Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-22


what: The humosist's like a man firm
at target. he doesna ken whether he
hits or NO till them at the target tells
i'm"
Il would be Of opeenion," said Hen
dry, who was one of Tammas' most
stanch admirers, at another mark o
the rale humoliSt was his seem humOr
in all thinGs%" Tammas shook his head
"a way he had when Hendry advanced
| theories.
Il dina hand WI that IVA" he said,
Il ken fine at Dayit Lunan goes about
sayin' he sees hulnor in everything, but
there's nae surer sign at he's no genu-
inc humorest- Mt, the rale humorest
kens yara weel at there's subjects rises
to the sublime, at should be regarded
philosOphically, an no humOrously.
DaVit would LAUGH ut the gradest
nthocts. whaur they only fill the true
humorist wi awe. I've found 1t neces-
sa1y TO rebuke him at times whaur his
lauchin' WAS DOT O place. He pretended
. aimee on this yara spot to see hunor In
the origin of cock-fechtin.
! did he, mon?" said Hendry, Il was
Nh here. But what is the origin O. cock
fSchtin'?"
j 1T was a the Cheap Magazine"
said T'nowhead.
| Was l sayin' it was nap demanded
Tammas. 1t was through me readin'
the account DOT O. the Cheap Magazine
at the discussion arose"
! But what said the 'Cheapy,' was the
origin of cock-fechten' =
{ 'T'nowhead Il tell ye," answered
Tammas; The says dinna ken"
i never said naething o the kind"
i returned T'nowhead, Indignantly. II
mind o We readin' it DOT fine
/ "Ay, weel," said Tammas, that's all
RIGHT. Gu, the origin O. cOck-fechtin'
gangs back to the time o the Greek
! wars, a thoosand or twa years syne,
mair or less. There was ane, Miltiades
! by name, at was the captain O. the
, Greek army, an one day he led them
doom the mountain to attack the biggest
army at was ever gathered thegither."
They were Persiaus," interposed
T'nowhead.
! Are you tellin' the story. or am I?'
asked Tammas. Il ken line at they
were Persians. Weel, Miltiades had the
matter o twenty thousand men wi i'm,
and when they got to the foot o the
mountain, behold there was two cocks
! fechtin'"
Man, man." said Hendry, AN was
there cocks in thae daysY
| "Ondoubtedly," said Tammas, ''or
| how could thae twa haze been fechin'?'
We have me there, TammaS," ad-
mitted Hendry. "Ye're perfectly right.
"Ay, then" continued the stone
! breaker, when Aildades saw the cocks
at it wi all their MIGHT, he stopped the
army and addressed it. Behold he
cried at the top o his voice, these cocks
do not fight for their household gods,
nor for the monuments of their anceS-
tors, nor for glory, nor for liberty, nor
for their children, but only because the
one will not give way unto the other"
1T was nobly said" declared Hen
, dry. Ma, cocks wouldna haze sac
muckle understandin' as to fecht for
thae things. l wouldna wonder but
what it was some laddies at set them
at ane anot Their"
! ''UendTy dOesna see what A1iliades
! was after" said T'noWhead.
We've taen't up Wrang, Hendry,"
Tammas explained. What NIiltiades
meant if cocks could fecht sac weel DOT
; O. mere deviltry, surely the Greeks
: would fecht terrible for their gods, an
/ their BARNS an the other things"
Il see, see, but what was the monu
ments O their ancestOrsY
"Ou, that was the grave-stones they
, put up l. their kirk-yartiS.
! Il wonder the other billieS would
want to tax them ava They would be
n MIGHTY wecht"
''Ay, but they wanted them an nat
rally the Greeks stuck to the stanes they
paid for"
80, SO; an did Davit Lunan MAX DOT
at there was humor in that!
He did so. He said it was humor-
Gus thing to think o a hale army loolin'
on at two cocks fechtin'. l assure ye l
tell i'm at saw nae humor int. 1t was
ane o the most impressive SIGHTS ever
seen by man, an the Greeks was sal
inspired by what NIiltiades said at they
swept the Persians cot o the coun-
try"
We all agreed that Tammas' was the
I genuine humor.
| An an enviable possession it is, said
Hendry. In a wy" admitted Tammas,
but no in 'wys" He hesitated, and
then added, In a low voice:
! LAS sure as death, Hendry, it some
times talks grip O me L the kirk itsef,
an can hardly keep frae lauchin'."