The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-14
How the Goyernor's Leg Grew On.

An old fellow from Bear Wallow Wis
tied the executive Office to talk with the
Governor and secure something TO
"blow" about his neighborhood.
Come m," said pleasant looking
gentleman.
"Are you the GOVERNOR"
"Yes, sir"
Wall, then, I've allus been mistaken
about you. l had heard that you left
one of your legs on battlefield, but |
see you've got two legs. How do you
account for that?"
Easy enough. When i took my seat
as Governor /. had only one leg with
me, having, as you say. lost the other
one in battle A short time after took
my seat / noticed that another leg had
begun to grow out. At first j was
alarmed, having never heard of such q
performance, but after awhile / decided
to await developments. The leg kept
on growing until the ankle was reached.
1t stopped then for q. few days, and /
thought that the resurrection business
was entirely suspended, but was
wrong. The leg was only gathering
material with which to build foot.
After awhile the foot began to make its
appearance. 1t reminded me of an old
woman knitting q sock 1t would have
t:ckled you to death to see how skill
fully and human-like the work of
rounding off the heel went on. Occa-
sionally it would drop a stitch, but, sir,
it would hop back and pick it up. l
was very anxious about the instep, but
my fears were soon allayed, for it was
shaped off as perfect as anything you
ever saw. At last, when the perform
ance reached the toes, hanged if L
but l couldn't scratch, for that would
have spoiled the work. When the job
was completed could walk as well as
any man in town, andI even ran race
with an old negro down on the river
bank"
Did you walk around while the
CROWN was goin' on?" asked the man
from Bear Wallow, regarding the Gov
ernor with curious gaze.
"Oh, no. L had to remain perfectly
quiet and lie on q kind of cot which L
had prepared for the OCCASION.
did you talk to any of the doctors
about it?"
"Yes, but they did not regard it as
remarkable One of our leading phys
icians said that election to Office was
very frequently the cause of arms and
legs growing out, and gave it as his
opinion that this was the reason Grip
pied men were always after Offices"
ut may not have seemed strange to
the doctor, but dinged if it don't seem
mighty strange to me-.
1T did to me at first, but | soon got
used to it, and let me here remark that
when q man is elected Governor OF Ar
kansaw he will soon get used to a num-
Der of things Ire never heard of be-
fore"
Now, when L go home an tell the
folks that the Governors leg has
growed out, they'll believe it, for they
don't think anythin' impossible with
him, but when l tell 'em that I've seed
the Goveynor, an sot down an talked
TO him familiar-like, they won't believe
it. Can't you give me some sort of re-
ceipt shown that L have seed you
j est say: This is TO certify that John
Killprune. of Bar Waller, has this day
had q conversation with me. | axed
John to set down an make himself at
home, which he done, an L found him
mighty entertainin', an wush he'd come
agin an fetch his folks Jes draw up
them words exackly, an sign 'em,
please"
iii do it, sir" and the receipt was
drawn up and signed. Greatly elated,
the man from Bear Wallow went down.
At the State house gate he met the
Waterman, who asked:
That Teller gone down from up yon-
der yet?"
what feller?'
THAT Teller in the Governors room 2"
Amt he the Governor?"
Governor, the deuce! He's jack
leg lawyer from up in the country, and
is here tryin' to get pardon for hog
thief The Governors been dodgin'
him all day. "-ArkansaW Traveller.