The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-09-14

| three weeks SAID the OLD possuu
| hunter Of Tennessee, "whcn thumplI
big bar cum down out Of the thicket
one day and acted in mighty Gurus
way. 1t was IN the summer, and ht
was shcddn his fur, and, though
had my rifle handy. | didn't kccr to
| shoot him. That bar smclt the whis
ky, and he shifted and snunTcd aud
seemed TO want taste. hOllercd al
| him and drly him off two or three
times, but he kept comm back. My
ole woman had come over with my
supper, and arter watchin the bar fur
| awhile she said:
"'Zeb, that bar wants n drink of
| con juice suah's yo'r bon, and I'm fur
givin II 10 him
IL laughed at the Idea, but as he
continued to hang around the place
the old woman poured about pint of
the stuff into pan and set 1t on n
stone 30 rods away. She had skassly
turned her back bofo' the bar was
lappin II up, and he smacked his lips
over 1t Jest like a man. In lectle
while he walked off, ana later on we
heard sich n row down around the
bend that we crcpt down to see what
II was. 1t was our bar and his mate.
That pint OF whisky had made our
bar feel mighty jolly, and he was In.
sistin that the other bar dance around
and roll over with him. One was drunk
and jolly and the other sober and mad,
and the way they carried on was as
good as n circus. Next day both bars
showed up fur whisky and went off as
jolly as you please, and half an hour
later | walked right up to them as
they slept and snOrcd. | wasn't fur
givin away any mo- llcbcr. but the
ole woman thinks 1t over and says:
"'Xeb, the fur of them bars won't be
wuth shucks fur three months, but
what's the matter with shcttln the
varmints up I'm our outdoor cellar fur
the rest OF the summer? | reckon we
kin manage to feed 'em, and each hide
will fetch $l5 as soon as the fur is
prime
81 decided that II was n good idea,
and we put ont n hull quart of whisky
fur 'em. but fur some reason thry had
left the nayburhood. The old woman
rcckoncd they'd got ashamed Of them.
selves and gone off 10 avoid temp
tashun, and kinder figgcrcd that they
was off sprcndn the news and invitin
other bars To come along and sheer
n good thing. We'd about given up
sceln 'cm ag'in when they showed up
| was all alone at the still that day.
but had ropes at hand 10 tie 'cm mp in
,s..asc our plan worked, and | poured
two full quarts of whisky into the pan
and set II out in the old place. Them
bars had bin roamn around and keep
I'm sober fur SO long that they was
dyln fur n spree. and they Tapped up
every drop of that Ticker and licked
their chops fur mo-. They didn't glt
Jolly, as | looked fur. ON the contrary,
they snarled and growlcd and wanted
10 pick n fuss with each other. Mcbbe
bar Is like man about drinkin.
Let him git too much. and he's ugly
instead Of Jolly. | waited awhile and
then follercd 'cm, hopln TO find 'cm
asleep and that's how | cum to see n
sight To make my ha'r stand mp.
"Down around the bend In the ra-
vine was grassy spot, and what |
saw was them bars rollln four men
over the ground 1t wasn't mint
befo' | knowcd who them men was.
They was revenoo fcllCrs who he'd got
news of my still and was sucakin mp
the ravine 10 kctch me red handed.
The bars had met 'cm and pitched
right i'm. ! reckon the fcllers was too
surprised to fire n shot, though all had
pistols. aud the way them bars did
slam 'cm around was caution. Two
of the fcllers broke away ns soon ms |
got thar but the other two was So bad
ly clawcd that artcr the bars left 'Cm
they could skassly crawl. and I'm suah
they laid out in the woods all night |
was much obleeged TO the varmints, rs
yo' may reckon, as they he'd saved me
from surprise, and in my gratitood |
said TO the ole woman:
"T amt gwine 10 play no tricks on
a varmint what has saved me from
ruin, and shan't try to captur' 'em.
Deed, but I'll furnish 'em with free
con Juice and let 'em hev good
time
"Thcy was back next day fur their
drink. and rcmemberin how a quar-
had made 'em ugly drunk, | only sot
out a pint. They Tapped IL up and
looked fur mo-. and when no mo was
fo'thcomin they gin us a surprise party
Thar was 70 men OF us at the still
that day. and arter growlin around fun
awhile them bars cum chargin dowr
upon us. We had 90 scatter mighty
sudden. and they kept us away fur m
hour. Thar was no whisky to be go'
at. aud they tore down our shanty
clawed our blankets into strips ant
went of growlin at each other. W.
didn't see 'cm agin fur month
Then one day as was carryin a kel
OF the stun on my shoulder along !
mountain path ! run full tilt into tb'
two Of 'cm. ! knowcd 'cm in n mint
and Jest counted on hevln fuss witt
'em. IL was no use tryln TO git away
and put down the keg and stood bacl
10 gin 'cm chance at H. But the,
didn't take II, They walked up an,
smiled about. aud as soon as they rec