Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-03-17
HE WAS TOO "CuR'Ua.s
It Isn't Always Good for . Man 10 Know
Too Much.

1t Isn't Always Good for . Man - Know
Toe Much.
young man." said Davy, leaning for
ward and tapping Jacks sleeve warningly,
don't you be cur'usl Pm jes' comm from
the fun'rol Of a man who was cur'usl Tell
you what, he was the cur'usest man the
Lord ever turned loose-he wus thatl An
he wus allus so-yes, sir! Taggert his
pame WIS. Davy Taggert. My, when he
wasn't nothin but baby he got a present
Of a Noah ark. Pretty soon he was awful
sick. Come to find out he'd eaten Shem,
two sheep and half elephant; wanted to
see what they wuz made OF.
when he was bit bigger he put his
hand in a hornets nest to see il they d
sting as bad as Bill Hervy said they would.
He was mos blind for spell. One day he
climbed up the ladder Of his pas windmill!
to find out what made the tin rooster pint
diffrunt ways at diffrunt times. There
come cyclone. He was blowed off. The
doctor had to set his right arm an his left
leg. He WIS jes as contrary as he was
Gurus. What didn't consarn him he
wouldn't let alone. An he was unfortinet
AS he was contrary. But that WIS the
material evolutionment of his cussedness.
Now, there was Elihu Burns went an
tole him how hay dropped through the
newfangled shoots in the Widder Smith S
barn EASTERN lightnin. What does that
young limb of Davy Taggart do but goes
up into the loft an lets hisself slide down
with the hay-jes to find out. Bumpedl
The bump ON his head wus the size of q
turkey aig, not to chroniclate the fact that
old Bet nearly chawed his pants off afore
he scrambled out.
Next? Well, there weren't any specia!
next with him. 1t was all next. His pa
come to die. | expect 'twus conflustera.
ton about Davy caused the decease. Any
how, onct he heard if a body drank p'ison
an then drank lots Of warm water with
mustard in it it wouldn't hurt him a
speck, so when he found little bottle
marked, 'P'ison, he drank what wus in it.
Then he started to get the mustard and
water. But he Topped a-scroggin in nc
time. They run fur the doctor. He come
with stomach pump. After jots Of work
he said he guessed Davy wouldn't die yet
| fer awhile.
"Davy,' cries his mother, will ye prom
Use me ye will stop investigationing"
Observation-Disclosures / find out all
want-yup!-to know
| "Finally Davy growed up. He got q
girl. She was a nice girl. He made w
his mind to marry her. He asked her wha,
her pa died of. What her grandpa died of
What her grandaunt died of. If she wa
skeerd of mice. II she liked children. i
she could make bread. II she ate onions
II she was wasteful with starch. II she
put up sauerkraut the way his ma did
And if she liked ministers l don't know
what she said to the rest, but she an
| swered:
81 don't like the average minister
"'Come to my arms says Davy; III
make you Mrs Taggert'
mot much she says. 4 haven't
hankerin fur preachers, but they amt a!
| ornery as man that wants to know
blame sight too much
"An she married a preacher. AS 70
Davy, they sent him up to Geneva lake t.
vegetate. On the beach he met a Lowell,
woman. They got to talkin. He wa
slicked up, you see. An pretty soon b.
thought she wus as nice as could be,
"'Don't ye think am mighty nice fel
lah?' he says.
"'Oh, yesr she says, but she locke,
scared
He wusn't. lie was regular littl
gopher of a chap, He had jerky ways an,
| SlLuleb eyes.
"'Air We oldH he asked
"Twenty-two,' says she.
"'1ave We cornsS'
Cone
"'How much do ye weight
"'One hundred and twenty
Are you engaged"
eff there are any more questions YOU
like to ask, she replied somewhat tartly
my husband will answer them, Tobias
Tobias, he come. Davy got off with
pair of black eyes that time He starte
west. In Omaha he got job selin soaf
That suited him. There was inquiry i
it. He used to ask every one that passed
DO you use Apples soapr
lone day there was a motor comr
Davy he run. 4 want to find out, b
said, if l can't git ahead of itr An h
skooted along the track. Pm on my wa
home from his tun'rol. They took him II
with blottin paper. Here's my station
Goodby. Don't be Gurus, boys. A ma
don't need to know too much, any NOR
a cat needs two tails! Good luckn-Ch