Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-11-16
cUEPHFRDsTOWN. W. VA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1888.

couple o hollers behind 'em th't We
could ha' sot teacups in. The Redtail
Rippers ribs showed up tolable plain.
too. an his gin'ral build o carcass
were setch th't it didn't hor out much
inducement fer Hanks saved-up APP
petite. an ruther made folks think
th't if Hank should happen 10 hook
onter the Ripper it'd be a bad thing
fer him arter all, ez he'd starve TO
death, sure, vile he were huntin' fer
the Ripper's meat Hank nor nobody
else couldn't understan' wat made the
cunnin' ol' fish fall away so an cit so
lank, till one day Hank see the Ripper
travelin' up stream t'ordS Biler's Dam,
an whanged away at him with load
o buckshot. Redtail stopped an lis
tened. an then riz hiSSelf up 10 the
top o the water. stuck his head out,
an kinder cooked his eye round 10
see W at the disturbance We're. In do
in of it he throwed his mouth open,
an Hank see th't tn want much left
in his mouth but gums an few OF
wuthlesS snags.
THAT settles it" says Hank. OF
Redtai Ripper can't chaw no more. |
s'render FIN now on, says Hank. i
don't angle for no trout th't'S half
blind, an has 10 pend on spoon Wet
uals, says he.
Il s'pose my OF nanny, squire,
were one o the steppinest women th't
ever b'longed TO s'ciety in Sugar
Swamp. But she were 'commodatin',
an neighbor setch ez th't want un-
ly n few like Our mex door neighbors
lived two miles an a-half over t'ardS
Sprouts Clearin', an their names was
Buzzer Betsey Buzzer were n cortion
fer borryin things, an tn want "A
day passed tint she didn't sen down
to our clearin' fer sumpin', wuther it
were the quitin' frames, or kittle o
soap. or mans specs, or n side o
pork, or wat it mowt be, an she al
ways got it. Nam allus could dress
up in style an look pleasin', an so
one day she made up her mind that
she'd git rid O three or four achy
teeth she had left, an she sent fer
Bant Bell, the hoSs doctor, an had
him twist 'em out Mex time dad
went TO the cOunty-seat nam went
with him, an sot fer some boughten
teeth, an fetched 'em hum with her.
They was nice an shiny, an folks
kim FIN all round the Swamp dees
tric' TO see EN-, an one ortwo oil wo-
men stuck up their noses, an said th't
some folks was gittin' mighty proud
with their store chompers an sich, an
th't mebby it were all right, but
b'gosh. tn want nothin' truer thin
th't pride alluz went afore II fall.
THE day mann fetched her bought
Ell teeth hum she were ca'c'latin on
kinder splurgin roun' 'mongst the
neighbors with 'em that night. She
were washin' up the supper dishes
we'n who sh'd come in but Betsey
BUYERS darter Sally Nam know'd,
o course, Sumpin' were TO be bOrried'
an she says to Sally:
Wall, Sally. wat does yer nanny
want?'
MANS gointer go to quiltin to
Mrs. Slupp's tonight, says Sally, an
she says would ye please lend her yer
boughten teeth to wear, an she will
break 'em in fer ye
Course Nam were sorry, but she
said she couldn't spare 'em that night,
an Sally went back hum in n huff.
Nam she put the teeth on an went
out to make out to make her splurge.
On the bridge crossing McGonigle's
Run she met Dominic Skinner, an
she begun to talk to him, leetle cold
an thick in the head like, OWN TO
the room the new teeth took up, but
the teeth showed mp in the moonlight
like gravestuns. Vile she was talkin',
Nam had to sneeze. an she did, an
kebizz. went the boughten teeth Outen
her mouth They never stopped till
they plunked in the creek, an o
course was carried away long the
bottom. AFTER Nam kim to herself
all she said We're:
It's a Judgment on me, she says,
for not 'commodatin' a neighbour
"A year arter that Hank Yellrack
were fshin' near Biler's Dam, wen
wat does he see but oil Redtail the
Ripper sailin' roun' in the deep hole,
fat as n prize hog an ez lively an
frisky ez a colt Hank were hidin'
a-hind a stump, eatin' hunk o pork
an johnny cake fer his grub, an soon
ez he he got over his start at -eein
the Ripper an inj'yin setch amazin
health, he chucked piece o the pork
in the water TO see wat the trout d
do. or Redtail grabbed il an downed
it. Then, not spectin' the Ripper 10
see the trick. baited his hook with
pork. an wen the fish had his back
turned, Hank dropped it in. The
Ripper give one swash an gobbled the
bait. Hank give a yank, an had a
hook in Of Redtail at last. He hol-
Tered an yelled, an all the men at the
sawmill kim runnin out 10 the dam.
The big fish tried TO take Hank
down stream, bat Hank held him up
an wouldn't let him. Bimeby ol' Red
tail turned head sonar up stream an
rushed right to'ards Hank. He riz up
to the top till the hull o his big head
were onkivered Then he winked one
o his CLASSY eyes, opened his mouth
wide, an the mex minute Hank were
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