The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-08-10
GRATEFUL BEAR CUBS
Tale OF Potato Field by q Man
nom 6innemahoning Way.
uis Unclo's Power Of Remembering, His
Fathers business Idea, and His
Own Wiilingness 20 Take
Homsrs Place.

this side of the mountain every time ]
come over from old Sinnemahone!
do, really Honest, dol Why? Be-
cause, in the first place, this side Of the
mountain seems to feel its littlencss,
and its ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
rs II were, and can see 1t wondering
what it's on earth for, knowing that
Sinnemahone is just over beyond, kick
ing its heels in the air, 30 to speak.
like lamb on the hillside and swelling
up. and looking sassy, as IL 1t might be
Q steer in the oats! And. In the second
place, because have noticed prepon-
derance of yaller dog on this side Of
the mountain. and then this side OF the
mountains bears amt up to snuff. Ill
fares the land, to fastening ills prey,
where yaller dogs accumulate and
bears amt gay!' Sorry? Why, I'm SO
sorry for this side of the mountain that
II I had bosom OF destruction with
me I'd sweep every one Of your yaller
dogs into the Allegheny river yander,
and then go and drive herd of Sinne-
mahoning bears over here and give you
a new start in life! Sinnemahoning
bears! Why, say, Homer made the
mistake OF his life In not waiting few
thousand years and being born on the
old Sinnemahonc! Then he'd have had
something to twang his Tyre about!
He wouldn't have had to tramp bare
foot over the hills Of Greece and adJa-
cent bailiwicks, making heroes and
heroines out of more or less disrep-
ntable folks, but he could have stamped
and sloshed along the storied Sinnema-
honing, in q pair of cowhide boots, and
sung Of bear till the cows come home!
I often lie awake nights regretting
that Homer made that mistake. Those
Sinnemahoning bears ought to have .
Homer to put 'em on record as they
should be put But all is not lost.
Homer gave old Sinnemahoning the go
by, and preferred ancient Greece to
bears grease, but oil is not lost. Old
Sinnemahone may not have Homer,
but she has Me! And il her bears don't
go down to posterity with bells on my
name amt Praxitelss Pettibone!
1.-THE trouble with me is, my memory
isn't long enough to do the Sinnema-
hone bear full justice. have to deal
with him as contemporary, and con-
temporaneous history is n trifle dam
gerous to handle, for there are other
people who are contemporaneous, and
they may insist on proofs. 1t is much
nicer to deal with history that was
contemporaueous with your grand
father. for then the burden Of proof is
on him, and all you have to do is to
cite authorities. Now, II had MEM
DRY like an uncle of mine once had, l
could go way back beyond this ques-
ton with ease, and show up the Sinne-
malone bear in q shape that would be
much more amusing than any he has
put on within my recollection, amazing
as that shape has frequently been.
That uncle Of mine quit working his
memory, though, quite suddenly, and
the reaction fastened his death. He
was letting it h ave full sway once, aud
after he had at last called 1t in, the
new school-teacher, who had never
heard my uncle remember before, said
to him:
"'If had your memory and fearless
ness in exercising it, would write n
book and call it "Recollections of the
Deluge. by q Survivor"
Somehow after that my uncle quit
remembering and went into decline,
and never stopped this side of Jordan.
when was boy, ten years or SO
old, my father, Reuben Pettibonc, said
to me one day:
'Praxiteles,' said he, 4 s'pose you
know them Eaters is to be planted to-
day. Iguess we'd better get at EN-
II knew it we'll enough, but had
just dug lot Of worms and had every
thing ready to go down to the creek
and try for trout. So said:
eyes, father. But the trout are
biting tremendous, SO they say
lis that SOP said father. Well, my
son, s'pose, then, you've been digging
fshworms%
eyes, father said I, feeling good,
for father was an indulgent parent.
"'And got your pole and line all
fixed ready, too, s'pose% said he.
"'Yes, father said, and felt just
rs il was as good as on the creek.
WELL said he, i s'pose it wouldn't
make much difference IL only one of
us planted 'taters to-day?'
"'Not Bit said I, If it don't make
any difference to you
"'No. it DON'T says he. You're sure
you got fishworms enough?
Plenty said, starting to get my
pole.
"'And you're sure the trout are Bit
ing good?' said he.
They were never biting better,
said I.
"'All right said he. I guess I'll
take the pole, then, and go down to
the creek aud see what luck Ill have.
You 60 on planting Eaters as II
wasn't here, and get in as many as you
can, for it's good day for planting. II
you get that field oil in to-day you can
go fishing yourself all next week.
: 81 was trife set back, but couldn't
help admire the preponierance Of the
business idea in my father. 1t wasn't
fishing that he cared SO much about
1t was the getting in Of the Eaters, and
you'll notice that he didn't make up
his mind to go fishing until he found
could get along with the planting oil
right My father was remarkable
man in good many respects, and 1t is
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