The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

reminds me OF the story OF how Judge
Chinn gives Bill Hatfield that Berkshire
shoat. Send over one OF your nisgers with
! a basket an let him get one, BILL says
F, ledge Chin. who's been tellin' Hatfield
! about the pigs. Next day, Bill mounts his
niger boy, Ben, on a mule with a basket
or his arm. an Ben lines out for ledge
Chinn's for to fetch away that little hawg
Ben puts him in the basket. climbs onto
his mule, an goes teeterin' out for home
On the way back. Ben stops at
Tavern. While he's pourin' in a Gill Of
corn juice. a wag who's present substracts
the pig and puts in one Of old
black Newfoundland pups. When Ben gets
home to Bill Hatfield's, Bill takes one look
at the pup. breaks the big rasp on Ben's
head, throws the fore-hammer at him an
bids him go back to ledge Chinn's an tell
him that he, Bill, will sally over the first
dull day an p'isen his cattle an burn his
barns. Ben takes the basket full OF dog on
his arm. an goes p'intin' for Jecge Chinn.
Nacherally. Ben stops at Iav-
ern. so as to mollify his fee.in's with that
red eye. This yere wag gets In ag'in on the
play. substracts the pup an restores the
little hawg a whole lot. When Ben gets TO
ledge Chinn, he onfolds to the ledge touch
in them transformations from pig to pup.
:Pshaw!' says the ledge. who's one OF them
positive sharps that no ghost tales Is Goin'
to shake; pshaw! Bill Hatfeld's gett!n' to
be q loonatic. 1 tells him the last time 1 has
my boss shod that IL he keeps on pourin'
down that Hickman whisky. he'll shorely
die an begin by dyin' at the top. These
yere illoosions of his shows l drives the
center Then the Jedse oncovers the bas-
ket, an turns out the little hawg. When
Niger Ben sees him he falls on
his knees. I'm a church member.
Marse Jedge.' says Ben. an you
believes what I says. That ana
miles conjured. Jedse. / gees him yere an
I sees him thar: an. Jedge. he's either
pig or pup whichever way he likes
IAN, ladies an gents" concloods this
Witherspoon. maxim a incriminatin' ges-
ture SOS to mcleod my grandfather that a.
way: when I reflects on this onblushin'
turncoat. Jack Green. as l states prior, it
makes me think OF how ledge Chinn Law
ishes that Berkshire shoat on blacksmith
Bill Hatfield. Confessin' that aeoretime he's
a notification pig on Mink Run, he sets
yere at this barbecue to-day an without
the color of shame declar's himself a Union
pup. Mr.. Chairman. all 1 can say is, 1t
shore beats squinch ow!s"'
LAS the story is finished. the trooce !
which binds my grandfather ends. an he
pulls his bowie knife an chases this
Witherspoon from the rostrum. He's had
his deetractor's skelp right thar, but the
chairman an other leadin' sperits inter- |
feres an insists on them re>entments Of my
grandfather's findin' the usual channe in
their expression. W~itherspoon, who's got
on a new blanket coat, allows he won't
fight none with knives as they cuts an
sp'iles your clothes: he says he prefers
rifles an fifty PAGES for his. My grand
father, who's the easiest gent to get along
with in matters of mere detail. is asree'bie; !
an as neither him or Witherspoon has
brought their weapons. the two vice pres
dents who's goin' to act as ~seconds-the
president by mootual consent dealin' the
as referee-rummages about an Dor
rys a brace Of Looeyville rifles from a
couple OF TENDERS Of the Black Bar Glee
C~lub-they're barytone an tenor-an' my
grandfather an the scandal mongerin
Witherspoon is stood IN.
"."Gents." says the President. "the
words will be .Fire-one-two three stop Its
incumbent on you-al.s to blaze away any
where between the words Fire an step.
My partin' injunctions is. May heaven de-
fend the right an be shore an see your
hindsights as you onhooks your guns"
".At the word. my grandfather an With
erspoon responds prompt an gay Wfther-
spoon overshoots. while my grandfather
plants his lead in among Withei spoons in
an that story teller quits Kahn
lucky for she other world without a muir
muir.
"''I Regards this event as a vict'ry for
an principles" says my grand
father as he's called on to proceed with MS
an I'd like to say in that con-
%nection. II Henry Clay will count his spoons
he next comes sneakin' home from
he'll find he's short Spence
witherspoon."
Your grandfathe-'s a trco humorist,
says Texas Thom?son as Colonel Green
in them r~eecitals Of his to reach