, 1876-09-09
suAMMY's DOY11OOD.

S11AMNIY's DOY11OOD.
THB nor nKronMrR-TnA "rAruER or TN
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CbFTFspand dftscs {ntitdtfpa pa{G Ehentrp HnIieiih.
| LAKE GEORGE, N. Y, Aug. 80, tS7O.-Whil
mustng, recently, alnong tho rulns Of For
George, ca1nc across an elderly man who hat
found shady seat inside the spcieut car.taworks
md WIS quietly smoking tlsscoorrd clay pipe
The old MIN md his pipe hid evidently seer
better days, though not many hotter ones, h,
| the mercury Indicated at least 100 III the shade
| aud Us 40 fat and snokcl In sad, lncditatIye 81
| lence took Il seat II short distance from Iii
| right hand aul 0penetl conversation With him
| rtmarkgd: "This Is romantic region nbou
| Lake Gc0rgc.h
II can't sec that It's very rheumatic. NJ,
rhemMttz ain't ugh as BAL when nh Acro as II
| continued: "It seems too bad that tl!s old
fort should 60 to ruin II, this way"
fes, but that's the why Of the world now.
days, Old forts goln' to r1In, old feliers like
n. Eoin ous Of date and the hull country Eoin'
"f91 seem sud to-day. Do you live in these
=. Wall, partly in these parts, but mostly in
other pasts. The fact is, don't live much 0t
anywhere. TIN stuym' around With ny rhsl.
Lake George, buy llEin' IN Rutland, vt, and
two more tn Trey. Was bosacd tM the Town Of
Hem ie.'mop, klum}y County, n y, on the
dcua''
40, yts,, I knowcd Sammy we'll: lin lest
four aayt oldern snmms but he wns too old for
a.Ah! how did that happeul"
Wall, Sammy Euz a sly eilapt aud w1lz a1lus
10 git ont tic best way wc could. sometlncs
he would coHtrivr to git us licked for what he
was guilty OF hsssclf, but We never could prove
nothln' agln' hf,n.
w. remember how q neighbor Of gammy'a
father lad big pntch Of nuah m!lyons one
ytNF. They wuz called nutmeg ml,sl milyons
bccausc they looked like a nutmeg: but WIZ
bout as big as your double fist, round as ap-
lone day, Uncle Ike, as nc boys called him,
told Us to come over tnto the gar0.ng, and help
ourselves, and Afoso and Sain,ny Tildcn went
with the rest on It's. After we'd had all We
sn'lonly s,d.l spGka up, and sqys he, Say, boys,
to take every day. sYss,' spys % Mose, " but but
then the old mai. ron't be apt 10 invite rs to
cat my more, fur be Kin CT ten cents apiece for
'em Of the visitors at Lsb'uon Springs and he
nothln'.'
"That So, says Sammy, thoughtful like.
linen nc wllistlcd an old tune called American
singer yourself. You don't Know the, but I
guess know james G. Clark. I hcerd ron sing
last night. and we'rc gotn' aguin tonight, Them
songs went clear down to my toes. Ny
sal had to use her hnnkeher morc'n once, aud
WIZ wctter'n sup."
"Wilat, the Trun(llc Dcdin
uNo, no, the hankcl,cr."
"All right, understand NOW but what about
Sammy md the musk-lnefohsf
wall, as vas sayin'. Sammy whlsslctl that
Ole too1i, and thcn nothing wuz said about the
m!lyons TIL NC ca,ne to shady place, aud ali
On us sot down to play marbles. Artet Wills
Sammy SPOKE up In . Lively sort. Of way, a,lu
anyody sould 90 to-night and Ssa Steal iijn uncls
!kc's lnush-milyons, but I'm zfraid they viii,
'eatac you ses The patel is ever 50 fur from the
nS4hs,,'' bntss, and Uncle 10 never Keeps no dog,
".That's so,' spoke up thrcc or four Of the
stealIacst little rips In the hull purity, alt to
unct.
"Then Sammy he sung:
III give true rr'sshan,
Attend to what say,
Cousurntn' The Turashun
OF North America,
. Then se aeythed, nnd says he: Bay, hoys,
this playl1t' marbles don't pay. We can't make
nothln' at +. 1'vo been th'nkn' hor't III like
to Ko lnto tile nlusll Inilyun bixn!z think /
can aifnrd to pay three .euts aplecs for miIyons,
Just Ike them d. Entle Ikes. and no qutsfious
atktd. II any Of yon toys hna my to sell to.
nigat, bFtIg 'e'n uround 10 dads harm ufore mid:
n.1!gMt' .1g an'l your pny WI be ready. IT, cool
.,li .Ie,., .nu ~ Ist'tr 20 bt2hz afout lcVen Ut
LYLE Ill. anaa 10 thG hsat eI the tlay.,
r., W. ~ sa'ns n'eht lot 81 " hoys vent to
uiic;e lkee anu oofTtTat about two bushels OF
nusn ~ }oln, anu !etl1ea EN- to 'ltltlet'S baru
aug sala EN- 70 samuy Io. three gents apiece,
u.t .,a1, slose TOOK s'a 70 Lebnun Springs alry
nea' ;' 'nof', anu got ~ ee'I9s Tor every one Of
en- nut unclr Ike missed 'e'n afore MON,
hi,.b Ill., aaspetsM 1,a ~ Miey aa gone to tlio spr'Ea
~ LOOK en- un,-ahi, snrc enough, there they
n, nMese, u IT, pasx wood-sltsn, al y heap, jus. As
1lnse had left 'csn. uuclo Ike knuwcI 'cM
sa.!so le naa cut % tie hrss letter Of Ills nano
onto ,sGn, uhu Wien NJ Wu5 told where they
Sohie from, lie drnvp oyer t9 Ttlhen's, aud saya
Ill.,, ne |a" "ra ln,l Az ,I,dsn, To ee IN
iaks u ri'eer, unclo Ike. YOU seeIn crzltrL
hessi" ee tas@hopc o epa ny Il 1s a nsss
hprses Mat sick; hope none Of your folks IL
oeauf -..-...,
Matter cnongh' says Uncle Ike. Some
bolys goHc a'lt' llookcl hull slattscr of my
n.ush nitlyons, and fva tracked 'cln 10 tho
sprihea, xsa they telI mo they bought 'e.n of
your boy. for ~ rttita a,,lccs+'
~ Tint IN Va s,tt r. 1