The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-06
AUNT HAMMERS PREsoRr11oM
A Pleasant Old Lady, with . Pipe snd
Bible, Tells All About It.

long ago to stop at backwoods farmhouse.
I am In the Pennsylvania lumber region 10
ask for Information. A pleasnnt-lcokine OLD
lady sat on the back stoop She was pufin2
away at n black clay pipe. and was 80 intent
en- reading a big Bible sho hold In her lap that
she did not notice my approach until placed
my foot on tho st,r. Then she lookel up.
and. taking The pine out OF her mouth. said:
PRAISE the Lord. stranger. and good morn
in to 70 THIS here haint terbacker It's
AMY Set down."
Then the pleasant faced old lady put tho
pipe back in her mouth and pulled away 40
vigorously MS Letore.
"'Tain't ezac'ly Amy. nuther." she contin-
ued. but it's stumblln block an q snare to
AMY. DO y know wat b'leve the Amy 10
Mctbe yu'v read about how they use to cast
devils out O. folks in the way back times. Wat
do " s'pose them devls was? Nothin' In the
world but AMY! The way they went whoop-
In n whooin' out o folks showed th't 1t was
tho Amy m nothn' else Them devils gits
inter folks nowadays list the same OF
they use to. but there hain't nobody OF
kin cast 'em out. n 80 the Amy has
things It's own way. n wenever = see
any ono a whoopin' n wheeztn. n .
prabbin' fer breath. y kin say to ysrself:
HISS possessed Of q devilr n yum hev 1t
right II a person with the Amy hain't pos
sesseI OF a devil then there never was any
devils to possess anvbodyl bon forty year
tryin TO cast one out o mo. but hain't got 1t
all cast yt This hero OIL pipe Is doin' OF It,
though! It's snare aad stumbln' block to
ON! There" said the Old lady. knocking
the ashes out OF her pine. and placing 1t on tho
window sill I've got the best OF him fer list
now. anyhowl Where be v p'inted for
stranger"
liammersley's Forks"
Hammer sey's Forks hayr said the old
lady. Il lived there wen was n gal. n there's
whore fnst got possessed Of 4: Right at
e"t hcd o" to me. Twas over iIers where
Sound to make It reg lar n take me to all tie
doin'. ~ set up Sunday nights a snarkin'; n,
nss tns away with amy
,ssssy sSs S5 KIM I'D all Th'n
.Wat'. in" use o. W 'as?. said Sam.
Ivy not - said sam.
5es snP .si i'd tn hain' no use . me marvin
CIT awayr said, Sam, I've, bought some
Mnd u ,,s on Li,ls k,s sSid he yoa{e
eno%sh 20 skeer my devil away sh's you've got
S ssTs @s sEn:
said he. l tell y there Is use!' said he.
the %' TO li0s o on L,.eIe Kite n dIssln
pryin' a farm out O. the land Sam had bought
sd. h ssy n he s sysa shs
. SFoRy never fastsns on to idyts m fools n
I assured tho pleasant-faeei and earrulous
ola lady tnat had meyer noticed that remark
tnowi il ashi tot M d IT, 20
o. TO Siudsr der console eII1N me- on years m yssrs
think o SANS sister Mehitabie h hsi to think HH
Q, that OIL fox skin cap th't Sans father give
i, away kesriHl in bban'S e; Il teIn feared
Thing In the World to Keep moths out Of It vas
to SCATTER nigger.hsai terbaSker cut ape.
IL mot sS 81: :es
Mehitable never liked Sally senoe, the time
1 Il, sally 8, cut he out with her Teller at the
50 Meh.abis she ssid TIT mo hs d get iss G on
niggsrhead. %, TIT there wasn't nothin in the
family right at The start got some niger
SANS mother: she said th's gum 0G os%fire
sRe *.
an wanted 1t to keep. she'd put a good sprink-
psupsn the ha %
Sam took out his foXskin car mex winter to
horn Button TIT had sos on TOP Of It. Tbs H
!sa ss1s 4. Ssti5a %ssS. hs,
s dd
see my ' two BOYS. Abe and 3oe b both : en ems
got the amy. There hain't two better log chop:
Pine Creek county thin they be-. n wen it comes
to bar or deer there haint nobody anywhere
BOYS list ushe same sss a la had ,iss q many
chances, They a., hain't never had tetch O.
es ss is 'Hs Kim DO Inn
sEIy sls sW Thss t Spf tsnS
We hoy the Jack psstur ppes % don n4T run
SANS Aunt Hammer from westconslns kim q =
yisitih' Of us. The day she kim had ben
a mSea ssat
took look At that lot it made mo feel 50 dis
howIsd 10 " me Ter JOY "a made me Wish Ia
ben born IN the days won they could east out
asonY was inioyin itself with me better 'I Il
had In : good while. cause id bon takin' q
LIa, a t tho back pastur n was moro disker-
Why. say. Aqns Hammer: Waits tloklin'
fy hs nasns in the b ssI'
|. IKE the SCAM. engine Over the tannry wSist.
LIN i Sr EN- mt, tN KNOCK or isE dinner: ,w
%nllsns Is the las thing on tor o the 'aIrth
The wust kind said Aunt Han ler.
could nctuly he n the AMY grit its tooth |
w'en Aunt Hammer said that about the mui. |
lens. an 1t gimme setch throttle ez thort d |
be my last breath this side O Jordan.
Aunt Hannero SAYS. ez soon o. GOULD |
snatch a, some wind from tho Amy. You don't
",Is tee mullen stalks blo.somin'r says she. |
~ said they was.
Then gether peck or two o. tho leaves.' |
says she. n dip EN- In strong saltpetre wstor.'
Says She n then dry 'am By the heat Of a |
hickory fire till they shrivel up says abe. |
;. Then yon gil new clay pipe n cram it full |
shs d9nt kesr nov mHch me 70 in
yon smoke YER pipe says she m blmebv
!t'll be glad enough to make itself sca'ce. says
), All the time Aunt Hammer was tellin' mo
bout the mullens that amy were rryin' ali II
snoT'd how to choke tho ne out o mo. but it
gethered the leaves. N Aunt Hammer A. ed 'em.
The neA, day got my fuat whsck at thu azmv.
that devil o mine with my pine ~ the back