Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-19
MR.. TODD'S WAGON.
WHEN III HAD BUILT IT, IT WAS A
BEAUTY.

But In Spite of Having Exhausted
All Tns Skill as a Wheelwright
There Was One Little Thing He
Had Forgotten.
Look, gardener exclaimed a Dew
onshire clergyman's little son to the
man who was moving the grass on the
plot in front of the fectory windows.
FIJI show you my new magic pocket
bank. See here; l put the pennies in
this hole, and the box won't open until
there's a shilling's worth. Isn't that
so, father:''
The rector, who was standing close
ut hand. replied in the affirmative, and
the old gardener first made a close ex-
animation of the little invention. and
then declared that he reckoned twas
"a case O. Tommy Todd's wagon
THAT wus fore your time, SIR" he
told the clergyman, ZOOS ,ole Pa'son
Norris 'ad the buryin O. tn man after
he wus dead. Tommy Dodd wus car
penter, wheelwright an cart builder, SO
to spake, all in wan, an he lived down
where TIL Independent chapel be to-
day, an he'd got workshop fitted up
behind lis dwellin 'ouse, andy like.
Squire 'Awkins-he's up in churchyard,
too, just now underneath nigh a ton
O. marble Observation-Disclosures a farm
wagon o tn ole chap, which he wus
to build for un at leisure; an mortal
tall nosed wus Tommy bout tn con-
struction O. that there same.
4 wants q prime piece O plank, wiz
out no shakes in un, he sed wan day
to a lawcal timber marchant You
may resarve yer inferior stuff for hoth-
er markets-d'you heer? be buildin
wagon fur Squire 'Awkins o Rickety
Barton. therefore I'll hev superior
grawth.'
IAN that's tn spirit he approached
everybudy in. My customer, TIL
squire he'd say, or 4 s'pawse you
ban't acquaint' wi my client, Mr..
'AwkinsT He was that uppish that
tn village people sed they wished tn
wagon wus completed, fur Tom Todd
'ud never regain his natural nature till
he'd got un of is premises.
"'Owever, wan day us heerd tell as
th' job wus finished an thet tn wag-
on wus 'pon view frum YOUR to vive
that day; not later COS he wus goin to
be vetched away at xix. Well, sir,
meast all tn 'habitants turned out fur
to see ole Tommy's wurk. There wus
Lippety Harris as 'adn't bin out fur
nigh dree year-he cum down 'pon tn
support O. lis two cuzzins-an Bertha
Crank-blind as 4 bat an near as deaf's
haddock-her turned up an feeled tn
conveyance all awyer frum shafts to
wheel spokes, that her might call un
to mem'ry if ever he meet wi hacci
dent an killed emmy wan.
''Us all squeezed into tn workshop
an samined that there piece O. wheel
'rightship minoot. He wus strong an
trusty, an there WIS tn squire's name
an address painted out vivid 'pon tn
tailboard so fetchin as you like! Some
'ow or other whisper O. tn 'citement
reached lis purchasers ears hisself, an
darned if he didn' happen down in tn
flesh bout xix o'clock, in company wi
tn man an boss as wus to take lis
new belongin' 'ome.
"'W'at'ee think o. un, sQuireY l
axed. rTolerable tasty, eh, sir?'
"'Yas, Finch sed he. he's all my
fancy painted un. but strikes me there's
a disappointment ahead fur pore ole
Todd, neverthelessp
"Well, pa'son. furgot misself en-
tirely an sweared rale stout, clear
tn hatmosphere oath. 'Nansensep l
replied There amt another wagon like
thiccy in Europe. Look at lis air O.
finish, an all them curly wig tails to th'
The squire agreed as there
suttenly wOrn't another sich nowhere,
an then he sed to Tom:
"'How'm zee a-goin to get un out tn
Todd?
MY life! You should "a zeed tn look |
capped at there wagon like as if he |
wus a furrin language as us didn'
know the handlin ov. Th' squire wus
cooter than us ALL There weren't no |
gettin O. Toms handiwork out O tn |
workshop by nigh a fut O. wall each
side tn doorway. Then tn wimmip |
all beginned to owl an wape, an us
men sweared unchecked, COS oaths wus
so 'propriate to th' 'casion.
"Poor ole Tommy Todd tried to hang |
hisself later in. the evenin, but is IA
ther-law cut un down, Strengthened out
is neck again so wells he could, an tn
squire meet un handsome bout the
wagon. So, arter all, there 'twus!"-
Nuggets.