New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25

still, not let the fellers know that they
was being watched, and the next Sunday
he and the tithingman and tie constable
they d ride over and catch 'em in the
very act.
$50 next Sunday afternoon Parson
Williams and Deacon Popk;ns and Ben
Bradley Che was constable that year)
they got onto their bosses and rode over
to Fequot Holler. The doctors blood
was up, and he meant to come down on
EN- strong, for that was his way of dom
in the parish; and they were in a sort
q day o Judgment frame o mind, and
logged along solemn as hearse, till they
come to rise the hill above the hole
they see three or four fellers with their
bosses gettin' ready to race and the par
son says he, "Let's come on quiet and get
behind these bushes, and we'll see what
they're up to and catch EN- in the act"
'sBut the mischief on it was that Ike
Sanders see ;em comm and. ne knew Tam
in a minit-1ke knowed Tam Of old, and
he just tipped the wink to the rest.
"s1Nait, boys says he, Set 'em git close
up and then I'll give the word, and the
doctors boss will be racin' ahead like
thunder
oval, so the doctor and his folks they
drew up behind the bushes, and stood,
innocent as could be, and saw 'en gettin'
ready to start. Tam,he began to shuttle
and paw, but the doctor never mistrusted
what he was up to tkel Il sung out go
it boys! andthe hos1ses all started, when,
sure as you live, boys, Tam give one fly,
and was over the bushes and in among
'em, goin' it like chain lightnin', ahead
of 'em all
"Deacon Popkins and Ben Bradley jest
stood and held their breath to see 'em
goin' it is so like thunder; and the doctor
he was took so sudden it was all he could
do to jest hold on any way, SO away they
went, and trees and bushes ana fences
streaked by him like ribbons his hat flew
off behind him and his wig arter, and he
got catcbed in a barberry push, but Lordy
massy, he couldn't stop to think O. them.
He just leaned down and caught Tam
around the neck and held On for dear life,
Till they come to the stopping place.
.'Wal, Tam was ahead O. them all, sure
enough, and was snorting and snuff1ing
as if he'd got the very old boya in him
and was up to racin' some more on the
spot.
''That ERE Ike Sanders was the impu-
dentist Teller that ever you see, and he
roared and haw- hawed at the doctor,
''Good for you, DOCTOR says he; you
beat us all holler,' says be; takes parson
for that, don't it, boys?" he said. And
then he and Ike and Tom and the two
Hokum boys they just roared and danced
round like wild critturs.
"Wal, now only think of it boys! What
q situation that was for minister
man that had come out with the best of
motives to put stop to the Sabbath
breaking! There he was, all rumpled up
and dusty and his wig hanging in the
bushes, and these ere ungodly fellers
gittin' the laugh on him, and all acause
O. that ERE boss. There's times, boys,
when ministers must be tempted to swear
if there amt preventing grace, and this
was one o. the times to Parscn Williams.
They say he got red in the face, and
looked as if he should burst, but he didn t
say nuthin'; he scorned to answer, the
sons of Zerniah was too hard for him,
and he let 'em have their say; but when
they'd got through, and Ben had brought
him his hat and wig, and brushed and
settled him agin, the parson be says:
"'Well, boys, ye've had yer say and
yer laugh, but I warn you now l won't
have this thing going on any more,' says
be, so mind yerselves.
''Wal, the boys see that the doctors
blood was up, and they rode off pretty
qliet, andI believe they never rode no
mere on that spot.
'But there amt no telling the talk
this ERE thing made. Folks will talk
| you know, ana there warn't house in
all Billriky, nor in the south parish nor
center where it warn't had over and dis
cuseed. There was the deacon and Ben
Bradley was there to witness and show
jest how the thing was, and that tho
doctor was Jest in the way of his duty;
but folks said it made a great scandal
that a minister had no business 10 hev
that kind o. boss, and that he'd give the
enemy occasion to speak reproachfully
/ It RELY did seem as if Tam's sins was
imputed to the doctor. and folks said
he ought to sell Tam right away and get
a sober minister's boss.
"But others said it was Cuff that had
got Tam in bad ways, and they do say
that Cuff had to catch it pretty lively
when the doctor come to settle with him.
Cuff thought his time had come sure
enough, and was so scared that he turned
blacker'n ever; he got enough to cure
him O boss racing for one while: But
Cuff got over it AFTER while, and so did
the doctor: there was rumpus and a
fuss, and folks talked and talked and