Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-10-17
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They aouTeo the aevGNUG saGps
Who sgR8 HUNTING WHISKY.
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WE'D bin maxim moonshins whis-
~ oves In the big Eavins fur about
thee weekaL" said the old poasuh
hunter Of Tennessee. "when . thumpin
biz bas cum down ont Of the thickst
one dhy and acted In Q mighty Gurus
way. u was IN the summer. and hs
xes sheddin his fur. and. though !
had my riis handy. didn't keer to
shoot him. That bar smelt the whis-
Ky, and he smiled and snulfed and
seemed - want Q taste. hOllered a.
him and driv him or two or three
times, but he kept comm hack. Ny
ole woman had come over with my
supper, and axteg wetchin The bar fur
awhile che said:
"Zeh, that bar wants . drink Of
con Juice suah's yo'r BON. and I'm fur
givin It to him.
" laughed af the Idea, but ~ be
continued TO hang Ground the place
the old weman poured about pint Of
the stu6 Into . pan and set II on .
stone 80 sods away. She had skassly
turned hAr hack befo' the bar was
hppin H up, and he smacked bis lips
over It 1esA ike Q man. In . lsetls
while he walked Of. and later on We
heard sich q row down around the
bend that Ne crep< down 70 ses what
1t waA It was our bar and his mate.
That pint Of whisky had made our
bar feel mighty jolly. and b was In
sistin that the other bar dance around
and soll over with him. One was drunk
and Jolly and the other sober and mad,
and the way they carried ON was a.
good ~ Q circus. Next day both bars
showed up fur whisky and went OF as
Jolly a. you please. and half An hour
later I walked right up to them -
they slept and snossd wasn't fur
givin away any mo- ticker. but the
ole woman thinks Il over and Ays:
"'zsh. the fur Of them b'ars won't b
wuth shucks fur three mentha but
what's the matter with shcttin tho
varmints I'D In our outdoor cellar fur
the rest Of the summsr3 I reckon We
kin manage to feed 'em. and each. hide
viii fetch 115 a. soon ~ the fur u
prime
IL decided that Il was . good Idea.
and we put out . hull quart Of whisky
fur 'em. but fur some reason they had
left the nayburh0od. The old woman
reckoned they'd got ashamed OF Them
selves and gone on to avoid temp
tashun. and kinder dggered that they
was on sprsadin the news and invitin
other bars to come along and sheer
Q good thing. We'd about given up
seein 'em ae'in when they showed up
! WAS all alone at the still that day.
but had ropes at hand to tie 'em up In
case 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 rOAmin around and keep
In sober fur 20 long that they was
dyin fur . spree. and they Tapped up
every drop OF that ticker and Licked
their chops fur mo-. They didn't git
Jolly, a. I looked fur. On the contrary,
they snarlsd and growle<i and wanted
to pick . fuas With each othsr. Nebbe
O bar u like q man about drankln.
Let him git too much. and he's ugly
instead Of Jolly. ! waited awhile and
then sollered 'em. hopin to nnd 'san
asleep. and that's how cum 20 ece
siskt to make my ha'r stand up.
Down around the bend In the ra-
vine vas q grassy spot. and what ]
saw was them bars TOllin four men
over the ground. II wasn't . mint
beSo' ! knowed who them men was.
They was revenoo fellers who he'd got
news Of my still and vas snsakin up
the ravine to ketch me red handed
The bars had msk EN- and pitched
riaht In. reckon the fellers was too
surprised to IRE Q shot. though all had
pistola, and the way them bars did
slam 'em around was Q caution. Two
Of the fcl!ezs broke. away az soon as
rot thar, but the other two was 70 had
" clavsd that arter the bars left 'em
they could skRssly crawl. and I'm suah
they laid out In the woods all night !
Uas much ohleeSed TO the varmints. ~
10 may reckon. a. they he'd saved me
from q surprise. and In my gratitood
said to the ole woman:
~ amt gwins to Play no tricks On
. varmint what has saved me from
suin, and ! shan't try to captur 'em.
Deed. but I'll furnish 'em with free
con Juice and lsx 'em hSv . good
tune
~Thsy was back next day fur their
drink. and. rsn,smberin how . quart
had made 'sm ugly drunk. only sot
out q pint They tapped 1t up and
looked fur mo, and when no mo was
fO'thconiu they gin us . surprise party.
Thar was TO msn OF L. Mt the still
that day. Gnd artcr Growlin around fur
awhil. them bars cum chargin down
upon Va We bad TO scatter mighty
sudden. and they kspa u away fur Al
hAuE. Thar WAS no whisky to be got
At. and they tore down our shauty.
ckved our blankets into stTipe and
went on growlIn at each other. We
didn't see 'em aIin fur q month.
Then one day a. I was carryin . keg
Of the stuff 90 my shoulder along .
mountain path run full tilt into the
two OF 'em. ] knowed 'en In Q mint.
and Jest counted on hevin q fuss with
'em. II was no use tryin to git away.
and put down the keE and stood back
TO gin 'sm q chance at It. But they
didn't take t. They walked up and
sniNsd about. and ~ soon ~ they rec
ognized the smell they sorter shook
their heads and walked OF and gin me
q clear road. AZ fixgered II. thvm
bars had tried whisky and found that
1t hrunS nuthin hut headaches and
0xhtiu and hard knocks. They'd Jest