The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-06-02
luis FAITH IN BOOKS

JOW. Bill wasn't in no shape at
all to spare the money for a new
O. clothes" said the man from the
bb country. "'oause he needed the
bey for q new rabbit dog and some
I'M tackle, but the suit he was wear
belonged to Sam, and Sam wanted 1t
|elf, bein's he'd been cotched on the
and had to 60 to the county seat
et in court, and ] felt sort o sorry
Bill. There wasn't no pertic1ar
son why l should-a, though. cause
ought to knowed more'n he did,
anyhow. when I was goin' long
d him over to the Eddy to help him
out the new suit, says to Bill:
Bill I says, II I'd only knowed
you had any idee O. doin' it. I'd
I've you some p'ints that'd shet you
Seems TO me you ought knowed
ter. though. Jabe ought to knowed
ter, anyhow says. ..
'Jabe did know better says Bill,
4 told me not to do 1t, but consarn
I'd read 1t in the books, and thought
books ought to knowed better than
be,' says Bill.
The books!' l says. You follered
books, hey? Then it's a blame won
you've got skin and bones enough
to hang any clothes on at ALL I
5. The books knows lot about 1t,
u they? Why, what does the books
about snakes and stick to it year in
year out? They stick to it that
likes don't throw their mouths wide
IN and let their young uns scamper
wn their throats to git away from
bger.' l says, and yit you've stood
seen 'em do it more'n hundred
les. But the books says snakes don't
it cause it's ag'in natur'. And the
bks says that hosshair won't turn
% live critter if you put it into
ter awhile and leave it there I says,
ID yit you've put hosshairs in water
seen 'em git to be reg'lar wrigglin'
likes, white ones and black ones and
ones, jest as the color o. the hoss-
r was, more times than you've got
gers and toes,' says. The books".
bays. The only thing ever see in
books that knowed was right was
at they tell you about cookin' rab-
says. The books says that when
b cook your rabbit you must first
tch your rabbit. Now that's straight
the pint and true as preachin',' !
6s. I don't see how the books hap
hed to say it, I says. &,
'Then. agin. ] oughtn't to felt sorry
Bill, neither, cause he hadn't no
)siness to be out huntin' rabbits at
|at time o year. The law wasn't up
'em yit. and Bill knowed it. Not
|at I'm SO blame .considerate Of the
me laws Us game laws, fer game
|ws, 'mongst other things, is apt to
Pd feller into lynn, an there amt
Pthin' worse fer community than to
I've lyir' git holt on to it. says to
III: ,
|" Dash 1t alll' l says. If it hadn't
Pne nothin' else to you, goin' agin the
(me laws might u tempted you to
AXE a liar Of yourself!'
f'Then l told Bill what happened to
pm Collins, only jest over yender in
Prk state. Jim. he had a strawberry
Ptch. and folks heerd that he had
lied deer along in the spring O.
|e year. The game constable over
|ere he hcerd on it, too, and he drops
pwn on Jim one day, unexpected.
"'Jim.' he says, l hear you've been
|ilin' deer out O. season!' I
Jim he thunk over 1t minute, and
ben he says:
Be you much of a jedge Of straw
erry patches, squire% he says. h
NO says the game constable. My
lisiness here is with deer KILN out O.
|ason,' says he. 1t hain't got nothin'
90 with strawberry patches
1T hain't, heyr says Jim. 4 guess
you'd 60 over and see how my three
rres Of strawberries Is paved and
hawed and clawed, you'd think they
nd something to do with your busi-
css!' says he. ahHAi 9is'a'' Yl o7'i
I'm here says the game constnble e
li'er, 10 show you that you hain't got
o right to kill deer. out O. seasonl Z
ays he. ','''tAi -''' '-'','e'' 4 ;"
And I'm here, by gravy!' says Jim,
% show you that deer hain't rot NO
ight TO eat my strawberries out O.
lasonr says he. l,,,.,l,,,-,g I
whats thatr says the game law
hap. r3ilhN 1lGl1
That's what I said, says YJim.
What right has deer to eat mS stfaw.
erTies ont q sesson2 8 Jest rep and
e how my three-acre patch d clawed
nd ehswed ana pswed. Maybs You
night thluk Gown done ~ NV mn