The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-20

'" "Thss | ever ssst san's you anow,d
my broth
IT did 4
wall, now, he was amusin', sho
huff. Eff you amt in hurry, I'll tell
you about him"
Il am prepared to hear anything,
assure you"
"All right. Wall, one day me and
Brother Bill was out at the sto', an a
Teller that was readin' suthin' outen a
a paper, an the drift of it was that
Gov. Henry was the strongest governor
the state ever had. Bill didn't say
nothin', but seed that he was wor-
ried, an that night, after he went to
bed, Bill he says: 'Alf-that's me
did you hear that Teller read outen the
paper that Gov. Henry is the strongest
governor the state ever had?' l lowed
that l did. Wall, says he, 4 don't
like fur that sort of thing to be flung
round yo' Uncle Fuller-meanin him
fur yo' know I'm the strongest man
thar is anywhar in this state, an eff
Henry thinks he's the strongest, WY,
he's got to prove it, that's allr l axed
him what he was goin' ter do, an he
lowed that he wanted me ter 90 down
to Little Rock with him an see the
governor. l agreed, an the next
mornin' we hitched up old Tom an the
gray mar that we got frum the Posey
boys, an away we went. We was
about three days on the road, but that
| didn't rnalya 81, L.
had good deal at stake, an you bet
l was with him. Wall, we got thar
at last and found out whar the
governor roasted, an we went thar.
| was sorter skittisb, but Brother Bill
he want, for he walked right up an
axed niger whar the governor was.
The niger he grinned an wanted
to know our names an then Bill
showed him ASIDE al. walked right
in, an went with him, fur l was with
Bill world without eend. We found
the governor a-settin' with his feet 4E
on the table, an as soon as | laid eyes
on him | seed that a mistake he'd been
made, fur he was lean an dried+up an
want patchin' compared ter Bill, an
he looked like he was sorry fur it, too;
but that didn't make no diffunce to
Bill, fur he says, says he: Governor, 1
parn through the papers that you air
the strongest governor the state ever
had, an 1 don't believe it, an l stand
here to take the part of old Gov.
Fulton, that was the friend of my
gran daddy, an you bet he could lift
more at hand-spike than you can any
day, an l want you to understand it;
an furthermore, | want you to know
that | am after you right now Wall,
the governor sorter laughed, an says;
Bill, know you air putty good
man, an I'll try you few falls putty
soon, but before we go into it let's try
a little of this juice, the oldest you
ever seed Wall, Bill he took his to-
hacker outen his mouth, an the GOV
nor tuck down jug, an then we all
hit it, an we KEEP on a-hittin' it till at
ter while me an Bill found it as much
as we could do to stand up But the
gov'nor he KEEP on a-smilin an a-pour-
in it out, an finally Brother Bill he
says: Governor, / reckon that thing
they printed about you was the truth.
am your friend, for l reckon you air
stronger'n me- And Bill he drapped,
an / drapped, an the governor he
smiled and said he reckon it was about
time he was pardonin' teller that had
stold a set of harness. An so he did. Z
Me an Bill, soon as we was able,
come"
What became of that remarkable
81 tho Tn
WISH you hadenter aXed me that,
fur it makes me sad. He fell in a
sink-hole, an me an pap found him
shortly afterwards. The hole was
putty deep, but down thar stood Bill"
you got him out, of course" said
the Englishman.
''Wall, let me tell you AS I tell you,
me an pap found him, an was just
about to let down a rope to draw him
out when one of the dogs freed coon.
WALL we lowed that Bill would stay
thar, an we didn't know whuther the
coon would er not; so we went after
the coon, an when we come back we
found that the sink-hole had caved in
on Bill We would "a dug him out,
but papa mighty smart man, too
lowed that it want no use to dig him
out jest ter bury him ag'in, so we let
him stay. Say, stranger, you axed me
eff l would tell you the way ter one of
them mills. Wall. you keep on a-goin',
an eff yer don't come ter one of them
you come back here an call me liar,
an III take it like lamb talSin' tender
grass in the spring of the year. Good
by."-Art in Dress.
AS Boston street car was blocked
woman was heard confding her do
nestle cares to a neighbor. Eyes,
keen a girl awhile to rest my body;