The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-12-10
JERRY'S BALD HEAD.
Tbe Old Settler Tells of Sugar
Svarlo's Strange Froak.
psi Whiskers, an Equally Handsome
Mig, Two Tame Crows and a Dis
favored Lover Woven Into Pret-
Is Romance by the Major.

Sc foddeM ~ s'pose the baldhcadedes st man th't
gram TOD ,Ver lived, squire, were Jerry Bill
nasticais Ginger, of Sugar Swamp said the old
causing settler: IAN wat SOt me to thinkin'
becomes about him were them durn crows a-caw-
'omaeh n an asqaawllin' down yender in
stric juc be woods. Eggs hain't often ketched
oy NOD aWearin' much hair, but wouldn't be
~ Gelta afered to bet a farm, b'gosh th't If
il anybodyd ha' shaved Jerry Bill
fingers head an then shaved au egg
Led ha' scraped more hair often the
huusom@ egg thin he would often Jerry's head!
ussed u BE were uncommon bald, Jerry werer'
prone 'W'at knocked him baldheaded.
Us specs naor?" asked the squire. WANT Re
yaflets Fholesome in his ally days. or did he
'eders q nary-Twiddcr?"
q Is ees "Natur were wat allied Jerry" said
han in ha old settler ..T,.rv yrer, horn baId
lot ma an never got over it. lie had jist ez
will sho nueb hair wen he yvcrc ton minntes
IN . me Old ez he did wen he were twenty year
'tltunoa9 Old mean ez to his head. fer a curious
ansmaA hing about Jerry Billinger were th't
IN ofgo thougb he didrSt bev no boir on his
nating head he begun to sprout w'iskcrs fore
10 eoa bed cut his second teeth, and by the
modnylaA time he were old enough to drop corn
tne ~ be had baird longer'n a billy goats.
j Vae e II was durn funny thing to see that
snils 80 amazin' yCungstcr plantin' corn, with
lehs m Wy bis head glistenin' in the sun like
htlon " bran new baby's, n his w'isllers wav-
m IN the wind ez if he were old enough
nslIFs II 0be reg1ar Methusaler Wat made
IN W. the sight more s'rprisn' were th't them
ms WneiI FSkers was ez red almost ez turkey
hring vi gpbblers chops. They was so red that
z poM# ven Jerry went to fetch the cattle
are veAF aome from pastur, he had to l1iver them
cohS'anN WSkers up, fer the bull got his eyes on
ana hosl# en- Wunst n chased Jerry clean acrost
. Vess' ae lot n up tree, whar the sight O.
seen - .ae Wlskers worked on the bulls
ssary NJ eeln's so th't they say he'd ha' paved
req apv ne Tree up by the roots N settled Jerry
'al pst~H tae Wlskers right thar an then if
some one hadn't kim along an reskied
EN-.
e hnl, Jerry growed to be a man,
0aL nc never got no hair on his head,
Iins II us " lslers seemed to git redder'n
ggs - wei but JeFry thort a heap of his
II CAM slOWln baird, n he wouldn't swop it
IS az ~ DF tne ch'icest head O hair th't ever
s'o~ed That's wat he said till he
with cog oesan to look around fer a wife, N sot
te to u NY mind on Prudence Petty, the bes
stirin "okln gal on Biler's Run Prudence
Ill have aad a little circumstance of her own
1rk at she was jist ez proud of ez Jerry
Grain were of his w'iskers, IL that were six
he barn s.;'a .@serS On each hand. Jerry want
hat ths sas lar struck with them hands full O
ready asers but were dead sot to tie to
and It n .'u1ehce l. In spite of 'em. SO he begun
royes the S"'ae around her, or tried to, but
St y Athder nipped him, N didn't seem
,ts raaa# s.a Haiihef arter Jerry, though Jerry
ths ercpS a. s1 oeh left one o the best clearin's
: seaseaM ~. "e'e N Sugar Swamp wen his oil
,onev w sr ny , u'cu' 80 one night Wen he were
~ fhoa@ y. - :. see Prudence he thort he'd find
= I. goiug - JS1 W at the matter wus, n he
.he8 lsA nc says, WITS ailin' O. me th't
~ sOn seem to keer nothin' bout me?
,lnas s.ss r.u ! got the best clearin in Sugar
J Pr0a. 'Ranp?' says he. " : "
Fver# Ssn.. reckon y hev, Jerry says Pru-
,,ostea 49, 49, oat tha's one thing v can't
On 1t, n that's sumpin' I'd like "
e,, NV ? TIC lar if l Jined y in running
it TO y @a' eiearin',' says she.
er hss A. Rin raise anythin' on that cleariu'
Iood b aufy ~ says jerry gettln little
: s..hslf ~ w nel says Pru if v kin raise this
bestef# d w;,',- nke y to raise, says she, III
aspsas With me- sors = neE y divide the clearin'
heusis siddsr some pasS 5a sne, n meb6e be yer
ssFeatlnest kind. Ii
n scea kin do itr save 1o,rr .yv,o.,o a.
e 50 q e0pq says he. soy cry " "' . 'ne
le hens Its bairp -.
with y sore.ai ever 1s says Prudence larhn,
,,.r sna War. IN yer uekleberryr says She.
lA5 &osa.ss 'ae use o me havin' all these
~ .a,gs nsrr NINE says she, if I'm to
y ~. i bs.,sa man that hain't got no hair on
i. ~ is They'll iist be wasted says
= ba,5 Sne larfed SO thet Jerry broke
u fsg the fpst time in his life