River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-02-10

wuz bout the prop'ty, that is in ei
s2rtain way
Il would rather get the story from
YOU, because, of course, you, having
lived here all the years. know all about
it, and can give me the little points of
interest that younger folks might be
likely TO forget"
WAL, guess yer right, stranger.
Wal, 10 Flint he had er nephy, er smart
young man as you'd most ever see. an
Of course 10 he'd likely Civ him all the
money, an he wuz poplar now tell ye.
OF course / believe in love an all tibet,
ont faint er bad idee ter sci yer fec
tions in er place where's the's er little
money. 1t CONS poorly handy, | tell
We, an so all the gels wuz err lookin'
fer Harold Flint ter make up 10 EN-.
But he warn't er doin' no sech er thing,
an he went off daown ter Cassawaddy,
daown ter the south eend Their state,
an got 'ngaged ter er gel 'thout any
cash, an he com an told his Uncle 10,
| an 10 he told him eff he wuz er goin' ter
merry tibet way he needn't never bring
/ his wife ter see him, an they he'd an
awful spat an il eended weth 10 er
| tellin' him he needn't com himself, an
Harry he Jest went off an merried the
! gel an went daown ter live in tibet part
er the kentry, an Their amt never been
up here sence. Leastways he didn't
never com.
"Ye see tibet great piece er medder
| land an tibet low haouse out Their? Wal,
| thet's wher' 10 Flint lived, an faint
\ better'n four year sence he moved onter
/ the hill place. Tn old man like't ter
died, an the doctor he told him tibet
| low land wuz rhuma ticky an he'd bet
ter mozy out, an old Maj. Poore he wuz
/ Twin on Their hill and Providence killed
| him Jest in time ter let Flint hev his
: place. 10 Flint be made er bargin ont.
an what dew We think, | bet the Amt
/ mother man in this taown 'twould er
done it. He moved in Their night; vas,
/ sir, in Their night. One day he wuz Their
/ an the next he warnt. He went in the
4 fall an everybody gabbed bout it, but
| the doctor he sot it right by tellin' I
he'd got ter move er die, but | reckon /
majority oy 'pinion wuz't he'd better
died. Strange how little use some folks
i ken be; vas, sir, amt it naow?"
! l assured him it was, and he looked so
| astonshed that judged he was used to
| talking and receiving no answer, even
! though he did ask : question and seem
| ingly expected an answer mentally
4 agreed to keep still.
WAL. long in FEBRUARY | wuz daown.
/ Ye see amt nothin' to do an Jane she
/ thinks its good fer me TO be aout con-
sider'ble, an | guess tits, an gut Their
old sleigh weth er back an' er place for
c3mf'ters. an ye don't hev ter keep er
! tuckin' in an er tuckin' in, an then
I ken drive ther colt. but Jane she says
! what'd old Dobbn think ter see We
| driyn' off Their colt an leavin' him be-
! hind, an / declar' Dobbin is the hui
manist critter | ever see. But, as
wuz sayin', l sot Their by Their deepo.
Eff I'm daown / most gently git ter Their
deepo; it sorter advertizes er place to
see err lot er llerriges err waitin' 'raound
| warn't er takin' no particular notice,
/ but | bet the amt err pootier woman n
! this state n got often them cars. She
/ he'd her boy with her, an | knowed
1 twas hern coz it favored her huff to be
4 bern. She he'd er box n err bag, an she
1 talked er spell weth Their deepo master
an then he came weth her aout to my
team an said she woz er goin ter the
Poore place, an he thought I'd take her
seems was goin' right by Their
! "Naow who'd We s'pose that woman