The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-11-06
JERRY'S BALD HEAD.
The Old Settler Tells of Sugar
Swamp's Strange FreaI
Red whiskers. an Equally Handsome
Wig. Two Tame Crows and Dis
favored Lover wovon Into n Pret-
ty Romance by the Major

Red whiskers. an Equally Handsome
Wig. Two Tame Crows and a Dis
favored Lover wovon Into n Pret-
ty Romance by the Major
'I s'pose Observation-Disclosures man th't
ever lived, squire, were Jerry Bill
finger, of Sugar swamp" said the old
settler: IAN wat sot me to thin.Sin
about him were them durn crows a-c;iw
in an a-sauawkin' down yender in
the woods Eggs hain't often lletchcd
a wearin' much hair. but / wouldn't be
Altered to bet farm. b'gosh, tht If
if anybody'd ha' shaved Jerry Bill
fingers head an then shaved an egg
he'd ha' scraped more hair often the
egg thin he would often Jcrry's head.
He were uncommon bald, Jerry were
.'W'at knocked him baldheadcd.
major?" asked the squire. Want he
wholesome in his 'arly days, or did he
marry a widder?"
''Natur' were wat allied Jerry" said
the old settler. Jerry were born bald
an never got over It. lie had jist ez
much hair wen he were ten minutes
old az lac did wen he were twenty year
old. mean cz To his head. fer Il curious
thing about Jerry Bilfiinger were tht
head. he begun to sFrout w.'i>lscrs fore
he'd cut his second teeth, and by the
time he were old enough to drop corn
he had baird longcr'n a billy goats
1t was a durn funny thing To see that
amazin' youngster plantin' corn, with
his head Il gliStcnin' in the sun like a
bran new baby's, N his w'islIers wav-
in in the wind ez if he were old enough
To be 4 reg lar Methusaler Wat made
the sight more s'rprisin' were th't them
w'isScrs was cz red almost L turkey
gobblcr's chops They was SO red that
wen Jerry went TO fetch She cattle
home from pastur. he had tn kivcr them
w'islSers up, fer the bull got his eyes
EN- wunst n chased Jerry clean acroSt
the lot n up tree, whar the sight o
the w'islSers worked on the bull's
feelin's SO th't they say he'd ha' paved
tn" tree mp by the roots n settled Jerry
n the w'isicrs right thar an then if
some one hadn't kim along an reskica
'em.
"Wull, Jerry growed to be 4 man.
but he never got no hair on his head,
N his wiskers seemed tn git re,,d''r'n
ever. But Jerry thort n heap of his
glowin' baird, n ne 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 a wife. n sot
his mind on Prudence Petty, the bcs'
pokin' gal on Bilcr's Run Prudence
a a little circumstance of her own
= she was jist ez proud of ez Jerry
wv of his w'iskers, n that Were six
nhhs on each hand. Jerry want
ue r struck with them hands full o.
nha but were dead sot to tie to
Iruaee in spite of 'em. So he begun
TO shli around her, or tried to. but
sne hihS nipped him, N didn't seem
20 hank, arter Jerry, though Jerry
h'io Den fl one o the best clcarin's
IN were inSugar Swamp Wen his oil
pap died- one night w en- ne were
up 10 see PAdenee he thort he'd find
out jist w atthe matter wus, N he
says:
"'Pru,' he say. WITS ailin' o. me th't
don seen togeer nothin' bout me?
Hain't a got the est clearin' in Sugar
swamp says he.
. ~ reckon v heV. jerry says Pru-
tocnce; but tha's ose thing v can't
raise on 1t, n that's sImpin' I'd like Y
20 hev ptic lar if Jined v in running
. that clearin',' says she.
~ kin raise anythin' on that clearin'
IT grows" says Jerry, gettin' a little
hffy.
Well says Pru. IF y kin raise this
IN I'd like V to raise says she, IN
beyillin' to hev v divide the clearin'
'yh me- says she, m mebbe be yer
wlter some day says she, larfin the
T igS'vatinest kind
kin do it, says Jerry. Watts the
croP.says he.
; Is hair" says Prudence, larfin'
more ever If v kin raise a crop o.
: hair Ia yer buckle berry, says she
4 w at the use o. me havin' all these
hngcrsp' mine says she, if I'm to
marry Snan that hain't got no hair on
, lis head They'll jist be wasted says
she. n s. larfed SO thet Jerry broke
fer hum.l' fer the fust time in his life
cussed hisll-luck cause them w'isl1ers
o his'n vgn't on top o. his head, Std
o hangin pter his chin The more he
1 thunk of 1.-THE more he wanted to git
some hair, so one day he went to
= LlpPy ConRght, the hoss doctor, n
: offered him tenty dollars n 4 spring
shoat If he cod conjur' mp some way
, to make hairp-ow on his bald conk
: Lippy know'd hit Jerry hadn't never
|. had no hair. m so he shuck his head
II VIC WHIT 10 XII some
a hair roots, saysae, we mowt plow up
yer scalp N setsm out like cabbage
, plants says he. N mebbe raise v a
. crop o. hair. Tins the unly way |
, know on says Lipy; but hair roots
l guess, is a pootysca'ce article to gi
jist now,' says NJ hain't heerd o
, none bein' on the aarket, hev you?
says Lippy-
Jerry shook his \ead n locke,
!. glum. Bimeby Lippy hys:
".Natur' has been DIN tough on Y
Jerry says he. IN ifN was you T.
beat natur' at her own gtne'
Flows that says Jera,.
. 18th as setch things e.wigs,' say
Lippy. Hadn't y never thok o them;
says he
"'No, by gum says Jerry, 4 neve
did, n they're the ticket;'\n' Jerr
went hum ez chirpy cz crtket-
, day or two arter that Jerry took tri
to the county seat, n the eve.in' h
( kim back he went up to Bilers Ru
. n dropped in for call on Prnienc
. Petty.
5 ".How bey'. Pru?' says Jerry. Vic
| one % them twelve fingers o. your'ngl
put the weddin' ring on?' says he.
".Any one of EN- says Prudene
'th't a lock o. hair often your head
: make ring fer;' says she, larfin' in h
5 aggrevatin' way.
'''An right says Jerry. larfin' BAG
5 at her. Choose yer finger"
Then Jerry took of his hat.
Prudence kim du-n nigh tumblin' ks
: plunk on the floor. She grabbed I
manteltree, n her eyes couldn't
bulged out ferder il it had ben