Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-10-27
THE OLD SETTLER.
Little Peleg's Great Indiscretion
with An Umbrella.

''Jcewhizz, Pcleg!" exclaimed the
Old Settler, in evident alarm. Don't
yc never do that! Wy, sonny, that's
the mex thing to bein' CT onlucky CT
KILN white deer! Put it down, We
young yarmint! That boy'll be the
death o me, yit! lie will, b'gosh!'
The Old Settler had entered the
kitchen and found little Pcleg, his live
ly ten-year-old grandson, parading
around the room with the ancient
family umbrella raised over his head.
Pclcg took it down and closed it,
"Yc mustn't never hist an umbercl
over We wen yer in the house, We pesky
cnb!' said Peleg's grandfather, stern
ly. ITS the wust kind o. luck.
krow'd boy, wunst, CT riz an umbercl
in the house, an two days artcrw DIS
he was took with hookin' cough, an the
hookin' cough run inter the measles,
an jist week from the day he riz the
umb, rel lie were dcadcr'n n frost-bit
tcmllcr plant. Yuv give me such a
shock th't hain't got the strength to
git over to the grocery arter the five
cent paper o smokin' tbackcr l were
&. y ar,cr, an I'll be oblecgcd to asst
you to run an get it fur me. Go git
me the t'backer, Pclog, and I'll tell yc
nn Injin story. That's a good boy"
xviii you tell me the story first,
grandpopP"
DEMONSTRATION, Pcleg, amt jist
tn hing to humor boy o. your size
in," said the Old Settler, solcmnly;
"causc ye shouldn't never put off till
arter while any thing yc kin do CT
slick OF a greascr to wunst. But bein'
ez I've got pipe full or so left Tie
humor yo jist this wunst, but l don't
want yc to take it cz percccdent. So
If yell cross yer breast th't yc wun't
run off with Bill Simmons ez soon ez
tell yc this story; lcavin' yer poor OF
gran pop to tottcr over 10 the grocery
artcr the tbackcr hissclf, an mebbo
fetch OH a rippin' an tearin' rassil with
the AMY, I'll give in to yc, an give We
the story in advance"
Little Pcleg crossed his breast three
times, and said that, honestly and
truely, he'd 60 after his grandpop's to-
bacco. So the old settler showed his
spectacles up on his forehead and be-
gan his story.
"Yuv often hccrd me speak o. White
Deer pond, Pclcg, an o. the many an
many sloshin' OF buck I've put a
quietcuss on around an about it Wull.
I'm gointcr TO tell ye how that pond
got its name, being minded of the cir
cumstancc by yer onfort'nit raisin o.
that umbcrcl in the house, W Itch toll
yc were nigh onter ez onlucky cz KILN
white deer. l hope nothin'll come
on 1t, but I'm tortur'd with pcrmon-
TRY symptoms th't sumpin'll happen.
Longer ago thin l kin recomem-
Der, long zmy mcm'ry is, Pike County
were settled by Injins. They j'ycd
theirsclfs by huntn' an fishin' an
fightin', an INDUCED lcetlc in ag-
gcrcultral pursuits, which was the
raisin' Of irinc o. corn, an consid'-
able o. hair. The crop o. hair they ri7
was bigger artcr the white folks gun
to chop an pry out clcarin's around
in the country TIM it were afore. Up
around this pond I'm tcllin' yc bou,
tn wds p'tic' larly noble tribe of In.
jins rcsidn'. | s'posc their pedigree
run clean back inter Noah's ark, from
all counts. They was way up above
all t'othcr tribes, an was ruthcr p'tic'.
lar who they 'sociated with. None O.
their young ones was lowed to go over
an play ball or jackstuns with the
young uns o the tribe mex door, an
the way the young gals an fcllers o.
this noble tribe uscty tog thcirselfs on,
was the talk o. tho rest o. the commu.
nifty. Their clothin' bills must Der
sumpin' trcmcnjus. The gals o. the or.
binary tribes uscty think they was put.
tin on airs wen they went out Of 9
Sunday II they wore their heads o
hair an a pair O. moe sins, an the young
fcliers was feelin' way up in s'ciety
II they had four stripes o. red paint
On thsir noses in addition " their ev'ry