The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06

Yarmints Sampled Ttis Moonshine
Juice and the Result. and Mrs. zeh
Has a Word 60 say About Brains.
Copyright. 1900 by c. b. Lewis.l
WED bin maxim moonshIne whis-
by over in the big ravlne fur about
three weeks" said the old possuIn
hunter OF Tennessee when thumpin
big bar cum down out OF the thlcket
one day aud acted in a mighty Gurus
way. II was In the summer, aud he
was sheddin his fur. and. though l
had my fine handy. didn't lSeer to
shoot him. That bar smelt the whis-
ky. and be smiled and snuffed aud
seemed TO want a taste. hollered al
him and driv him OF two or three
times, but he kept comm back. Ny
ole woman had come over with my
supper. aud arter watchln the bar fur
awhile she said:
"'Zeb. that bar wants drink OF
CON Juice suah's yo'r bon. and I'm fur
givin Il 20 him.
II laughed at the Idea. but as he
continued to hang around the place
the old woman poured about a pint OF
the stun into San aaa set Il on :
stone 80 rods away. She had skassly
turned her back befO' the bar was
lappln it up. and he smacked his lips
over II Jest like a man. ln a leetle
while he walked on. and later on we
heard slch row down around the
bend that we crept down TO see what
II was. Il was our Tar aud hls mate.
That pint Of WHISKY had made our
bar feel mighty jolly, and he was ln.
sIstin that the other bar dance around
and roll over with him. Ono was drunk
and jolly and the other sobeI aud mad.
and the way they carried on was as
good as a circus Next day both bars
showed up fur whisky and went OF as
jolly as you please. and half an hour
later | walked right up to them as
they slept aud snored. ! wasn't fur
gilin away any mo- Ticker. but the
ole woman thinks Il over and says:
"'Zeb. the fur OF them b'ar4 won't be
wuth shucks fur three months. but
what's the matter with sheItn the
varmlnts up IN our outdoor cellar fur
the rest Of the summer? | reckon we
kin manage TO feed 'em. and each hide
win fetch SIS as soon as the fur In
prime
II decided that II was n good Idea.
aud we put out n hull quart OF whisky
fur 'em. but fur some reason they had
left the nayburhood. The old woman
reckoned they'd got ashamed OF them.
selves and gone OF 60 avoid temp.
tashun. and | kinder fggered that they
was OF spreadln the news and invltin
other bars to come along and sheer
good thing Wed about given up
seeln 'em ag'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 Il ou' In the old place. Them
bars had bin roamln around and keep
In sober fur 80 long that they was
dyln fur n spree. and they Tapped up
svery drop OF that llcker and licked
their chops fur mo- They didn't git
Jolly. az looked fur. On the contrary.
they snarled and grOwled and wanted
to pick fuss with each other. Mebbe
a bar IL like man about drlnkin.
let him git too much. and he's ugly
Instead OF jolly. | waited awhile and
then follered 'em. hopin TO find 'em
asleep. aud that's how ! cum 10 see n
sight TO make my har stand mp.
"Down around the bend In the ra-
vine was grassy spot, and what
saw was them bars rollin -four men
over the ground. II WASN'T mint
befO' | knowed who them men was.
They was reyenoo fellers who he'd got
Jews OF my still aud was sneakn up
the ravlne 10 ketch me red handed.
The bars had met 'em aud pitched
right In. reckon the fellers was too
surprised 10 lire a shot. though all had
pistols. and the way them bars did
slam 'em around was n caution. Two
OF the fellels broke away as soon as !
got thar, but the other two was so bad
~ clawed that arter the bars left 'em
d ley could skassly crawl. aud I'm suab
they laid out In the woods all night
was much obieeged 90 the yarmInts. as
yo may reckon. as they he'd saved me
from n surprise, aud Ia my gratltood
said TO the ole woman;
"I amt gwlne TO play no tricks on
yarmint what has saved me from
ruin, and shan't try 10 .captur 'em.
Deed. but III furnish 'em with free
con juice and let 'em hev a good
time
"They was back next day fur their
drink. and, fememberin how a quart
had made 'em ugly drunk, only sot