The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-02-27

so nice SttlHb ike ue COuluu U ucip jos
touch it with his finger an clap his
finger in his mouf, an then he did it
agin. Ye know, chillen, how the ole
Debil STAINS side O. We an helps we on.
AFTER Sam had tasted onct or twice, he
seen t-e-e-n-y bit of ham, way of III
fur corner, an he said to hisself, Il
don't b'lieve Ole Mah'sr I'll ever miss
that m one,-'taint much count no
way An, chillen, he was that hungry
he couldn't help it, L do b'leve. He
| snatched that ham, an eat an eat till
he couldn't stuff another moufful, an
he hid the rest behind bari. Then he
went on an went on till he come to the
apples-bins an bins o beautiful
red apples And he smelt OF 'em, an
then he eat an eat an eat till he couldn't
stuff another moufful. Then he went
on an went on till he came to the shelf
o. sweetmeats, an he looked at 'em an
smelt O. EN-, and finally he snatched n
lar, tore off the cover, an eat an eat an
eat till he couldn't stuff another mouf-
full.
can then he couldn't eat any more,
sure nuff, an he went out an locked
the do. Buthe never had SO much to eat in
his life, an pears like he was stuffed so
full he sort O. lost his reasons. He
went out an laid down on bench in the
sun. an he said to hisself, LORI amt
it nice to have huff to eat fur onct /;
there's poor Jim, l don't spose he ever
had huff in his life. An then a VERY
wicked idea come into his head. So,
byem by he got up an went over to
Jlm's-he lived next do'-an' he tole
him to fotch Sally. Sally was house
gal, likely wench, an Sam liked her.
An then he went TO Toms and tole him
to come too and finally, chillen, he
'vited quite spectacle company.
Then he went home, an he went into
the woodshed an fetched in big sticks
o wood, and he made up nose won
erful fire, an swept out the big kitchen
clean an nice, tho he wasn't extra neat
now, Sam wasn't Bout ten O'Clock
his company gan to come, the ladies
all dressed up fine in some of their
Nlissis' things-low neck an short
sleeves, an ribbins an white gloves.
O, go way yer don't see no SIGH
things up har An the gemmen Lor',
chillen, if we could see the fine long
tailed blue coats, with buttons shinin'
like marygolds, ye'd laff fit to split y'r
sides.
"Arter the company was all there,
an talked little bout the weather an
SIGH topics o. conversation, he axed 'em,
Wouldn't they like a little defresh-
ment z? They was very polite, an said,
NO, thank we, an I'D ruther be
reused. But he went to the cellar,
an he took'd out great plates O APP
pies an great pitchers o cider, an
Tom helped him f.; an they fetched out
Ole Nah 'sr's tum lers, and he filled 'em
all up an he fotched out w-h-o-l-e
jar o. sweetmeats, an great dish
O honey, an pickles. oh, Lor'! such
heaps o things An all the time Sam
said, so polite, Ladies an gemmen,
hep you'self, there's mo- in Mah'sr's
cellar
AN they did hep themselves, an
they eat an eat an eat till they could
MT stuff another moufful. An while
they was all stuffin', an Sam was gwine
round with n bottle o wine in each
hand, sayin' so polite, Ladies anG
gemmen, hep you'self, there's mo- il
Nah sr's cellar, he happened tc
look up!
THERE WAS HIS NAH SIR ! ~
AS Sarah said this she gave q horri
bic yell, and sprang forward, clutchinl
in the air, as though to seize them anc
her spell-bound listeners screamed, anC
some of them fell over backward.
Delighted with the effect of he
tragedy, she waited till they gathered
themselves up, with awe-struck faces
to listen to the end.
She lowered her voice to a ghostly
whisper.
"The Mah'rs sprang to get Sam, bu
Sam let out screech huff to raise the
dead, an clared out thro' the do s tho
the Debil was arter him. The rest o.
the company skunk out 'thout akin tC
be REUSED an was in bed every soul o.
'em in two minutes, an snorin' fit &c
raise the roof Sans nah 'sr run til
he got done tired out, an then he
dragged hisself home.
Sarah stopped. After waiting few
minutes, Rush asked, in scared sort
of voice, what became of Sam.
Sarah rolled her eyes, shook hel
head, dropped her jaw, and said slowly
He newer was heard of agin.
"Run away ?" suggested Rush.
"Spose so. Mebby up Norf this
very day, FIR all / know" And Saral
turned to her work. From ".Nimpo
Troubles" by Olive Thorne, in 81
Nicholas for March.
The Reason Why.
Little May lives near our creek, anC
often she comes down to the meadow tC
talk with her big brother, when he's a
work. Hes very knowing man, cal
tell you, for the reason that he keep,
his eyes and ears open when he's out o
doors, and when he is indoors, he fill
all his odd moments with reading.
Well, May came crying to him, the
other day, to tell him how she haC
broken her mothers beautiful chini
vase. The vase was very cold, and Ma,
poured hot water into it. The poo
child could not see how so simple
: thing should have broken the delicat,