Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-09
FEB WHITES SON SAM

lid w allLO OVN DAM
HE WAS THE MOST cANTANkERous
MORTAL THAT EVER LIVED.
Tho Old Nan's Tale Of His Mad Freaks
and Mishaps-Once He Tried to "Whop
His Pop"-sad Details Of Same Adven-
ture with . Bull.
"speakin about cantankerous Critters"
said old Zcb White as we sat together one
evening, II reckon my son Sam, who
died five vars ago, was about the wust.
That boy had powerful good heart In
him as gineral thing, but thar was days
when the devil seemed to hev possession
OF him. It wasn't no good to switch him.
and when he was outer sorts 1t wasn't no
good to argy with him. He was Is vars
old when cum home from the wah, and
bis head was swelled up big 'nuff fur .
man Of fo'ty He finally got 30 that he
felt like rubin up ag'in me. Iwas at
work In the garden one day when he Gums
home from the Co'ners a.spittin right and
loft, and binleby he Gums out to me and
sOZ: ~
"'Poy. mchhe yo' calls yo'self the best
man on this .yere mounting
"'Mebbc l do, sez l, as looks at him
outer my left eye.
"'But 20 amt, though. and kin
provo It,
"'Then who Tsp
"'He stands right zero befo' 20, and
his cognomen ar Sam White. Dad, I'm
goin to whop yo'P
"'Better 20 inter the house, boy, and
~Nn W.
butter and 'lasses on It..
"But that hoy had the wust kind O.
swell head said the old man, land he
WIS sirnest In thinkin he could whop his
pop. He gifts higher and higher, and
bimeby he sails fur Inc. I knowcd what
was conin, and befo' he could wink twice
I fopped him on his back and then
whopped him till he hollered fur mercy.
Ho lived fur two y'nrs arter that, but he
didn't try that game OH me no mo-. One
day he was down to Bristol. and thar was
n circus In town. We went In, and as we
was lookin Mt the animals one Of the lions
lies down, With bis tall stiokin through
the bars Of the cage. I seen Sam a-grin-
min. and SCI:
"'Young man, don't 20 60 and make
no fool Of yo'rself with TINT lion'
"'I'm gwine to pinch that tail, sea he.
Whats tho usey'
"'I've heard az how they wero made O.
leather and had no feelin in 'on. and I'm
Roin to SEQ about It,
II didn't say nothin mo-, kase knowed
Sam was bound to have his way If 1t bust
ed him. He gifts clus to the cagc and grabs
that tail and gives 1t pinch md twist
and then hangs on to 1t with oil his might.
The lion jumps up with II roar 1T to shake
jv,u nh mint thNf
mcnnRcrio was upset and tho circus folks
a-pilin on to Sam. One Of tho older lions
in the cago clawed him across tho hand,
q dog bit him In tho leg, and them circus
folks whoppcd him till he didn't git outer
he'd fur six weeks. He was III to all jest
sioh scrapea as thnt, and tho wonder wns
that no lived rs long as nc did. Tho older
| bo growed tho mo- cantankerous he got,
| and ono day the olo woman cum to mo
| with tears in her eyes and SEE:
'Zeb White, Sans a-gittin wusser
| and wusser ull the time, and I'm almost
hopin the Lawd will take him away
"'The Lawd couldn't manage him II
| he did git him. SEE l.
| "'Mobbe he could. Mobile hos got a
Don up thar in heaven to put Sam into
and keep him till hos bin made over.
I'm goin to dye my shawl black and fix
up mournin bonnet, fur TINT boy O. ours
will be brung home dead bofo he's q
| month older.
"Waal, SO he was-so he was" said the
old man. with touch of pathos IN his
| voice. HE was down to the Co'ners one
day to blow and brag with tho crowd
| a-banpin out thur In them days, when u
man Gums ridin up on mewl to say that
! Bill Clark's bull hud broken out o. the
| field and was comm up tho road. Tint
bull was big 'un and hooked two bosses
to death. As the man was givin tho
alarm tho bull showed up down tho road.
He was PAWN up the airth and maxim tho
heavens quake with his bellor, and sioh
as had bosses tied up was mighty spry to
| Get 'em loose and git 'eIn away. Nobody
didn't propose to git in tho way Of that
bull and take ohances-nobody but my
son Sam. 1t was chance fur him to
show off, and he riz up and yelled:
"'Tbis Is tho day hcv bin Twin furl
III 20 10th and take that bull by the
horns and flop him on his back.
"Tho men tried to argy with Sam, but
he was sot, and, pullin of hts coat and
flinpin down his hat, he walked out and
begins to paw and boiler, same as the
bull, The oritter stops to look at him and
fur mint or two he must hev wondered
| what 1T was. 1hon his eyes began W
glare and his tnil sta,d out. and tho crowd
hollered to Sum to g$ over tho fence. He
never minded 'cm, but with q roar and a
heller no run in on the bull"
"And what bappenedr ! asked, as
the old man paused.
"Jest what might hev bin looked fur"
he replied. "Sa,n was tossed 20 feet at tho
fust 40 of, and when that bull got through
with him thar wasn't much loft to bury.
A man Gums up to break tho news to us.
wasn't home and he SCI to the ole wom-
an:
"'Mrs White, ar yo'r son Sam home
todayP'
"'He ain't, says she.
"'And do 20 know why he ain't9'
"'Not exactly, but reckon It's kase
he's sumwhar else.
"'That's right, Mrs. Wbite-perfeckly
right and proper. Yo'r son Sam Amt
home and amt comm home, kase he's got
,bizness up thar In the land o. angels and
golden streets which will detain him fur
sum time.'"; ~ NJ. QUAD.