says Smiley, easy and careless.
she's good for one thing, should judge-r
he can, outjump any frog in GallyerraHs
county" a. ~. -
The fellow took the box again, and took
another long, particular look, anu gave it
back to Smiley, and says, very deliberate,
"Well-I don't see no points about that
frog that's any better'n any other frog"
"Maybe you don't" Smiley says. May
be you understand frogs, and maybe .ybp
northumberland 'en maybe you've had
experience, and maybe ,yOu, amt only .
amature, as it were. Anyways, I've got nly
opinion, and III resk forty dollars that he
can out-jumpany frog in Calveras eo1nty.p
I9 The teller studied a minute. and then
says, kinder sad like, "Well-rm only q
stranger here, and amt got no frog-but
il had a frog I'd bet your 3dj no ,s95oy
Then Smiley says, sThat's all right
that's all right7-if yopll hold my, box o
minute I'll 90 and get you frog;" and so
the feller took the box, and put up his forty
collars along with Smiley's3 and set down
to wait. mot 1Jshis51q 1o9la baf ela
So he set there q good while thinking and
thinking to hisself, and then he got the
frog ont and pried his mouth open and took
a teaspoon and filled him full of quail4shot
filled him pretty near up to his CHM
and set him on the floor. Smiley he went
out to the swamp and slooped around in
the mud for a long time, and finally he
ketched frog and fetched him in and give
him to this feller and says: dt % roijoYob
"Now, if you're ready, set him alongside
of Dan1, with his fore-paws just even with
Dan'l's, and I'll give the word" Then he
says "0ne-two-three-jump! ~ and him
and the teller touched up the frogs from
behind, and the new frog hoppedoff lively,
but Dan'l give heave, and hysted up bis
; shoulders-so-like Frenchman,y but II
wasn't nolase--he couldn't bulge, heiwas
planted as solid as an anvil, and hecouldn,t
no more stir than If he was anchored out
Smiley was good deal surprised, and he
was disgusted too, but he didn't have no
idea what the matter was, of course. A1Ow
The feller took the money and started
away, and when he was going out at the
door he sorter jerked his thumb over his
shoulderAthis way-atl Dang, and SAYS
: again, very deliberately, don'tsee mo
points about that frog that's any better'p
any other frog I,..,.-
Smiley he Stood scratching his head and
looking down at Dan'l for a long time and
at lastlehe says, II do wonder what In the
nation that frog throwed of. for7-I wonder
J if there. ain't something the matter with
himAhe pears to look mighty baggy
! somehow, Sland he ketched Dan'I by theiial
4 Eoftbea neck, and lifted him up and says
: YWhy, blame my cats If he don't Weigt
: five pounds"4and he turned him upside
: down, and he belched out double hafdfd
. of shot. Antlthen he see howit was, ani
;. The was the madeet man--he, set the frog
: down and took after that fellow. but he
. never ketched him. And t'N' D'i' sihS
. 'qrHefe Simon Wheeler heard his nau1t
: called from the front yardy and he got uE
to sg0l apd see, what was 1wAntedol fAnC
; turning to me as he moved away, he said
!, AUST Sit where you are, stranger, and res
{ easy, aih'tgOingt0 beg6hea secohdlYig
= But by your leave,F did not think that
: keontinuation of the history o.. the enter
: prising vagabonds Jim Smiley would bt
likely, TO afford me much Information con.
cerning the Rev. Ieonidas w. Smiley, an6
7 So II started aWay.ii TOi ,AoNaHog ip13n9D
J . AT the door L met the sOciable l8Rhealar
! returning, and he button-ho me- and ~.
; IS %wsII, this yer Smiley had 4 ayaiist SHe.
, eyed COW that didn't have no 1talI 1Ul5
just q short stump s1likesa ghannaneR
, II and -" .lnst III t,s, ..si4o4,,.sa-
! 20, curse Smiley and his AFFLICTED COW =
IL j muttefed, good -fatnredly, and biddine
/, II the old gentleman good day, I depaited. :
Ia Yours, truly, y'0 us'.'i'v09 'i.pi"s'A
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