The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-03-11
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How the "Hawkeye" Man Deceived
the InQuisitive Man.

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How the "HaWkeye" Man Deceived
the lnQu'sitiVe man.
R. J. Burdette thus writes to his pa
per, the Hawkeye.
Do you remember some weeks since,
I was greatly annoyed by an inquisitive
man down in Maine, and abruptly closed
my letter for the purpose OF slufting the
aforesaid man. ,8s
Well stuffed him.
"Much of place, your townp be
asked. a-1ia
"Oh, yes," said, With the matter Of
course careless manner of q citizen of tie
great Western metropolis, "about forty
FIVE thousand, Jguesss' W
The man eyed me Nth keen awaken
ingsfnte eresk y = :
$50 big as that r be said 49,
l nodded, and hepresen,ly said, We'll,
| had no idea there was such q large
city in Iowa State must be pretty well
settled up, reckonP' ~ se
j said, YES, it was Some portions
of it pretty wild, though"
"Any large game in the State 7"
"Herds OF it," l said. 81 killed deer
last winter not two miles from the Bur-
lington court house, 81 re
! / paci6ed my conscience for this lie
by explaining to that rebellious and vo.
ciferous monitor that there was no Bur.
lington courthouse, that it was burned
down seven years ago, and the county
was waiting until it could buy second
hand courthouse for 81 rs, before re-
placing it Therefore | could truthfully
saw that | killed all the deer that came
within two miles of our court. house
Al want to know" the native exclaim
ed. asfmeq s.
"Do you, though ?" thought /, "then
I'll tell you" Ard so went on. "W by
the wolves only two years ago made q
raid right into Burlington and killed all
the chickens on South HILL" T9 e9i
Conscience raised terrible protes,
at this, but hushed it up too quick, by
citing the we'll known case OF Meios
Schenck's wolf that got loose and in
one single summer night ate up every
thing on South Hill that wore feathers
The native looked astonished and doubly
interested.
"Any Indians ?" he said.
"Lands yes" l told him, yawning
wearily, as one who talks OF old, stale
things "Sitting Bull was educated at
the Baptist collegiate institute, in Bur-
lington, and was expelled for trying to
scalp Professor Workman with q horse
shoe magnet" Z
"You don't tell mel" exclaimed the
native in wild amasement. By this time
I was perfeclly reckless and told CON.
science to keen its mouth shut and give
me a chance
"Ob. yes." I said. .Yellov VOLTS old
medicine lodge is till standing, riohtoul
on West Hin The Indiana nome sinto
the c,tv very frequently. tearing THROUGH
the streets ON their wiry little monies =
aEver have any trouble with them P'
the man asked.
"Oh, no. / said carelessly: "the citi
zens seldom do. The COW bovs. who
come up from Texas with cattle. hate
them terribly. and occasionally dron one
of them in the streets inst for revolver
practice But nobody else interferes in
their fights"
81 snpuose." the man said. "vou all
carry reyolyers strapped around YOU. .ou,
there? p &
"Uh, yes," I replied. ."of course. W.
have to-: a man never knows when he i,
going to have trouble with somebody,
and in case of a little misunderstanding
lit wouldn't do for a fellow not to be
heeled"
/ think the man shuddered little
Then fearing he might ask to look at my