The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-10-10

HOW pey, IrU! says Jerry. wien
one % them twelve fingers o. your'n II
put the weddin' ring on2' says he.
"Any one of EN- says Prudence,
'th't lock o. hair often your head IL
make ring fer;' says she, larfin in her
aggrevatin' way.
"'All right says Jerry, larhn' back
at her. Choose yer fnger!'
"Then Jerry took off his hat, m
Prudence kim durn nigh tumbln' kerr
plunk on the floor. She grabbed the
manteltree, m her eyes couldn't
bulged out ferder if it had ben
growlin' N snappin' painter that stood
afore her. Pooty soon she got her
breath, n fallin' into cheer she
throw'd up her hands.
'Wull consarn you, Jerry Bill
finger! If that don't jist dumswizzle
mep she hollered.
Fer thar stood Jerry, holdin' his hat
in his hands m GRIMM like n bar
eatin' honey. He want bald no more,
hut had head o. hair tht kivered his
bare conls like an old hen ltiverin' her
eggs.
''Thar's the hair " been so durn
anxious aboutr says Jerry. Now,
wen "a var goin' ter come down n
help me run that air clcarin' O minep
says he.
$50 Pru she give in N sot the day
fer her n Jerry to git hitched. m the
news o. Jerry's hair fetched folks FIN
all over the deestric' to see it, N 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 Stover, m
him m Sally wanted to git married
the wust kind. But Jerry he didn't
want Sally to marry Sam, m put %
veto on the hull business FIN the start.
1.-The ideep says Jerry. Wat kin
Sam Slower do but tame crows, m
coons, m bar n setch?' says he. An
he a-wantin' to marry Sally says he.
Young Sam didn't do much else but
tame crows m setch, that's so, but he
picked up a good many dollars at it,
n his pop had sawmill, m Sam were
| giner'ly thort to be all right, N 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 n Prudence
Petty was goin ter be hitched kim
round m Jerry started for Biler's.
Sally had gone up to help with the fix.
ms the day afore. Ez Jerry were
passin' by his bucllwhit field he see
th't two o. Jed Crone's pigs had broke
through the fence m was cverlastin'ly
rootin' away in the buckwhit. Tht
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 N laid 'em in fence COR
ner vile he done the work. 1t didn't
take him long, N he were kind o.
restin' N coolin' off little fore he
put his things on ag'in to start fer Pet
ty's. Vile he were Il moppin' his head
N his face with his handkerchief, q
couple o. crows kim sailin' down outen
the woods often the h'll n lit on the
fence nigh whar Jerry's hair were lay.
in, m begun a clatterin' N Gavin
m jawin'. Jerry didn't think nothin
o. the crows ii II one of 'em jumped or
the gro und m begun to make little
Examination o. the hair. Then Jerry
got kinder skeert N started 10 chase
the crow away. The crow, seein' Jer
ry 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 it's natur', picked it up, n
t'other crow grabbe holt of it too, n
away off in the woods they sailed with
the hair th't had got Jerry the best o
Prudence.
Now, all the time Jerry were work
in away tiXin' up his fences agin the
pigs, Sam Stover were sittin on the
fence over home thinl1in' about Jerry:
weddin' th't were to ccme off that arter
noon, an cussin' Jerry fer standin
'twixt him and Sally. Vile he were
cussin' to hisself, a couple O crows thu
he had tanned kim sailin' along an lii
in the yard right in front of him.
"'W'at under the canopy has then
crows hooked on to now?' said San
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 Kentucky hollere6
Sam, stoopin' down an takin' it away
from the crows. If they hain't COB
bled Jerry Billhinger's hair I'm tea
potp
"An' Sam danced an yelled like q
crazy man, m then went an hid the
hair in the barn. He hadn't more thar
done it wen Jerry kim putin an
blowin' outen the woods.
Them durn thievin' crows o. your'r
has snatched me bald-headed ag'inr h,
hollered. Cit me my hair, durI
ye, or tina wun't be no weddin' at Pet
ty's this arternoon!'
'Wun't Pru marry y unless y show
up with yer hair on?' says Sam
No more'n she'd marry a slIeer
crow! hollered Jerry. 'Whar's my hair?
"'That bein' the case, yer right
jerry said Sam. "Tha wun't be N,
weddin' at Petty's this afternoon, say
he, unless An then Sam stopped
an looked at Jerry till the sweat rolleC
outen Jerry like peas.
"'Unless what?' says Jerry, jumpin
up an down, fer it were getting lonG
to'ards time fer the hitcbin.
"'Tha wun't be no weddin' at Pet
ty's this afternoon, says Sam, unless
tha's twor says he.
"'Two?" says Jerry. Who's t'othe
un?'
"'Me an Sally!' says Sam, GRIMM
all over his face. unless me an Salll
bitches this afternoon says he, yol