The Portland daily press., 1871-11-04

CO, nrettv lively, tell We. Ye see, old Tom,
he didn't take The idee at all, ano he Hoped
and gobbed ana III the parsoh' anu Tue par
sons wig got rounu 50 IhaI ms cue suck
S ,t o"O w ~ Coo tIo old dI,o+or NOS ~ us
carrying MS point oGocIrine, anu ne hadn't
tit the Armlnlans ana oOclnlans 10 be beat by
Tom turkey-so, hnally, he made a dive
aud ketched HIM by the neck in spite of his
ioppin', and stroEed him down, and put HUI
dv's apron .Tounu MN.
There, Hubby" he says quite red in the
face, we've got INN now," and he travelled off
10 the barn with him as lively as a cricket"
Hubby came behind, jist chokin' with laugh,
and afraid the minister would look round and
NOW Hnldy, we'll crook his legs and set
MN down." says the parson when he got him
10 Inc nest, you see he is getting quiet, and
he IL SET there all right"
ana tne parson he sot him down, and ola
LON ne sot there solemn enough and held his
mead down all dropping" looking like rall
Pious OLD COCK, as long as the parson sou NY
MIN.
"There,; you see how still he SETS" says inc
| parSon to Hubby.
| Huldy was most dyin' for fear she should
| laugh. s.rm afraid he'll get up" says she
"w6en Won do.n
ooh no he won't" says the parson, quite
confdent "tbere. there" says he, layin' his
hands on him as if he was promisin' a bless
in, Rnt when the parson rz up, old Tom he
riz nm foo and BEGAN to march over the
anosb
SStop. nowy, said the parson; ''I'll make
him Get down again hand me that corn bask-
| AZ we'Il mt that over him.
So he crooked old TOMS legs and got him
down AGAIN. and thew put the corn basket
over him. and then they both stood and
waited.
"Thatll do the thing, Hubby" said the par.
SOM
81 don't know about it, saws Uuldy.
| "Oh, yes it will. child-I understand saws
| he"
| Just as he spoke the basket rz right up
| and stood. and thew could see old Tom's lona
| legs
| 3sI,u ,,oko hin, o,ov dou,, oonfo,,a hin, ,
saws the narson for Va SOC norsons 10 mon
Iite the rest r ON ne and tho p doctor had oo
h;S sn,,ni mr VII "'' 'NN ''o No' N"N 81
~, ;;St r. lola r;, ,,,;u,,.o ord III oa
a.I';1 .'t ., nou I'M, n"se gu" a,'ass
Ia ont ,s ,rant 70 tba fance .nd hron9ht If
I ionn " hin All stone and laid if ON old Tam
haoIl '"' -"'
SiL Ton, be uiIted down considerable nm
der tLis and looked rally as if he was g0in, II
give in. He staid still there long spell. ant
fhe minister and Huldv left him there anC
came up to the house, but they hadn't more
than got 10 the door before they see old Ton
| hoppin' along, as high Steppn' as ever, saying
stalk talk! and gutter! quitterw and strut
TIM and goblin as if he had come through the
Red Sea and got the victory.
"Oh, my eggs! says Huldy,"l'm afraid he's
| smashed EN-"
And sure enough, there they was, smashed
fiat enough under the stone.
"Pll have him killed" said the parson-"wt
won't have such crtter round"
But the lparson, he slept ont and ther
didn't do 1.-THE only came out next Sunday
| with tiptop sermon on the " 'riginal Cuss'
that was pronounced on things in ginera
when Adam fell, and showed how everythin.
was allowed to 90 contrary ever since. There
was PIC weed and pusley and Canada this
ties, cut worms, and bug worms, and canke
worms. to say nothin' of rattlesnakes-th,
doctor made it very impressive and sort O
improvin', but Hubby, she told me- gon' home
that she could hardly keep from laughing two
thought of old Tom a standiI' up with tn
corn basket on his back.
Wal. next week, Hubby, she Just borrowe,
the minister's horse and side saddle. and rod
over TO South Parish to her aunt Bascome's
w;Jder RoScoma;S Won know that Gvas thar
wv m1o tI,a .somt hrooi, and oot LOT y, tnrl q
~ 'nS 49, S. oo,,,a hao1 ~ 1'o., y
7 \ 81 I'D N..~.4 Il.
Gu auu saiu "nu So ','no .ne,
was As nice d io' 'uiAoy onioA' "s e'ei
see nu,au naver s.;d word 70 tho n;n;st,
uIy never sau . MdfI 10 70 te hl inns
ABOUT ms experiment per ne o ala ne never sa,a
a WoIu 10 nei, W. nc SUI heP niole W II
d BOOKS anu diuh lake IL oh hin 10 auViSe
II lhGch.
nus nos ,ong afVel he LOOK ~ into us nea
q tnat hulay oughC 10 nave Plg W NC Iatt
WIN Inc nutlefm IN. MISS 5d T s.
t MIN up 10 II, anu l'SI lnen' GU LIN nigelo'
t ous 70 yunipers hlI, tolu nini IL heo ca
}, over h he gtV ear nin la, I.'tie pig. ia , u;
no n;nht a.. n h t auu tonu nisi W Jun
FsaSu I'LL I b Wy tne we'll 1h H. nave
az 10y W. nJ e .l. n1ie WIN us piS
nuiuy, t sue saiu ~, .nat Sne w'sheu ne lnlsl
"t da.,. iouna ;m "t u. SnGl tecauS
to T. u nG ,ba a. otoy ,,, seum it
d r'1 ,. ~, anu 'io p"''on Ae 'o ''n ho hisi
f w VIZ vaa'' old Allan tbo o.rnontor ho d;an
coma lin most tba middle IF tha .ftorn ,u,,
l and than ha Sort y, idIeJ co that ho didn,t ~
tho nn,cmrh I'm .MnJo vma' a n1 u sa;d h
e Come and do the n;o-nen oext is W." ''''N Nv
:, Wi af,or Sor1I p ParSnn GarrrI t d,,, IN,
e tbe yard fnn cbisel With his NJ, Ha,J ii.
It mn his mouth to Lean him iror1 ssG,eaiin, %,
u he was rather near. sfohted-and So he ransaI
u | the water and the minister put out his hor