The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-06-28


lishman exclaimed.
"Yas, that's whit you air dom AN
my life have been crowded. Some
time ago l lived way over Wander
(waving his arml. "Wasgittin along
fustrate till one mornin' 1 woke up an
found that another teller had moved
in"
HE didn't move into yonr honse2r
mo, but he settled down not rnore'u
Ave mile frum me an slsecred the
deer. went ter him AM axed him ter
apologize, an he wouldn't do III an
then, ruther then ter be crowded, /
Left
II must say that you are the most
amusing man ! ever saw
Then l don't reckon you know'd
my brother BILL
II did not.
wall, now, he was amusin sho
nuff. Ell you amt in ahurrs, In tell
you about him"
II am prepared to hear anything, /
assure You"
IAN right. Wall, one day me and
Brother Bill was out at the sto'. AM a
Teller that was readin' suthin outen a
paper, an the drift Of IL was that
Gov. Henry was the strongest governor
the state ever had. Bill didn't saw
nothin', but seed that he was wor-
ried, an That night, after he vent to
bed, Bill he says: sAlf- that me
did you hear that fellerread outen the
paper that Gov. Henry is the strongest
governor the state ever had2 i lowed
that ! did Wall, says he, i don't
like fur that sort of thing 10 be flung
round yo' Uncle Fuller meanini him
fur yo' know I'm the strongest man
thar is anywhar in this state. an, ef
Henry thinks he's the strongest, wy,
he's got to prove it, that's air 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 agreed. AM 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 make no diffunce, fur Bill he
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 skittish, but Brother Bill
he want, for he walked right np am
axed Niger whar the governor was.
The niger he grinned an wanted
to know our names an then Bill
showed him aside an walked right
in, an went with him, fur / was with
Bill world without eend. We found
the governor a-settin' with,liis feet up
on the table, an as soon as / laid eyes
on him l 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
Iarn through the papers that you air
the strongest governor the state ever
had, an don't believe IL, AM 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-spilse thansyou can any
day, an want you to understand il;
an furthermore, 1 want yousi Know
that 4 am after you right now.F Wall,
the governor sorter laughed, an SAWS
Bill, know you air d putty good
man, an III try you few falls putty
soon, but before we go into it let's try
u little of this juice, the Oldest You
ever seed Wall, Bill he took his to-
hacker outen his mouth, an the roy-
nor tuck down jug, an then we ali
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 aspour-
in it out. an finally Brother Bill he
says: Governor, reckon that thing
they printed about You was the truth.
am your friend. for reckon Won air
stronger'n me- And Bill he drapped,
an J drnpped, an the governor ne
smiled and said he reckon 1T was about
time he was pardonin' teller that had
stol'd set of harness AM so he did.
Me an Rill, soon us we was able,
: come"
What became of that remarkable
many the Englishman asked.
wish you hadenter axed me that,
fur it makes me sad. He fell Ia a
Stnk-hole, an me an pap found him
shortly afterwards The hole was
putty deep, but down thar stood Bill
"fou got him out, of course. said
the Englishman.
Wall. let me tell you As tell Won,
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 stnk-hole had cayed in
on Bill. We would n dug him ont,
but papa mighty smart man, too
lowed that it want no use to dig him
ont jest ter bury him ag'in, SO we let
him stay Say, stranger, you axed me
ef ! would tell you the way ter onesof
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 d liar,
an III take it like u lamb takin,tender
grass in the spring OF the year. Good
by. Art in Dress.
AS Boston street car was blocked
a woman was heard contiding her do
mestic cares to neighbor. YES, 1
keep girl awhile to rest my body;