Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-30
THE TOBY GROO PLACE FOR SALE.
A Very Sensitive Red-headed
Girl.
Toby Groo's wooing of Kelsey Brickton
and What 1t Was That Upset the Mar
riage-Betsey's Name Was spelt "Hrick-
topn by the Educated Bear.

on the Olnnemanone spreau. lney re
always up to date. There are no back
numbers among the Sinnemahoning
bears. Nay, nayl
sis there anybody here who knows
Toby Groo-Toby Groo of Lonesome
Hollowg 1t doesn't matter. Only if |
@ny one wants to buy a nice snug little |
place the Toby Groo place is for sale. |
Easy terms, too. II was put on the |
market sudden, because Toby Groo |
went away sudden. All on account o
,bears-Sinnemahoning BEARS met
Toby when he was going away.
"'Toby,' said l, whats up?
SITS all up said he. All up with
me.
"'Meaning Betseyy' said l.
""The same said he.
"'What did it? said l.
Education 7 said he.
Education p said |.
""Theres nothing better to have in
district, said he, than education, pro-
viding you keep it in bounds, It's all
right and proper among the rising gen
Grafton of human folks, but when you
come to spreading it among bears,
you're carrying it too far. That's my
opinion said Toby Groo. Education
Is what done me up with Betsey. Edu-
cation among bears = said Toby.
sand away he went from the Sim
nemahone; and when a fellow has the
heart to leave the Sinnemahone coun-
try, you can make up your mind that
he's done up bad And the Toby Groo
place is for sale. And what led up TO it
was this:
"The Bricktons are great people over
on the Sinnemahone, you know. Great
people. Been there for generations.
The greatest one of the present genera
ton is Betsey, although she isn't very
big and isn't 20 years old yet.
"'Takin' her from the ground up as
Uncle Jabez Fiddler puts it, IAN con
! siderin of her fer gener'l scrumptious-
ness, Sinnemahone can't turn out the
ekal O. Betsey Brickton.'
~ want to give you pointer on
Betsey, though, so that if any of you
should happen to buy the Toby Groo
place and go over on the Sinnemahonc
and be somebody, you'll know how to
act and keep out o trouble Betsey has
got red head. An amazing red head
Now l rather like that red head OF
Betsey's, and good many other folks
do, but Betsey thinks it's drawback
She is sensitive about it to degree. In
the soft Sinnemahone tongue, she's
as tetchy as nettles about il. And
Betsey is so full o snap and fire that il
isn't safe to mention tUrchlghts, OF
bricks, or anything of that sort arounC
where Betsey is, for she takes it as
personal slur on her topknot, and The
way she flares up and gives it to you il
something to remember.
Its cortion to peppersas Jabc;
says.
Everybody knows this, and is care
ft,l d. .. \
them and her if they want to keep oil
the right side Of her. Betsey Bricktol
is popular, though. So popular tina
N.there amt young chap on the Slime
malone that wouldn't be happier tina
bear in bee tree if he could shine u
to her and know that Betsey liked il
Toby Groo, as far as money went, wa
the best catch for girl of all the yOun
fellows on the Sinnemahone spread Nc
bad looking, and not much over ~ Bu
he wasn't over-popular, because he wa
what Uncle Jabez calls "a leetle nigh /
his dealin's,' and rather inclined to q
the best end Of dicker, even il he la
to stretch point For all that old Bill
Brickton, Betsey's father, got it int0 h
head some time ago that Toby Groo
money would be a good thing to haI
in the Brickton family, and so he di
his best to help Toby TO get on the rigl
side O. Betsy, Toby being not on
willing, but more than eager. lie W,
crazy after Betsey.
IAN the same Betsey didn't care f,
Toby not little bit, nor for anv OF
else in particular, Toby kept pesterll
Betsey to marry him, and her faith
talked her almost blind about it, IN
one day month or SO ago, alter FOL
had asked her for the nine hundred
time if she'd marry him, she snapp
out;
".Yesr
"'When?' said Toby, tlckled all |
to death.
"When find bear that can sp
my namen said Betsey
"Then Betsey laughed and laugh,
for she judged that She had settled
business then and there, and Toby we
away feeling mighty gluIn and W
down in the mouth.
"lf none o you fellows kno
Barnaby Beestuifer Of SiunemahC
there is large waste place ia your Il
Barnaby Beestutfer is u citizen to VIII
all Sinnemahoning points with pri
In He has genius such as could only h;
ia terminated, sprouted, grown and bl
somed on the stored Sinnemaho
Barnaby has a little clearing, but
scorns toll, and dCyotGs all lis time
tanning bears and snakes amt coons &
wildcats and porcuPines, and such
digenOus products Of the Slnncmah
soil, and teaching them tricks ana cap
About the time that Hct5ry Brick
told Toby Groo whatd have to hap
before she'd marry MIN there wa.
show in the hall over to the COUNTY
and Barnaby went over to see IT, ON
the actors was m educated pig. 1t I'd
play cards, spell out things by strlug
little blocks on the floor with let
painted on EN-, and do lots OF o.
/ amazing things TAe spelling :
Barnaby's eyes more than aGytuing
the pig did
Pigs kin Farm to do that, kin til.
says Toby Then I'll bet t4rm
bars kin Earn u do it, too, an d
quick, an I'll 'arn EN-
when Barnaby got back HON,
started right In to teacn oneot his yo
bears to spell as well as tie learned
could. One day as he was PRACTISING
bear on q lesson, lpby Grlo happl
to be going by BaruaDys clearing
naby was feeling pretty sore age
Toby on account OF little dicEe
steers tleY'd had q few DAYS bptnr