Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-10-01
THE FREE PRESS.
GRANGEvILLE, IDAHO.
VERY CLOSE mEN.

An Account of Gentlemen Who Were Tee
stingy to Enjoy Good Health.
A party of men were speaking Of
stingy people. "Old Peleg Gregg was
the stingiest man ever knew" said
Abe Patterson. "Tell you what's .
fact. He was sick one time, just on
the caving bank of death. Some men,
Der of the family sent for a physician,
and when the doctor arrived, Peleg
asked:
"'Whut do yer ak fur yer medicine,
doctor-hOw much doseP
"'Let me see, about fifty cents
"'How many do you think it'll take
to cure mep'
"Two, l think
"sFifty cents apiece bout as cheap -
yer kin sell emp
Eyes
"'Tell yer what'll do. I'll gin yer
sixty cents fur dose an haf.'
"'Won't sell that way
"'Wall, then, good day."
He was surely very close man.
said Rufe Potter, "a very careful man,
but you never heard of Sack Scallop,
did you? He lived down on Longmetre
Bayou. One day he was out in the
woods and tree fell across him and
mashed him into the ground. He yelled
and yelled, and finally fellow came
along and asked what was up.
"'Nothin' up growled Sack. I'm
down, that's the trouble. want you
10 chop this here log in two an roll 1t
often me-.
'What'll yer gimmep'
"'What do yer axp'
"'Do it for twenty-five cents
"'Great Scott! do yer think I'm
made outen money!
"'All right! won't do it for less
"'Wall, how much'll yer charge ter
go home an ted my son ter come out
hereP'
"'Ten cents
".Whut, jes' fur walkih that little dis
tanceP Yer must take me fur fool.
Go on. don't want nothin' to do with
YER"
well, he was prudent" said Bill
ings. ''almost morbidly so. He re-
minds me, in point of economy. OF an
old fellow named Jerry Finch. One
day he went into store and wanted to
buy six feet of rope. The dealer. know
ing Jerry's peculiar love OF money. told
him that he might have the rope for ton
cents.
"I'll give you five.'
al can't sell it for that. Why. man,
you've got plenty of money and ought
not to grumble.
Yes, but times are powerful hard.
Can't stand that price He went away
and after staying about two hours. came
back and asked:
THAT rope fell anyP
"'No, sir. AVsSfA
"'Good-bye.'
$50 long,.
1.-THE next day he entered the store
and remarked Il hear that rope is
fallen all over the country"
"'That sop
"'Yes. Hear that over here at Cot
ton Town yer kin git ten feet fur q
MCKEE
"Why don't you go over thereF
Don't want to wear out my shoes
Say, has it fell any herep'
''Not bit
"'Wall, goodbye
$50 long.
1.-TWO days later he came back. Say,
said he, 'hain't yer got some old rop,
that you ken sell cheap
"'No old rope
"'New rope hain't fell none yit?'
"'Confound the luck, take it alonl
for a nickel The old fellow CAREFUL,
measured the rope, and with disap
pointed air, said: Say, it's three
inches short; can't you knock off some
thingp,
"'Yes, give me four cents
"'Say three.
"'Well, three
He gave him postage stamp ant
hurried away. That evening he va
found hanging from rafter in his barn
He left few lines of writing congratu
iating himself on the fact that the rop
with which he hanged himself was o
oheap. There may be closer men. bu
! have never met them. "-Arkansas
Traveller.
A Promising Speculation.