Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-10-09

keepin' room and we laid him on TO the
settle, and brung the hartshorn for him
TO snuff at, and | famed him, and put a
spoonful of blackberry wine to his lips
and bathed his head with campfire; but
he didn't come to. He was middlin' aged
person, dressed in red shirt and overalls
and old shoes.
''This amt no medieated student, Jere-
miah," says l. This is some poor critter
that came to ask meals vittals or job
of work"
eyes. Keturah," says jeremiah; but he
won't want no more of neither. He is
dead. I've killed him"
never haven't tainted, but | e'e2 Almost
did then.
Jeremiah" says 1, "fy; fly, jeremiah
Fly SOME another"
mo" says jeremiah; 81 hain't one Of
that kind. It's my duty fur to call the
doctor and shill | don't calkerlate he'll
bring him to, and eff he don't | shill give
myself up. | may be murderer, but
amt no sneak"
Jeremiah says |. suppose they hung
your"
81 shill deserve it," says he; but per
| haps the doctor kin do suthin'."
Then he went out. leavin' me alone with
the man. And l tried cologny an laven-
| der water without no success.
Well, it seemed an hour before Doctor
Trott came back, and about forty neigh
bors with him. They all packed into the
| keepin' room, and we told 'em how it was.
There wasn't one but sympathized with
US, for the ways of them medicated stu
dents was well known. But this was some
pore, innocent critter, that had nothn' to
do with the tormentings, and he was just
as dead as he could be, and jeremiah he
felt there worn't nothin' to he done but
give himself up-which he did-me shrek
ing.
He was took off to the Jail that night,
| and next day the coroner's inquest was to
be in our house.
You kin imagine my feelin's better than
| kin describe EN-, only kept repeatin' all
night long, while Mrs. Burrige and Mrs.
Smithers held me tight, by both arms:
"Ef Jeremiah is hung must be hung
likewise, for advised him to do his wust,
and he done it,"
The keepin' room was an awful sight
next mornin' The coroner, he come in
with his twelve jurys-all neighbOrs-and
nothin' wurn't expected but that I'd die,
and bein' the only witness was obleeged
to answer what they asked takin' my Bible
oath.
But ever and constant repeated, What
he done was by my advice-hang me, not
him, or leastwise hang us both" And
while was repeatin' this the door opened
and in walked a gentleman, kinder elderly
and fat, and six of them medicated students
that had caused all the trouble
Coroner | have brought some wit
nesses," said the gentleman. Their state
ments will materially affect your verdict
swear 'em."
So they were swore, and Mrs Burrige
and Mrs. Smithers had to hold me again to
keep me from flynn at 'em, and the first
that spoke was young man named Ben |
jamin Franklin Bunker" Said he was 10 |
years old
"a disgrace to your namesake, and nine !
ty in iniquity," said ! aloud.
"And what do you know about this here |
murder, Mr.. Bunker?" says the coroner.
"Well," says the young man. tits only |
a little joke of ourn."
(which" asks the coroner
"oh, putin him there" says the medi-
Gated student.
Putin which thereY" says the coroner.
1.-THE cadavera," says the boy
"Seein' the solemn occasion you needn't |
use slang" says the coroner.
"Well, says the boy, 'call it the body
I'm from the college up here
lord knows you are, says l.
And you know" said the boy. I'VE
have a dissecting room This body was
there for disseeting purposes - and we
wanted "A bit of fun. We dressed il up and
took it down to old t's-his-name'st--
"You kin speak more respectful" says
the coroner.
Mr.. Jeremiah Popcorns house, then,"
said the medicated student 1--WE knew
he'd cut big stick for Us, because we
knocked at his door, now and them
Now and thenl Constant and contin-
ual, says |.
"And we fixed it so he'd knock this old
fellow over'-
"rhe deceased gentleman" said the cor.
oner.
"And then we groaned," said the medi-
Gated student, land ran away. We be-
lieved the old man would go into the house
and hide when he supposed be had killed
somebody, and we'd carry-er-him of.
but he took him in and went for the doc
tor, who must be a smart chap, to think
the body was that of a man Just killed,
and we had to go back home There was
deuce of a fuss about Northumberland
party. and we had to own up. and that's
all"
mot quite" says the old gentleman, ~
If be meant suthin' another petickeler,
and then the rest of the medicated students
gave their testimony, and everybody knew
that jeremiah had not committed a muir
der after all But OF all practicable Jokes
them medicated students had got off. this
was the wust
But one good thing came Of it after all
They never troubled us no more. and
'tisn't likely never will Ef they do, Jere
miah says, havin' committed one crime.
or supposed he had for a considerable spell, /
he's kinder hardened, and they'd find him
Mary Kyle Dallas in New
York Ledger.
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