The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-04-26
"JEDGEp WILLET'S VISITOR.
Why "a New Hampshire Town Is Not
Troubled with Peddlers.

Troubled with Peddlers.
( Bascomb Flagg, familiarly known as
"Bask," was the postmaster in small
town of northern New Hampshire. and
having lived in one place and held one of
flee for over thirty years he knew by heart
most of the town history and that OF its
individual inhabitants, and was ready to
reel off anecdotes on slight provocatiOn.
as the tramp law strictly enforced here?"
inquired "A stranger who had been stopping
at the inn for a few days, and lingering for
little chat with "Bask" after the morn
ing meal was distributed.
IN tell We IA leetle somethin bearin on
tibet pint eff We want | should, said Mr..
Flagg, settling himself in.an easy, unoffi
cial attitude on the broken backed chair
which he commonly occupied in times of
relaxation.
Just what | hoped you'd do" replied
the other, seating himself comfortably on a
three legged stool, known as the ''visitin
seat"
eve amt had a tramp inside the limits
o this township fer above six years" be-
gan the postmaster impressively. And he
added after slight pause: The last one
was Teller thet's known amongst every
body in this region es 'Jedge Willet's
visitor Ye see, it come abaout this way:
"Ther was this man come ter the Centre
Village one day, and hedn't s much es a
box o stove polish on him ter signify tibet
he he'd any reg'ler calm. He was a tur-
rible ongainly, GURUS appearin chap too
an his clothes, what ther was of 'em, was
cOnsdduble the wuss fer wear. But he
did cuttinly not look ter be hungry.
suspicioned tibet he'd he'd squar' meal
overt the Wilder Sparkins', in tn East
Village.
"Well, twas kind of a coolish day,
long in the fore part of September, an |
KEEP the man engaged in conversn while
my son Abe he stepped over ter the jedge's
an fetched him over here. An es the fell
Ter couldn't give no 'caount of himself tibet
was what ye might call anyways likely,
an seemed inclined ter be kind of ugly an
fsty, an twas gettin toward night, and
he warn't seeminly inclined ter move on,
why Abe an the jedge they jest clapped
him inter the lookup.
well, naow, We see," said Mr.. Flagg,
with an appreciative chuckle, the jedge
was master hand ter fergit, an the mex
mornin, bright an early, he'd planned an
ter spend the day with his brot hers folk:
an they went, and the jedge took the lock-
up key in his pocket an never give q
thought ter tibet tramp.
"'Twas fair day es ever was, an the
Willetses come home by moon, singin es
lively an pleasant es could be. But es the
Jedge was gettin aOut O the kerrdge he
see my Abe loiterin along on tn other side
o. the road, an then he minded 'baout tibet
tramp, He was kindly man then, es
naow, an always lib raj; an he Jest throwed
them reins at Nathan Gibson-he was
hired out ter the jedge tibet year-an tore
fer tibet lookup, Abe runnin alongside. es
ye may say.
ut was in kind of an aout-o' -the-way
spot, quite piece up tibet lonesome mill
road, and when they come near they could
hear tibet man groanin, Abe said, like
ev'rythin. Well, they unlocked the door,
an the jedge sent Abe back ter the haouse
ter tell Nathan ter fetch the HOSES over,
an they kind O half h'isted tibet man inter
the kerridge, an driv MIN straight to the
Jedge's. An the jedge, he he'd him right
inter the dinin room, an fed him up, an
lodged him in IA good spare room over night,
an give him a good breakfast an a dollar
in the mOrnin, an sent him off.
1.-The man 'llaowed he he'd a leetle
mudgin of dinner ct the Wilder Sparkins'
tibet fust day, 'baout Ii in the mornin, but
he seemed all wilted daown an peaked
An howsomever he managed ter spread tn
word nobody knows" concluded Mr.. Flagg
meditatively, but tn fact remains tibet
we amt he'd a tramp sence tibet day.
lone AFTERNOON Their was kind of ped
dler come in-two years or so back-but he
asked, casual-like, eff ledge Willet lived
here, an when | told him yes he said he
must be pushin on ter the Corner, fer it
looked like rain, an he was gone fore |
he'd time ter ask him any questions. y
Youths Companion.