Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-10-17
R ESEoN COUNTY OHIO THURSDAY, OCTOBER h, p,

Lon ike SIN. Ihefc was four inches OF
snow on the roof, and it was froze SO
that there was right smart crust OF
Elce1on it, and the moon was shinin
bright and we could see them cats like
daylight. First they'd stand or and
Ie-yow- ow-yow, Just the same as if
Ithey was cussin' one another, you
know, bow up their backs and bush up
their tails, and swell around and spit,
land then gil of a,sudden the gray cat
fhe'd snatch a handful of fur off the
yaller cats ham, and spin him around,
like the button ON the door. . But
the yaller catawas game, and qhe'd
come and clipch, and they'd scratch
land bite, and how, aud theway they'd
make the fur fly was powerful ="
"Well, Jim he got disgusted with
the row and lowed he'd climb out
there and shake 'em off'n that roof
He hadn't really no notion of doin it,
likely, but we everlastingIy &Ogged
him and bullYragged him, and lowed
he'd always Dragged how he wouldn't
take a. dare, and so on, till bimeby he
histed up the winder and 10 and be-
hold, out he went-went just as he
was - nothin' on but q shirt,
and it was short You ought to seen
him You ought to seen him ere
e-pin' over that ice, and .digginahis toe
nails and his finger nails in forto keep
him from slippin'; and above all, you
ought to q seen that shirt fappin' in
the wind, and them long rediclous
shanks Of his'n glistenin' in the moon
light. .rrdaiaJ 8-8a.r) re-
| "Them comp'ny. folks was down
there under the caves, the whole squad
of m. under that ornery shed Of dead
Washn' ton Bower vines-all sett'n
round about two dozen sasser of hot
ECandy, which they sot in the snow to
cool. And they wasA laughin' and
Italkin' lively, but bless you, they
didn't know nothing about the pano-
! rama that was goin' On over their
heads Well, Jim, he went a sneakin'
Iup, onbeknowns to them tom cats
they was swishin their tails and
Iyow-yOwin and threatenin' to clinch,
Iyou know, and not payen' any atten,
| tion-he went asne-kin and sne-kin
right up to the comb of theroof, till
he was in foot and half ofem, anC
then all of a sudden he made grail
for the yaller cat But, by gosh, ht
missed fire and slipped his holt, anG
his heels few up and he Topped OF
his back and shot off n that roof like {
dart! went a smashih' and crashin
down thro' them old rusty vines anC
headed right in the center of all them
com'ny people shot down like q
yearthi quake'in them two dozen sas.
sers Of red hot candy, and let off a
howl that was hsrk from the tomb!--
Them girlS-wea theyleft, you know
They see he warnt dressed for com.
pany, and so they left. All done in a
second it was just one little war
whoop, and whish luof their dresses
and blame the wsuch of .em was in
Isight anywhereI
Jim he was in sight. He was
,,gormed with the bilin'G'hot molasses
candy clean, down to his heels, and
had more busted sassers hangin' to
him than If he was a Japan princess
and he camea prancing up stairs just
a whoopin' and a a1cussin', and every
Jump he made he shed some china
and every sqdirm he fetched the drip.
ped some candy .g,|igt
i "And blisteredl Why, bless your
soul, that poor creature 'couldn' t really
sit down comfortably for as much foui
weeks, 4..,o~.+, -.