St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-29
BLACK DICKS GHOST.
The NeiShbors Fought Over ,
Case of Mistaken Identy.


Case of Mistaken Identy.
New York Sun.
John Upton, who lives at the foot of
Shade mountain, in the Juniata valley,
sat in his kitchen door smoking his pipe
the other evening, just after dark, when
he saw an object moving slowly be-
meath the trees in his orchard, only
few yards away.
This is little too muchp he said.
Here's that presky black hog of Green
ways shopping around in the orchard
again. Pm goin to pepper him this
time, just for luck"
Andrew Greenway, who lives next
farm to Upton, had been complained to
several times about big Berkshire
hog of his, but he didn't seem to
be able to keep it at home. This was
the third time that day that the Up
ton premises had been invaded by the
pig, and now the owner of the premises
determined to give it a lesson it would
barrel on the fence, took good aim and
blaZed away. The hog tumbled in its
tracks and never moved or squealed.
Upton hadn't intended to kill
the hog. After waiting for
some time and the trespaSsing
animal remaining PROSTATE on
the ground, his conscience smOte him
and he was at at loss what to do. He
told his wife that he would 60 right up
to Greenway's and tell him what he had
done.
Hello, Jim!" exclaimed Greenway.
Whats up! None CT your folks dead,
is there?"
NO" replied Upton sorrowfully.,
"but one of yours is. Pve shot your
Berkshire. and he's laying dead in my
orchard"
What! Black Dick!" exclaimed
Greenway, flaring up. Without waiting
for an answer he grabbed Upton by the
throat, and the next second the two men
were rolling about on the floor, Green
way trying to hammer Upton. and Up
ton maneuvering to avoid the blows.
Upton was the stronger of the two, and
he succeeded in getting Greenway I'M
der him, and sat on him while
he tried to have his neighbOr listen
to some words of explanation. The
noise of the Scuffie brought Mrs. Green
way down stairs from her bed, and she
was about to run out and shout for help
when Shrill and agonized shrek arose
from rhe direction of the barn.
'Black Dick is killed, and now some
ones stealing that spring shoat" yelled
Greenway. LET me up, and give me
chance to save something out of the
wreck"
Upton got off of Greenway, and the
latter rushed out of the house and to-
ward the barn. Greenway ran to pig
pen at one end of the barn, and before
Upton got there the former yelled to
him:
Run back and get the gunI It's a
bear! big bear, and he's bound to get
that shoatp'
Upton ran back to the house. Mrs.
Greenway, although still in doZe over
the situation, had heard her husbands
shout, and was coming with the gun.
Upton ended the strife by lodging
the contents of the gun in the BEARS
head at two-fOot range. Upton and
Greenway and Greenway's wife
stood peering in silence into
the pen at the black bulk OF
the dead bear, a contented, deep
grunt came from the covered portion OF
side of it another big black form APP
peared in the enclosure, and went to
roofing at the bears carcass. "Great
ScottW exclaimed Greenway. "There's
Black Dick nowW
eff it is it's his ghost" said Farmer
Upton. and dropping Greenway's gun
he started for home faster than he had
left there. When he reached home he
went straight to the orchard fence.
There lay the body of Greenway's Berk-
shire just where it had fallen under
Upton's angry shot.
Halo, in there!" exclaimed Upton
to his wife in the house. Fetch light
out here"
Mrs. Upton went out with the lamp.
Upton took it and climbed into the
orchard. When the rays of the lamp
fell on the body of the dead pig they
revealed not dead pig at all, but the
carcass of bear fully as large as the
one Upton had killed up at Greenway's.
The farmer looked at the dead bear
moment, and handing the lamp to his
wife, said:
1--WE got the blamedest mind to go
back and plough up ten-acre lot with
Andy Greenway that ever was"
But he didn't. He and his wife
dragged the bear into the house. Thep
they went to bed.