Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-10-02

AuOo W w win nOeSoG,-9uro to
get EN- into trouble. There was old
farson Williams, Of North Billriky. cot
into drefful mess about boss. Iordy
massy, he warn't to blame, neither bnt
ne got into the drefulest scrape YOU
ever heard on--come nigh to unsettlin'
him." '''''
Oh, Sam, tell us all about it." VIC
boys shouted, delighted with the pros-
pect OF story.
Wall, wait now till get off this crit
tur's shoes, and we'll take him up to
pastur, and then we can kind O. SET by
the river and fish. Hepsv wanted a
mess O. fish for supper, and was cap
latin to git some for her. You bows
60 and be digging bait and git yer
| lines"
And SO as we were sitting TRANQUILITY
beside the Charles river, watching our
lines. Sans narrative began
Ie see, boys, Parson Villains
hes dead now,-but when l was boy
he was one of the greet men round here.
He writ books. He writ a tract agin
the Armenians, and put 'em down, and
he writ big book on the millennium
1--WE got that ere book now;) and he
was smart preacher; folks said he had
invitations to settle in Boston, and
there amt no doubt he might "a he'd a
Boston parish eff he'd "a ben a mind
ter take it, but he'd got good settle.
ment and handsome farm in North
Billriky, and didn't care to move.
thought s'pose, that t was better to be
number one in little place than num-
Der two in big un; any way he carried
all before him where he was.
ParsOn Williams was a tall. straight.
personable man, come of good family
father and grand'ther before him all
ministers; he was putty up and down
and commandin' in his ways, and things
had to 60 putty much as he said. He
was a good deal sot by, Parson Williams
was, and his wife was a Derby, one O.
them rich Salem Derbys, and brought
MN lot O. money, and SO they lived
putty easy and comfortable so fur as
this worlds goods goes. Well now, the
parson want RELY what you call world
y-minded, but then he was one O. them
folks that knOws what's good in temper
ais as we'll as sperituals, and alters liked
hev the best that there was goin';
and he alters had an eye to good boss.
Now there was Parson Adams and
Parson Scranton, and most of the other
ministers, they didn't know and didn't
care what boss they he'd; Jest logged
round with these ere poundin', pot
bellied, sleepy critturs that ministers
mostly hes, good enough to crawl round
to funerals and ministers meetin's and
associations and SIGH; but Parson Will
Jams he alters would hev boss as was
3 boss: he looked out for blood, and when
these ERE Vermont fellers would come
down with drove, the parson he he'd his
eyes open and knew what was what
Couldn't none of 'em cheat him on boss
flesh; and so one time when Zach Buel
was down with drove, the doctor he
bought the best boss in the lot. Zach said
he never see parson afore that he could
MT cheat, bat he said the doctor RELY
knew as much as he did, and got the
very one he'd meant to "a kept for
himself.
This ere boss was peeler, I'll tell
you. They'd called him Tamerlane,
from some heather Teller or orther; the
boys called him Tam, for short. Tam
was greet character. All the fellers
for miles round knew the doctors Tam,
and used to come clear over from the
other parishes to see him.
oval, this ere sot up Cuffs back
high, l tell you. Cuff was the doctors
niger man, and he was nat'lly dref-
full proud crittur? The way he would
swell and strut and brag about the doc
tor and his folks and his things The
doctor used to give Cuff his cast-off
clothes, and Cuff would prance round in
'em and seem to think he was doctor
of divinity himself. and had the charge
of all natur.'
"Well, Cuff he RELY made an idol O.
that ere boss, a regular craven image,
and bowed down and worshipped him;
he didn't think nothin' was too good
for him; he washed and brushed ard
curried him, and rubbed him down,
till he shone like lady's satin dress;
and he took pride in ridin' and drivin'
him cause it was what
the doctor would MT let nobody else do
but himself. You see, Tam warn't no
lady's boss. Miss Williams was 'fraid
aS ueatn oI MIN, anu the parSOn ne ned
to get her sort O. low-sperited crittur
that she could drive herself,
but he liked to drive Tam;
and he liked to 60 round
the country on his back, and fine
figure of man he was on him too. He
did MT let nobody else back him or
handle the reins but Cuff, and Cuff was
dreful set up about it. and he swelled
and Dragged about that ar boss all
round the country. Nobody could MT
put in a word bout any other boss
| without Cuff,s foo fharS uonld ho al In