Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-29
GRATEFUL BEAR CUBS.
Tale Of . Potato Field by q Man
from sinnemahoning Way
His Uncle's Power Of Remembering, His
Fathers Business Idea, and Hi
Own Willingness 70 Take
Honsr's Place.

Honestly" said the man from Sin.
mentioning way, " feel sorry for
this side Of the mountain every time
come over from old Sinnemahonel
do, really honest, l dol Why? Be.
cause, In the first place, this aide Of the
mountain seems to feel its littleness,
and its awsy-down-in-t he-depthsness,
- II were, and can see It wondering
what It's on earth for, knowing that
SinnsmAhone Is just over beyond, kick.
Ing its heels in the air, so to speak,
like lamb on the hillside and swelling
up, and looking sassy, a. II II might be
. steer in the oatsl And. in the second
place, because l have noticed q prepou.
derance Of yaller dog on this aide Of
the mountain. and then this side Of tho
mountains bears amt up to snuff. Ill
fares the land, to Fastening Ills q prey,
where yaller dogs accumulate and
bears amt gayr Sorry? Why, I'm 90
sorry for this side Of the mountain that
II I had q bosom Of destruction with
me I'd sweep every one Of your yaller
dogs into the Allegheny river ysnder,
and then 70 and drive q herd Of Slime.
mahoning bears over here and rive YOU
. new start In lifel Sinnemahoninr
bearsl Why, say, Homer made the
mistake Of his life In not waiting q few
thousand years and being born on the
old Sinnemahonel 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 ada.
cent bailiwicks, making heroes and
heroines out OF more or less disrep-
utable folks, but he could have stamped
and sloshed along the atoried Sinnema-
honing, In . pair Of cowhide boots, and
sung Of bear till the cows come homel
l often lie awake nights regretting
that Homer made that mistake. Those
Sinnemahoning bears ought To have q
Homer to put EN- on record a. they
should be put But all Is not lost.
Homer gave old Sinnemsh oning the 70.
by, and preferred ancient Greece to
bears grease, but ell Is not lost Old
Sinnemahone may not have Homer,
but she has Mel And II her bears don't
go down to posterity with bells on my
name amt Praxitelss Pettibonel
1.-THE trouble with me Is, nv memory
Isn't long enough to do the Einnema.
hone bear full Justice. lhsve to deal
with him Us . contemporary, and con-
temporaneous history Is q trife dan.
Ferrous to handle. for there are other
people who are contemporaneous, and
they may insist on proofs. It is much
nicer to deal with history that was
,ontemporaneous with your grand
'ather, for then the burden Of proof is
IN him, and all you have to do Is to
lite authorities. Now, II had q mem.
Dry like an uncle Of mine once had,
,ould 60 way back beyond this ques.
lion with ease, and show up the Sinne-
Malone bear in . shape that would be
much more amusing than any he has
out on within my recollection, amazing
Is that shape has frequently been.
That uncle Of mine quit working his
memory, though, quite suddenly, and
he reaction fastened his death. lie
vas letting IT have full sway once, and
liter he had at last called IT in, the
lew school-teacher, who had never
leard my uncle remember before said
% nlm'
~ l mad your memory ana fearless
aess IN exercising ", would write q
oook ana call II .hecollections OF the
Deluge' py survivor
Somehow after that my uncle quit
'emembering and went Into q decline,
md never stopped this side OF Jordan
when was boy, ten years or SO
I'd, my father, Reuben Pettibone, said
o me one day;
'rraxiteles' said ne, i spose you
Inow them taters Is to be planted TO-
l hAffAH a.