Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22

some MEMBER OF the Jerry ohe" vi
White river, way back in the woods
miles from any place. "Old Jerry
Case, "Young Jerry" and Lon, know
every inch ofgroundin the county
One day Case ran across cata-
mount and she-bear with two cubs
over near White River Falls
He shot the former, killed the old
bear in hand-to-hand contest, and
brought the cubs home alive. He
took up the best part of one evening
i'm relating the incidents of the ad'
venture to the boys at the tavern.
Young Jerry finally got n chance to
Nell of a thrilling time he had once
with a catamount, and at last old
Jerry got the floor.
"Never told We bout the joke Jer-
ry had played on i'm b. a bar up
long White river, did l: cnquired
the old man.
"Ncvcr mind. dad" said young
Jerry; that yer yarns gittin bout
played out. it is.'
"Telrt dad, tcllt," urged Case.
"That's the best thing on Jerry ye
ever heerd. Sail in, dad
"Yes, Jerry" said the old man;
"guess II hef to tell T."
There seemed to be something
particularly amusing in the rec
objection of it, for the old man
laughed long and loud.
aye see," said old Jerry, smother
ing his mirth, "me'n Jerry were
goin' through the woods pickin'
out single trees. 'Twere three or
four year ago, 'twere, II thar were
quite a sprinklin' of snow on the
groun'. We got over the river nigh
a swamp I lays in thar n Jerry he
skins his eye on a tree with n hole
N it. bout ten feet from the groun'.
"'See yer, dad SEE Jerry, givin
the tree thump with is FAX; dad
sez he, burned Fl don't think they's
coon in that tree
".Mebbe they is,' SEE ri, and went
on little ways. Jerry he KEEP
thumpin' on the tree, n l thort Id
wait n see If they WIZ coon n the
tree r not. l turned round. Thar
were Jerry givin' whack on the
tree. N then iookin' up Z see + tn
coon were gittin' out-then mother
whack, then lookin' up agin, till
were just goin' to tell i'm t come
along, when 1 seed sumpin' I made
me stop. In the bottom o tn tree
thar were mother hole me
hedn't seed. Jerry he'd jest guv tn
tree mother knock with is FAX, n
were lookin' up fur the coon, when
out o. tn other hole, which were
kind .r on the other lie away from
Jerry, come one o the durndest big
rest bars ri ever see. Dern'd fe
didn't look z big z an OK when he
rig up n looked at Jerry. Jerry
didn't re- i'm n when / thort how
the boyd be tuck back when he
seed that bar a standin' thar look
in at i'm, dern'd Fl didn't lief 10
stuff my hat in my mouth to keep
from laughin' right OUT
The recollection of the scene was
too much for the old man, and there
being no necessity for keeping
quiet, he laughed till he cried.
Young Jerry added, by way of pa
renthesis, that dad were an ole
FOOL
Eyes, sir; he'd to stuff I way in to
keep from laughin' right out. Well
he were Jest goin' to guy the tree
mother whack, n when he riz is FAX
he turned is head little n seed
tn bar. When / seed Jerry stand
in, with is FAX riz, an lookin' at
tn bar with is zeyes bigger'n sas-
sers, n the bar lookin, at i'm,
with is mouth kinder open, like ez
If itwere laughin', durn'd ii didn'
like to bust; but when the bar
hauled off m guy Jerry swat long
side the head with 8 paw, N
knocked i'm down, an tn bar sot
still lookin' at Jerry, an Jerry sot
still lookin' at the bar, dern'd II
cud stand I, n l. jest lay down n the
snow n rolled n hollered n kicked"
For time it was question
whether old Jerry did not intend to
get down on the floor aud duplicate
the performances, but he recovered
himself and proceeded, Jerry de-
claring that he "didn' think tn ole
man were SIGH fool" and Case
positively asserting that 10 was
the best thing ye ever heerd.'"
"well, think I'd aided a-laugh-
in T he hedn't riz up on is feet n
hauled off with is FAX to Civ the
bar whack. seed it were no
iaughin' matter then, for If the boy
ID hit the bar tn way he were goin'
10 he'd spit the skin, sure ~ live.
So jumped up and hollered.
Great powers, Jerry, see ri.
don't spite the skin"
"'AIl right, dad, SEE Jerry, Il won't
ser he, N fetched the bar a litter
'longside the head. Down went the
bar, N Jerry orpto i'm with is FAX.
The bar knocked the axe out n the
boys hams quicker n scat. n then /
felt easier, cause knowed he
cudn't Spite the skin. They ciinched
n n -.