Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14
Convincing the Old Settler Of the
Truth Of an Rdsge.
Some Unhappy Hunters Reduced to a Diet
Of Dried Apple Sauce---The In
QuiSitiye Bear and his Pain
fully Sudden End.

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jumping at today
The Old Settler had y notion to get
angry, but the tenor OF the Sheriff ) inter
roSatory was more potsn! than the robust
uess Of his greeting, and 50 the Major drew
his bandauua across his lips and remarked,
gently but Ermly
Rum sn lassss.'
That's q killing bait this time o year,
said the Sheriff. Il guss Ill Srik at 1t
myself. Squire, could you coax up courage
enough TO rise and nioble2
Wal, Shuri. said the Squire, showing
no timidity in the way be rose, "tb haut
nuthin' ez IL brewed or bilt down or 'stll
ed or mixed t'gether thu e proper for g
cold. but It bad one, I'd ran q few fingers
o rum an lasses inter me, sure. Argyin
turder | hadn't the teller, wen m well, 10
20 back on nuthiu ED stan by me If
vas mi vim poor health, an so, Shurt. I'll
out 8 lp inter some o the same bslt
Thu one thing TIT I've diskigtred
bout run "a lassrs, said the Old Settler,
after disposioy Of bis share Of The tlppls,
an that Is th't the srif . the lssses kin
der laps itself arouu' the suIi o the rum,
20 deceiviu hSe lht M'Tiar haiut never
5aen 'xac'ly settle 10 her mind Wit wutber
% act me down 81 hs,in' 6een srgyin'
]oylitics over 10 the Deacon . store or
TALKl> LIg,uE VITA THE BOYS
round 70 he tavern. The way Mriar
kinder studies on the su5J-c eyry time |
20 hum c~srrylu' ruu prescribed with eEal
parts o lasses. | ruthsr speCt TIT she
thinks the h,t. o 81, dznce f.yUrs igion Ga
the BOYS. bus she tart lst CIphered up
the p'inrs sarrin enough VT 20 come 10 with
= vsrdict V moot D. noticed, Shut,
ih.t [ tempered my dr.nk jet now with q
Ls-etle more .las-s5 tOu the prescription
calls fur. 'Taia. cause ! rhIuk II betiets
IL not b. q lory sho'. But. ys 81, it's 20
nv int rest. o'gosh. TO pat ct the Gudlu o
that verdict e. long IL grCyldepcel IS wlllln
an longer, too, SHIRT, purvdlu Idon hey
% croEd the moUTu-rs too much on Issses.
So W spec; 10 hey q totable good New
lear ! dinner. hes. Snuff
do for q fact replied the sheriff.
.9u, good a. IL BE-, / don rXp-c, to en-
.oy 4 ike cid he ore | bad on q NsS
Iears day. q cen gerTs OF 81 ago. up 10
tie PocoGo lumber wood. -.
was get@uy the lumber q OF sn cid
nashwhscker s jraC, over there, asd Vas
h,rrvlng Il cd before be found 1t out. and
mav1s made a iuss about l., aud had a
couple OF fellows helping me. We had q
,sbin Quilt iu a nice htrls spot, about halt
Nav between Two creeks both OF em may
be a halt mile away. We had the lumber
so near cl-suai GU that We calculated TO
yet out of rae woods 90 as TO be home Oy
N Years SO We LETT our provisions
kind n ooze away without sending 10 for
s,nplez because We knew thar We could
,,ps. ~ alory on shot rations, II necessary,
Ind ave the trouble Of Juggling q lot OF
.,nB m 10 20 . waste. The third day be-
tore New Years we had got down to some
s,ur byeai. a hunk OF salt pork, and a halt
bushel Of dried apples Oue OF my men
was
R.uglAR sIESD On ORIED APPLE SAUCE
md he had the fruit brought in tor bis own
recommendation. The boys we're IN tor
.-r;kiuy pu IN Tor the clearing At once, but
said n There was only q days work
l.fr and our proy-adec was good enough
tor = dav. aud then W. j have 80 much bet
Ter spDetites when we get home.
That was oil right as tar as my Judg-
mt vent. but | h,iu.t any weather pre-
Ec.;,,y ui,h NE aud didn't know that a
-a;D ,ba Gss " whtcs W. hadn't enjoyed
fTr m,oy s. taY VS. on ia way 10 make 1t
Dlsasanr Tor US Ia camp |. got there IN
:. sniny. It wss there DtNI morning ana
kso. = yon.rg r. stayed 70 supper with
us ,ha, dsv. E-u, 10 osd with US, and next
m-rn;ry di9a seen - have any idea OF
go;ng as.y A. al. But ii gave out all OF
,utden tho forenoon, and 80 did our last
t., If p.rs and crun3 Of bread. The
ny. 6,y was % De NeE Years, and II 1t
T., lr.f ben I- brhOOvsd us all the same
10 >, c.. O. he wilderness aud hunt Tor
S..b "a s on ~ the rain qplt we started.
" ba3r , thought aoOse the creeks. We
ans 10 ono o. them about q quarter oil q
~ mar rhsu il had been before, and
=, M. ;-,-irr along Ike q young Niagara
nj - an lose. Wetock the back track,
M f,,rj ID, creek on the other side on
~. r,mD,ye worse than tue hrst Que we
war4 ig,, a. good as cast away, and haole
90 ne d. .Vg OF three days, sad all we a
10 rely on % carry US through vas Two
bushels Of dried apples.
The Only thing We sc got to DO, sala
IA 20 - ont end get g bear or 3 deer a
~ Tears Giruer Of died apples ain
ma. NV no.iya II good cheer and festive
mirth.'
.Aurirlt tI- other flows said, we'd 60
aa, sqd kill thing. We went out. we
Onrr ma tso guns, ami | walked along
gi,6 ~. lN,ys 10 keep their spirits up. Our
b~sn,;n, g,opud vas lini,ed, IS the two
sv1ll-T c-aess had q peculiar way OF shut
rog nH sur boundary on every side. We
ys5t ou- but We didn't kali We came
a. The trllos who liked dried apple
sauos made 8 lolsrsble fair supper Sno
5unked "a. I wasn't quite equal to that
iiet SO get GGt
WHIT To BsG SUrPESLESs.
" ,,t m next morning, aud the two boys
vsrs om szsih 10 krll something. istSyed
N mn fAsy we're gone two or three
hours. aud ,Heu l made up ny mlnu lua'
IA have On CONS 10 the dried apple sauce
and vent to surk 10 cook 6 olg ostcn' Tor
tear the hunters would come oScE empty
handed took tn, h>lf-oushal OF en@n
anal. All ,.,y we're big ones, and
5nnDaj tho, On o SAB IA ts0Gt CT the
ea5jn. Trsu / dlqZ Ihs big kettle on
he crane al began to heat the va
ter 70 stew tho apples IN. When
,Ls Ester was half hot | poured ABOUT
a gallon ont in orr big camp basin to kind
Q wash oGt tn plates in. l was coming
o.. Of the cabia 9th the plates, when what
should see but = &g bear come sloueh-
ing along, about three roas away; square
for the cabin. | had no gun, ss5 Essn
in a condition to have a wrsstle with g
bear ius; then, and so ! stepped back IN
the cabin and shut the door. Peeked
through a chunk. The bear came up.
smiled around awhile, aud then got on to
the half 5usbel of died apples. he seemed
to Ike the smell and pitched into them
With q yus,o He moved them apples