Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-07

"Jist ez Sampson got things in that
kind o ship shape he were onconsid'rit
enough to leave Tabitha Ann widder
with all H. clcarin' an things on her
hands II want jist the thing fer
Sampson do, an when later plantin'
time an u plantin' time kim round
sumpin' h. TO be did. Tha had 10 be
somebody - tend TO them things, an
so the WI Ter Pudgecrack done the
bes' thing The could, an married Poti-
phar Bubl potiphar he pitched In an
got In the corn an 'taters, an made
the garden an sowed the buclSwhit an
got a pig - fatten, an things was NOV
in incest kind. Potiphar cut the rye
an the hay an got IL In, an then wat
did he do but follcr Sampson an leave
the Widder Pudgecrack clearin' with
out no head ag'in.'
"'This were hard on the wilder
Course the rye were cut an the hay
were In an the Eaters an corn an
buclSwhit was planted, but what o.
that9 The Eaters had TO be dug, the
corn had TO be cut an the buckwhit
harvested and thrashed. Somebody
nau W hO NnuI ~ inc WluutT ulunt
raise no objections wen Job Saprider
said he'd be willin' 10 do that for her,
an she changed her name TO Sapridcr.
job were shorter TO work, an he
keep things runnin' right up TO the
handle. lie dug the 'taters and got
'em In, an cut the buclSwhit an
thrashcd II. an gcthered the corn an
shclled 1T and got in the garden truck
and slowed everything all away snug
an proper, 20 inj'y It durin' the winter.
But job didn't hev no better Judgment
than Sampson and Potiphar had, an
wat does he do but go an leave tho
widdcr widder agin, an she jist u
ca'c'lating her pooticst on having some
body to cheer her up wen the winter
winds begun To bellerl
"This Is tough on met said the Wild
der; this is pooty toughr
"Job had stayed long enough to git
the pig good an fat, an u he'd waited
week or so he could killed II for the
wilder, but he didn't, an 80 she had to
git II killed, an cut up, an packed
away In the cellar herself. but win
ter were comm an she were Ion some,
an so, long about Thanltsgivin' time,
wen Shadraclt Biff, that druv team fer
the tan'ry, took pity on the widder an
toll her that she needn't pine, cause
he'd make II pint to cheer her up
She were so thankful to him that she
said yes, an she quit bein' the Widdcr
Sapridcr an begun bein' Mrs Shad-
rack Bif. But her joy were too sud-
dent, | guess, fer two weeks ago shc
quit bcin' n wilder or anything else In
this vale o. tears | think says this
MISUNDERSTANDING chap TO my Uncle
Snebecker, that | toll ye awhile ago
that she were In, didn't ~ An that yc
mowt run agin her one o. these days II
We were a good, stiff llardshcll Baptis'
an didn't bactslide? Wull, that's
where she Is
IAN wat did the widdcr do but
leave 10 Shadrack all that clcarin' an
all the rye that Sampson Pudgccrnch
sowed, an all the 'taters an corn an
buclSwhit and garden truck that Poti
phar Bubb planted, an that job Sap
rider gethered an thrashed an slowed
away so snug, an the pig that job
fattened. and that the widder packed
away In the cellar. all fer ShadraclS "a
fist lay TO this winter an in'jy an fee
good overl An wat do ye s'pose Shad
racks gointer do mex week2 Why
he's gointer get hitched 10 the snappy
little Wilder bly,, o. Lost Crow barren
an fist sit her down on the Widdei
Pudgecrack clearin' TO help him inj'y
them blessin'sl Now wat do ye think
o. Shadracl BlffT says the mushrnt
skinnin' chap, larhn' like u hyeny
ag'in.
"T think he orter be tarred an feath
cred an rid outen the kentry on n rail-
says my Uncle Snebeclser An I'd like
10 be the one TO do 1t, b'goshp says he
Ono says the chap, droppin' hi
mushrats. 'Wull, says he, I'm Shad
rack Biff"
II tell ye, Squire, it's a durn goo
thing fer that mushrat-skinnin' hyeny
that my Uncle Snebecker didn't hev M
tar an feathers with him. Ez II were
he shook the dust o. the Wldder Fudge
cracks clearin' often his feet an go
away from II ez fast ~ his boss'd 10
him, he were so consumed disguised
with Shadrack BlfT-Ed Mott, In n
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