The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-21
NELsE HOusrOy-s Uncle non.
The Voice he had. his Religious Views, and his
Fight with the EImira Man.

suffers IN the tclllng. because the manner ol
! Noise Houston. who narrated 1t to me. cannot
be reproduced in print. Ncsc. by the way. is a
retired farmer. rich. a bachelor. and with q
| heart like an OK.
" Ny uncle. Bob Price, was remarkable
man" said Nclsc. " He lived down in Sussex
county. These limestone sections beat the
world in turning out remarkable folks. Take
the girls that grow up there. Why. I'll put up
the best farm know against peck o oats that
down through that limestone country YOU can't
INA girl sixteen years old who don't weigh
lbO pounds. and from that on to 500 pounds
Fact. b cracky don't know why 1t is unless
it's because all flesh is grass. and limestone is
the deuce and all for grass you know Andtalk ?
Why. them limestone girs-wcl. Uncle Bob
used to say ho'd be- d-d-Uncle Bob was great
swenrer. and. b cracky. it's n fact. you could
near MN ns far as foundry whistle while he
was oniy talking ordinary everyday talk and
Mtsht mad a bit. why, you could hear him
crackyl-well. Uncle Bob was over six feet hlrh
ana weighed $50 pounds, easy. and his voice
cane put and spread. and sounded something
head. And night Wcil. UncIe Bob " w a nYfS,
man what YOU may call a man that over went
round looking Tor muss but you could bet, h
cragky. That II muss was coming his way he'd
make u point 10 wait for Il and see what there
Wns Of T. recolect once feller named Hall
Uncle Bob; You know. went West somewhere
along in 10 He went 10 the STAT 81 Ohio
Town OF Newton Falls. and got To be a big gun
out there Why. one o his daughters married
= brother of Ole Gov. Toid's. ana Judge Per.
kins. a man that everybody knowcd out West
married anolher, Of EN-. Uncle Bob himself
got To be- Circuit Judge out there. and : pose.
from all accounts, made things hum We'll
nrle Bob. IN speaking of them limestone girls
talk the handle on the town pump il you'd only
give en- time, and they didn't want much time.
Woil, speaking Of uncle BoL'- voice. re.
m.ni.e Ger once when we lived in Branehyille-
That WIS when un'lo Bob and aunt Bctscy-
aunt leiscy wa ~ wife. AMI what woman
=" Wa- One o. ther limestone girls She was
pli. "a church co"r. nud unrl. Bob didn't 20
mu ~ On religion. .uo-s hr didn't believe
much of anything cxreW i'm i.in: hIn.-t anI
n, ana In 4 YIN; aH ~ about haif he lnaGe
on, IN N.Nt,n Fail. ki,'I1 ~" .,s.s
i ~ slowed him writing, and Drought up
t u,,. 'hPl W.s .'f"nse. AMI ~ mistgk" But
+. H. N,rl Hn}tnihS can solve don't be-
!"yt N,li uncle Bob aud aunt Bctsry went
io Oni. ,l"u know uncle Bob neod To Keep
nNrrh ih J. ran M and q great place it WAS.
hr We 20 biz uui had such "A voice and u-'i
70 iinndletne boys So lively when they at ran
ian]'rous' that 10 wa known an over til coun-
Why h cracky is a fact. that feilaw
is IN IN miiH. and ali u lairide;- parI. WIS
fei.i - me eiiy my our family. hut i comes
lte Hod ccancd 6,t c,cr ri4 MI mrs eC w!
go. everybody
W. afraid q MIN, H. h ard 4 Uncle Boz
lil''. and come all the way On to BranchV liz
H. o',r two hundred miles qnd in them days
"u .. ,ln'r ma I" VA" or rid" ia a stage. ami
+, Wl- 'hie days "a the reg l. Well, h. cracky, I
ne '"nir nu =. ,%"f op G. EHnchvuln on pur-
, s IT, .ithi 'rh.'e ~, H. ~ Co the Ia ern
'niun 'NlNt iIn bar. TIL" tavern bars Was er,.ut
- .''r n y. M dy-, Thor wasn't any one
=" AROUND wa 90 Hal Went in. lat yuu run bet ]
.lHt n' stranger never went int. d larroom in !
Bran hyile That wasn't followed hy hafa i ~ /
ue tiai Han had ASKED Cn-i, Bohl Ro5'''iri I
lflr' Ii'd about t.rrr. and ale b. /
h ' a ' Ri, i BE din ma qad III HAT rs i" %9-
. ~ Nd, r'"''N lhrre was u -"Ner9i n IL.
,'rt.' start rn.le B,hs yol giyc'him. wei. /
We 'l'r ,t ,h' way lr' m Elm ra 90 Night YOU |
W, mihl You, Cn.' Bob ", i.hcd over three
un irrt }, pnd. AMI the bar WIS way up 10 his /
'nd lumls over it To TIL side with Hall. ana /
IRE yen ready,
}g 2 ia. - y rn y. !, r., noh Han Axcl
Ihgt.W alta r. was of the iielt. Th1y car.
q ! Hall oar and hid him uni'r an cpple tree
nR u We fW' hours h"iur" he come IT, Thrn /
VI D." -ail Nas a. 80 Whom the neN, stage wcAi
W., uM WDca j Nme along hciook il.
Wei cnlr Bob and AUNT Bets y went to
'nl,t IN. IN W. s2}4e ss,eral y.ars and W.
ngllrr was hanging up some Dloihos on the up-
5r pi'rp Of The house wnere We. lived in
ilr'} aAi sAv.. Uncle BOB Price is coming. |
.rrr ilis Ng'e,. ,2"kci "a g. AMI lwn thc ad.
'H- moon" lo 10" scon. ana said 60 mother TINT
guessed sh" was mi.iak n. bat she in-i -tcd
md h rnr IA ib ny Gn fN ya ~ , sesrl la@ y2iee
40 ~ less inan half an hour, hope T. bc---
t,,! lin} ~ I,.r ui. Mn1 b crn ~ lis q fact.
notA q had hoard Uncle Bob talling long H.
ore he s0t anywhere i'm sight. | n yOu his
1lca WI, p"netlator and my Uncle Bob was
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