Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08
Vigilance tn d th Is nov. Ketch him
by the neck, Major, an keep him

linen ne cast his eye over the OAR ana
ran i along the array Of political in.
duence standing there, corcked up
and neatly labeled. And he won.
dered if any Of the candidates due
would drop in and bring some Of that
influence to bear upon him before he
went home. .s II +. Il. ]. :.
The way the katydids is turnin'
up, Squire, said he, by and by,
'twon' t be q great vile fore the 81
tea kittle II be a b'ilin' here, an
we'll be q lookin' round fur q leetle
lemon an sugar, an q leetle OF stingo
from Sandy Mingo. to- kinder dilute d
Iswaller or two o. hot water with,
wnn't we?'' /. b
.Natur'ly," replied the Squire.
Else watts the use o. havin' the
weather git cooll" .55*5 ss=s
''No use, p'tic'lar," said the Old Set.
tier, "ceptin' th't it's pleasanter fur
We if We sh'd happen to tumble inter a
rassel with a Bar. Hot weather ba
burned fur tacklit' bruin, say, an
nobody knows it better'n do. Jis
look at the time had one July, over
on Blinky's Knoll, twenty year or SO
ago. I'd been out a huckleberryin',
an hadn't pervided fur interviewin
no bar; so, ez got to the foot o: the
east side o. the knoll, on my way hum,
an come squar' agin an OF teaser, all
ready fur fight an a wantin' it, l jis
concluded th't the rh'mom' ter were a
leetle too genial FUR tacklin' hin, with
nothin' but a jackknife, an so I took
my back track up the knoll an went
down the west side ez peaceable ez q
spring lamb. But W at looms up afore
me, wen got to the bottom but the
bar, stilfea coaxin' tussel. =
| ''That varmint has cut around and
met me, / says, IAN wants to rile me-
but / won't DO riled this hot day. ]
says; an SOL edged away from him.
catty cornered like up the knole, and
went down the north side. can't
say but what I begun to get leetla
mad, in spite o. myself, when I see the
durn bar a waitin' fur me thar, wen
got to the bottom, an had half a
notion to sail in an wipe him out;
but when says to myself, Watts the
use O. heatin' yer blood an fetchin' on
q sunstroke, mebby.' 1 says, AM
mebby a. spillin' yer berries. jis' to
hammer the life outer one OF bar ]
says, AN that un all out o. fur, an
the meat not much better, yit, thin
groun' hog?' So turned on my heel
aein, an up the knoll I mosied, an
struck fur hum by the south side.
Wall, wen got down on that side,
an foun' the bar layin' fur me thar,
kin tell We 'bgosh, th't my dander
riz right up, an l couldn't git it down,
an in spite o. the weather / buckled
inter the pesky critter, an IN less
time thin it'd take to stick pig Ilaid
Mr. Bruin out stiffer'n an OK yoke.
Course, if it'd a. ben cool weather
wouldn't a turned a hair, but ez
it were, the rascal het me up
consid'able, an we'en I'm het
up, Pm tetchy ez nettles. So wen !
turned to pick up my pail o. berries,
an see another big bar, maxim fur
me round one edge O. the knoll, fur
got all about sunstrokes an th'mom-
tiers, an pitched in an twisted the
wizzen O. t'other bar, so ez you
couldn't a. tol' it from wire rope
struck by lightnin'.
'Thcn I sot down to cool off a
leetle, an ez I were wipin' the prespy.
ration often my forbid, clumpy-te-
clump marched another big b'ar from
round one side o. the knoll, an sloshy
-te-slosh tore another I'm through the
brush from round t'other corner.
"Aw, now, see here I says, kinder
reasonin' like, to the bars. Gosh
t'lmighty!' says, this is astin' too
much of a feller,' l says. wy the
dingnation can't ye wait till snow
flies, an yer fur is good, an yer meat
is fit to chaw,' I says, AN I kin hev a
holt with We without gittin' mad, al
kin lay We out without wastin' ye?"
"But them bars would hev it. an
SO I had to risk the sunstrokes ag'i1l
and jerk the everlastin' lights outen
both on 'em. Ye see, it want one
bar th't KEEP a stoppin' me round the
knoll, ez thunk it were, but sassy
gang O. four on 'em. Hot weather
hain't no good time to rassel b. ars. 1t
rifles we, an if thurs anything 1 hate
it's to lose my temper, Squire. III
jine ye.' "A
AS they stood at the counter, with
the bottle between them, the old Set.
tier got great start by reason of the
appearance of Bill Simmons in the
room, because he naturally expected
to see little Peleg in Bills wake.
But he wasn't. Bill Simmons had
come in after a paper of tobacco for
his father, and went right out again.
After awhile the Old Settler said:
"Well, l guess tn wunt be no candi-
dates in t'nisht, 50 I'll pull fur hum,
ez M'riar'll be anxious to hear about
the state o. the kentry." ~.
The Old Settler went home. Peleq
had gone to bed Maria was disap-
/ pointed to hear that there was moth.
| ing in the Post Office for her.
II 'spected a letter from Sally Ann, y
she said, "cause / writ to her to let
Peleg stay another six weeks"
"Jeewhizz!" said the Old Settler un-
der his breath. Then to Maria: "Nev-
er mind, M'riar. Mebbe it'll be along
t'mOrrer." -. II is:.S :Sii.
Next morning at breakfast the Old
Settler said to Peleg: H.. T.,
Little gran'son wants to stay an
cheer his poor OF gran pop up for six
weeks more, does he. That's Roodi
i cant bear to see ye 60 back, some
how sonny =.1.,.= b # z-. s
By and by Peleg looked up and said:
$50 Katy didn't break the bottle,
after al, did she, grandpop?'' !.
Didn't she?" said Peleg's grand
father, little surprised. Is thatso,
sonny ?''5s. Az ...ss
..Why, yes, prandpop." replied
Pelez. II told Bill Simmons what
the katydids said about it, and he
said it wasn't no such thing, for he
[.seen you and the Squire looking at
the bottle last night aud there wasn't
even q crack ia it, = '.s= Il
The Old Settler went out behind
4 4 the barn TO light his pipe that morn