Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04


considerably surprised the :nseives. Thayre
vuz ole Joe Biggers. with his wife Ell seven
Children They WIZ all on Sailie's side, on
he way tneyr birthplaces wuz scattered
all over creation WIZ a ginYoulne eye
.pener. Bill WIZ horned in South Carlnee,
MS wife in Michigan. the oldes' ga! in
Eelinui, the oides boy in IoWay, theyr mex
child in Mzzoorv. at which Ed Swank
with his hosspitible face seemed mighty
tickled tole Ed wuZ from hiZZDory), the
mex child in Newbrasky, the next in Kan
s;ts the mex in the Injun nation, ell the
rex in Oklahomy Theyr %uz several
fam lies scattered aroUn. s"mepln IKE
thet only not quite bad. En- thayre
NuZ Jim Swob3da from Bohemia en- Carl
Schmidt from Germany. en- so on en- so
forth \ man I'D be horned IN Calltorny
en- his woman IN Massachusetts, en- thaNre
Children gethered up on all the roads be
tween the two. | found tibet my neareS
ne!ghbCr wuz born in New York en- his
wife in Texas. The enc on the mex quarter
= w horned in Vermont while his woman
wuz from Flpridce. En- of all the mixed
IN rnesses YOU ever seed. cur deeStrlct
shorely WIZ, when We goth through. The
whole Uni cd Sta Is, en- disUnit"d territories,
IN several forciln countries wUz represent
cd by folkes with the proper credentials,
cu ez the countin' of uints went on we
saw tibet the match WIZ to be jist nip en-
tuck ez to which of the gals won out, Ter
several of US wuz a-keepin tally on the
pints.
Tom Lipscomb wuz the last Teller on
Salies side. I'm from the free state Of
Van Zandt" says he: en- We all heIt our
breaths. fer none Of Us knoWed Ter shore
Whayre thet wuz. Fer 4 Iu.uu,a er 50 we
hort he suz d foreigner. but he didnent
have anes brogUe to his talk. But the pr
ftsser relieved the strain in .eSt. n a minute.
fer he kHOwed whut il WIZ free state Of
Van Zandt-Ean Zandt county-Texas, says
he; en- fory-three mighty big pints went
down to Sallt@'S credit.
''DDlIie's last chico wuZ Mrs. Dugan. the
wilder woman Twin down on the school
section. Ell. whayre wuZ you horned, Mrs.
Dusan? said the purfesser. Sure. an /
WIZ b arm IN ould Oireland.' said she, imi-
tain the Irish brogUe. although she could
speak United States 81 well z a native Of
ArkansaH En- one hundred pints went
down on Doli:e's side; en- when they fig
sered EN- all UP Doilie had won by three
g.nts.
..Arter the chccr:n' en- concratulatn' had
gone down the purfesser said they'd try it
On mo. e complicated system. They'd not
;ry 1t on the state whayre one was borned.
but on me states whayre he had lived. En-
d.ry one could count ancy state in which
H- had lived, er had been al auey time: en-,
Of course it would ne the right thing fer
HIM to count the one thet 'ud make the
most pirts. So they chose up asin. en- tried
i tibet way. En- the surprises WIZ wuss
than afore. IF tibet WIZ pJSs BILE. Many a
feer horned IN Arkausaw who I'D move
into Texas in the spring en- then back agin
to ATkdnSa" Ter the winter. dLN!l!u w his
time bout haH en- haff between them states.
claimed Texas fer his big numbers in this
deal. 1t WIZ rally bewildern' whayre
some of the foxes had lived. Some funny
mistake en- -aid. Convey, meanin' fer
! C0wley county. Kansas. whayre 50 many of
The foxes come from. Fellers I'D make a
Jen-str!ke with FennSylvany South Car
lny. er NyDmcinS cr Texas er aney place
they'd been tibet I'D count up big p nts. En-
when they had it all figgeie ed up Sally won
! out on this deal by seventeen whole pints
But it wuz rally lnterestin en- educatin en-
en'ertalnIn. On mighty good scheme all
arUun.
In about this time in the cvenin' leetIe
episode begun TO be noticed made things
look kind Of tragic fer a spell When Len
Huh, the first deal. said he wuz horned
IN Newbrasky. / happened to be a-lookin
right square at Lew MulIicks' wife tshe
AR a real purity woman. en- 1 noticed tibet
she took to lookin at i'm, en- a-watchin
| i'm like everything. Seemed to me tibet she
never took her eyes often i'm the rest OF
the evenin. / thOrt it rather pleged Len
"a ieetle' seem how she wuz a-lookin' a,
i'm, en- a-starin' at i'm so. En- when he
said Ohio in the mex roun, she eyed in
wuss'n ever. l noticed they favored some
around the eyes. but | never dremp about
| EN- a-bein aney relation, fer Lem is q
great big, awkerd, overgrowed maverick
whut needs curryin en- shearin' while
| she's Just one Of these here slim delicate
| women. ye know-good. en- all tibet, but
made frail en- clngin' like by mother nayt
| cher.
Then the purfesser got up en- made the
! crowd another leetle speech en- said thet
| if we'd be patient he'd like to try lest on,
| more deal on us. en- then he'd turn us loose
! fer keeps He perposed giyin a nice, new
| brier root pipe to the man. en- Il purity new
| work box to the woman, tibet had lived In
| the states whose Dints 'ud count up The
| most. En- he axed all the men and wo
| men tibet wanted to enter the contest that
\ away to stan up-the men on one side az
! the women on the other.
| NuH, sir, thayre wUz list fourteen utHy
\ en- six women went into tibet thayre thing
! en- the contest wuz mighty spirited, | tel
| We. Some the men had lived in ez mann,
! ez twenty diffrunt states, en- two or three
| of the women had lived in fifteen Len
| Hull tried it, en- Lew Mullicks' wife lis
| sCt thayre with her eyes glued onto hi,
| features. En- Lem himself wuz no sloucf
| at piayin' in this deal Beginnn' with New
| braSky. whayre he wuz horned he wen
| east through loway. en- Eciinoi. en- Indany
{ to Ohio: en- then he come back through
! Kentucky. Tennessee. ArkanSaw MiZzoory
| Kansas en- the Injun nation to OklahoIny-
! all on EN- good countin' states. He mad,
pa pintS: about tibet time Mary Null
! spot hero en- nd win out shore Then The,
, went along, no Teller a-scorin' up with Len
| ontell they come to Prairie Dog Smith
| He's been all over the world mighty nigh
He begun with New Jersey. WHARF he WI:
borned- en- he come through Pennsvlvanv
Ohio. lndianny, Eeliuoi, Mizzoury, Kansas
en- so on west to Caiforny in 40 Crossed
| the plains with a OK team he tote me q Z