The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-28
RYERSON'S TAME BEAR.
A Painful Result of Forgetfulness on
the Part of the Landlord.

"A good many folks think, when they
see Shorty Ryerson for the fus' time,
that some time or other he must ha'
ben a layin' in the saw mill whar the
log had orter ben, with the mill a-goin'
full split; but that amt il" said Sol,
landlord of the tavern at Soils Ridge.
Shorty Ryerson had just gone out.
There was nothing remarkable about
his appearance except that he was less
than five foot high, and that every
square inch of one side Of his face was
q scar.
mo, that want it, said old Sol.
"Ye see, goin' onter five year ago |
had tame bar, an KEEP him chained
TO that pole out thar in the road. Him
an Shorty was p'ticklar good friends,
an when Shorty want dom nothin',
which were giner'lly from daylight one
mornin' till daylight mex mornn',
countin' Sundays, he war out thar fool
in with that bar. They'd cuddle
down together and 90 to sleep, Shorty
an the bar would, jes' as nat'ral 'zif
they were both b'rs, an it got so that
when Shorty happened 10 be away fur
ten minutes the bar d get so Uneasy
that We could hear him heller like a
baby all round the Ridge. Shorty
larnt the bar heap o smart tricks,
an business was s'pended half the
time, an the folks all out a-watchin
him putin the bar through what he
know d.
The thing that tickled EN- most
was the boxin' matches Shorty an the
bard give. Shorty had l'arnt that
b ar so he'd stan up an spar with him
ez nat raj ez life, an | swan if 'twa Mt
a sight good fur lifetime 10 see EN-
stan thar an bat away at one another
e. if they was fghtln fur money an
the stakes was up. Mother thing THAT
usety to take the town down was the
WAY that bard walk into the tavern
with Shorty whenever any one invited
him to take sumpin', and stan thar
'lonyside O him an take his glass O.
| rum ~ good ez the best on EN-. That
b ar were a harvest fur Shorty, fur
everybody that'd come along'd hat to
call fur Shorty an Solomon-Saorty
named the bar Solomon cause he
.nowed so ter bic much-thcy'd all
call Shorty an Solomon in to hey
sumpin.' Cons kence was that both
Shorty an the Jar had Their wuthless
skins full pOoty much all the time.
They got to be the hardest drinkers on
the Ridge, an usety say that the fust
thing they'd both git the jams.
wall, by-an'-by Shorty and the b ar
got to be nuisance. | got tired o
seein' EN- p'formin' out thar in the
road, an suckin' rum, an the hull
town spenlin' It's time a watchin' 'em.
an | threatened time an agin to shoot
the durn bar an stop the hull business
But hated to do it, an KEEP putin
up with it, an takin' it out in cussin'
Shorty alluz commenced business with
the bar long about daylight, an the fust
thing on the programme were aluz a
sparrin' match. One nice mOrnin' in
June Shorty come slufiin' down 81 Us
ual to begin the days work. The bar
were cuddIcd up round the pole.
Shorty give him a whack on the side
an holicr3 out: Come Solomon, Git
up an put up yer fippcrs.
az y "i ~ uP "h pub bp MS MP
pers. Ye see whar that panel O board
fence is, up thar by the hen house?
Wall, Shorty were picked up right thar.
They took him hum an scwed his face
up cz good cz they could, an the bar
were gone when Shorty came back "a
the tavern six weeks arterw'd5. lie
never asked no questions 'ccpt TO say.
| sol must la' had the iamg diIr', baJ-
''Ye see, the night aforc the b ar pu,
up his hlppers to Shorty, eli | told ye
an arter ey'ry body had gone hum III
were peddler come long to stop al
night He Lad a darn ugly bar with
him that he'd traded fur, and the ide,
struck me TO swap Solomon fur tina
b ar an $40 10 boot, an ! did. Tn,
new b az were chained to the pole, an
by daylight mex morning solomon wcr,
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