Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-06-10


ere married, and / have been hap
p. every day of my life since.
''One day he told me why he had
not married Julia.
81 was pleased with her. said he.
but when l saw her let you, a guest,
leave your employment with a gen
tleman, to do her mothers work,
while she sat doing nothing but
some embroidery. I knew she was
indolent and selfish, and she never
looked pretty to me after that mo-
ment If it had not been for that
crumb cloth, Mamie, I should pro
badly have married her and been as
wretched as l am now satisfied"
Fat BullOcks-Butche Yarns.
Billy H was one of the most
notorious b. tchers of truth in the
abstract, that ever lived. If the
truth answered the urpose best,
and a lie would do him positive
injury, it seemed he would tell a lie
i'll preference to the truth. at any
time and on any occasi N. In this
respect he was indeed an anomaly.
If man told big yarn in Billy's
hearing, he was sure to be beaten
Billy had always something more
wonderful to relate.
Billy's neighbor, Judge j,
had many about him spinning yarns,
but invariably had come out second
best, although he had an exuberant
imagination and his reputation fol
veracity was none of the best.
On one occasion the Judge was
riding past Billy's farm. when Bill,
hailed him. and inquired if he didn',
want 10 buy quarter of fine beef.
as he had just killed an elegant
steer
WAS he fat, Billy p inquired the
Judge.
20, yes" answered Billy, "fat as
a whale. l rather guess you woult
til nix 50. if you but knew how mucl
tallow we got out of him. Why
Judge, we got three hundred and
twenty pounds to Il fraction-wha
do YOU think of that -
Now, the judge thought this to be
rather tough yarn, but he felt more
inclined to beat Billy at his owl
game, th;.n t. express any dou !,
about his veracitA.
''1'hat was a pretty considerabl,
steer, Billy replied the Judge, bu
not patchin' to one killed few
years ago. He weighed, net, ove
two thousand pounds, and he turn
ed out four hundred and ten pound
of tallow, as near as / can recol
lect."
Billy WAS taken all aback for III
instant, but collecting himself, h,
confessed that this was the larges
animal of the OK kind he had eve
heard Of, except one that he one
sold in tile Philadelphia market.
- This" said Billy, "was tn
largest steer that every had becl
seen within the recollection of man
He was an Elephant in his proper
tious-something on the Mastado,
order When we got him into tn
city, continued Billy, Ibis giganti
dimentions struck every one witt
amazement. 1t was almost Christ
mas time. and he was bought by
butcher for Christmas beef o.
Christmas eve, preparatory to bein,
slaughted, he was paraded through
the streets, decorated with flower
and gay coiored ribbons, and tol
lowed bv an immense crowd. wv ell, ,
said Billy, "he was slaughtered, an,
he weighed. net. twenty-seven hun
dred pounds! Aud how much tai
low do you think we got out o
him p
The Judge thought such an ami
NAL wauld turn out considerahl
more than good deal. He. how
ever, told Billy he wouldn't hazar
an opinion by guessing at til
amount.
Well" replied Billy, triumph
antlv, 1--WE got from that steer fou
hundred and seventy-five pounds G
, tallow-and darn every button o
;, my old coat, if we didn't get tw
hundred pornds of beeswax. bt
sides -
. The shrill notes that the Judg
: emitted as he rode off, would hav
: drowned the sound Of steam viii.
tie. He let Billy have his own wa
, after that
To-Day aud To- Morrow.
t. To-day we gather bright an
beautiful fiowers--to- morrow the
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