The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-24
THE OLD SETTLER.
Hi, Uncle sresecRer's story OF the Harvest
n, tbr widow Pudge crack Clearing.

| How's yer pigs fattenln
"only $3.50. MAJOR" replied the Squire.
THAT Yorkshire breed O. pigs don't seem 10
gether heit ea student OF they mowt.'
rs them pigs o. your'n Yorkshires2" asked
the Old Settler.
"Nothln' shorterw exclaimed the Squire.
"Yorkshires from tail to nozzle
orkshires?" said the Old Settler. mali
ciously =" Wull. now. b'Gosh. from tho build on
'em thort they was plowsheers F"
"Meanin' their headsY" eaid the Squire.
"Jedein' 'em from their heads. Yes" re-
piled the Old Settler
Come TO think on It, Major" said the
Squire. them heads Is leetle sharp an
plnted. an ca'c'lated pooty well to turn up the
| sile, but don't keep pigs fer their heads. |
| keep pigs fer their hams. an tenderlines, an
| shoulders, an setch. Our folks don't winter
over on head cheese. our folks don't"
Whose folks does. b'gosh ?" demanded the
Old Settler. testify.
81 didn't say ez anybody's did" replied the
Squire.
But We sinniwated."
The Squire didn't say whether he had In
situated or whether he hadn't, but a suspicion
Of a smile lurked about him. There was 81
lence for while. which the Old Settler broke
abruptly by saying:
"Speakin' O. the summer ben' past an the
| harvest bein' ended alluz puts me In mind O
| the story O. the Widder Pudgecrack an the
harvest on her clearin. ez my uncle. Snebecker
Giles. usety tell 1t. 1t all happened In the Wild
| Gander Ridge deestric.' fer l don't think tina
| was a man in the hull O. the Sugar swamp
| deestric' or could a had the heart to do wat
Shadrack Biff o. Wild Gander DONE an tina
| was men in Sugar Swamp mean enough.
| b'gosh. to pass lead sixpences on blind fiddler
| at dance. an one OF 'em were Tobin Tidft.
| which / hadn't orter say l don't spose.
| Squire. bein' ez he were relation O. your'n;
but facts Is facts"
The Old Settler paused to see how this little
reference affected the Squire and he seemed
disappointed when the Squire said:
That's SO. He were meaner than cow-itch.
Uncle Tobn WERE"
" But he had his good p'ints." said the Old
Settler. He know'd which dimmyjohn had
the best stuff in It,"
THAT runs in the family. Major" said the
Squire. smiling again.
AN he never drinked alone" said the Old
Settler. THAT don't run in the family
That's onfort'nit for you. Major" said the
Squire. with still broader smile
Tho Old Settler looked hard at the Squire for
while. but let the subject Of Tobn Tidat drop
and went on with the story OF the Widow FUDGE
cracks clearing.
My uncle. Snebecker Giles. were goin'
through tne W llu uhnueT NluSe ueeStrlC long
late in December. wunst. sellin' medicine fer
SMILES in sheep. an he came to a clearin'
where tina wore n slom mickin' great big chap
sot out on the woodpile skinnin' mushrats
Uncle Snebecker pulled up his boss an hollers
out to tho chap:
"'Hullo neighbor! What clearin' is this?'
1.-The Wilder Pudgecrack clesrin'.' says
the chap. keepin' on with his mushrat skin
min.
"'Wull. ruther! says the chap. larfn' like a
hyeny. She's ben in these two weeks-way
Uncle Snebeck or, didn't know EXACTLY wat
=" Kin see the wilder, think?
Bsp It's" an don bactsds the ehanees is that
Uncle snebeeker begun to git mad now.
Up Up sh. wrong tree ,eF eoens What's the he r a
SOP wan says TN The s shSp arn moren ever
dunno Why ye can't less it's cause the Wild
rats, an Uncle snebecker were gon' on. W en-
the chap boilers to hin an says w,,,
Uncle snebecker said he didn't.
'ItIl be with yer while
the s %id Snse sn'0o'k'F stayed to hear about
ss wSer ayS the Shsp
want no clearin'; The Widder, Pudgecrack
e esn The s % 9 TnSas Ann shos
TaDithy Ann were gettin' to'ards the time W en-
it want no trick at all fer her to recomember
Chances So was that Shed be Tabit ny Anne .ns
Flint Whep she PASSED ED oyer "nn Jordan But
an. think kin. that liability Ann mowt be a
savin, sort Of q wife to tie to. he asst her, an
nsy A Rs S San Ss her s
that air cabin yender. an him an Tabithy Ann
sot down in it Sampson IN he bpeked in like
nobody could spee exc at He sowsd i to
corn an buckwhit an setch
list ez sampson got things IN that kind
leave Tabthy Ann wilder with vii he ali t that at
clearin' an, things on her hands. 1t wa MT list
sumpn had Be did, Tha had 1 to ei be s sems
esna to th then has en- the
an married Potiphar Bubb Potipbar he |
in psPsS N t sos tRs
incest Kind F9lphar Gu. rhs rye % an the 'S hay
clearin' without no head ag'in.'
Eaters an corn an huckwh was planted. but |
what o. thatp The 'taters had to be dug. the |
corn had to be cut. an the buckwhit harvested
and thrashed, Somebody had to do that SO
the wilder didn't raise no objections on Job |
Saprider said he'd be wilin' to o that for her
an she changed her name to Saprider. job
were a shorter to work. an he kerr things
runnin' right up to the handle. He
dug the 'taters an got 'em In an
cut the buckwhit an thrashed It.
an gethered tho corn an shelled IT,
and got in the garden truck and slowed every
thing, all away snug an, proper. to ini'y 1t
durin' the winter. But job didn't hev no bet
tor Judgment than Sampson and Potiphnr had
an wat docs he do but go an leave the Wild
der wilder az, q; an she list q ca c'latnR her
pootiest on havin somebody to cheer her up
wen the winter winds begun to bellerr
This is tough on me" says the wilder:
this Is pooty fought
90 Job had stayed long enough to git the plC
good an fat, and II he ID waited a week or so he
could a killed it fer the widdcr. hut lie didn't
an SO she had to git 1t Killed. AN cut up an
packed away in the, cellar herself, But winter
were comm. an she were lonesome an so
Hong about Thank sriyln, time ~, an 81 nIrnnL