The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-05-18
JEREMIAH yB0LTO|N.,

u 0ssn Proctor, n CsatusI -
JEREMIAH yB0LION.,T
TWO Opinions of Him as Expressed
by Hiram stiggina.
rs there person Twin g in this VIII
lage by the name of Bolton, Jeremiah
Bolton? asked the stranger of Hiram
Stlgglns, who was sitting on the top rail
of the fence.
HE doesn't live here" said Hiram,
a good deal of emphasis on the word.
II have aletter from him and he rave
this place as Ills address"
"Oh, it's his address all right enough.
We don't callRJerry's existence living,
you know. He vegetables. And if YOU
want to collect any money from him
let me give you q pointer or two that'll
save you some trouble. You just 20
back where you came FROM and wait
till Jerry Sends It You'lf get the cash
just as quick that way as by bothering
him about T. Jerry's the allfiredest
loafer in theshull country, and that's
saying good deal, for I know most of
the folks in the neighborhood. I've
lived here myself goin' on t~enty-four
year. Some Of 'em are splecny enough
and these times man has to be up and
dom ct he wants to pay his debts, let
alone gittinh credit for maxim more.
Times amt what they used to be. I
remember nineteen year ago this spring
when -" H
"What is Nj. Bottoms business? He
is a mechanic, isn't hep"
Jerry? He amt got no business
never had. Itell him he's got no bust
nesssto live. Beats me what such men
are made form the first place. Natural
born loafer, Jerry is. Yes, sir. Work?
When you see Jerry Bolton tackle
honest work, you look out fer the judg.
ment day the week after. The world
will be comm to an end, sure. Whv.
last sharvest--I own this farm joinin'
the .village-Tand men were mighty
source, come over to get Jerry to help
me with the hayin'-ohered him good
pay "a man can get anything he likes
In haydn nowadays 'Tain't like what
it used to be. Seems as eff the more ma
chinery we get on farm the more
work there is to do. Labor savin', they
call them. Labor maxim is more like
it. I remember sixteen year ago last
harvest that We & st. -
Wouldn't Jerry work?'
Not by long chalk. Needed the
money, too. His wife was DOM the
washin' for the village to keep the chill
dren and Jerry alive. AS fer the rent,
they never thought O. payin' no rent
own. the house he lives in and sup
pose Jerry thought l would take it out
in rent eff he came to work. Still,
MISUNDERSTANDING He hain't sense
enough to be afraid I'd apply his wages
on his rent. Hes just good for nuthin'.
He's tinkerer. Jerry is. Allus work
in at some new tangled thing that amt
no good to any livin' creature. Jack of
all trades and good at none, tell him.
Trusts providence and his wife mostly.
Jerry would have starved long ago if it
wasn't toEs that &woman.s.a.She's a, sight
too good for him. But she's just as big
q fool as Jerry, for she believes he'll do
somethin' some day. She's the only
one creature ON earth that does,
but that don't make no differ
ence to her. She's a faded. washed
out creature, and the only time
she flares up is when some one tells the
truth about Jerry and she hearstit.
Jest like woman, you know. There's
no accountin' fur 'efn. Many. a woman
with q good, hafd-workin' husband
don't appreciate him. There's my wife,
fur INSTANCES
''Whatdoes he tinker at, principally?''
"Who? Jerry? Oh, Lord knows Some
fool thingor 'nuthsr: Deacon Swipes
says it's! perpetual motion, but tell the
deacon there s mo motto perpetual or
otherwise, about jerry Perpetual dunn
foolishpess, l. call it, Tryin' to get a
living III the sweat Of ;somebody else's
brow tell 'em down i'm the village
that Jerrys smarter man than any of
us Cause he can live without work and
we can't. Time was in this country
that a man had to work or starve.
Things amt what they used to be with
the young folks all wantin' to clerk in
the city. remember twenty-one years
ago when" ss-.,,,..S
''Then how does he manage to liveq
II teueyon he don't live;> he vege.
tates,| and on my vegetables, too,
mostly. Only the other day Miss Boil.
ton She come to our place with basket
and said she wanted to: borrow q
basket of potatoes. l says y to her
y Miss Bolton, you can't borrow nothin'.
II III give You. q basket, Of potatoes, il
you. 20 out and dig 'em. But I'm nc
such, 8 dun fool as to lend anythin' to
: the 3 o1ton family 'Ther, She up and
4 cries; and my wife she says. Well, that's
neither here nor there Some women
don't know when they're we'll of, and
.0thef women can't. bear to hear the
u.t aaath.a l. went ~down,-to.> Jerry's and
give him apiece of my mind. Had to
doit to sourhody or bust, for my wife,e
~ woman, laAdsthensa man
kb6ddhti biHee tyrant shshiA.own fam
lily. Well, Jerry he jest looks at me
an says nothin'. I believe the mans
crazy. He didn't seem to hear word
said, but jest looked past q person as
If some one had hit him with club.
He'lfgdto .. insane hospitslIyet, and be
kept at the county'sr expense-his fam:
lily, too. Hanged ct cap see the sense
of1ettfn' b man slik4, that have q fam
sdlys..4s lgepsnbtr years ses "a asp when-yes,
this fssts house you come TO, right on the
4 eage af rthsvillage. No, .ittin't mrehafa
sai6uSe3 8dne of eshanty, d yo6sayy bul
it's q mighty sight btggefns any rent
ever get fur it, s3Oealby; stts1 ger. rs.
MINI rpfS3Aas -tif{H
Hiram holds tofth to crowd OF
listeners on the veranda of the village
tavern.
Know Mr.. Bolton? Well, I should