The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-09-04
ON THE BIG BRIDGE.


who was just then declaring:
''Why it's regular old socker OF n
bridget II must be the soclSiest struct-
ure Of the kind in the worldr'
ITS one of the largest bridges in
the world ! believe" replied Scotty.
"Well should say! Suspended right
across the riverP"
eyes"
Never failsp"
NO"
Right here all the timer
Eyes"
isn't carried off in the spring when
the ice goes out?"
mo"
II can't realize It, don't believe
could sit down and fgger out a bridge
like this I'm a whole month! When /
tell the old man about IL he'll think I'm
lying or was drunk. He built fence
'leven feet high around n race-track,
and he says it's the biggest thing in the
state OF New York. Jewhittal1erl But
what a sight, Teller who built this
was SMART"
eyes"
on bet he didn't do chores nights
and mornings for his board and school
ing"
~ think not"
"Landsl But what Teller he would
be TO invent rat-traps and SIGH! He'd
made his fortune up our way in IA year.
Has he ever brought out a washing
machine, ice-cream freezer or anything
OF that sort?"
~ don't think he has"
probably waiting TO git sunthin' ire
mendous. The old man told me I'd
better keep offn it, or she might go
down. When / tell him that folks and
teams and cars was crossing, and that
nobody was afraid, he'll git mad and
want them seven dollars owe him Is
the man who made the bridge around
here today"
II haven't seem him to-day"
I'm something on the invent myself,
and I'd like to talk with him. in
vented the first clothes reel ever put up
in the Mohawk valley. Well, I'll look
around myself little. Have some cara
way seed?"
mo, thanks"
awful good for the breath. but they
don't agree with everybody. Good
morning"
He had scarcely left us when mar
ried couple approached from the New
York end. 1t was plain to see that the
husband was out of sorts. As they
came up he flung himself on a bench
with great bang and groaned out:
"0h, heavensl But how that heel
hurts! The hide must DO rubbed off all
the way up to my chin! Well, we've
got down here at last, and now you can
begin To gawp aroundv'
I'm sorry II your heel hurts you,
dear" she replied.
Never mind my heel. just go right |
ahead and open your eyes and mouth |
and aetas II you never got away from
home befokei" f#"@ faaf fFf
',But you wanted to come, Richardr |
Didn't, eitherl l told you it was |
nothing but bridge. What is there |
about bridge TO set anybody wild? Go
ahead and gawp We start for home
this afternoon"
"All strangers coming TO New York |
always come TO see the bridge. don't
theyp" she appealed to Scotty.
certainly, ma am, " he replied. "This
is by all odds the biggest sight TO be
seen" M Tf.
II wouldn't go ten rods TO see itr'
growled the old Bowser as he got his
sore heel off the ground.
"This bridge connects New York and
Brooklyn" queried the wife,
"Yes'm."
"Who didn't know thatq" grunted the
husband.
Were they long in building ftp"
Several years, ma am"
Didn't s'pose they begun Monday
morning and had the old thing done by
Saturday night, did YEP" put in the
husband
'Richard, wish you would closely
observe this bridge so as To talk with
me about II when we get home, 1t is
such stupendous structure that"
81 can't see where the stupendous
comes In" he interrupted.
"But IL is the largest bridge in Amer
Ca" .rf
81 don't believe III That's all brag!
II may be "A little larger than our bridge
across Plum creek. but wouldn't swear
% THAR
"Why, Richard!''
"Its just a common, old bridge, and
hats all there is to II, and / sha'n't
ay one word about it when we get
omelv
'Do you want to go, Richard?"
"Yes, want 10 go, Richard, and I'm
ding, too. II you want TO stay and
awp around You can, but I'm going
nclr ~ the hofal and fyat aoma talleF |