Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-02-28

Abe shain't have none lessen you git Il!
some new bresheI, case the old ones vii
soon w'ar out. Come on now, all hans"
Madam" said + twill you please move
your milk and butterf
sFetch take the milk and butter" she
renlied. This amt no time to talk abo ut
sich things. Come on Puss and julie
an
Madam, > | broke in, may We proceed
with the roadf'f
"of cose you ken Fling the dirt smack
smooth in the spring. Yander they come" /"
We had no more trouble until several
weeks afterward, and then we ran against
another snag.
At ealy morning sc saw man stand
ing with his back against a tree. When
the worknen came up to him, he turned to
one OF then and said:
"Recko, you'd better hold ON little
while"
whats he natter / asked, approach
ing.
!
pertectin' my property. Don't want you
to run your rad through this skirt oil
woods"
I'VE have secured the right of way
through there, sir" rejoined, "and | do
not purpose TO Pit up with your inter
ference; and let mesay that if you attempt
| any violence we VIII hang you"
"oh, he blandly replied Il amt goin'
- do nothln. w,r-~@r-------.-------------
to be a evangelist an rid a spotted mule.
All I'm here fur is to give you little ad-
vice. Bless your soul, love you all, an
don't want to see none of you git hurt
III you do not intend 10 commit vio-
lence what do you mean b. implying that
some of us may get hurtY'
ivy, bless you, | mean that it will be
dangerous to try to run yo,r road through
that skirt Of woods"
"Why SOP asked.
IVY, bless your innocent photograph,
that place out in there j. dangerous
amt no ignorant slouch, gentlemen. I've
Travelled, have. Wy, I've been TO town,
the county seat Of this here county, and,
gentlemen, if you try to run your road
through this woods you'll find out when
it's too late that you've made mighty
embarrassin' mistake. Wy gentlemen,
I've planted dynamite in thar, aud if you
should happen to hit it--and / don't see
how You can miss ivy, then there'll be
old Nick TO pay, and not cent in the
house. Beautiful weather we're havin' fur
the time of year, amt it,"
Ny men dropped their tools This is
an Outraged" | exclaimed.
Yes" said he, "and shouldn't wonder
f we didn't have rain putty soon. Thar
tin't no confidence TO be put in weather
his time Of year III | only bad fifty dol
ars | would take the dynamite away and
90 to town and enjoy myself /
mighty hand to have good time Ne and
ny brother Ike was just alike in that re-
pcct, but Ike he's dead now, and here !
IN plantin con and dynamite for liy
A."
! ordered the men TO proceed, but they
urned away. | argued with them-told
hem that we must reach "a certain point
" certain time, but they paid no at
ention to me. had $50 but needed it to
uy provisions with and, in fact did not
eel disposed to yield, anyway. But what
0uld do? The men were frightened and
0 tell the truth, ] didn't feel any too easy
lyself
''Here are fifty dollars" said !; take
our Internal stuff away"
be woods, soon returning with several
mall packages. lie shook hands with me
nd then went away. That afternoon an
Id man came up and, addressing me, said
] hated to let you go through these
FOODS, but / reckon il for the best"
"What have you to do with these
1o0ds" asked.
"Nothin', only own EN-"
] related my experience with the dyna-
1ite man The old fellow laughed.
"W'y," said he, chat man don't own n
oot of land nowhar. He come here as Il
ort Of n writin MASTER and I'll bet he
ever seed no dynamite"