Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07

any particular twin. but whichever one
he seen first
About corn-cuttin' time Teacher
Perry goes over to Squire Kramer an
he sails, sails he: Squire, want one o.
your twin dotters.'
Which un?' sails the Squire.
I've no idee,' sails Teacher Perry,
scratchin' his head kinder puzzled like.
an Jake Wingle, Jawhn Wingle's son.
Squire sails Jake, kinder fiustered
like. fer fear the teacher he'd got ahead
of him, mean Hen each wants one O.
EN- twins
Squire Kramer, he thot piece an
then sails, sails he, Boys. they's three
O. you uns and two o. the twins. One
o you-unzes hes got to git left.
Which un?'
The three O. EN- kind o. looked
foolish like, an Squire Kramer cast
his eye down over his 20-acre fiel o.
tall, straight corn.
Which un?' he asked agin, after a
bit.
'Gettin no answer, he sails: See
yander feel O. corn. Well, I'll tell you
what We'll do. Well decide this here
matter by corn-cuttin' turnament
The two fellers tibet cuts the most corn
in two hours time kin hey the twins
The one Teller tibet cuts the most kin
hev first pick atween Flory an Pet
AN so they agreed.
We'll, sirs, tibet there corn-cuttin'
tournyment was the grandest thing
| ever seen. All the folks in the valley
knowed O. it an come to look on.
| There was full fifty buggies hitched
along the fence when the squire gave
| the word an teacher Perry an Jake
| Wingle an Hen Harmon fell to cut
| tin. I've seen a heap O corn cut in
| my day, but | never seen the beat O.
| the way them boys made the knives
| go slashin' through the stalks. Each
on 'em had a Teller follyin' i'm with a
! couple o. fresh knives, an up in one
corner O. the fell the squire's hirelins'
was buzzin' the grindstone sharpen
+! in blades.
| THE corn seemed to fall down, blade
/ after blade, an what with the swish o
/ the knives an the crack, crack o the
! stalks. an the yellin' O the Raccoon
! valley folks a sickin on the teacher an
| Jake Wingle an Hen Harmon, it was
most excitin. They took six rows
1 apiece at time, an it weren't long
/ before teacher Perry, who's most as
/ good corn cutter as he is a speller
/ got a shock ahead o. the others.
Then he slashed his leg an lost the
4 shock while it was bein' tied up. Jake
/ Wingle won the lead, an ned a kept
/ it. too. only he got one hand mixed up
/ in the leaves an took off two fingers
4 TN. l. oh inf ca thnt
/ when time was called he was full eight
shocks short O the teacher, who come
/ in second.
You should "a heard the cheerin'
when young Harmon stuck his knife
/ inter a pumpkin an walked up 10
where the squire an Flory an Pet
was standin'.
"'Well. Hen, sails the squire, smil-
| in, which un does you want?'
tibet kinder stumped Hen Harmon
/ He looked at Flory, then at Pet, ther
at Flory agin.
why, | haint thot O thet,' he sails
/ sails he. Really hain't an idee' Their
he kinder blushed a leetle. I've beer
settin' up with both he sails.
! This here was a hitch ct admit beI
| allowed fer. He certainly had a righ'
to pick but ez he couldn't make up his
mind jest which un he wanted it looked
ez though they'd be some delay. Blu
the squire he's a cute man-an onusua
cute man.
"Girls,' he said, turnin' to Pet and
Flory; Hen Harmon he's won the right
to the best of We. Supposin' you uns
| decide which un's the best be huskin
/ tibet corn.
Then the valley folks all cheered
an the girls agreed, an tho the corr
was a leetle green, yet they set it RICH
! down, each at shock, an begin wha
be all odds was the grandest thing
ever look at. To tell the truth, they
wasn't much to see after all; nothin
| but kind o cloud O. fiyin' husks, witt
an occasional glimpse O red calico II
the middle. They finished the frs
shock even-dead even-an run to an
other, tored it down, jumped in tn,
middle an at it agin.
cat the sixth shock Pet yelled for ;
new huskin' pin, fer she'd wored herr
clean out. The sixth was finished even
an, they was half an hour left. TIT
twins was kinder winded and the
! crowd was winded, too, from yellin' an
! sickin' EN- on. The tournyment wal
! finished in silence, except for the rattle
O. the husks. Jest as the squire yelled
tie end O. the hour Pet and sFlory git'
up together, each from her fifteenth
| shock.
An when they hearn the yells an
knowd it was over, an over even. they
both jist dropped. Ez luck 'ud hev i
I Pet fell plump into Hen Harmoni
arms, and he gives a whoop and pick!
I her up an runs acrosst the feel an
/ throws her inter his buggy an start!
off fer the preachers. Flory fell into
/ teacher Perry's arms an he put her in
ter his blackboard an licked up hi
horse