Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-26

when I'm sOt Pm sOt.
$50 m / sOt on that there's gOin
/ to be d new fence an that you amt
a-gOin' to pay a single, solitary red
! cent for it; an when I'm sOt I'm jest
as sOt as you be.
EWaaI, We'll SET" said the deacon.
''Waal. we viii see, replied Uncle
! DanI.
They walked along down the line
of the tottering fence and tried the
! decayed posts.
"a hOgcOuldn' tscratch hisself agin
/ one Of 'em 'ithOut pushin' the whole
thing down" said Uncle Dan1.
''There had ought to be anew fence,
no mistake about that" said the
deacon, "but I'm a-gOin' to pay for
half of
''NO, you amt, nuther.
eyes / be luther"
FsTOm, I never seen a stubbornder
man than you be"
''Then / guess you amt get no
IOOkin' glass over to your house. .
yes, have, too, but L never seen
no man in it that'd try to keep folks
from buildin' fences when they wanted
to-"
''Nobody's tryin' to keep folks
from buildin' fences"
eyes, you be, too; an there amt
no sense in the way you're actin -
Il guess I've got as much sense as
some o. my neighbOrs, said the dea-
con.
''Mebby you have an then agin
mebby you hain't. You didn't have
none to much sense that time you
built your cOwshed and swung the
door in SOS you couldn't open it till
the COW got away from agin it. y
THE BUCKETS IN THE WELL.
''Had as much as you did when
you got eighty foot o. rope for a
fOrty-four foot well, and when you
got the two buckets tied on they was
both at the bottom at once. Guess
1 wouldn't talk about sense after
that"
81 didn't do that"
Eyes, YOU did, too; an tried to lay
it off on John Sperry, cause he sold
you the rope"
81 didn't, nuther."
'FYOu did too: an John Sperry
told me an Jabe Watson he didn't
want to cut off but fifty loot, but
you was that pig-headed you got
mad cause he told you he'd sold
more well-rOpe n you ever seen; an
he had, too"
Il didn't t, nuther, Git mad
eyes, you did, too; an you're so
mad now you're a-tremi n all over
like n burned ole fool"
'LoOk a-here, Tom Bibbs, I amt
a-gOin' to stand an talk with no
man that comes down to swearin'-
an him pretendin' to be a Christian
an a deacon in the church too"
Il didn't swear, you gOI burned ole
fool, you"
''YOu did, too, swear, and you jest
done it agin, an l don want nOthin'
to do with no hypOcritin' Christian
that prays an sWears to once"
you're a gosh burned ole Typo
griffin Christian yourself, Dan Good
speed, an fer two cents I'd
The deacon drew back his arm.
"YOu jest do it once, Tom Bibbs,"
said Uncle Danl.
WAL, III tell you right now, there
amt gOin' to be no new fence along
my medderland, not while I'm alive
to pervent it.
al J. II iCso U LCl4 y OLls Dl4CAC > q 2O444
to be a new fence right square where
that un stands, an Pdike to seeyOu
lift a finger to stop it, you old skin
DanI drew back his fist.
Don't you haul back at me, you
Ole
just then little Nancy Bibbs came
running down the road bareheaded
to tell her gran'pa there was a ped
der wanted to see him at the house.
ALL OVER THE VILLAGE.
Before night nearly everybody in
Eamarack had heard both sides of
the story. Deacon Bibbs, as soon
as the peddler lett, went down to the
store and told Mr.. Sperry his side of
it and fully substantiated the charge
concerning the well-rOpe. A little
later Uncle Danl told his side of it to
four or five men at the blacksmith
shop and they all agreed that the
deacon did hang his cOWshed door to
swing in. So pretty soon the story
the quarrel was in everybOdy's
mouth.
Elder Gibson was away that day.
and did not come home till late at
night. The next morning, on his
way to church, ne met Tim Bolton,
who told him aIlabOut it.
''Aly my, said the good old preach
er, this will never do. These dear
old boys mustn't be permitted to
pass a Sunday with anger in their
hearts"
When the bell had ceased ringing
Elder Gibson slowly arose in the pull
pit and, wiping his spectacIes, feebly
announced:
Let US all unite in singing the
712th hymn