Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-05-24
Many Chances.

Many Chances.
An old fellow. who, during some
limo had been away from the Flat Book
neighborhood. returned The other day;
aud. upon meeting a friend asked him
IL there had been any changes In the
community.
"Yas. Uncle Jesse. thar have been
a right sharp chance NV changes,
an it pears ter me that this yere cur
munity is a gittin' faster an faster
ever day. You know Boyle's old still
houseP"
Mighty well. Dave.
Sold out, Boyle did. an the still has
been moved away"
You don't say son
"Yas, reckon do. Know Lit Rob-
binsp"
"Oh, yas."
Flung by boss an killed"
you don't say sou
Reckon do. Know the old Mt
Zion church,"
oh. yas."
Frazier has turned it into a still
house"
wall, wall But with all the changes.
Dave. thar pears ter be little i'm
provemcnt. Into still-house. Ell?
Wall. Frazier allus did have desire
to help his feller-man."
"Yas. that's fack. Knowed Aunt
Nancy West. d dn't you?'
Mighty we'll"
Snake bit her an she died"
"WalI. wall. Good old soul, want
shep'
None better. an she want no
SLOUGH in the Judgment Nv ticker. nuth-
er. Know Ab Henson?"
"Yas."
"Wall. he has j'ined the church an
lows ter preach"
You don't tell mer' ~
"Yas, reckon do"
Il jedge then that he'll quit sellin'
Ticker"
mo. not jest yit. He's been figger-
in aroun' tryin' ter find out how much
the folks on the Piney Comfort circuit
will give him fur preachin'. an says
that eff they'll make it with while he'll
let the ticker go. but they've got ter
make it with while. Lows. he do,
that he won't ride ten miles an preach
twice ever Sunday fur no brown jeans
coat a par NV homemade britches, n
par NV fuzluther brogan shoes an two
par NV blue-yarn socks a year. Lows.
he do, that he just nachully KANT af-
ford it. tell You whut, Uncle JESSE
the folks Nv the P.ney Comfort circuit
have got a opportunity now of hearin'
some fustrate preachin eff they'll be
sorter liberal. Alb hos a great talker,
an when he run for constable some
time ago he jest talked all round the
other fellers. w. he hit the table
with his fist an stood right thar an
called Newt Spears liar Vas, sab.
an you bet that when he gifts up ter
preach nobody better dispute his word.
That's the sort NV er preacher ter have
too, fur the hab that some NV the
Pney Comfort boys have NV settin'
thar an disputin' ever thing the
preacher says sorter interiors with the
good work. Wy, last S INNER one NV
the Purdue boys told the preacher to
hold on n mint. an when he hil' on.
WV. young Perdue got into argy-
ment with him, and got the laugh on
him an chawcd him shameful. But
they wouldn't argy with Alb but wunst
an then when they got through you
could rake up enough wool often the
floor to stuff piller with"
'Yas. you are right Dave, but tell
me something about yourself"
Uncle jesse. I've had the blamed
est luck white man ever had"
"Good?"
mo. the wust in the world. Jest about
the time spring opened, an when l wuz
SO blamed busy plant,n' corn that ]
didn't know whut ter do. wy, my
wife diod.
You don't say SOP"
"Yas. tuck newmonv an died. I'M
Gle jesse. know it don't look we'll fur
a man 10 brag about his wife. but
KANT hep but say that she wuz the
best hand ter kiver CO n with a hoe i
ever seed. Vas. an that want all.
She could set out terbacAer plants
with anybody. Pore Liza. Snatched
ght of when she WIZ NV the most
user'
you have had bad luck"
Il reckon have; but that wa n t all.
Nv Waller boss fell Off n the bluff an
wuz killed. ez Of the loss Nv my wife
want enough
THAT wuz powerful bad. Dave"
III amt through yii, Uncle Jesse.
An then. ter cap the whole climax.
one NV the boys chopped down tree,
an it fell on my 'possom dog an kill
ed him.
"WhuL tho brindle onep"
Yes, the one that Patterson offered
me ten dollars for. | never will git
over that loss Uncle Jesse. Jest ter
think how he could go in the woods an
find 'possum almost anywhar No.
Uncle Jesse. | never kin ct over it."
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