St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-29
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saws he.
"But Simeon only sniffed an says;
'Poof" an my ancister went of sor-
rerin'.
''Simeon Puterbow want p'tic'lav
poplar round the deestric', bnt he
hadn't never did noth,n' that want
honest. Still, he had ways, an folks
didn't keer much fer him. Jist about
the time he ketched this bar asleep he
were gittin' reaay to marry the Widder
Sluppy. The widdcr had consid' able
land, an were . big ketch. an folks
didn't think much Of her choosin' 81
neon, but she were doin' Of it only
outen spite, cause Sol lBeasley an her
had little TIL. an Sol throwcd up the
Engagement betwixt 'em. thinlxin' meb-
be that the widder would coax him
back. But the widder didn't. an took
Simeon Puterbcw inste'd. An she'd q
married him, too, an. Simeon d ben
right in clover, II he hadn't poofed at
my ancister, and had plugged his bar
full o. lead.
'Simeon KEEP the bar tied to pole.
an one mornin' he got up an found
that the bar had slipped the rope often
his neck, an were roamin' round the
premises. But he didn't seem to want
to 70 way. an didn't make no objec-
ton to bein' tied up ag'in. This nice
an peaceful way o the bar made ST.
neon larf more an more at wat my an
cister said.
"Why,' says he, that bar wouldn't
ez much ez scratch . dog, let alone
clutch me-
"I didn't say he'd clutch yc" says
my ancister. But bewar', Simecn- says
he That bar mebbe won't eat We, but
wnss- says he.
Long about then some one took to
stealin' sheep from the clearin's an get
tin away with 'cm. Two or three chaps
ez lived in the decstric' was suspicioned.
but tha couldn't nothin' be found ag'in
'em. Nothin' were talked about but
the sheep stealin,' an one day my an
cister were to Simeon's an he says to
Simeon:
'It'll 70 hard with that shcep-steal.
in cuss wen we kctch him: says he
'It'n be states prison fer him fros, the
word co. says he, If it's fer twenty
year" says he.
my ancister recommembercd arter-
w'ds that the bar wer lyin' down ez If
he were snoozin'; but when my ancis-
ter said them words the bar opened his
eyes an looked up suddent and queer.
Then he riz up pooty soon, an took to
thinkin' like, now an then turnin' his
eyes to'ards Simeon.
Simeon says my pop. 'bcwar' O
that bari says he.
"'Poofr says Simeon. an my ancister
went away. The mex day he started
fer trip down the river with . raft,
an he were gone three weeks. The day
arter that Job Sawyer. ez lived mex to
Simeon. got up ut daylight and went
out TO his sheep pastur. an. b'gosh,
three O his sheep was gone. He foun'
stopped
"'Grcat spooiss:' says he. who'd .
thuuk itT
$50 Job goes right back an wakes mp
Squire Colduh an says he wanted .
war'nt. ez he had diskivcrcd the sheep
thief. The squire ast him who. an
wen Job told him the squire most fell
often his cheer. hut he give. Job the
war'nt. an Job went an woke mp ST
Salter, the constable, an they started
to git the sheep thief. They went
straight to Simeon Putcrbow's. Fore
they woke Simeon mp they stopped ut
his milk house. There hung Jobs three
sheep: An they was skinned. Then
they went to the harm. There was the
three pelts often them sheep layin' on
the barn floor! That's al they wanted.
They got Simeon up, s>rvcd the war'nt,
an marched him OF, spite of all he
could say. Job said artcrw'ds that cz
he were Rcttin in the wagon he looked
back an see Simeon's bar dancin'
round his pole an a-huggin' of hisself
ez If he was bustia' with joy over
sumpin'; but Job said he didn't think
nuthin' Of IL, bars bein' queer.
"Wull, they made short work o
Simeon. Tha couldn't be no goin' back
on the sheep bein' found in Simeon's
milk house an the pelts in his barn.
Court sat in three weeks. an they give
Simeon four years The news got back
to Sugar Swamp jist e. nv ancistcr got
there from his trip down the river. He
hadn't hcerd . word about Simeon bcin'
arrested nor nothin', an wen he heerd
the news he were jist goin' inter Sine
on's yard, cx he were anxious to Earn
how he were gittin' along with the
bar. The bar were layin' down by its
pole an my ancister stood loolxin' Mt il,
ponderin' like, wen Job Sawyer kim
along an hollers out to him:
'Hooray! Simeon goes to Jail for
four years! Hoorayv
with that the bar jumped mp an
begun to dance an hing hisself. an
most hollered hooray. too.
"T warned himv my ancister hol-
lered Il warned him ag'in that bar,
but he poofed at me! The bar stole
them sheep an put It onter Simeon!
Sure ez gums, the bar stole them sheep
On put It onter Simeon!
"The bar quit dancin' an huggin'
itself, an laid down loolriu' snealin'.
Ny ancister tried his best 70 git Simeon
on, but ev'ryhody larfed at the idee of
. bar stealin' sheep an putin it onter
some one else. an IL want no use.
Course. the widder Sluppy throwed
S;m.on up right away, an the onfortnis
man who poofed 1t the warnin' of my
ancister, who know'd bars from A to
lizard, an lEnow'd that . bar that were
ketehed asleep were bound to git even
with his ketcher even IL it had to make
him out . sheep thief, had to serve out
his time. Squire. the bes' thing you
kin do il to send this here Joe Ball
warmth"
There was . spell Of silence, and
then the Squire Rrunted disdainfully,