Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-03-14

say-so. got it from a man with side
whiskers that comes out from Iowa to
renovate his lungs, which was wore
some. He called me his friend the first
clatter out of the box, an he told me
that cussin' was vishus an didn't do no
good, and that there wuz law agin it
in Iowa, besides it bein' wrong on gen.
eral princerples. guess he must ha'
known what he was talkin' about. You
can't never tell what some of these leg
islatures in the states are likely to
spring on free people. studied over
it heap, an conclood that man
can jest as well as not talk United
States without trimmin's if he oncet
gets into the habit of it. I reckon he
could quit before it got too strong for
him if he found it was injurin' his
health"
"Why don't you try it, then?" said
the stock tender.
II thought you had some glimmerin's
of horse sense" answered the old bull
whacker. 81 hain't freightin' with To-
connective along a standard-gaug
track; I'm directin' bulls, an I have to
give 'em their instructions in language
they can understand along stretches
of gumbo. If didn't have no regard
for the feelin's of dumb beasts might
make half time by sockin' the buck
skin to 'em every jump in the road,
but amt that kind of man, an
animal needs his hide to keep the flies
off,"
IF it wasn't for that you'd quit,
s'pose," said the stock tender.
"Mebbe I would an then again
mebbe wouldn't" replied the old
bull whacker.
II did oncet an I didn't enjoy it.
That was when I was ranchin' down
on Box Elder, on my sisters son
Dick come out to stay with me. I
was onto the fac that there was a
pre-joodice aginst the use of vigorous
talk back in the east before met
the man with the side whiskers, al
though had sorter forgot it. My
sister reminded me of it when she
wrote an said that she would worry
about the kid, because she knew that
we INDUCED In coarseness out west
an she'd hate right smart to see
Dick get coarse. I wrote back to her
an give myself a good character, an
it seemed like she took considerable
stock in it an impressed it on the
kid.
..After awhile Dick come along an
interdooced himself. He wuz nice
lookin' kid about 20, an he had ben
studyin' tooth butcherin' at Saint
Looey. He asst me about what
church privileges we had right off,
an was grieved to inform him that
we wuz short an he wuz grieved to
hear it. He wuz quiet kid an didn't
say much. Sometimes I used to
think he had suthin' on his mind the
way he acted. We didn't get very
sosherble, he not havin' much to say
an me bein' the same way"
The stock tender snorted.
SWELL, when had anythin' to say
I most ginerally went away down
the gulch apiece an said it. I wore
trail there, I sure did. If it wuzn't
convenient to leave the shack when
things was goin' wrong KEEP my
mouth shut an felt uncomfortable,
an things went along hathaway for
about month, an the kid seemed
to be gettin' more uneasy all the
time, an didn't press him hard to
stay when he talked about cuttin'
his visit short.
"Finerly one evenin' at supper
time he upset some hot coffee in his
lap, an after squirmin' around a
spell an remarkin' how it hurt him
he got up an went outdoors an I
seen him streakin' fer the barn. He
wuz. gone about five minits, an when
he came back he looked as if he wuz
feelin' good. I didn't say nothin',
but day or two after that he wuz
milkin' in the corral an a mean one
horned COW had kicked him galley
west, with the milk on top Of him.
symperthized with him an said it
wuz too bad, an he agreed with me
in his mild way. Then he said he be-
lieved he would go to the house.
81 follered him that time, havin'
my suspicious, an when stopped at
the door an listened I found that
they hadn't ben misplaced no ways.
What you said awhile back, Henry,
wuz honey an merlasses to what
that kid was sayin' about that COW.
After that little INGREDIENT we got to
know each other better, an our con-
versation wuz more general an free.
liked him furst-rate, an he wuz the
best poker player ever went up
against
"say," said the stock tender, look
ing up suddenly, II want you to tell
me just what she said to you an
what you said to her."-Chicago
Daily Record.
A Dist1nction.
Mrs. Lowerton-But the rich enjoy
SO many Injuries!