The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
OHIO MANS THEORY TRIED.
mn porLD FIT MAUMEE COON TAG
~" TICS 10 4 WTLDCAT.

'he '',, ,,,n from the Knob country. and l
sal lint when lie got back nome ana went
n',,a iort where they'd knowcd him for ten
'o'"e ,I' ,n,rc. and asked 'cm to cash 1t, they
wear and more anu
s"ye W a1+ now who you be. You'll have to be
identified, they says, ,-,,. ,.. .c.,.
""nn,,, know me" the felcr says. Great
,,,,, buckeyes. don't you know sniVerlyF
he says. a.. ,..,,,, sriv,rlv Ec,ch
sriycrly here. and If he knows you wen cash
your check they says , .n.,
'o ,,'r.,oh sri,crly here" the fcller says. Why
.crcechin' crrEet-" he says 'SniVerIyishcre!
I'm, Snivoiy. Il" says.
got mad, .,o,, 81, o,, ., hor,
o,wr,II null you in and sock YOU in tho Jug
they says 81, III, ait.
No. ro,bor.iu-law aud his Uncle William
""' ,,, ,h,, he was SuiNcrly before them bank
al. ,hn, had knowcd him for ten years would
,sIr,eitwa him. his experience III the Knob
o,'r,-,rr bad changed his face and Kind o shift
ed his gnefai ct NJ :" ama2lh
~ boon nutiriu' for more than forty years
,h,, ,hirrs in the Knob country is liable to
n,n,,a lectlc supiisin to folks that amt used
- rho WAYS o. thar garden spot OF oil creation.
srJ says to Eli and the rest OF EN- moren
wunst:
",Tbe hest thing for the stranger within our
Gates 10 do II not to know nothin and be wiilin'
a. learn, SAYS. and then. II he's been wiIIin'
IN earn. and he git. his clothes spilled. or goes
svnv Ieayn' some Of his hide and his meat
distrbuted around in the woods. he Kin say.
"w.u learned sumcth,n'. but pears to me
no. taNl Iona tItrh to
al, !, full course Of instructions but that ain't
th.ir fault" That > what he Kin say. | says.
'ond Tint II / e al out all he kin say
And Ell and the rest OF EN- they says. or
course Certainly
And ought to say right here that folks
ought 10 know that pint Then they won't lie
liable 10 strain themselves when they strike
the Knob country and won t have to go homo
peedin' a tag on EN- to lie reco'niGed by them
that's kuowed EN- sence they was born.
The Giner'l was short O. help, and when
this Teller come along a-lookin' for somcthin'
TO do the Giner was glad.
""Where did you como from1 says the
Ginsrp to the fe,ler and what do you know
about things 2 SAYS he.
leone from Ohio says the feller and con-
sekently. o. course. know everything abo ut
things. says he
The Ginerl he sort o. hummed awhile. and
then he says: Them is woods that you see
down yender. as fur as the eve kin CO. he says.
There's hylu' things in them woods, Wild
and Twin things the Ginerl says.
Pooh" tho Teller says: L have hunted
coons ever sence was boy and chased the
hog-nosed snake and the perarle rattler to
their dens fearlcssy, he says.
"Otcourse. we knowed about coons. but the
1 a.. nd ba aria rattl
little beyond us. and they sounded tremcn-
dous So the Giner'I he says:
"'Danl.' he says to me. here's pardner fer
YOU Take him down to the peelin' and let him
Farm you somethn''
And the Glner'l hired the feler and l took
him down to the bark peelin' feein' that I was
sort OF no account citizen. after all. but yit
kind o. KEEP up by the idee that had a chance
to be on top o the heap II only watched this
here Teller that knowed it all. sniyerly bein'
his name.
he never had much To say that didn't go to
show how cOnsarncd trif in the things that |
knowed actn '!y was and how trtfin' the things
was that he didn't know till the day that led
him over to the GinerIs. he havin' expressed
adispGsitio4 To git what was comm to him. So
he could 60 home.
DaP1' says he to me on this here occa-
son. the chances is that mebhe, rated my
KNOWN, o things. a leetle high, feel it In my
zeal II 50 much in my bones IS. he says.
because there's been such u passel O. meat
E EnSsd on % my h9nHs that the feen H9n
might II III only been chasing the hog roscd
snake or the prrarie rather he saws. But II
you KEEP your eye on me, you must noticed
that your consarned bul- headed dogs has got
mn I3t TO learn, he says.
I'VE had been Iayn,, down on the skirtin' of
Ihc Tug bog medder. takin' smoke, and my
dogs was ayin' there a-smooZin. when all Of n
sGdIent they ;prnng up and vent HItearin'
away holIern like lnIuns. They didn't go
Mr They stopped about forty rod back in the
woods. and when they opened up, their yelp
kEoT H@d Tha, il was they had freed; ,,,,,
about his bein from Ohio. They've freed a
t"on inr me-, he says.
4, With the idea that | was only a sort OF
ntGuSh the Knob country. 'cordin' TO tho idees
o me l,IIer that had the advantage o hein'
case Icetle timid like, and says:
sounds to me- snIyerly.' / says. as If
they bad freed wildcat says.
Foot " Gays Sniyerly. gIarin' at me with a
look hat seemed to ask me If l had forgot that
ne was Ilom Ohio. Como on with mo-, no
ttT nyOw h. ~ show you somethin' you don't
rrwlIlp' tGiearn. went along. We came to
chestnut tree, and they was crazy Wild. isRott
zee wildcat, scrooGhjn' !sqre enough sniver-
" ne looks at it while and he says:
~ have to say that it amt coon. he says
Does ANYBODY in this country know what it
Yes, lsays. It's only Jest wildcat. I'll
lever 10 Ben,S and git gun and fetch the
ertter down saws
Foot" says Snivcrly. Waste O. time. Keep
your eye on me- he says
A., VI course, bein there and wantin' to learn
Mihgs; KEEP my eye on him. He cut some
mn IKE hoop-role. mebhe six foot long. and
mnk OUT his lackkniie. opened the biggest
uIdue IN u and strapped it onto the end o the
lDt, WIN the b AIDE pintin upard.
=, ,NoW,' says he. keep your eyes on me and
tht Mhume" coon etahher! he saws. 'pl climb
me tree and shove the stabber in what you
tnneFe nan from. and hen tumble out Q that
nte so amaltn' quick that unless your do Is is
H. %rHSaWakey0u 1t never believe he could a IDrcn
q. . .he rec, II your dogs is wide awake, he
iHs, they snatch him when he lands. and
thmcnme down and help 'em finish him. That J
WSo way he says. hat We gother in coons out
Put Snivcrly.' says I. have you cOnsid :
III thht this amt coon and that this ain
E,' pace where you come from? This is the
~ rwU ~, country; says. and this Knob coun !;
az "t'qcaE These Knob cOuntry Wildcats
1hoss'I Jon thave habits exactly like coons not
''t," hl eyer heerd on | says.
couiTC NhlHrrIy he only grinned, known AZ
U Um Dr' AMI made me feel how durn little we
"'"ssI Know IN the Knob country. w
lust Keep your eye ON me- he says III
Smm you spmethn' YOU don't know; But II
-" non caro- about stayin' here and ke"Iin
}III eye on me-. he says, and amt anxious to
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