The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-03
SQUIRE ARROWS FAITH CURE.
Hs Made Up His Mind Against PiuubsGs
aud SO Didn't Come 60 Clutches.

He Made Up His Mind Ag"i.st flumbsge
anu 30 D'"n' lone 10 >r"'ehes'
"Tha haint no use o. talkin'," said Squire
Aaron Bumplo. the Scion OF Billingsville, in
the Hemlock Belt, fer ye needn't tell mol IL
yo only make mp yer mind n make II mp strong
enough. tina hain't no more use o. yer having
smallpox. orysipelas, roomytiz. fits. nor nothin'
else, not even II they've got so clus TO ye that ye
kin feel 'cm. thin tina 10 fer yer havin' toothacho
wen ye hain't got n tooth In yer head. Not \
durn Bit"
Squire Aaron Bumplo, as Justice OF the Peace,
has distributed the law around and about Bill
ingsville with an Impartial hand for forty wears
and more. He is a back woods Solomon and q
Daniel como To Judgment combined. He has n
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strong contempt Tor conventionaity In his once.
and he scorns precedent onoe, when Elijah
Jnvu,rs defendant I'm n suit befors souire
deer hound, which was snoring on the floor.
Tho dog yelped. md the Suuire rApped ON the
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'aole ana eHo'a'med!
"rU ''e--
hN!ah,s counsel simeon LoVeriuss OF Sersh-
om's Hollow, protested.
"Y' can't do that. yer Honor. - said he. "Tba
t"a. e"'u Ut
"perceden,s be burned" said the SQUIRE.
"wh,n | want perccdent, IN mink. ,.n. m,
this'n is one OH EN-. You're fined twelve shilrn.
Lie Jaggers, fer contempt o. court"
The squire has been supreme in the law alone
In the bilIlhss''lie oaiii"iek al these years lie
40, and c,.noIo, a,a uuh n -. ~.
u y. ""'s' ~ "" p.,oo ""o
couldn't MAKE up MS nina aglh a thins lie
ID vs ..sa 49,, sauons - = ~ rs con
- ""A'
called on him, wearing a solemn visage.
a. G--s- ~ ..lI - - H. .,- -.
% Vim IN, rnomy,I- IkIn fc.l 1, 4, ms honos
,I ", " - ~, - 800
My pap had IL III the same way, n were laid up
sometimes ez long ez a month. Now, here's
amin, work comm, n, m, IN. roouv,,, Ia ,,ct
sp.'ns wo'N comm ~, n, nv ,o1",II Is .aex.
I'm OF me. LiNe eh not u oe lniu up q month
or more, m w'atm gointer do bout my spring
work .,, H..
and made the vigorous and philosophic remarks
already quoted.
cR3omytlz!" he exclaimed, contemPtuousiy.
But Us clutchln on me Already pleaded
the sppssN It !. I" o insis,.a The squire. MAX.
up yor MIND agin' II, n. put on mustard, n tn
be dnrn glad 70 quit elutchin, Don't member
t Tn, t.mS sa /, dnnit th sr piu nIan y h ,n 'ho oncT' 90 ye =
elutchin' OF me list tho same: n 4 It hadn't
likely I'D "a been here now. Fus, along Wen
IL tuck me. ! mort the roomytih were on my
track; n tot Ntrnn!y So,
Poohl says, she. Taint no moro the
roomytiz, says she. TIM us the buck fever '
says she;, .,
Well, Mirandy.' says, its list about ez
likely fer TO be he seven plague tat play'd hob
With the ,Svp.h,n numnie.' say,' time tho
children OF Iar el was tryin' 20 git outen' the
woods says, ez TO be tho buck fever. But
Wal islt says.
.th', M u. a. r aries sG IN a , fSFS Sac idss sn Ss ss2 she says
IN ,twerc u pond in my back; al froze over,
at that says n : lot a, oushwhaGsers %cGttin'
couldn't hurt no worse" lsays.
IL us o. bad e. thai .fys M!rsndy seems
TO the county sea, fer the doctor says she.
bein,s eH the doctor were own me fer a cord
He kim over dprin' the day, n artor he'd felt
my pulse, n had Toked my tongue out Ikea
snake shook up with n stick; he drunk nigh 81.
then asst me II ihort it'd snow fore night. That
kinder rlz my dahder. n guess | must ha'
talked poo!y loud.
SHOWS lore tonight or wnther IL don't snow
w s"rs s so know ysn /. 'pm 1.nisG,f,i Tny;' Of w, !
T. the newralligy or Is u the oldrallgyH'I rays;
,,Hev l got the govt; or y the bilious collie settin'
order a bombyzino dress ma black veil a yard
Ions. or shell she go ahead; ez she's 'tondin, 70.
Similar says.
Wuil, sir. wat does that aggrayatin' doctor
he IN N says, cz COO! ez II he were tellin' his
wife wifi. to 70 hey beans for dinner:
says, only. plumbago in the back he saws.
Now. u thn's ono thing I'd ben ilghtin' shy
OF all my life II were the plumbago IN the back.
'speciaily srncs the time 1 zee hoy Y swooped
tric'. N kinkcd him I'M like n laurel root, So
when the doctor toll mo that all that allied me
were, tho piunbago; ! were go tickled over IL
That ! fcit Ike gIttin' up n tak!n' holt Of him
n maxim the Coroner q New Years present Of
MN; ,thch n there. II ia, knowrd tnon that
his bill were, golnier 70 be four ahilrn' more'n
wat he owed me I'd ha' done II anyhow. AFTER
he'd gone away | saysto ,Mlrandy;,
'Mirandy,' says, L. I've Mt with bars N
h'ars, n LETT enough o. my duds with en- To set
NJ q ciHLhln, store, I've hoo i hot n, heavy
win, painters n attymounts, says |. m I'd
weigh bout forty pounds moron | do now II |
had the meat they've clawed OMEN. me- says J..
rye rnstplod over II ten-aoro lot with n wound
ed buck SAYS ], MIN a-nsin' me fer a plough a
spell, n me a-gittih oven with him. says ]. by
usln' MIN Ter a harrer a spell. TIL by the time !
made him turn his toes TO tho sun ye couldn't
ha' told either one OF US from n bari o. skinned
GELS, SAYS L., rye got through. with oil them
air rasselS =, rough N tumhles. Mirandy.' says
], hut now I've run M ngin. the plumbago In
the back says ], m guess the Jlg,s up saysI |.
",Ol; guess not. Aaron says Mirandy, com
fortin' liko. had III. aunt wunst,' says she,
'eH had the plumbngo fer ez long 81 could, re: