, 1881-06-05
TIE .pAyNEE SUCKER,

Lacka,ra zen, Pa Correspondence Philadelphia Times
Dye rem Der Of Tim Sanders, TIL Pawnee
Suckcr't' snid Jerry Greeu1ug, the champion
storytc teller Of this sect,on, tho other night. rs
he drew nearer the lire in Ashers barroom and
put his feet in the wootl-box preparatory to
spinning one Of his famous yarns No one re-
piled to tho old hunters query, SO he continued:
'> Wall. be were act'ly tn conic'lest of cuss
ever see, an he did use tn orfulest grammar
ever hear. One night he Eot's drunk's Il billed
owl nn' he got II tenn Of good-iookn horses an
a durn tlnc-iookin' gal iu TIL wagon long sidcn
i'm an he 1riv all through Milford Il ycllin' ut
th' top o his lungs, I'm the only auth'rized
"Pawnee Sucker" kin drive Il team o horses,
put on tn brake, an hug Ill sal t tn same
time' Then he'd chuck his arms round that
thar gal un' hug her till she were ez pale round
tn gills ez 4 shad in June. Wall, ye see. es'ry-
body ketched .onto tlet expression o hsen an'
he'd it fer by word. WILL cx l were a telln
Of it, Tim be were bully tn jump, shoot, and
cbaw He an a Teller thet worked for Finley
down t Milford. named Chris Purrcy, gut into 4
tight oncet, mn du.1, me ef tn 'Pawnee Sucker
didn't chaw tn end o Chris nose clean OF, an
bt it or Tim be oucet held deer while he cut
tn critters throat, by hangiu onto its tnil with
is teeth. an he were, ez say' u ripper on IN
..Me and Tim went huntin' up long tn Rat
t1esnake Greek onctt an Eet:in ketched out III
a thunfiern bad storm we made cross country
Now Of Barney is tn boss snorcr q Pike Coun-
tt, an' bis gentlest snore is Il durn sight worse
snan Mf1ic W.T. m n t6e
er he'd Jest got nicely tucked in ocd att asleep
when Of Barney commenced his cnssed snorln;
Til very fust snore he let fly jumps out or N
he'd thipkin' the house were surrounded with
wolves. soon seed what t we're, 50 gets Daek
inter bed: In bout secon' aud nail O. out
lights tn Pawnee Sucker onto that board hoor
silence Which follered were turrible painful:
Now shct ser jaw will ye say: tn sucSff M Aorfr an
nrain. They wasn't r sound ag'n an We heu
lest rot to sleep oncet more when Wh-o-o-p ol
Barney let forth asn This time net SE9Fe 81, 3h
Milford band, an that's bad enough. Out pops
til Pawnce Sucker. harney. sez NJ. Then a
@ ished with war whoop variations like. Tim jest
gritted on his teeth an sailin' dnwn to where
baspey sleepn n ned 5nnked in ee
with a bang. Thar sez Tin. .Ach. mine
Gott in Himn,ei!'. sez Barney. by heavens::
III sueker kinder ke ,ag t ~ you ao
Of cnss act'iy sot up all tn night an kep'
came down thar agin artcr him thar wouldn't
| he :noueh lett O ol' Barney stigler t make a
hash bail fer 4 six months ol baby.
.'Soon arter that leetle performance III Sucker
came to his death in mos orfnl an painful
manner, IN that's what Started to tell ye bout
He started out long the WalnoanpacK 1, Greeh a
1TtCr real o Ar hubNH as III " 7-ttt@A. VIA
III lac that he'd settled n,any dogs aud hunt
ers who'd tackled i'm. Will, Tim he started out;
an t seems he struck IN Of settlers trail tn
very fust flicker One Ut tn godarndest scriNa-
maecs, / sposc, that ever 'curred in this yere
section, tuck place then, an' when they foun' tn
| Pawnee Sucker there were jist bout 'nonGh .
III OF settler were fonn' dead not fur oG, with
| bout two-thirds of. tn PawEee Sucker insiden
'rnt,n3 tn uij'iuin' country fer bnut mile II
| half One peculiar feature were noticed; l.. tn
| bars tail were gone m tn wound fresh. When
they were drcssu Tins curpac they discovered
rhaI burs tail in is mouth. You see tn Paw1ce
! Sucker he'd ketcheu that bars tnil tween s
teeth an tried to hold him till he could cut MS
| throat but tn bar were too much fer tH. Ihey
| elected tn pDor pawnec Suckers remains an
| they writ nepitAph. an I were this:
| 49, Here lize t. Sanders the Only autnoElzgo
| nownr. s,,cer his Deth we're s,llent his solo Is
| in Heaven"