Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-06-30

Tor her young uns that killed Aunt Han
ner,' the bordering native went on.
NO. 1t was shame. Genuine, down
right shame is what Aunt Hammer died
OF! Aunt Hammer was too modest an
she couldn't stan it, so she up an died
Yesterday. Ii Uncle Bailey wasn't gone
he'd be settin' here a-ponderin, too, fer
Aunt Hammer was pertic'lar fond of
Uncle Bailey, an well he know'd it.
IL was jest cause he was so pertic'lar
fond Of him that she killed him.
Five years ago l went over to Bill
Belcher's pond. The fact is, cap'n, the
pond wasn't Bill Belchers, cause tha'
want no Bill Belcher, an when tha'
was Bill Belcher he never owned the
pond. Tina hain't ben no Bill Belcher
Tor twenty years The last day tha' ever
was a Bill Belcher he went fishin' on
That pom. If the fishin' hadn't ben so
uncommon good that day Bill mowt be
with Us yet. Bill had half a pint O.
iishWorms with him in a t'mater can.
an half gallon O worm O. the still il
a jug. This was fer exhilaratin' pur-
| poses. Bill allus exhilarated arter
ketchin' fish, but the fish bit so fast
that day that they KEEP him buster
than usual eXhilaratin', so that when
/ folks went TO look fer Bill an found
the boat upset an Bill an the Jug
floatin' in the pond, tha' was less than
/ two little jiggers of eXhilaration left
IN the jug; but tina was more'n five
gallons o. water in Bill. 1t want
drowndin' that killed Bill, some folks
( thought. They said it was the sud
| dent washin of all the exhilaration
/ out OF him by so much water gittin'
/ inter him that done it, Bill not bein'
used to setch Overpowerin' disapp'int-
ment An that's the way Bill got the
| title to the pond, so it's ben called Bill
Belcher's pond ever sence.
Yes, l went over there to set some
mushrat traps. an as / was rowin'
'crosSt the inlet G. the pond seen sum-
pin a-skippin' tO'ards my boat on TOP
o the water, an a-cOmin' as if some
body had shot it Outen gun. 1t want
a very big Sumpin'. an | thought it
amazin' queer that 1t could leave setch
big wake as was follerin it, an fol-
/ lerin' Of it close. When the sumpin'
gCt nigh the boat I see that it was a
freq, an mebbe its eyes want hangin'
out on its checks nor nothin'! An
good reason for il. What thought was
a wake behind the frog want a wake
at all 1t wds the slamminest biggest
/ pickerl 1 ever see. an from the way its
| jaws was thrOw'd open / know'd il was
| pinin fer that frog. When the frog
was sumpin' like ten feet from the
boat and the pinin picker1 want
more'n three inches from the frog S
hind legs the frog give on overpowerin'
/ hump an kick, riz up in the air like a
/ skyrOcket and come down kerplunk in
ter the boat. 1t cudded down 'twiXt
my feet and looked at me with its
bulgin' eyes, an if it could "a talked
nine different languages it couldn't "a
said to me no palmer in words than
what them eyes did
Say. misterr says they, please
don't let that pickerl climb in here an
chaw me-
well. sir. 7 riz right up in my beat
an taldn an oar, l fit an fit that pick
er'l till at last he made up his mind
that if he got the frog he'd hef to ge'
away with the oar an me an part o
the boat. so he turned tail an went
back 10 where he came from. He never
see nothin' as glad as that frog was
| He hopped an skipped around in tha
boat an rubbed hisself az in me like
purrin cat. He stayed by me all day
an follered me home. An he stayed
there. He took up his quarters in my
spring. lie lived there an crowd an
no crowd. An he got smarter than IL
like TO tell We He want long a-makin
the diskiv'ry that my natur' was per
ticIar strong as 10 sleepin' an that
hankered arter sleepin' in the grass an
ont in the orchard an on the bacE
stoop. An he diskiyered that veal
pint in my natter was bein woke III
by flies SO he took 10 watchin owe
me when the strong part o my natur
was actin an to ketchin' the flies a
they came buzzin' round to tickle TIT
veal, mart o. my natur' out o me, so
the strong part had it all its own way
an arter that ] step as peaceful az
| babies with paragoric in EN-. GraIi
/ tude? Why. gratitude stuck out al
over that frog in chunks
The native fell TO bordering again
and I was in the point Of getting ~
and making a break for the WOODS
when he reused up and said:
"Bu Belcher was an uncommon goo'
fisherman. One O. the best. That $ IN
reason he never went a-fishin without
tal,in' exhilaration with him All goo'
fishermen does. How DO you size up
cam. as to bein' a fisherman?
The hint was too evident and hand
oil the native my flask He took it.
"Half pint. hay?" said he. You n
list beginin' TO learn to fish, see. In
q leetle disappointed. l thought
mowt be talkin' to a good hsnerihan
Good ones allus carries a quart.
The native placed his thumb half way
down the flask as a marker. linen NJ
drank down to the mark and a0ctract
! civ showed the flask into his pocket u
toeD company with my tobacco. DegaI
IN think he was eccentric rather thai
/ dangerous and by and by ] said:
And your Uncle Bailey and Aun
Hannah
.1rv Uncle Bailey Hutch" the mar
rromptlv responded, was as proper
6baD as ever sat in anybody's tavern an
waited to be asked. But he run az Il
! two bio lumps of hard luck. One was
/ mat mo cot married T'other un wa;
| maj he married Aunt Hammer. Aun
| Hammers disposition was sot sumpin
like Il cr0sscut saw, an when she sol :
! moyin' she was a ripper. An the trou
HE was that she was moyin' most OF tn'
time Wunst she swatted Uncle BAILEY
over an then sot on him till she peeie'
more'n bushel O. taters. Aunt nan an
ner weighed sumpin' like 200 pounds
-. tir,o Uncle Bailey'd wigglC