Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-19
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4 TOLD ms LITTLE STORY

& yvas Interrupted ~ the Grocer,
M 80 Y; Got Few InciS enitsal Lec-3
l, tires n Ret Urn. which Greatly
I.liyeaed tie sVonaerfal Recital.
A AZ gosh, it's cold!'' said the man iron.
Potato Greek one bitter winter day al he
came into the grocery, unwrapping about
B two yards Of green and blue home knit.
d comforter" from his lean and leathery
neck. stjs 552 4,
din" was the comment IT the
\ man with the ginger beard II the tone :
man uses when re Is admitting the other
fellows horse may have : few good quail
titles. st5 III 4
sIt was % durn cold Toossdy 4 L co,ntin-
ned the man from Potato Greek aggres-
sively, 'tthat ! icicle growed on my barn
! clean from the run u the ground. !"
Y. ~Talhn about sleicias, ~ said the man
with the. ginger beard; 4'tal lin about lei
= y $E ss. 5=;&3s3;
4, Here the grlsoacer emitted dismal groan
and cast On the man from Potato Greek
balefuls glare. ~ knowed you'd start
him. said the grocer. g Ell. III. 5.i..
9yy "a Z
tho man with the ginger beard, turning
groan thataway sence the time you got
religion an owned up to measurins in your
4 thpmb in ev'ry pint Of vinegar an then
afterward tryin to make out you had lied
cause you was full Of quinine an didn't
know what you was sayin." r .5..,1 4: =:
The grocer only snorted.. s. %r@<.#
.,f%/ HTVo11 yIsfa1kin nh01,< i0io1on - a0i.7 tho
man with the ginger beard, "they may
grow purity fair in Indiana, but New
brasky, ;whir it gifts so cold that the
smoke freezes up an has to be chopped
out Of the chimbleys, that there Is the
place fer icicles. Let me tell you little
somethin about the material history Of the
Newbrasky icicle as I#seen it: with. my
own eyes. r. Z ;,,s:s @ ~. 3
y "Oh, well" said the grocer, closing the
cheese box, which was dangerously near
the man with the ginger beard, "whuther
We let you tell it er not, you'll tell It any
Row. i s'pose If the Lord let's you tell
them yarns Of yourn it amt fer a mere
sinful worm o6 the dust like me to inter
{fere:" - f.. !.
the sand" said the man with the ginger
beard. That there sugar you sold my
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man with the ginger beard, who saw he
had reached the limit Of the grocer's en-.
durance, 'tthis here experience Of mine
ahiast t th;n@s y oro w." 10 nnonod avon to mo.
- oo,,id III aua,, IN Nawhras.v An
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~. tn 4he ~. -. eu h,,;,+ "n Good
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10 : ..th;s hara mist have hannened be.
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Z W ~ ~ o ~ +ha ,r;nIars WIS onan
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o-iv nloco for tho draft for cit in. cause
h,;it - ho,,so nveolf m made + wind
11 uun, ."e Aou"e 10y 'o4 - $50 '
pA 0Tt bod n no w;ndnroof.n said the gro
cor. ";f Won was roin to live in it. an
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:: ' "sc + mt ~ IN sooa more wood. an the
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