Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-10-13
LAW IS WHATHEWANT
GEORGE SIMPSON WILL SOCK
1T TO JOE PLUM.
rronble IN the Hemlock Belt which the
strong Arm of Authority WI nave
10 settle. HOW che Two simPsons Game
to Re Mixed Up

Ill
Wayback George simpson az Tee
willie, in the hemlock belt
Il s'pose ye heev'd about the elr'
Gus that showed over to town last
week." said Way back George ''tlrst
circus that's been anyways nigh this
deestric' in FIVE year. Last one that
came along me an the old woman
cot free tickets for lettin the show
man stick some pictur's on our COW
shed door an we was feelin' tolaoLe
good over this one, too, for ina
wasn't no doubt but what they Z
want TO use that cowshed door agln
fer pLctur's. Sure enough. they
drove into our place, iist ahead 9.
The biz thunderstorm that sloshed
things around in the deestrlc so
permiscuous | asst EN- into the
house an we signed for the barn
door ag'in. | made an ALTERED good
bargain with EN-. fer they throwed
ia tickets fer the man eatln' eannl-
balls. an the pig that plays kecrds
Jest ez they were signing for tho
tickets a piece O. light busted right
over the farm and swoopod down
onto the cowshed Ia less time than
| ken tell ye that she'd was blazin',
an ther wasn't no door left fer TO
put the pictur's on. Course that
ended the deal. au' | felt sorry fcr
the OF woman, fer she had set her
heart on goin 10 the show, an she
took on awful cause ther wasn't
nothin left D. the she'd TO paste d
show pictur' on. Some folks mOwt
a thought that Sairy a ioit worse
over the COW beiu killed la the shed
BY the lightnin than over tho wipin
OIL d the face o the earth Of 5xG
slab door. but sech folks haln't ac
quaiuted with Salry's yearnlus
Well. that lightntn' made me an
the Oh woman's gOin' 10 this circus
look leetle out D the question. an
things was gloomy about my eleertu'.
Sol Parker owed me coasld able on u
chopin job, but Sol had run poorly
we TO emptyin's on cash an tina
wasn't much show for my ever git
tin any from him but Sairy had ali
idee.
You go over 10 Sol parker's' she
says. AN tell him that ye hate to
poster him, cause you know hos a
lcetle close 70 the wind but that
tha's circus comm, an sumpiu'
must be- did Tell him. says Sairy.
that yen take that 81 sheep o.
his'u an call Il square. says she.
Them show folks has got % hsy
meat fer their animals. says she
You kin trade en- that sheep isr
tickets for the show. says Sairy
II went over 10 Soils an be- WASH I
no ways slow taEtn mo up for don't
suppose he could get moren seven
shillin's for his old owe druy tho
sheep home. an things cheercd up
the powerfulest kind.
Joe Plum lives jost beyond me.
an ho never had no COW shed nor
nothtn' else that any body could stick
a show pictur on, an 10 whom he
heard that WIS expcctiu' TO hire
my shed door for tickets TO tho show
he was madder'n a snake, cause no
didn't have no kind o. chance o.
gittin' there hissclE when he heerd
that my shed was eat up by lightninf
an that the deal FOR the tickets was
OIL. Joe come over GRIMM meauor a
a hyeny.
so ye'v changed yer mind bout
ooin' to the show hcv yer says 10
to me. Its gotn to 81 hummer
they tell me. says he.
We'll, when ! got Soils sheoD. am
Joe Plum heeri what I were Gale.
latin to do with IL. hs got maddor'u
he was nfore. an come over an said
he had his idee q folks that'd trade
OF an innercuut sheep for lions IN
taggers 70 eat, Jest to git in an seo
trcus that wasn't goin' % mount
to much anyhow says the New
York SUN.
THE mornin' foro show day went
ont to take look 1T tho sheen an
the sheep was gone A bar Rad
come down outen the woods. Killed
my sheep an eat tho most Of II right
On the premises without my ever
gettin' an inkIin Of il. Sairy
swoonded defd away when | told her.
an J felt like singin Hank from the
Tombs and THROWN ashes over M.
When Sairy come to she give a few
sulps. and then says 20 mo.
Don't you say word so that
JOG Plum's folks'll hear o. thiap she
says ia ruther 20 right over .Jur.
dan this minute than hear them
Plums a.gloatin' cause can't I'll to
sec the show. says she.
$50 J kept mum. an ws pfoomed
and gloomed for couple q day4
Then Joe Plum come over prinnip'
wus'n ever.
~ didn't sec you nor Sairy 10 tho
show, says he. IT was d hummer
says he.
How do We know says
q Me an my folks was there. sava
he, chucklin'.
ii most fell dead.
Yes says he. Tho ,nornin,
fore the show seen d bic b'ar
sneakin' hind quartefin' from yonr
place of to'ards the woods, says No
j got my gun and sneaked around
ahead o the bar SAYS he. mn,
headed itof. ! only had to shoot
him wunst Who do Won mr.
bought himp Tho head Snowman