The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25
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.soems TO me-" said Sobn cnh.r, ~. v
Cling groccryman. that never saw moro lie,
action, and rcal fun compressed into a short
space OF umo than no. long ago up in tho
thrifty Little Town OF strikersvillc, on the Allie
shsny Shortcut She fnm,I Railroad; between Broken,
sua" s"s ~ o'.'NersViho Is tho
home OF squire DAYTON, who lives in a fane
VINO. e *" ss.,,s as rno SQUIRE owns pretty much
ho says. He raisos ycrr choice cst,,o Nv h,o
farm, and ships them when fat TO Rilt.edged
markets at Plttsburg and Cincinnati. The day
SPEAK y, o. or M, 1.o man so was taking half a dozen
sauirO's private l,tlostOok yard near the rail.
road .n 70 % 81. SG'P ,ps;,o Sw SS,v, AS rs, thoy came into
the Village ana tra',oa down Inc main business
70 .no ans - a.,nnaon, On 'nat, IN a most
one he met off into the gutter or into convent.
cnt yards. A diseustcd.looking citizen. in His
shirt sleeves and 2 broad hrimmed chip. hat.
was one OF those who had to take to tho street.
, The road amt good enough for you, lhayi
S9iuarm You e'uoAiup p'S.u,c' All we nave
hooks out o the mud. Jus 'caase You WINS born bSai
ana raised on squire Dsytons iarmi squire
i R1 taxes up pA our uipS sidew ak and we on must ssrH III os sq
nv o n = ei'sh "rouhu III 'he muo! WISH
The disyusted oitizon looked around eager.
~, ooT1' ho Hr1m 81 \ s SnS With nv tn az snoSk ms
hst at Ihe lmPhaeht s.eGr, T ~ ma Sept right on
came e a place where a email sa flight o. stsGYs led
from the walk dow 10 me n entrance h OF a little
play in the windows, The door was open,
d Mnb atei, s.dI on;, eaim" 70 he s H. 40 Masseu
he was going 10, give the town a sight Of the
proN u 49, 9u n III ~ cn dna- s thdp. pedore me
g inside y slammed nt"n L i ! shut n in his face. T TSae st eep
shook his head and grambl I'D bnt turned ne. and
Srms 's so in AZ fnS s' over tb bnI a rist1er Weo b mad
Of the steers hsn mind tbo had had followed Sao nnlong, and
was there re- when the steer sr came naSk ana re-,
shou IfS,. D.vto, stesr nina, bs shot, wboro,.
- D"s'oh ''eoF must % Snot' where's
\ one told him where, there was a gun.
S Sn9 an Yelled at him and tried to in.
dqaso him to come out in the road and march M
o come, =, The S,S eS%%0s a0S d IN the f tire sm brought Sd1
AND added |, s., shouts and stones Hss ana sticks tS thss
keeping his temper, like the weil:brod eritter
ne % Was, o o dn a rnn Ky 40 str q saf frnm sf f6p s some sry
OF steps .t te@dliag m up p iron t NE s street on Ihe ~ steer esr
other moment ,Sa so would have we been EN- In !. the e. tailor
snop, as ene aoor was open, 9uG ne was ais
- So 80
Worh neaL Il ehop oooi' oho ehe efieu ouI'eo
com; n on, IN see Ssr inc 70 a Snoi runaway COW. ahe is
Inc taliof was on .ne otner siae Of tne shop.
he cleared IT at a 9Suna, grabbed the door.
heard himself called a cow. for he showed his
first sign Of resentment then: When the door
ugly pokes with his horns, as # he meant TO go
III ansnoM ,a an H. see "D y II ma Inai ! b9a no
the steps, while the miscellaneous gathering of
SisiTe Collected sas ant at the dseif bottoms mals Of ont the ss 'Stsps; s saa.
more s loudly than m, ever We . o,,n ,u,.,ou s.u,.
Dayton that though no may come pretty nigh
cunning a lungs around of IN mere nlmseiI, ne cant
steers, by jupesl CIT me "a q gun!
could EiJp56E o . co. Escn a ~ Sn rest l ny b Isrm drnv na q al al n ne
nmI ne put IN a yeil ana q niow every now ana
n unaf. al pope co 0t Hut n. t steo steer IN nus
fed with the way things were going, and hold
n rnet d iisSmbtd' an IaS ao AZ L =. rnS P smith's r nsG
deh a,'' Which w s"s-d directly Ct in the s staer's p aes,.
t tine Gay WAS warm af H. a mn mat; 5ogfthSf With
the smi1h 4 residence was open and near the
ss ar TOO me so ,nle riaht '9 10 Th nice anu Soo1; aha
np Mn' sti' ~ mn . . Wen mat ne ineia tne
room aeainsi an SG.hciS aor pp " dr zen
fiti zen rs ne"ned,h hlm 1sen b ? shouting from time
10 timG sometning IKE this: .p,, u,. ~.,
Are we 70 % run Town IN our streets and
turned ont OF our houses " squire payton's
S6a asidns taaIn q steer sha go. t W me Lignts onere are,
peslues taxing tne once thaI oeiong 10 us, just
because ne happens 70 De raised on Squire
Daytons Iarm1 "hos got a gum Get me
one; some1ody!
But sun no one rushed after a gun. Boys
WIN sluonea toes ana stone brnlses on their
heels got thicker than ever. Women with
Dabes In their arms came from all directions and
SAID 70 one another;,
Aln IL awful!
One elderly gentleman, overcome with the
excitement or the occasion, started up the
street on a dead run yelling, 'F1re!, Men in
wagons stopped IN the street, and dogs of
many sorts trooped to me scene and yeiped AND
seem to think that anything out Of the usual
run OF things was going on. and roaiped about In
Lawyer smith s cool parlor like an honored and
familiar guest. At last. having become suffi-
GENTLY cool, and having exhausted all the
Street. as n disnms Hne in bis p mimi tUhnt he