Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-06-04
Grooklyn Gag e.

ASoH seem ~ KNOW me, 80 y =
4 was ia here last fall and give yer
essaae anecdotes sb nut some snakes
e&dWn in my parts. Remember ?"
yes grow4td the ely editor
~ rec0llecl you. All sour snake
stories were res. aud We got lei
sers from all over town saying so.
stIfaatsdo YOU want how?
You don't tell" ruminated the
SNAKE man, smoothing his hat
softly. Lies, vas they? Mebbe
s5se etJariies as writ;ie yei kpomvd
ssso1e about Them snakes thau me,
II chaps what / come 10 tell yer
sRa1St NY speckled 44en with n.
a1tde nacSIe, IL ARIES, too
"What has she donero
She's done more'n the snakes,
10d if the snakes WFtr lies that
6aeo's a wh0pper, that's a can
sssvt' and he lookel aeeply in
4 cred. #.4 ve - ,.a.
Tel US about her, anyway"
said the city editor,
Yer hearn about the cat that
Matched chickens, ] reckon. Well,
ing cid specified heus been dis.
.sso0pt!p' that. cat. She Matched
tiaG.G h,roods Of kittens; one in zach
.Hr05d"
"Gh, go home, and sleep ii off !"
-cec2nlmended the Indignant city
assltor.
Eact! Four broods. and one to
che brood, / seen her getting rest
s.s%es ssad settin' around on things
and tried fer TO knock her out O
the sdee. No use. She'd set onto
~ as2t flat iron but what she'd set.
If 4sG she Matched an old milk pail
EGt0 tin cups, and then she squat
Ses3 on some dough that was sot
rs rise, and I'm sluggsd if she
.,stLdn't hatch out DOZEN biscuit
assSt 4hen try to learn 'em to swim.
s seen she was gettin' right
Gsr0ody, and ! says 10 the Old wo-
aaan says /, Mar, sumpin' mus
Wae Goue fer the speckled hen with
cysr tIne hackle' Mar tumbIed to
KaNS 4dee, end says she, Yer bet
veg gife! = SO with that we figgered
SFgaat we'd best do. While we was
Glegatsa' she sot on load O. cord
eEaad. and I'll eat grind stun if
NEGidn't come out all sawed and
.,satIt. I'm tellin' yer this so yer
vvsau't think the kittens was un-
taa6xs Well, Mar and me fig
ezyeeeea and figgered, and while we
vas figgerin' the speckled hen
ssyas hggerin' too. She hoped
SJGSf bari o. scrap iron, and I'm
<&cGnts she didn't whack out two
saadged papers o tacks. We seen
ah&4 sempin' had got to be done
-Tlg'&t III, but before we hit into
tsXe scheme, yer can lick me II a
.fnruado didn't take the roof right
.Mf'G Gly house. OF course, yer
know, we fergot the old hen fer a
,sew days. Dog my skin if she
Mat set on the pump handle and
4tzEGh it into tooth picks. Sure's
YaC born. Somehow my reapin'
machine got under her one night,
aud the next mornin' it was rail-
a'G@1 spikes. Yer never seen moth
ike it. She was bent fer TO
@et I'll tell yer, Tnere was three
stayG-shell CLANS out in the yard,
r4s& she so: on them and hatched
0ut HOLSTERS. II she didn't m
f8r.
mo doubt of il; but how about
he kittens ?"
%" Well, the men come to put a
new roof on the house; got there
asst before dinner, and left their
tQQls in the yard ] seen the old
leu gGtchin' them tools, but |
.a1jdr't think ID harm. Just before
EllGt-''
Never mind anything else.
Come down to the CATS
"Jist so While we was at din
o.seg Z seen her explorin' around
ssfsd / didn't know from what hap.
Dened the day before"
Drop that" said the city edi-
SIT. ssernly. Give us the four
earOoas of cats, one in brood.'
"Well, the four Workmen was
at dinner, and the old speckled
neo with blue hackle was no5in'
-fyYdHd, and says | to Mar, MAR
@'Out with those cats, quick
end the city editor took down a
Tcythe.
Certainly. The tools were out
s2&e, you know, four set on 'em,
{G-what's this they carry tools
ln%"
ga kit?"
land that old specked hen sot
fn GheGa four kits, and If she didn't
zGfck out four brood o."
Parties desiring to exchange q
rev scythe for secondhand one,
a1sgaewhat out of repair, will please
aapiy to the Eagle Office for two
says.