The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-02-04
How Long Tony sssOt'' FOR his
PieGeF.

How Long Tony s.sOt'' for his
PicGeF.
From "a Weeks Hunt in the AdIrondaok's,' By
| Xoungster, Spirit ofths Times.l
"Tony, thar Wus a felIar In that
party o. Workers as sed be TUX yer
likeness fur ye last summer, and want
ed me to remember him to ye ef seed
ye."
'"He be banged ~ roared Tony. 'fI
On'y wish he'd come o. foul my
shanty, when be went threu here; I'd
! pictered him-durned red-faeed mon
keyp
"Why so, Tony P'' we all asked.
"Well, never you. mind, I'd he'd
his har, sure's yer born"
Seeing Henry on the broad grin only
excited our curiosity the more. So we
toFmented Tony till he commences:
sfWall, ye-must knoW-No, WON'T
tell it either. 1t allus makes me so all
fred mad when think ont"
"NOw. Tony, you have promised to
tell u.s."
''Wel, so I hey. Now, ye must
know, my ole woman and me went
down teu Chester last summer, teu see
sum o. her folks and git sum caliker
and things It wus an Orful hot morn
in, and we Wus all dressed in our best
Sunday cluz, which only made us feel
the hotter, and more uncomfortable.
I never cud bear them burned black
store cluz no how. Well, we got teu
Chester, and we. got all the things
at the store, and started teu the folks.
Wall, felt little thirsty, and sez
teu the ole woman, Dear, sez I, 'Tm
jest a-gOin' teu stop here at DoWnses
and git one sniftter; 50 hold the hOss
a minnit.' Wall, gifts out and takes
a drink, when up drives a lot o. young
fellers, and they comes in teu, and
they wants drinks all round. Wun
Nv 'em, with q face like g turkey-gQb-
bier, up and sez teu me, sort o'peart,
'Uncle, won't you take suthin' teu?'
I sez, Young man, I amt yer uncle
not teu my nollidge, 1 amt; but re-
lated or not, 1 don't care eff 1 deu take
one drink. 1 tux another and started
fur the wagin, and on gittin in the ole
woman she commenced and she sed
she'd seed one o. them things as they
TUX picters with in the feller's wagin. y
"a camera" suggested Dash.
"NOy 1t Wus MT. Deu ye think
don't know the difference atWeen a
animal with q bumped back and a
squar box? Wall, she Wus almost
tickled ten deth, fur she wanted some
picters took, and nOthin' would deu
but 1 must go an git him to COM
mence on US. 30 gifts out sgin, and
goes in and sez teu the turkey gobbler
feller, Say, mister, air you one of them
.fellars as goes round the country tax
in pickteFs ?' WALL sez he, 'what
ef am p why, my ole woman and.
me wants our picters tux the wust
kind, and eff you'll git that concern
out O. the wagin, and take US hanson,
wen be obleeged to ye. .'All right, |
sez he, a grinnin' like Chessy cat
Get yer lady out, and I'll place ye in
position. So the ole woman she gifts
out, and the feller he takes two cheers
and he goes round the corner of the
tavern out o sight of the wagin, and |
he sot US both down right out in the
hot sun, when sez I, 'LOOk-ee here,
mister can't ye git US in the shade as
well p No. sezhe; we must have
lots O. sunlight 'Wall, sez I, you've
found the best spot for that in this
town. Then 1 thought the feller'd |
bust himselfa laffin', and all the rest
Wus a lookin' at Us threu the Winders, |
and latin teu kill. Wall, he told US
teu put our elbows out and knees in
and teu look strate up at the weather
cock on Downses' barn till he told US
ten stop, while he went round and |
worked the machine. So we sot, and |
sot, till l felt the sweat q runnin' deWn /
my neck, and my high collar grade
Wally gittin limper and limper, and |
my eyes begin to water and when
we'd sOt fur near half an hour I could (
stand it no longer, so I turned around,
and 'sez I, See here, young feller, amt
yeu most threu.' Then cum seeh a !
lot o. screachin and q lafin' from
Downses' folks I never heerd afOre.
Come to hnd out, them cpnsarned /
blackguards had all got inter their
wagin and druY Of, IeaYin rs there
in the hot sun. They WIS no more
likeness than 1 wus, and the machine
the ole woman saw sin their wagin
was nothin but lot O. tin pals fur
fish bait. Wall, I cussed some, 1
tell yer. I wus Gross-eyed fur a week !
arter from lookin' at that burned |
weather-cock, and the ole woman
hain't stopped sweatin' yit."
'iWell, Tony, that was rough"
s'Taint half 50 rough as they'll find
this country eff they ever run across
me, I can tell yer"