Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-07
nAILY DEMOCRAT.


knew BY tie synpathetic glow upon
his bald head knew by the thoughtful
look uroa his face hnes b. The emotion
Al flush upon the strawberry on the enj of
the old free liver's nose, that Simon Vince,
l,rs memory was busy with the olden
time. And so prepai ed to leave. becauss
all these were symptoms oil reminlscence
signs that be YVES going to be delivered Of
another Of his usesome person experiences
but | was too slow; he got the start Of
ne. As nearly as can recollect, the n
fiic,ions was couched in the following ,an
gusee:
1--WE was all boys then, ard didn'; care
for nothing only how to shirk scnool aud
keep up a revivin' state of devi'ment Of the
time. This var Jim Wolfe was talking
sbou, was til. prentice, and he was the best
hearted fellow, he was, and the most for
,ivin' AMI onselfish ever see-well. there
couldn't be more butler boy than wha, be
was, take him how you you'd, aud sorry
enough was when see him the last time.
"Me and Henry was always Fostering
him. and plaster;ng boss bills on his back
and putting humble bees in his bed, and
so on. and sometimes we'd let on 20 get
mad and fight acrost him, SO ~ 20 keep
him stirred up like. He was nineteen, he
wa, ard long, and bashful, and w was
fifteen and sixteen, and tolerahly .azy and
worthless.
so. tina, night, you know, that nv sis.
ter Mary gave the candy pullin' they art
ed US off to bed early, so as the conpn,
could have full swing, aud We rung in on
Jim to have scme fun.
Our windcr looked out onto the roof o.
the ell, and about 10 o'clock couple Of old
tonca,s 20, to rairin and chargin' around on
it aud cHryin on like sin. There was four
inches of snow OH the roof, and It was froze
0, that there was right smart crust Of ice
on ii, and tbs moon was shining bright, and
we could see them cats like daylight. First,
they d stand off and e>yow -yow>yow, just
the same as if they was cussin' one anoth.
or. you know, and bow up their backs and
bush up their tails, and swell around ard
spit, and then all of a sudden the gray cat
he'd snatch handful Of fur off the WALLER
cats ham, a~d spin him around like the
was game, and he'd come and ciinch, and
he'd come and clnch, and the way they'd
souge, and bite and howl, aud the way
they'd make the fur fly was powerful.
"Well, Jim. he got disguised with the
row and lowed he'd climb out there and
shake 'em ofrn that roof. lie hadn't rely
no notion of doin' it, likely, bu,
We everlastingiy logged him and bui-
dragged him, aRI lowed he'd always
Dragged how he wouldn't take dare aud
so 90, till bimcby he histed up the winder
and 10 and behold you, he went-went ex>
actly as he was-nothin' on but shirt, aud
u was short. You ought to seen him cree,
e-pin oves that Ice, and diggin' his toe
nails and his finger nails in for to keep him
from slippin; and 'bovs oil, you ought to
seen that shirt hAppin in the wind, and
them long ridiculous shanks Of his gls
tsGin' in the moonlight.
Then comp'ny folks was down there
under the caves. the whole squad Of IN un
der that orneIy shed Of dead Wash'son bow
er vines, all settin round about two dozen sas
sers Of hot candy, which they'd sot in the
snow to COOL And they were laughin' and
talking lively bu: bless you, they didn't
know no,hin bout the panarama that wa,
goin' on over their heads. Well, jim, he
went sneakin' and sneakin' up, cnbe
knowns to them tomcats - they was q
swshin' their tails and yowsyowin' ana
threatenin' TO climb, you know, and not
paying any attention-he went sneakin
and sneakin' right up to the comb of tie
roof, till he was in foot and half Of
m, and then all OF sudden he made a
gra, for the yaller cat But, by gosh he
missed fire and slipped his holt, and his
heels flew up and he Tipped on his back.
and shot of n that roof like dart went
a smashin' and crashn' down thro' them I'D
rusty vines and landed right in the dead cen
tire of all them comply people Set down
like yearthquake in them two dozen saso
sers Of red hot candy, and let off how
that was bark from the tomb Them girls
well, they left. you know. They see be
warn't dressed for compny, and so they
left. All done in second il was just one
little war whoop, and . whish Of their
dresses, and blame the wench Of 'em was
IN sight anywhere
Jim, he Was IN sight. lie was gormed
with the bil,n' hot mclasses candy clean
down to his heels, and had more busted
sassers hangin' 10 him Than il he was in>
un princess and be came q prancing up
stairs just a whoopin' ana cussin' and
every Jump he shed some china, and every
squirm he fetched. he dripped some CANDY !,
And blistered Why, bless your soul,
that poor cretur couldn't really set down
com cradle for as much as four weeks ~