New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
personable man come Of good family :

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personable man come of good family
father and gran ther before him all MN
isteTs; be was putty up and down and
commandin' in his ways, and things had
to go putty much as he said. He was a
good deal SOL by, Parson Williams was.
and his wife was Derby. and one O EN-
rich Salem DerbYs and brought him a lot
Q, money, and SO they lived putty easy
and comfortable, SO far as this worlds
goods goes. Well, now, tie Parson wasn't
really what you call worldly minded, but
then he was one o them folks that kn0aos
ao10t's good in temporals as well as spirit
uals, and liked to have the best that there
was goin, and he alters had an eye to a
good boss.
''Now, there was Parson Adams and
Parson Scranton. and most OF tie other
ministers, they didn't know and didn't
care what boss they he'd; jest logged
round with these ere poundin', potbel
lied, sleepy critturs that ministers mostly
hes, good enough to crawlround to fun
erals and ministers meetin's and associ-
aticns and such, but Person Williams he
alters would have boss as was q boss;
he looked out tor blood, and when these
ERE Vermont fellers would come down
with a drove, the Parson he he'd his eyes
open and knew what was what. Couldn't
none of 'em cheat him on hoss-fesh: and
so one time when Buel was down with
drove, the doctor he bought the best
boss in the lot. Zach said he never seen
parson atore that he couldn't cheat,
but he said the doctor REILLY 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 hethen Teller or other; the
boys called him Tam, for short. Tam
was great character. All the fellers for
miles round knew the doctors lam and
used to come clear over from the other
parishes to see him.
"Wal this ERE sot up Cuffs back high,
l tell you. Cuff was the doctors niger
man. and he was nat'lly dreful proud
| crittur. The way he would swell and
strut and brag about the doctor 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.
We'll, Cuff, he RELY made an idol o.
that ERE boss, q regis craven image,
and bowed down and worshiped him;
he didn't think nothin' was too good for
him; he washed and brushed and curried
him, and rubbed him down till he shone
l;l>o 1o1r,c co+;n Hrooo. o,,1 ha 4ool/
pride in ridin' and drivin' him, cause it
was what the doctor wouldn't let nobody
do but himself You see, Tam warn't no
lady's boss. Miss Williams was 'fraid as
death of him, and the person he had to
git her sort O. low sperltod crittur that
she could drive herself, but he liked to
drive Tam, and he liked to 60 around
the country on his back, and tinc figure
Of man he was on him, too. He didn't
let nobody else back him or handle the
reins but Cuff, and Cuff was dreadful sci
up about it, AMI he swelled and Dragged
about that ar boss all around the country
Nobody couldn't put in a word bout any
other boss without Cuffs feathers woulc
be all up stiff as a tom turkeys tail-ano
that's how Cuff got the doctor into
trouble.
"Ye see there nat'lly was Others that
thought they'd got hcsses, and didn'
want to be crowed over. There was Bill
Atkins, out to the West parish, and Ikt
Sanders, that KEEP stable up to Pequo
Holler; they was down a-lookin' at The
parsons horse, and bettin' on their'n
and a-darin' Cuff to race with 'em.
"Wel], Cuff couldn't stand 1t, and wher
the doctors back was turned he'd be off or
the sly, and they'd have their race; anc
Tam, he beat 'em all. Tam, you see
boys, was a boss that couldn't anc
wouldn hev boss ahead Of him he
| jest aoouzdnt. Eff he dropped down deac
in his tracks the next mini, he would bt
ahead, and he always got ahead, and sc
his name got up; and fellows KEEP com.
in to try Their HOSES, and Cuff 'ud take
Tam out to race with fust one and ther
another till this ERE got to be reg'lal
! thing and began to be talked about.
| "Folks sort O. wondered if the doctor
knew, but Gun WINS sly as a weasel, anc
alters lad story ready for every turn
Cuff was one of them fellers that coulc
talk bird off a tree-master hand ht
was to slick things over.
"There was folks as said they believed
! the doctor was KNOWN to it, and that ht
felt sort o carnal pride, such as min
lister oughtn't fer to hev, and so shet hi.
eyes to what was agoin' on. Aunt Sail,
Nickerson said she was sure on t; 'twal
all talked over down to old Miss Bum
mlnger's funeral, and Aunt Sally saidtht
church ought to look into it. But every
body knew Aunt Sally, she was alters
watchin' folks haltings, aud settin' OF
\ herself I'm to inf}re her nainhbors