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

IOW, Bill wasn't in no shape at
all to spare the money for new
q clothes" said the man from the
Nh country. "'oause he needed the
bey for q new rabbit dog and some
in 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
ct in court, and ! felt sort O. sorry
Bill, There wasn't no pertic'lar
son why l should-a, though, cause
ought to knowed more'n he did,
anyhow. when l was goin' long
b him over to the Eddy to help him
out the new suit, says to Bill:
Bill I says. II I'd only knowed
i you had any idee O. doin' it. I'd
I've you some p'ints that'd shet you
Seems to me you ought a knowed
ter, though. Jabe ought to knowed
ter, anyhow ! says. .., ..
'Jabe did know BETTER says Bill,
told me not TO do 1t, but consarn
"a read II in the books, and l thought
books ought to knowed better than
be,' says BIZ.
The books!' / says. You follered
books, hey? Then its blame won
you've got skin and bones enough
to hang any clothes on at ALL I
Is. The books knows lot about It,
y 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
vn their throats to git away from
bger,' 1 says, and yit you've stood
seen 'em do it more'n a hundred
les. But the books says snakes don't
it cause it's ag'in natur'. And tho
bks says that a hosshair won't turn
o live critter If you put it into
ter awhile and leave it there / says,
d 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?'.
Iays. 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',' ]
rs. I don't see how the books hap
ned to say it, says. ,
Then. agin. ! oughtn't to felt sorry
Bill, neither. cause he hadn't no
siness to be out huntin' rabbits at
ht time o year. The law wasn't up
'em yit, and Bill knowed it. Not
Rt I'm SO blame .considerate Of the
me laws us game laws, fer game
Es, 'mongst other things, is apt to
hd a feller into lyin', an there amt
thin' worse fer community than to
We lyir' git holt on to it. says to
ll:
Dash It alll' l says. If it hadn't
Pne nothin' else to you, goin' agin the
me laws might tempted you to
pike liar Of yourself!'
fThen told Bill what happened to
pm Collins, only jest over yender in
brk state. Jim. he had strawberry
Ptch, and folks heerd that he had
He'd 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, hear you've been
Pilin' deer out O. season!' ..I
|'Jim he thunk over 1t minute, and
en- he says:
BE you much of a jedge OF straw
frry patches, squire% he says.
No. says the game constable. My
psiness 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
fres OF strawberries is paved and
paved and clawed, you'd think they
Pd something to do with your busi-
fss" says he. AGEHi 9f92ui' yNi a1iI
I'm here says the game constable
|i'er, TO show you that you hain't got
p right TO kill deer out O. seasonl T.
hys he. '.''3Ai "'i' '''',''''- ;" 2
And I'm here, by gravy!' says Jim,
% show you that deer haint got no
Lght TO eat my strawberries out O.
Pasonl' says he. l..'.i,,..,g d
Whats thstr says the game law
hap. g5lla " T'fslT
That's what said, p ssys, Jim.
What right has deer to, eat mn stfaw-
erTieY ont q sesson2 8 jest m and
ee how my three e-acfe patch is clawed
nd ehswed ana pswed. Maybe YOU
pshs tAink COWS done ~ says BIN.