Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-23

was 40 long an heavy Z be had 10 hire a
DOZEN men with OK teams 70 pvt EN- out
Then the undrrpinnin had TO be all laid
over Agsn. Then bow was he TO raise itf
lie thought 'twoull never do TO ask en- IN
come 20 another raisin there
"'lcs, twill II SOU act like n man about
IL. an not like "A misery curmndgronr says
father Tell 'rm frank that ye know ye
didn't do right hy 'ern afore, an ye're sorry
for u. an II thcy'll helm ye agin ven do the
handsome thing hy 'em. Then keep your
wori right up & the handle
"'But my wife amt able TO do sech
powerful sight o. cnokinr
"'Ye mean sc don't want n do such
powerful sight o. pervidin Come, now,
he man for once and see how 'twould
seem
III was bitter pill Tor Eliakim to
swaller. but he finally made M his mind
that twas the hest h. could do. So lie
tackled up old Grimes. an took Polly Ann
with him to help him out, for everybody
liked Polly Ann, she was 80 ehirk an pretty,
even II she wu~ sickly They went 10 every
place where he'd hal help uforc. an every
one on 'em promised TO come. They KEEP
their wor,
II s'pose the consciences o. some on 'em
had been trouhliH EN- ler;lc for al
though the Good Book don't say. Thou
shalt not tear down thy neighbours barn,
II does nay somethin like this. Vengeance
Is mine. saith t!ie lord. Hu DO unto others
rs We would that they should do unto you.
An not ono ~ cm wanted their barns
knocked in 50 they WAS glad OF n chance
/ 10 make amends
Mother an The gals an some o. the other
ueighbors helped Miss Hunt conk. until
they WIS ready Tor any number When
| Eliakim had got the better o. the stingy
old Adam In him. he pcrvided as liberal nv
father "a done
Polly Ann took me into the buttiry m
showed me the rows OF pies mn cakes an
cheeses, AN planters OF cold meats au lonves
OF bread AN pots Of baked beans
IAN there's two pigs roasting In the
brick oven" she said. Kind o. proud.
1.-The men come early an worked with n
WILL | tell ye Why, by o'clock the hull
barn was up ms good aS IL was afore. an up
to stay too Eliaklm. lac thanked EN- as
gracious nm perlite az II he'd lived in u city
all his life. an asked 'em down To tue house
| To supper,
"'Twas fust class set ont, an no mis-
take. A better supper they never ate, an
when TWAS finished they was all ready for
fun.
twiNt Plymton an Coventry, an some o.
the men WAS from one town an some from
t'other, an "A sight o. rivalry there WAS too
The Piymton boys was always tryiu TO
beat us. but we'd held our own until this
year.
"Some OF our smartest wrastlers had
moved OF. an some o. the piymtons had
learned how TO throw, so I this year the
PlymtonS had beat every time until ut our
raiSin your Uncle Dan had throwed Silma
Chase three times runnin. but I've told
ye bout that afore.
Wal, the Plymtons was mad enough,
an vowed they'd whip us this time. So
when we went out from supper we expect.
ell fun. an We got It,
Seems y II when Elakim got goin he
didn't know when TO stop. He stood right
out Hfore 'em all nm says, says lac;
"'l want Sc ALI to have 4 good time. so
ye kin remember Eliakim Hunts raisin
with pleasure Now. let's make this n
town tight. plymton agin Coventry. an III
give live dollars 10 the s.dc that beats.
All II Coventry gifts 1t III give live more
for the music next June trainin.'
Wal, they jest went to work thenl
| Both sides was on their mettle They got
together. each town 10y itself. an chose the
best wrusilcr on each side for bully, an
three others.
Then they formed in ring. an Ike
Huutress. the biggest mau in all PlymtDu
went into the ring lie was their bully
Father acted as manager for our side. lie
knowel that Ike WITS tremendous strong
but that he didn't know much 'hUIt wrast
lin, 'ccpt to knsc> "A man down. - father.
he picked cut little .Idbcz Slaeum.
"Now .iabpz wasn't nigh 81 heavy n Ike,
but he understood now to handle himself;
Ru the fust thing Ike knew, lac laid
sprawlin in the dirt.
""Tw1'n't fuiri' 'Twa'n't flirH Try il
nginr shouted the Plymtou fellows.
"'All right says father. throw him
asin. .Iabezr
so Iabez threw him Hgn. but the plym.
tons warn't satisfied. They wanted 70 try
| 1t once more, an 40 Jabez threw him the
third time.
"'rwas a leetie trick he hal with his left
/ foot He could "a throwed Goliath easy.
/ do believe
oval, the Plymtons couldn't deny bu,
! twas TAR enough this time. but they WAS
hot 10 try II asin.
so SAUNA Chase an Simeon Low went
| into the ring, an Simeon thTowed SAUNA ~
easy ~ Label had lke. Then your Uncle
Dan an Tom Harris tried II. an your uncle
throwed Tom.
Three times an outr says father. BE
ye satisfied nowr
"'fbry had 10 own themselves beat; so
Eiiakim give the Eve dollars % father "a
keep Tor June trainin. au gave the o-her
five 10 Jahez an Simeon an your Uncle. au
arter "A deal "a talk they went oil home.
An that's all there WIS 10 El,akin
ilnut'a raisin "-N ilamrtta A. Preston II
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