The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-10

favored Lover Woven Into a Pret-
ty Romance by the Major.
81 s'pose the baldhcadede st man th't
ever lived, squire, were Jerry Bill
finger, of Sugar Swamp" said the old
settler; "an' wat sot me to thinltin'
about him were them durn crows a-caw-
in an a-squawlSin' down yender in
the woods. Eggs hain't often ketched
q wearin' much hair, but | wouldn't be
Altered to bet farm, b'gosh, th't if
if anybody'd ha' shaved Jerry Bill
fingers head an then shaved an egg
he'd lta' scraped more hair often the
egg thin he would often Jerry's head!
lie were uncommon bald, Jerry were!'
wat knocked him baldheaded,
maior?" asked the squire. Want he
wholesome in his 'arly days, or did he
marry widder?"
''Natur' were wat allied Jerry" said
the old settler. Jerry were born bald
an never got over it. He had iist ez
much hair wen he were ten minutes
old ez he did wen he were twenty year
old i mean ez to his head, fer curious
thing about Jerry Bilhinger were th't
though he didn't hev no hair on his
head, he begun to sprout w'islers fore
he'd cut his second teeth, and by the
time he were old enough to drop corn
he had baird longer'n a billy goats.
1t was durn funny thing to see that
slmazin' youngster plantin' corn, with
his head glistenin' in the sun like a
bran new baby's, m his w'islers wav-
in in the wind ez if he were old enough
to be regular Methusaler Wat made
the sight more s'rprisin' were th't them
wiskers was eZ red almost ez a turkey
gobbler's chops They was so red that
wen Jerry went to fetch the cattle
home from pastur, he had to kiver them
wiskers up fer the bull got his eyes on
'em wunst m chased Jerry clean acrost
the lot m up a tree, whar the sight o.
the w'iskers worked on the bulls
feclin's so th't they say he'd ha' paved
the tree up by the roots N settled Jerry
n the w'islSers right thar an then if
some one hadn't kim along an reslsied
fcm.
"Wull, Jerry growed to be man,
but he never got no hair on his head,
n his w'isl1ers seemed to git redder'n
ever. But Jerry thort a heap of his
glowin' baird, m he wouldn't swop it
fer the ch'icest head o. hair th't ever
growed. That's wat he said till he
begun to look around fer wife, n sot
his mind on Prudence Petty, the bes'
lookin' gal on Bilers Run. Prudence
had little circumstance of her own
th't she was jist ez proud of ez Jerry
were of his w'isllers, n that were six
fingers on each hand Jerry want
ptic'lar struck with them hands full o.
fingers, but were dead sot to tie to
Prudence in spite of 'em. SO he begun
to shine around her, or tried to, but
she kinder nipped him, N didn't seem
to banker arter Jerry, though Jerry
had ben left one O. the best clearin' S
TIL were in Sugar Swamp wen his oil
pap died. So one night wen he were
up TO see Prudence he thort he'd find
out jist w at the matter wus, N he
says:
"'Pru, he says, wits ailin' o. me th't
y don't seem to keer nothin' bout me?
lIain't got the best clearin' in Sugar
swamp? says he.
'''I reckon " hev, Jerry says Pru-
dence; but tha's one thing y can't
raise on it, n that's sumpin' I'd like y
20 hev p'tic'lar if ! Jined y in running
that clearin', says she.
~ kin raise anythin' on that clearin'
tht grows' says Jerry, gettin' a little
huffy
"'Well, says Pru, if y kin raise this
tht I'd like y to raise says she, III
be willin' to hev y divide the clearin'
with me, says she, IN mebbe be yer
widder some day, says she, larfn the
aggervatinest kind
I kin do it, says Jerry. Watts the
crop| says he.
Its hairp says Prudence, larfin'
more'n ever. If v kin raise crop o
hair I'm yer buckle berry" says she,
Watts the use o. me havin' all these
fingers o. mine, says she, if I'm to
Earry man that hain't got no hair on
his head? They'll jist be wasted says
She, m she larfed so thet Jerry broke
fer hum, m fer the fust time in his life
oussed his ill-lucl1 cause them w'iskers
q his'n want on top O. his head, Std
q hangin' onter his chin. The more he
thunk of it the more he wanted to git
some hair, m SO one day he went to
Lippy Conkright, the hoss doctor, m
offered him twenty dollars N II spring
shoat if he could conjur' up some way
to make hair grow on his bald conk,
Tippy know'd th't Jerry hadn't never
had no hair N so he shucll his head,
IF we krow'd whar to git some
hair roots seys he, we mowt plow W
yer scalp m set em out like cabbage
plants, says he IN mebbe raise y &
crop o. hair. Thut's the unly way
know on says Lippy; but hair roots
j guess, is n pooty sca'ce article to gil
jist now says he. Il hain't heerd o
none bein' ON the market, hev you?
says Lippy.
Jerry shook his head m looked
glum. Bimeby Lippy says;
"'Natul' has been durn tough on "
jerry says he, IN if l was you I't
beat natur at her own game.
"'How's that says Jerry.
"'Th as setch things ez wigs, says
Lippy. Hadn't y never thort o them?
says he
"'No, by gum, says Jerry. Il never