The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-11

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Potts. said PIN. there's been the
eOnsarndest commOtion on thess prem
Uses durin' the past few days that
there's been anywhere senee Pharaoh
hosts was swamped in the Red sea. Ny
wife Is mebbe the peaeofulest woman
there Il In the hull ZENITH an breadth
o. the belt: eonsekently. she wasn't
tpectin' trouble when she took her
tablecloth to the back door TO shake II
t'other day; but there II waA Leass-
ways. she had an idee thst IL wa. for
q vas . smollbckin' big bear. an Il was
S~Aggsrin' right t'ord her flom the
lane yeDdes. 'twixt the house an The
turnlp hsld Ny WitSb The poAtsst
woman there b snywhere In the bait,
but she was just Onponts enOugh -
slan the door almost plum in that
boAr's fAce an run V the front door
on t'othsr side = the houss yender an
boiler - me. Benny beln' 70 school Ny
wife's got the best lungs Of any woman
rwixt here an Little Kittla. an CON
Seksntly I heard her hoIleT. though !
uAs in ne bEnkwhlt field. clean o.
t'Othsr side o them woods yendes,
-'-Its either tAs house are OF
kghtnIn' rod PeddierA- sAys 70 ny
self. -or Samantha wouldn't nsVer opsn
up like thatl- an % | struck Il lively
for home. never thunk o. bar. 'eanss
! only come here last year. an AAdnt
no idea that the country was 20 fer
lyle in bear. wasn't long In gittin'
home. could hear Samantha yelpin'
every foot Of the way. but the fast thing
] see when l hove In sight was . bear
stAndin' 'twixt them two apple trees
render. snifRn' at the beeskip. which
Wa standin' on . bench there at that
time. he hAvin' changed his mind about
calm on Samantha after sAe Wa %
onPolits a. 10 bang the door In hls fAos.
The bees wa buEKfn' about him an dip
pin him. but be jest seemed 10 like II
Ny Wite's the sensiblest woman thsre
h from Pine Greek 10 the SlnnAmAhOne.
ind eOnsekently when abe see me CON-
In abe quit StrAlnln' her lungs- didn't
know then how the bear bad come on
the premises. but - had reasons for
thinkin' had better claim on the In
nArds o that beeAkiP than he had. l
picked up lot o. stones an begun bonn
hardin him. advanela' ~ I AIRED
my Wife's got more grit than any
ether woman on the SnsquehannA
spread o waters. an when abe see me
sdvanein' on that bear an peltin' Of
hin With stones abe cone out an
charged on him like an army with ban
nerA She come At him armed vita .
milk pan. which she thumPed with her
later mAsher. What with the bees
a-dippin' him and the stones a-psltin'
him an the rumpuz samantha Vas max
In on the milk pan. that bear 'pearsd 10
me TO be hAvin' wagon loads o fun.
the way he danced an grinned. but he
got tired Of Il by an by. an. plekin' up
that beeakip under one arm. away he
went with Il on the dOuhle-quieh t'oras
the turnip patch ysnder. Ny wifes the
fNr-seeln'est woman there 10 In al the
b0rderin' counties. an she sAys;
--Pimley.- abe sAya I'VE went have
no honey for eur b1ckWhit cakes tAla
winter abe sAyA
Il knowed In my heart Samantha wsa
right. but balm the 0ncommittin'est
man myself there Il tWixt Dutch Forka
an Riler'a CFoSsin', I says;
Samantha says mot helm per
soAAlly acquainted with bear an their
AA,uE,, IcaRt sAy.- lSayA
~na, the bear hep right on, an me
an Samantha tollered him. ssrenadln'
him with the mllk pan an ehOskln'
stonea Al hlm. Wen he goa 70 the place
In tho Aeld yendeT that you Mn SO u
yoa stand On the fence The bear stopped
lie aot down. an with . swat an .
swoop he scattered that bseshlp 10 tAs
wlnas an then scoopsd ~ NE Aensy
an Weai On Ala UAS eAiin' = u en-