Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-20
Malnsses Candy Used Externally.

upon his face knew by the emotional flush
upon the strawberry on the end of the old
free liver's nose that Simon Beams memory
was busy with the olden time So | pre-
pared to leave, because all these were svmp-
toms of n reminiseence-signs that he was
going to be delivered of another Of his
tiresome personal experiences. But | was
too slow-he got the start of me- As near
ly as | can recollcct the inhction was couch
ed in the following language:
"We were all boys then, and didn't have
no troubles, and didn't worry about nothing.
only how to shirk school and keep up a re-
yiyin' state of diyilment all the time. ThiSh
var jim Wolf was talking about was the
prentice, an he was the best hearted fellow,
he was, and the most forgivin' and onsclfsh
ever see-well there couldn't be bullicr
boy than he was, take him how YOU would,
and sorry enough | was when ! seel him
for the last time
ME and Harry was always peStering him
and plastering hoss bills on his back. and
putting humble bees in his bed, and 50 on
and sometimes we'd crowd in and bunk with
him, not standing his growling. and then
we'd let to get mad and fight acro-t him, 50
as to keep him stirred up like. He was
nineteen, he WAS, and long and lank and
bashlul and we was fifteen and sixteen, and
tolerably lazy and worthless.
$50 that night. yoH know, that my sister
Mary gave the candy pullin'. they started
Us Off to bed carlcy. - that the company
could have full swing, and we run in on jim
to have some fun
"Our winder looked ont on To the roof Of
the kitchen. and about ten O'Clock 4 couple
Of old tom cats got to rarin', and chargin'
around on it and carryin' on like sin. There
were four inches of snow on the roof. and it
was frozen 50 that there was a right smart
crust of ice on it. and the moon Was shining
very bright. and we could see them eats ike
daylight First. they'd stand Oh e-yow-yow-
VOW, just - if they was a cus-in' one an
other, Won know. and bow up their backs
and push up their tails. and swell around
and spit: and then, all of sUddcn. the
grey cat he'd snatch handful Of fur out Of
the waller cat : ham, and spin him around
like baton on 4 barn door. Bus the val
Ter eat was game, and he'd come and ciinch.
and the way they'd gouge. and bite and
howl. and the way they Il make the fur ly
was powerful.
'.Wcll. jim got dis-uStel with the row.
and lowed he climb ont there and shake
'ein of that roof. lie hadn't reilly no TO-
tion of loin' it likely. but We cverlastin ly
dosgcd him and bully-rarsed him. and low
ed he'd allus Dragged how he wouldn't take
Il dare. and 50 on. till himeby he hiStei mp
the winler. and 10 and behold YOU he
wcnt-wcut exactly a. he waS-nothin' on
but his shirt. and it was short Bat You
ought 60 a seen him You ought to seen
him cer-ec-epin' over that ice, and dicgin'
hi- toe-nailS and his incer-nails in for TO
keep him from slippin' and hove al, yoa
ought to seen that shirt lappin' in the wind,
and them long. ridick 'lous shanLS oc his n
cistenin in the moonlight
Then company folks was down there
under the eaveS-thc whole SQUAD Of 'em
under that onery she'd of old dead Washing
ton Bower vines-all seitin round about TWO
dozen sa--ers Of hot candy which they 50; in
the snow to cool. and they was aughin'
and talkin' lively; but hle-- vou. they didn I
knew anvthin' about the panorama that was
,oin on over their heads Well. jim he
went :.-snc-eakin and a-Suc-cakiu' up unhe-
known to them tom-cat--thcy wa~ a--wi-h
in their tails. and a-yow-yowi,'. and
threatening to cliuch. yoI know, and not
ravin' aav 'tentian-hc went a-euc-clSin'