The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-05-07
SOME WARM SUMMERS.
seasons which Led tho ThsrAsaAsts~ u
Hump ItaeiL


Seasons which Led tho rhsrmouAssss ~
Hump ItaeiL
tPuok.l
aDess hyAF wahm days wot we,se HeA
habbin',D said Brother Bhinbonss, entsriAa
Peter Maguif's cabin one evening lAAt
week, SNAKE me pink about do summAh
ume."
"YsA, yes, chlle,D said Brother 6qussas-
out Peabody, who was sitting with bio
feet upon the stove, 1--WE am gwlns fur tes
hab putty wahm aummah dis yeah"
"How yo' tell dat Brudder BQusess.
outp asked Peter.
"W'en tho jlbometer gita down 80 lowin
Mahch," said Squoezeout, "yo' kin betchsr
life ahs's gwine fur tor climb In july"
"How yo' know dat~
"Beed ID, chile, seed IT," responded
Bqueezeouti "DiS hyar niggAh ain't besn
a-goin' roun' do wuld wild his eyes shut
up. pse done gone seed somo mighty hOt
summahs, an dey all come arter 4 putty
cold Mahch,D
"Pd like fur ter heah bout soms o. dea
dar summahs," said shlnbones.
"All right, chile. Jess yo' hole on tor
bout dem. Do hottes' one ob do lot war .
good many ySshs ago, wen war libbin'
In Ton'aee Do wedder In July war hot
'nuifi but wen Augus' come In, ID were
too hot tor lib, De people down dar had
10 20 roun' Wild pitchas OF ice-watah In
DER hams, an keep a-puttln' some ontor
delr heads all do time fur 10 keep from
gittin' sunsruck. Ebbery man, woman
an chile had ter carry umbrella all do
time wen do sun war shinin'. De jiboms
otor kept a-rlain' an a-risin till do folls
wondered woddor she war ebbor gwlno fur
tor stop. II got up 10 a hundred and seb-
onty In dor ahaddor"
"Uumph- -umphp exclaimed Pete; "dAh
war u daisy ole Jibometer,"
"Do mos curl's effeck," continued
Bqueozoout not needing tho interruption,
"war on do crops. Ebboryt'lng got ripe
bout free w0,ka ahead o. time. Some
things war iudder ahead dan dat Wal,
we war ready tor pick do mushmillionS In
Angus. went out wild do odder, gemmon
on do place fur ter gadder muahmilllons.
We went down tor do field, an dAr we
found do millions looking mighty yaller.
grabbed one up, an II war no hot had ter
drap II. Den put on pniah OF buckshln
CLUBS, an II made my hams hot fur tor
hole on ter II ebon Wild dom on. By 10
time / got her Olf'n do wine | war Joss
drippin' wild sweat, an | made up my
mind dat had tor kind o. brace myself up
by oat,n' do million. 80 TUX out my olo
knife, an atahtod 10 cut her open. by
golly, do rlnd o. dot million war Jess aa
hahd on woodi split her, an smoke CONE
menood fur tor come out, an wo'on got
her open aco dat do inside war a-Bmold-
orin'. | tolo do oddor boya, an den one OBJ
'em aoE dat some o. do oddor millions war
amokin', We got skoort, an Stahtod fur
Tor run An, by do high golly, chillon,
'foah wo got out'n do Aeld, do whul blame
lot o. mushmillions war In blaze. All do
fruit.crops dat yeah burnt up, an yo'
couldn't git q million In Ten'Soo fur no
prieo.p
"DAt muat "a ben a. long time ago." said
Shinbonos, mualngly.
"Yca, sab, dat war before de wAh, re-
pllod SquooEout.
" Dat war putty hot wodder," continued
shinbonesi but dis hyar eullod gommaA
hAb seed hottah,D
"Ic'a hoah bout dat" exclaimed Potter.
"All right, chile, Joss yo' hole yo' brcff,
an tolo yo,n said Shinbones. I" Dis
hyar hot aummah wot 'mombah war
wen l war libbin' down In wirginny. De
olo jibometor stahtod fur tor climb one
day, an Oho didn't stop, DO mercury
went up an up I'LL II struck do top o. do
glaAa, an den ahe bruk trough an ria up
an up all bymo.by dar war u stick y
mercury bout six foot high utaadln' out'n
do top o. do jibomotor, wild do top end OBJ
II redshot. Wal, sab, people uaed tor
come long an LUX at II an 20. right home
an mako dcir Wills, an wen 10 oldea' In
habitant come long ho lukod NJ 10, an Jess
dropped dead right dar on do spot. Won
l Soen how hot II war, seq tor myself, SOS
l, dat I'D got tor glt aomolln' coohn' aome-
wharf, no | ran down tor do balm an won't
fur do pump, Gorramighty, chillen, I
couldn't git nu1ln' out'n dat dar pump
but steam Den l mado broak fur
de ioosoroam saloon. won In an called
fur plato o. lemon. Do woman handed
II tor mo, AN grabbed II an TUX a spoons
ful, but, chillen, II burnt my moufl ran
down ter do ribbah, but soon sood dat
war no good, cause do ilah war all goatin'
aroun' Cooked Don fought had u fine
Idea, an | won't homo an got do bcllus I
held 'om up la front o. my face an bowed
Oh myself wild H. Gosh Do wind seorohod
dia hyar niggah's cheekW
"Dat war dreadful hot" muttored
squeeEoout.
"Ncx' minute had annudcr notion,D
continued Shlnbones, paying no attention
10 tho murmuri g. knowod I'D got tor gle
csol somehow l fought o. do Ice. house.
run down dar joss on quick eE obbcr I
could, frowed open do dooah, an' jumped
right In, Wot yo' tIukW
"Dunno,n was the laoonlo answcr.
"De loo war melted, an l landed IN
bout twenty feet o. b'ilu' hot water, an
Of one o. do hams hadn't come long an
pulled me out, I'd ben scalded ter dcir'"
"Dat must ~ ben long time ago."
suid SqueeEeout, rising and moving slowly
| toward the door.
ayes, sab, u war; answered Shinboncs.
"yes, said SquooEoout, "must a. ben
foah dc 1oodW
} And then he was gone,