The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-05

said that if we'd be na+io-- ~
to try jest one more 49, d. ned liz.
then he'd turn US loose f. III, oH Us, en-
perpoSed givin' a nice. nAy,- 'IIepS. h
pipe TO the man, en- DIier root
work DoX TO the woman. tbe+ -, new
IN the states whose pintS ma - - lived
the most. En- he aXed all tba ,oult Up
women theC wanted to enra~ IN and
test tnataWay TO stan up-rba' --I con-
one side en- the women on men on
Wull, sir, thayre wuz iis+ G,Aer.
men en- six women went i-+tooIleen
thayre thing, en- the contest ~ thet
ly spirited. I tell We. Soma - - might
had lived in ez NANNY e. ryro, me men
frunt states, en- two or rbrao III
women nad IlVed In fifteen Len, I S-5e
tIleu H. en- Lew MuIlickS' Wife iie+ i SIl
thayre with her eyes eI,,a5 - - set
features. En- Lem hiTsa,S mo his
SLOUGH at playin' in This d. ~ no
min with Newbraskv. wba1--a ,l'5SiH-
horned, he went east through ToT.,.." VIZ
EelinOi, en- Indiany. to Obfo. o0l. en-
ne come back through Ecr+,, '-eA
tennessee, Arkansaw, NIizz0or7- ny
SaS en- the lnJun nation to Ol,Tsb,r re''-
all on EN- good coutin' stot.- =
made 254 pints; en- about tba- ne
Mary Mullick looked ez Of she - me
WuZ ten-spOt hero en- md ~ ne
shore He then went along no r,, ~1J
ACORN up with Lem ODre1T rba,- ., e'Ig'
TO Prairie Dog Smith. He's baaD aI,
over the world mighty nigh. He -, al
with New Jersey. WHARF he Urz No.
en- ne come through PennsvIva1--'
ONO, 1nolany, EelinOi, Nizz0ory. Kar
sas en- SO on west 10 CalifOrnv in "a
Crossed the plains with OK raar -
tole me afterwards. en- went Il
through to the gold diggin'. which -
shOrely mOTe'n many a Teller AID r.
he stayed thayre fer three vear al
then come back by the way of mo fs,
muSS. En- then he went south dur-,,,
the war, en- come west when ir w.
over, takln' IN purity near ever'thfng nm
the way. NuZ even in Texas arybYs
runnin' sheep ranch out west Of Sg-
Antoine, Whayre il never rains ara,-
don't know how many pints he Ala
have when they counted EN- no 6r,I 8.
wuz nearly ez many ez all the rest nm,
together En- the pipe vent 20 IN fair
en- square. Saw him the other dav On.
he's SmOkin' of il yit
En- when It come the wOmen'S -urr
en- they figgered up the pints ole M
A-eAAA5 nam got the WeLh DO&- She Is q
soldiers wilder, en- thayre'S a whole 1,t
Of ole soldiers in the deeStrict. en- thav
wuz mighty pleased at her a-gittfn If
Her man wuZ with Sherman. 1 guess
en- he got hurt purity bad down thavra
aTOun' Atlanta When she heerd on II
blamed ef she dident git right up from
her home in MinnieSOty en- go TO him
en- nuSS him But he died by on bv. an
left her wilder. She's been a-drawiu,
OF pension ever sense. en- SAYS she
thinks mora of it than dney man she
ever seen, except Bill Langham She
stayed down thayre in Ge0rEy fer d
spell, en- then worked herse'f west grad
ually, Ontell she got to Kansas EN- then
it WuZ only one jump over into Okla
hOmy. OF course. we Wuz all glad I'd
see her git the work box. fer shes iSt
the kind of a woman to set store by Sigh
thingS-allus a-piecein' quilts en- a-seu-
in carpet rags. en- so forth, en- ever. ole
soldier in the deestTiCt. Union and con-
federate, felt ez proud ez could BE- Of
her. en- of the puTfessOr for a-hon0riu'
her that aWaY- Some of the women felt
kind Of Jealous. though. en- th0rt Iet e.
she had a pension a-cOmin' in re@-Iar
she could afford to buy work boxes II
she wanted EN- En- We jist orter heerd
the purfesSer's presentation speeches.
They WuZ away up in the clouds En-
then he dismissed the crowd. en- We WIZ
all a-Sion' home, when all 10 one,
thayre WUZ d mighty SCTeeCh in The
middle of the SChOOlhOuse, en- We all
turned arOun' en- thayre WUz Lew NIr.-
ticks wife with her arms wOun c.ar
aroUn' Lem HUlFS neck, en- a-kiSSin' iu
like she wuz lOcoed. En- Lem had hisu
Sn her. to, en- thayre they WuZ right
thayre in the crowd, just a-actin' 81 IF
they'd both been in the same faa = 81
though we all knowed the Hulls en- the
AIulIickses Wuzzent akWainted at all
About this time Lew run up en- Wuz
a-gOin' to hit Lem fer huggin his wife
but Prairie Dog Smith grabbed him. a1
the women pulled Mary's arms loose
en- somebody else grabbed Lem. en- hy
en- by we got things quoted down IN
ruther presentable like. Mary, though
wuz kind of hysteericky fer q spell. N
ever Onct in awhile she'd break loose
from the women thet wuz a-holdin Of
her, en- make another dive fer Lem
a-cTyin' en- a-hOllerin'. Ny brother,
my brother"
En-. sir. when We got EN- ca med
down, SOZe they could talk rational Fl
they WuZZent brother en- sister shore
enuff. They're foxes died when they
Wuz kids. en- Lem got sent back 20 his
gran'-pap's in Ohio, en- Mary wuz
adopted by some folks in Newbrasky.
en- they're drifted arOun' en- driftei
arOun' OnteI they'd drifted right too
gether again Here they'd been a-IiVn
five year in a mild en- a half of each
other, en- never got akWainted. e-
knOWed they WUZ aney relation. IIS'
lost track ef each other. We know. IN
never expected to see each other, aglr
er even thOrt much about it. But Mary
said she shore knOWed il WUZ heI
brother the fuSt time she got a square
look at Lem, even if his name Wuz
changed; en- Lem said he felt kind of
queer. too, but dident know jist WEC-
it wuz. He laid it at fust To haVtn
sWallered a part of his terbaCker- But
it WuZ jiSt the blOOd-kin blood in en-
We know.
'Wuu. sir. thet jogafy match al Tail
holt wuz the best and most Civilizin
thing ever Wuz. Thet bizneSs of len
en- Mary made US all feel mighty good
en- happy. en- we got akwainted with
one another right off. We go a-VisiHn
aToun' now about ever week. 1t air
sOciable en- a profitable thing To- d"
When I want to know aneything ah'E,
CalifOrney, I jist hunt up Prairie Dog
Smith er Ham Herington. en- larn all
about it free of charge. Eff I want RI
know about NinniesOty er Newh-asky
or Virginny. l list hunt UP the proper
neighbOr en- swop knowledge with n.m
Thayre amt an intelligentcT eT more
sOCiable community in the United
States an Talbot deestrict- En- th5
purfesser put US all on the right road
We air as reg'Iar ensiklopeedy OF geo.