Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-12

was very close to the Old Settlers nose.
The two veterans had never before been
seen in attitudes quite so threatening.
But nobody thought it worth while to
interfere. BY and by the Old Settler
lowered his cane, but his glare re-
manned The 'Squire's st'dropped. bur
the snap did not leave his eye. Then
the Old Settler exclaimed:
who said l thort We we're referencin'
to me? l never thort o. setch thing.
b'goshi Thur more present comp'ny
thin me here this relation o. my rela-
ton. Yender sets Sol Duzenberry He
married M'riar's secon' cousin. an dye
'spose I'm gointer set still an hev ye
throw impytations on Sol? Not vile
kin git up an pertest, b'gosh!'
"Wull," said the Squire, a good deal
gentler, lis tn any o. your relations
relation here sides you an Sol?"
mo, tn hain't" replied the Old Set
tier.
"Then, Major" said the Squire 81
don't mind sayin' to We th't | didn't
mean SOL"
"All right Squirrel" exclaimed the
Old Settler. 81 'cept yer 'pologyI"
The Squire and the old Settler shook
hands and sat down, the 'Squire's eyes
| twinlkling as he winked at the boys,
while the Old Settler ordered leetle
sumpin' refreshin' fer all hans.
Major" said the Squire, after
awhile, 81 think ye said spell ago th't
l made charge ag'in ye an wouldn't
stan by it. How'd | make a charge
ag'in YEP"
"Wull, Squire" replied the Old
Settler, 'speakin' o. them high an
curious winds O. your'n, ye said th't |
hadn't never heerd o. winds ez was ez
high an curious ez them. That were a
charge ag'in me, an serious one, an
wen begun to try an git some fac's
outen We bout them winds o your'n ye
drifted to subjects ez was furrin' to the
question, an little unfortnit"
"Sech bein' the case. Major, said the
Squire, "Ill take back the charge an
asst We to perceed with yer 'zamination
o. me ez to wuther them winds o mine,
ez We call 'em, was ekal to sartin things
or wuther they want. ReplYin' to yer
two fust questions now, I'll say th't
none o. them winds o. mine ever
dreamt o changin' mans shirt 'thout
him KNOWN Of it, and ez fer gittin' up
bar fight 'mongst the clouds, they
wouldn't ha' had no more idee o dom
of it thin they would ha' had o. takin'
up election fer the heathens in At
ferky."
That's wat thort, b'goshP' said the
Old Settler. "An' now. then, Squire, was
any o them winds o your'n high an
curious enough in their natur' to hev a
man arrested charged with cattle steal
imp"
"Never, sir!" replied the Squire, with
the solemnity of witness in court.
"Goodr' CALCULATED the Old Settler.
Now, sir! Did any o. them winds o
your'n, ever show their height an their
cur'ousness to be setch az to change the
veenoo of case in court an save an in
nercent man from persecution
"Neverp' answered the Squire.
'sThen, Squire" said the Old Settler,
"th'has been winds and harrycanes
a durn sight higher and cur'ouser tn n
them o. yourn, an I'll prove 1t TO ye by
the case of an ANCESTOR o mine who lived
in the Sugar Swamp deestric' az an 'arly
day. 'Cordin TO the dockyments his name
were Hiram Wuncut wun't say that
the winds they had in the Sugar swamp
! deestric' in them days was higher an
cur'ouser thin any th't had ever ben
heard on afore, cause it mout be a
, charge ag'n somebody, but the family
dockyments says they was, an also
saws th't they was uncommon student
an contrary in their dispositions.
sTf ever tn were victim o. sarcum
stances, the dockyments says his name
we're Hiram Wuncut Hiram were q
! poor man, but he were ambitious. Tic
had a elearin' th't we're continually bein
, souatted on by a bar th't didn't make
no bones o. walkin' off with a sheep or
: mig or calf. right afore Hiram Wun
, cuts eyes, an 1t was the ambition o
! Hiram to lay that bar low. But the
, bar were too cunnin' a chap fer Hiram
an he continnered to gether in tho hy
, i'm proiuce o. Hiram's farm an keel
, Hiram poor. The bar didn't seem L
! bother nobody else's sheep nor cal 'e'
-, but Hiram's, an so, vile his neighboi
, Pbilander Boles KID raise wool enough
TO make him nice fiannen shirts an hi
calves crowd up inter COWS an oxen
Hiram had to keep on wearin' ruthei
used up oil cotton shirts th't had kin
with him wen he landed in Sugal
swamp, an his calves couldn't STAY
with him long enough TO git to be cow
nor oxen.
..Them winds o. the Sugar Swami
deestric'. so these family dockyment
saws. usety come up so student TIT on
minute yer corn in the garden wouldn'
be shook by ez much ez zephyr, an
> the next minute yer house d be SO
down in the mex township by streal
q, wind. Folks in housen th't was bein
scooted through the air in one direction
d meet housen from neighoorln dees
tries passin' along in tother direction
them winds run in setch contrair.
streaks. Hiram Wuncut alluz said tn
nuthin' th't none o them winds NOW
do would ever s'prise him not one ioty