Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-06-12

Bets got up sled-ride parties all over the
mi deestric', an Is'pose that was the
gayest season that ever struck Goshn'
Hill.
"I,ong to'ards the end O. the winter,
one NIGHT in March, Nate an Bill Flint
hooked up the bars to the hobs to 60
over TO Skunk's Corners to a dance.
Rets didn't 20. 1t were colder'n Green
lam, an the sleighin' were bang up. Inc
dance went off ez scrumptious ez any
dance ever did, an Nate an Bill started
fur Goslin' Hill bout 3 o'clock in the
mornin'. both on 'em with a snug jag on,
an with a two-gallon jug o. rum in the
sled. which were to be used at shin
dig that Uncle Sile Tidfit were to give
the next week over beyond HelPs
Bottom Swamp. Nate an Bill were sail
in long lords hum with the bars on
The dead Jump, wen all Of a student the
bars begun to slow up, an pooty soon
come to q dead stop. Nate yelled at EN-
to know wat were the matter, wen he
begun to see that his team want the
onlv bars tn was in the road. Three
prowlin' OF sockdologers o wild bars
had act'ally m'andered out'n the woods
an brought the team O bars to stan
still iis' like passed. o highway robbers.
T,eayin' one bar to keep the team from
startin' up. t'other two bars waltzed
hack to the sled, an without waitin' fur
"a he ast. list clumb right in. Ez they
olumb in Nate an Bill clumb out, an
made tracks back down the road. They
stopped wen they see the bars wan
/ chssin' 'em. The moon were shlnin
BRIGHT ez day, an lookin' back Nate an
| RiII see the bar that held the team
climbing inter the sled with t'other two.
| THE fust thing the wild bars done were
to tap the Jug O rum. All three on eln
took a swig ct the jug, an then' Dy
gum if one Of 'em didn't carry 1t out an
give the team regular Of snltter, 700
Then he clumb back in the sled. one O
the bars picked mp the lines, give a
howl that made things ring, an away
went Mates pet team an wooden-shoe
bob sleds, hellytahoot, up the road,
boun' fur nobody knoW'd whar.
"WaIl. Nate an Bill footed it the rest
O. the way to Mates cabin. They got
thar about daylight, an Bets were list
crawIin' ont Wen Nate tot her that
thew had been stopped by bars an
robbed O. their team, hobs, an rum, she
took on like crazy. Nate an Bill tooR
their guns an started out to try an ruI
down the highway Robin bars, but
thev eouldn't come on to 'em, an dug
hack TO the cabin. Bets an Nate an
RilI soft in the cabin, bout the glum
NEST lot O. bushwhackers ez ever 30
anywhar, whom long in the AFTERNOON
TIL come a big hullabaloo outside. Nat
riz up an looked out'n the winder.
+" tJumpin' Christopher he hollered
sEf thar haint our team, an they'vl
rolled No the barn with the sockinist oil
load O. bruin that ever sot my eye
onP
"sure enough, Squire, thar were thu
+ooro n bars. putin an BLOWN hike
noir 81 belluses, an piled up in the sled
criss-eross an lengthways an eVr.
which way, were bout ez permlisc us
oetberin' O. bar meat ez glnery gu
beaped together at wunst. There wa
seven soekin' OF bars, an ev'ry one o.
/, 'em were roarin', stavin, blind drunk
The two-gallon jug lay 'mongst 'em
emntv. The hull business were plain
, daT That team O. bars had lis
! circulated 'roun' with the sled, an ha
1, pethered up all the bars that happene
: 70 be out lookin' fur fun, an wen tn
flowin' bowl had got it's work in on EN-
|, Mates pets had quietly run the hull X
an caboodle O. drunken bars over I
Goslin' Hill, an thar they was ! Wal
: Nate list opened the barn door an tn
5 team snaked the sled load inside. Nat
am Bill unlocked the team, rubbed 'el
- down. an fed an bedded EN- to th
/ Queens taste. Then they turned to al
slugqed the seven bars so ez to say
EN- from wakin' up arter awhile with
. head on EN-, an then come leetle IL
heftiest piece O rei'icin' in Ma
I Tankelbun's cabin that ever woke .
:; fbe owls O. Goslin' Hill. Squire, that
= he true story O. them seven bar
9 9 Dye blieve it or don't ye 2
=, The Squire rubbed his chin for
!. moment and then said:
'AIaior, bars is queer critters:
q Ed. MORT.