Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-08
"PAW WiELES Al AK"
Plays tho Part OF Executoner In Domestic
Tragcdy--Sad Fiasco.

It's Turrable Thing to have a
paw what likes the site of blud.
Sumtimes it makes me trimble fer
Fear he mite 60 rong and Do offel
Deeds before he tot.
We was Talkcn about tho war one
mite, and nav scd she Diden't see
How soljcrs could over Bare to Look
at people gittin shot to peaccs and
dc Blud Rumncn Down the Battle
Skarred plane in Rivers.
"lt amt nawthin'," paw scd, "tcr
mon with nurv. | amt never cf-
fected by tho Site of Blud. Pccple
often say they woodon't Look at a
prize fite Becoz it's 80 buddy. But
thay arc chicken harted. I like to
sec people with strong stummicks." J."
SO Uncle Henry Sent us too
chickens up from tho Country in a
Box and maw Told Paw no must
Chop tharc lIcds off SO she could
cook them for Sundy dinner.
After we got a Bord fixed to Lay
the Chickens he'd on paw says to
me:
"Now you Take tho chicken out
and put its He'd on the bord and
slut your Eyes"
dene mi part all Rite. But iist
about the time paw Got rcddy TO
Come Down with the IIatchct the
rupp jumped at the chicken and it
gcrkcd and the IIatchct Split open
one Side of its He'd and it Give a
tcrrablc Skwok and paws face got
DcthIy pail and he set down on a
box and scd purity Fcable:
"Git that dawg out Of Here"
SO | let go Of the chicken and the
rupp made Grab fer it, and it flew
at Paw and lie Struck at it, But the
Blud went all Over Him, and little
albert Was Bollcn like if it was Him
and not the chicken what Got Hurt,
and NAV was up starcS screemin
Like a cat with its Tale cot in the
Dorc Crack, aud the other Chicken
Got ont and thay was cackcl Lun
like il they had jist Lade about a
Duzzcn aigs apeccc and was Glad
of it.
Then paw Braist up and Hit the
pupp with the Furncss poker and
the Pupp Got Discouraged and Went
up to WHARF nav was and me and
paw went chascn the chickens
aroud trou the Basement over the
Cole and under Boxes and in the
{ "rncrs WHARF it was SO Dark you
rouldrnt git your Brcth without
Strlkcn a match, and purity Soon paw
seen one of Them Stroogcn Down
Behind sum Barls, and he went to
make q l;wick grab fer it, But didcnt
nu.uS Bord what was nailed up to
hold one end Of shelf, and hit his
he'd agin it.
dunno whether 'hc sound | Herd
trum the other End OF the Baismunt
was when his he'd hit the bord or
when he set Down on the hard tlorc.
Mcbby it mite of Bin both. lie
done them SO near together.
When the nabcrs what Herd nav
Skrrcmun come and seen paw scttcn
tharr with 4 wild Look and Chicken
l'lul and Durt all over his fails / CESS
they th"t he had bin up against the
hot end Of a ncXploshcn Of sum kind,
So thay helped him up starcs and
NAV ra'lc the milkman thurty scntz
TO kill the chickingS.
When thay was put ON the Table
Sunday paw purtcndcd he IIadcn't
never herd Of them Before, and
about the Time he was Bcginnin to
Fat the incest peace Of white meet
thay WAS in the hole Bizncss | says
"paw -
"What - ne ast.
MDo you think it Hurt the Chicken
mutch 70 go noppcn around with it's
he'd half cut off that way :" says.
Then paw ladc Down his nife and
fork and Looked like you feel when
you tri t" Swallrr Il Dose OF Caster
oil. 50 Safcd up mi appatitc and
Got th" pcrcc of white meet lie was
too proud to Eat.-"Gcorgic," in
Chicago Times Herald.
Address on Mill Operatives.
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