The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-10-09

finger, of Sugar swamp" said the old
settler: AN wat sot me to thinkin'
about him were them durn crows a-caw
in an a-squawkin' down yendcr in
the woods Eggs hain't often ketched
wcarin much hair, but l wouldn't be
Altered to bet farm, b'gosh, th't if
if anybody'd ha' shaved Jerry Bill
fingers head an then shaved an egg
he'd ha' scraped more hair often the
egg thin he would often Jcrry's head.
lie were uncommon bald, Jerry were!'
wat knocked him baldhcadcd,
major?" asked the squire. Want he
wholesome in his 'arly days, or did he
marry a widder?"
"Natur' were wat allied jerry" said
the old settler Jerry were born bald
an never got over It. lie had jist ez
much hair wen he were ten minutes
old ez he did Wen he were twenty year
old. mean ez tohis head, Ger cur GUS
thing about Jerry. Bil1inger We're th't
though he didn't hcv no hair on his
head, he begun to sprout w'isllers fore
he'd cut his second teeth, and by the
time he were old enough to drop corn
he had baird longer'n a billy goats.
1t was a durn funny thing to see that
amazin' youngstcr plantin' corn, with
his head glistenin' in the sun like q
bran new baby's, n his w'iSliers wav-
IN IN the wind cH II ne were Ola enough
to be reg lar Mcthusaler W at made
the sight more rprlsn were tn them
W'lSkers was ez red almost ez a turkey
gobblcr'S chops. They was 50 red that
wen Jerry went to fetch the cattle
nome from paStur he mad to kiVer them
lakefa up Ter the Dull got ms eyes on
'em Wunat chased Jerry clean acroat
the lot II up 4 tree, Whar the SIGHT
the wlskerS worked on the bulls
teei'ns SO tn they say he d ha paved
tn" tree up by the roots settled jerry
the w lSEcrS right Ihar an tlch II
soinc ono i'a''i ! NIiA aionS a'1 ieSi'leo
eli
"uil' Jerry 5fo"eu 10 be man.
ouG ne never got no mar on ms mead
II MS w .N1ela See .I W ~ ie'''t'L II
eyer. n41 "Gr,y 'holI d neap VI ms
gown n1iru' Il nc "oui''l I s"o' IL
ler inc en , IeesI nGao mar IN .:,I ever e.,
groNe' Id. > az iie s!tt tili nc
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ia|1-;a, e.,1 80 BIa,.,s d., n,.,,'1.,,,oo
b"d l;+3ta oa,a,,,rl,4ana" of ha. a,,.1,
tb't she was list cz proud Of e. Jerry
were of his w'is1crs. m that were six
fingers on each hand. Jerry want
n'tic'lar struck with them hands full ~
tinrers, but were dead sot to tie to
Prudence in spite of 'em. So he bcrun
to shine around her. or tried to, but
she kinder nipped him, n didn't seem
to banker arter Jerry, though Jerry
had ben left one O the best clearin's
tn were in Sugar Swamp Wen his OF
pap died. SO one night wen he were
up to see Prudence he thort he'd find
out jist w at the matter wus, n he
says:
"'Pru, he says, WITS ailin' o. me th't
y don't seen to keer nothin' bout me?
Hain't got the best clcarin' in Sugar
swamp SAYS he.
81 reckon " hev. Jerry saws Pru-
dence: .but tha's one thing W can't
raise on if. N. that's sumpiu' I'd like "
to hey p'tic'lar if | lined W in running
that clearin'.' saws he.
Il kin G1ISn DnVthin' hat clp1rin'
tb,t uror,e,, saws Jerr,. oottin, . lit+la
b,ffT
H. =.
49,. "a H. - .oiaa', 49, nm
Go v.iIIin, - how y, divid, the ,.lo.r;,,
,ri+h n,n sars sho .,r, molhe no WOW
,'.;I1a. ,,>nc dnr saws aIo Ia.Gn H.
".oul t;Iar. 49, ''' WIZ
$3.50 49,. ','., ,1v,..,
q, Nlii w lO' '''S 'oiiy' "' i" 'no
crop. S"yH ne
ITS mar! says Prudence' arhn
more n ever III KIN raise d crop o
hair I'm yer huckleberry: says She
w at S the use me haVin an these
myers o mlne' says She' II IN 10
marry man that nam got no halr on
his head? iheyil Jlst be wasted says
she' n she lar1ed so thet Jerry broke
Ter mum, n ler Cne luSC Vl,he III MS llle
cussea MS Ail-lucK cause tnem " iShetS
MS wa on 'op Ms ~, ne'u' SIiu
hahgin onter MS cnln' Inc more ne
thuhk Oh IL Iie more ne wanted 10 gu
some mar SO one oay lie went 10
LiPpy EohNrlgh', 'he moss DOCTOR
o1rerea MN twenty collars n spring
shoat II ne couio cohJur up some way