Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-12-16
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'PossUM IIUNTING.-''M Mine gracious.
Herman, vot you inks" exclaimed Ho =
fenseln. as he rushed into The store, hs
face beaming with happi tess, My SOIL
Abe vat vas in h. wholesale shce p'sn, SIS
in New YORK NIT his uncle was marrieo
tie ot'r d.y, und shust cot tie letter
s'Vas hes vile velty MIsder Hoffel-
sten?" inquired the clerk, becoming Intel
esttd.
well, herman, you don't dInks dot 40
vas foollShhesS enough to make charity
asylum cut OF Lten self 10y marrying d
Woman dot was poor. He write dot ice.
wife Vas Vert lfdy dousaud tolldr und liza
an initr ST III d soap factor, Vat pelhg
to her iadef. Mine Ir-a-ciUus! don't Ca
hardly dilks COZ Abe Was married.
doh sttn. a. long II d. IL last weak We
he Vas Je. tie ply II nulng ar"ult Ves ks
puig Init waits un his aliS. Herman, iis
vas t. volst puy vi tt Whole bl CT, und n
nalttl ow mucl vip heeth, l don't ca
nlahe Len 60 10 CT school. All ut t'e To!
lie VI as OH. aILuLt de SClteS hit het.
pare seet veesIng. lie W. uld KNOCK ittes
toes mel stLnlps unde ii uerr Vas punui
of Tags un elely vun Of TEN. Ven lie WASH
long dot, Herman, he Vas hunting U,s
sunis. u d eier cell you aput de way
me uuG Ate allied the bussum."
No, sls, Misder Huff, nsteiu. !"
'Yel, my house Vas oud of tie tow
near oe woods, uud yun tay Abe colLes +,
nee und s Us:
Spa, me uud my tog hat rnn bossuu
away up Ia Ii ios vat Was hollow, cum unt
hep Kill I'm"
II vent odd v re de bossam vas und
Ate :; Us agar
Ia, | nks you peter CRAWL inside u
de log unl pull de bossu4n oud. Vile III.
uud te log stands at t.. oder end uud ST.
dot lie don t.geL away uert.
Il dun't stop To d'n :, und | says. ABE
stand here ubd Kill dc BOSOM init site.
uf he runs oud.'''
Den crawled into d. log. Vot you
dink, Herman? V n eferythings put III,
feet was i'll to lo1, Il lot OF pumbl e-hees Val
gi-a-cinus. Herman try to get Out. bu
my potts ciusht mt Il siias, mud dele
vas nit the pHmblt- bees. | s sreaus
be, und h. dlnks dot, nf-aiss to 10
oud de hossum vi get away, ,iIl he inakts
de toy crawl into de log at de oder I'D. =
De tog drinks my ii4at Vas Il e bossuin, ui.n
be bits me Oh de year. und parks Ven e
pees siding lin blinking dot de bo>sum wa
ptit,g him. Ven [ got out uf deere. Her
ssfaff, ( ;ltaast vas dead. und mine h-at Var
so pig dot drinks it V IS "a mountain.
I'D d yon GET de bos-um. Mladtr lIoffei-
stein p inquir, d the clerk.
mo. Herman. Mine gr-a-cisus! dc
you drinks l vas going to waste my time
hunding for de bossum ven | fount d,
pumple-pees ? You must drinks | Vas "a
fool, you know"
A grandfather, coming to read his pa
Ter, found thai he Lad mislaid is 81 ecta
Ges, and therenpon declared: IL h 'ye los'
icy glasses sems wlere d can't read the
zap r." A little tt rec year-od girl desir-
ing 70 49, st him, ansW cred: "G 'anpa. you
10 outside and lnok froo d. window. and
III hold re payer so you can read tt
"Matildy,' i'd Mr.. McSpikins to her
raw hep. s.who was hat Hack loafer
saw in the Kitchen last night eating sup
pa? | thought you told me yen never
f'sd any EN- comiag to sep you?' Il
can't know muffin al out DIT Niger;
reckon de nd Ter cook left b i'm dar when
siie went away.'
A veracioHs exchange narrated that
Richard Grant White tainted when a
friend whose grammar he WAS correcting,
told him of an Ohio girl whose companion
asked her at party, Stall I skin your
apple for youp' no, thank you" she
replied, Il have one already skun.''
Ninateen years ago Tennessee farmer
refused to let his daughter go to candy
pull. and she disappeared. The other day
size returned; lifted eli ven children ont of
a wagon into tie house and fOek off her
duds as coolly as if she hadn't been gone