River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-10-08

anxious aboutr says Jerry. Now,
wen a. var goin' ter come down m
help me run that air clearin' o. mine?'
says he.
$50 Pru she give in m sot the day
fer her N Jerry to git hitched, N the
news o. Jerry's hair fetched folks I'm
all over the deestric' to see it. m If
Jerry had run fer Office jist then he
KID ben elected TO anything.
Now, Jerry had sister, Sally, m
he were her guardeen. She had sot
her feelin's on young Sam Slower, m
him m Sally wanted to git married
the wust kind. But Jerry he didn't
want Sally to marry Sam, m put a
veto on the hull business FIN the start.
1.-The ideer says Jerry. wat kin
Sam Slower do but tame crows, m
coons, n bar IN setch?' says he. An
he a-wantin' to marry Sallyr says he.
Young Sam didn't do much else but
tame crows m seteh, that's so, but he
picked up a good many dollars at it,
m his pop had a sawmill, N Sam were
giner'ly thort to be all right, m so he
was. But Jerry had other idees for his
sister, m he nipped Sam right in the
bud.
''Wull, the day th't Jerry m Prudence
Petty was goin' ter be hitched kim
round, N Jerry started for Biler's-
Sally had gone up to help with the fix
ms the day afore. Ez Jerry were
passin' by his buclxwhit field he see
th't two O. Jed Crone's pigs had broke
through the fence m was everlastin'ly
-. Na hr1al xxsrlat
wouldn't do, o. course, n Jerry hur-
ried over m druv the pigs out Then
he see th't he'd hef to fix up the fence
er they'd be right in ag'in, m he sot to
work to do it. 1t were warm day,
m Jerry took off his coat m his vest
m his hair m laid 'em in fence cor
ner w lie he done the work. 1t didn't
take him long, m he were kind o.
restin' N GOBLIN off little fore he
put his things on ag'in to start fer Pet
tvs. Vile he were moppin' his head
m his face with his handkerchief, a
couple o. crows kim sailin' down outen
the woods often the hill m lit on the
fence nigh whar Jerry's hair were lay
in, m begun clatterin' N Gavin
m iawin' Jerry didn't think nothin'
o. the crows ii II one of 'em jumped on
the ground m begun to make little
Examination o. the hair. Then Jerry
got kinder slxeert N started 10 chase
the crow away. The crow, SEEM Jer-
nv maxim fer it, knowed at once that
the hair was his'n, N want to be
fooled with, so o. course the crow, fol-
lerin' out its natur, picked it up, m
tother crow grabbe holt of it too, m
away off in the woods they sailed with
the hair th't had got Jerry the lest o.
Prudence.
Now, all the time Jerry We're work.
in away fixin' up his fences agin the
pigs, Sam Slower were sittin' on the
fence over home thinkin' about Jerry's
weddin' th't were to come eff that arter-
noon, an cussin' Jerry fer standin'
'twixt him and Sally. Vile he were
cussin' to hisself, couple o crows th't
he had tanned kim sailin' along an lit
in the yard right in front of him.
"'W'at under the canopy has them
crows hooked on to now? said Sam
gittin' down often the fence an walk
in over to whar the crows was jawin'
over sumpin' they had brung in. by the
dancin' ghost o OF Kentuckyr hollered
Sam, stoopin' down an takin' it away
from the crows. If they hain't COB
bled Jerry Billhinger's hair I'm tea
potr
"An' Sam danced an yelled like
crazy man, m then went an hid the
hair in the barn. He hadn't more than
done it wen Jerry kim a putin an
BLOWN outen the woods.
:" Them durn THE vim crows o. your'n
has snatched me bald-headed ag'inr he
hollered. Cit me my hair, durn
We. or tina wun't be no weddin' at Pet.
tvs this afternoon
'Wun't Pru marry y unless v show
up with yer hair on? says Sam.
No more'n she'd marry a skeer.
crowr hollered Jerry. 'Whar's my hair?
THAT bein' the case, yer right,
Jerryr said Sam. sTha wun't be nc
weddin' at Petty's this afternoon says
he, unless An then sam stopped
an looked at Jerry till the sweat rolled
outen Jerry like peas.
"'Unless what?' says Jerry, jumpin'
up an down, fer it were getting long
to ards time fer the hitchin.
"'Tha wun't be no weddin' at Pet.
tvs this afternoon says Sam, unless
tha's twor says he.
"Two?" says Jerry. Who's tothei
un?'
"'Me an Sallyr says Sam, GRIMM
all over his face. Unless me an Sally
bitches this afternoon, says he, you
an Pru Petty don'tr says he.
Jerry jumped an swore fer min
ute or two, an then hollered:
"'Gimme my hair, consarn ye, an
come onr said he.
Sam got Jerry his hair out on the
barn, an went long of him to Petty's
Wen Sam toll Sally th't tina were
gointer be double weddin,' an that
him an her were the doubler, Sally jis
bellered fer joy.
How'd y ever bring Jerry over?
says she.
Wull,' says Sam, a-winkin, i goi
him whar the hair were shortr says he
can they had the double weddin, an
l never heerd th't anybody were sorry
fer it neither Ed Mott, in n Y Sun