The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-08
THE BUGGY THAT PERSISTED
 IN GOING UP HILL.
sr FRED n. cARRurH.

the CADOO&9 Ot BAkOtA tFe1S Ht tram, and to while away the time he told me about 6 trick the boys played upon an editor up in little Minne- sota town who took his girl to ball. Said my companion: 'SOne night there was shindig out of town about mile, at old man Plummer's place. 1t was a big un-they had three fddlers am the organ they borrowed from the Methodist church. Of course this ere Charlie Riggles-that was his name this 'ere editor--of course Charlie must go. He blowed about 1t in his paper before hand, too, and called 1t hop, which predjerdiced some agin it too, if he had only knowed 1t. We'll, he went out some six or seven miles on Gopher perairie and got old Hoss Perkins darter to take to this hop, as he called 1t. They got to the old mans bout dark, jess as the head fid- dler was tuning up.
 "Well, the night wore on, which remark l once read and erything was all O. K. The 6ancin' was kep' up lively am ev'rybody had a good time. Charlie, the feller Pm a-talkin' bout, brought the girl to the blow out in one O these 'ere one-hoss bug gies that has powerful small wheels in front an powerful big uns behind. We'll, Tong bout midnight, mebby a little past, when 1t was dark as 6 string O black cats, bout twelve, or mebby some past, l don't know ex- actly, some O the boys went out to this 'ere buggy, kinder, an sorter walked around it, an hefted it, an talked little, an said 1t looked like rain, an seized up the buggy, an by an'-by sorter somehow changed the wheels on the blame hing-put the behind ones for'ard an the for'ard ones behind, you see. The boys done it for sort of joke, reckon. Mebby they wanted to see if a man what ed- ited newspaper would catch onto a buggy with it's front rared up n the air like treadmill. It made pow erful funny-lookin' buggy of it. 'peared to be built some like CT buf- ferlo-high in front an' low behind. never seen such a high-shouldered buggy before nor since. 1t looked 'sif it had it's for'ard feet up'n the manager reachin' over into the oat bin.
 "Well, the night wore some more, till one o'clock, when Charlie, this 'ere youth what thought he could run a paper, said he guessed they better go home. So he hitched up. an old Hoss' darter put on her dry goods | |, ,~g ~t, an got in the buggy with Charlie. Still dark's the inside of cow no moon for @ month, an the stars .all clouded under. There's something wrong with this 'ere buggy says old Hoss' girl. No, nothin' the matter, says Charlie, we're jest goin' up hill, that's all,' an then they both leaned for'ard to keep from fallin' over back ards.
 "The girl still thought there was somethin' out O whack with the con- veyance, an said she allowed she'd have to tie fiatiron to her feet to keep from goin' out behind. Don't git accited,' says Charlie, 'we'se jess goin' up old Dad Hawkins hill.' So they kep' naggin' along, slow like, an Charlie let the hoss stop an rest ev'ry little ways, Cause he said 1t must be powerful hard work to draw up such a steep nill. So they kep' pokin' Tong, pokin' long, an Charlie lowed to get out an walk if the hill got much sleeper. So they leaned for'ards, an part O the time hung onto the dash board with their hands if they did strike little hill, an kep' snailin' Tong, snailin' Tong.
 "A good deal of the time they stopped to let the hoss catch his breath, 1t bein' such 6 powerful long hill, an then they'd sit there quiet as a pot O paint, an think. By.an'-by the girl begun to get spunky. 'Pvc travelled this 'ere road before, she said, 'an' never seen no such mon- strous hill.' oh, that's all right that's all right says Charlie, we're now goin' up old Pap Nell's hill.' But where is the holler between old Dad Hawkin's hill am old Pap Nelps hill?' says Jule-her name was Jule. I Tow as how the road commission CTS must "a filled 1t up and made one long hill, says Charlie.
 'So they leaned for'ards an kep' a moseyin' Tong slow, an lettin' the hoss rest 60 he wouldn't be all tired out when they got to the top O the hill, am still It was dark as the inside of 8 infidel. Mebby half a nour they didn't say nothin', and then says Charlie: 'Jule,' says he, this does pear to be somewhat lengthy hill- seems 'sif some atmospheric inflooence must "a heightened it out That's what he said, atmospheric inhooence.
 "They poked a couple O miles fur der, all the time easy on the hoss. Then says Jule: We must be on the ! wrnn1 road, saxa ahe aYnn can't