The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05
PoCHUCK IDOL SHATTERED
GLOOM IN THE LAND SINCE ALoNzo
STAYBOLT COT RELIGION.
The Decsitful BrIndie Cow, the whistiinE
F" Pilot Snake and the Frsnk-P Producing
Blacksnake in tho Country Where the
Vox Popult was Said to Have Eyes.

AAAN
- Pilot Snake and the Frehk-P Producing
Blacksnake in the Country Where the
VoH Popuii Was Said to Have Eyes.
CHESTER, N. Y, March 3.-"we are q melan-
choly and downheartei people Just now over
In the Pochuck country" said the tall. thin
man who lives 'at the foot OF the big mountain
which casts It's shadow over the Jersey line on
tho border OF the Waikiki Drowned Lands:
"a melancholy. a downhearted and a gloomy
people. 1t is not that a great public calamity
has befallen ua. for its hasn't. The apple crop
Was good last year and no finer quality OF juice.
nor n ore OF IL. was over squeezed out and run
into barrels. It isn't the gloom that treads on
the heels OF disaster. either. There hasn't
been a man killed In the stone %quarries In 1
weeks. II ia rather the disheartening that
belonRs.to confidence. misplaced. for II ever
amortal man was sworn by. Pochuok swore by
Alonzo staybolt. II ever a community looked
upon Il man as an oracle and pointed him out
to the stranger within its gates as the model
citizen. that community was Pochuck and the
man Alonzo Staybolt. Andstken to think that
Alonzo staybolt shoul go and get religion
and break the hearts. metaphorically. Of all
Pochucki He In whom was their pride and
boastl He because OF whom they fondly fat
tered themselves the eyes Of all Jersey and
outlying parts adjacent were turned anxiously
upon. theml And speaking Of eyes being thus
turned upon Pochuck. l will take the oppor-
tuDity right now TO nail u lie. and that lie is the
allegation. loudly. made by an envious Orange
county misanthrope. that one OF our most elo-
ouent Pochuck declaimers. in boasting on the
hustinGs of his beloved and favored bailiwick.
exclaimed. from the fulness OF his heart:
q " And always remember. fellow Pochuckers.
that the ewes Of the yox populi are on your
Now. Pochuck folks are not classical to any
large degree. but they are up enough in their
Latin 10 know n vox populi when they see one
for II js always largely and loudly In evidence
at our stone frolics and such. and they know
IL hasn't got any eyes to turn upon them. for
II it had it would have them blackened mighty
quick as 5000 as the appIejack began to gnaw
the i'm pulsive genius OF a Pochucker at a stone
frolic and spur II on. So I nail that lie light
now. and warn It's Orange county proRenitor
not to repeat 1t. for Pochuck Is in no humor
now to be triied with. Pochuck. like the
worm in the proverb. Is now at the limit Of her
patience and will turn! ST.,
All. yes! The idol OF Pochuck Ia shattered!
Alonzo Staybolt has gone and got religion and
left Pochuck disappointed. sore at.heart. and
way down In the dumpsl When I say that
this is because Alonzo Stay bolt went and got
religion. don't misunderstand me. 1 will ex-
plain. For fifty years and more everybody In
Pochuck has taken his hat of to Alonzo Stay
bolt. He didn't come to town often. and
when he did you'd never find him at the tav-
ern. In fact. the tavern never cared to hare
Alonzo como to.town. because he drew people
away from 1t. Sometimes he would tarry for
the evening at the grocery. sometimes at the
shoe shop. sometimes at the Squirrels: some
times here. sometimes there. sometimes yon-
der. But wherever he tarried. there the peo-
pie would gather. for he always had advice to
give. wonders to relate. stores Of instructive
1Ora 70 draw nDpn He knaw nntura lika n
book and all the ways OF natures things. and
loved TO ;ell his spellbound fellow citizens about
them. Why Is it that Pochuck hasn't tolerated
actly remember when the last brindie COW was
seen or allowed in all that country? Simply
de afese coWs N Mere Sly 9t ana dsce eHtH r Snd ant 1ma to ' be- a
told them how he discovered these deplorable
When he began lie as a farmer he had five
cows: one OF them a hrindle. Cattle ran a good
home all right At milking time, he had % hunt
found her and drove, her homo he'd discover
that her udder would be scant OF milk. when
aion aae"$ st sSS snG at last Hai made de'e up rs Hs'' mind and
that some INSCRIPTIONS. neighbor. was taking
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Alonzo found her. and he resolved to put q bell
on the brindle. SO that he could locate her at
pected neighbor could steal her milk, He got
the biggest and the loudest cowbell he could
scheme worked to a dinktum., Alonzo found
the cow after that easily. for the bell could be
get away from it. And her udder was al
ways fun OF milk when she got, home; which
she StA al2n sffil s Han senns sa sd th bSf his h is. sas haoaa
founded: but there was the %tell-talo full I'D
but Alopzo noticed tina: the brindie COW
was not pleased with the idea OF wearing the
given down her last drop OF milk to the pail. to
to HsO note tits hisf re s"s R9iI d disposi Il SHt on the AiG part
Of the brindle cow. but he was patient and
nNSee eye enfa ' he went s1Hi to tSeS woods oedi as o1 usual spp to
fetch her in. and he noticed that q strange 81
lime tfnSs b sss%ef be to ed p5sya aao6 5neFeii Tor i t, T nnd s thee
eowbelIl was not 6eaGd In the land. The brinc
die cows bell was not Changing.
and lost lost he Seii;, Now w shall shall have We a A pretsS
And he did.a He roamed the woods for
I miles > without o,td fndip q t The b RI, Sa. COW s3r;d end
and chewing her cud with a contentment that
Aionzo. and he stood still and 'gazed at her.
As he gazed a sense OF something uncanny
a eoSas the sS sSw IS fa Wss. ovf fhs s'T BELL T Was st hi d fast
thre" her head back along first one side and
Wv nv ttiO tooti' VIC AiiOo
away. and the clapper was in tile bell. swing
ing. II smote no sound from 1t! Then Alonzo
discovered something else, and this discovery
was a s~tartler, And as Alonzo gazed upon il
neighhoI with his suspicions. There. right
before bis eyes. q big. glossy blacksnake was
milking his derellct but contented brindle COW.
and filing itself with the milk at the rate Of n
pint, a gulp. This, revelation, OF the sly. de-
ceitful character Of the brindle cow SO over;
came Alonzo that he stood motionless and
speeches.. and, as he stood. the snake left of
its milking. glided to the cows foreleg and up
1t. while from the bell ~uncoiled and came forth
another. snake. the mixers mate! Tho snake
that had been milking the COW instantly crept
into the bell. and then the full depth Of the
brlpdle cows duplicity was .expOsed. The
snake that had come from the bell had been
coiled around the %clappeE. SO that when the
clapper struck the sides of the bell IL fell there
as. II wrapped in. velvet and made no sound
this to prevent the owner OF, the COW from To-
eating her! The SNAKE that had been milking
the cow had gone to take its mates place in
tho bel. &c, enable the mate TO get Its share Of
the brindle cows. milk. Alonzo Stayholt
could restrain himself no longer. He bounced
out upon the deceitful brindle. with a club.
The 6nukaa fah. and naXt nay AlOnZD hnpfHd