The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-22

| new Ulu IOlQ Wltull Tue ldSL TWO EOufD,
| lies poor old sufferin woman, the
| wilder of Tom Jackson. She needs
| food, fuel and medicine and has need
| ed 'em for days, but now that we hev
| come to know it the heart Of Jericho
| will give a mighty responsive throb
| and hasten to relieve her case"
| There was a good deal of surprise
over the statement, and everybody had
said how sorry he was when Deacon
Spooner raped for order and said:
"Jerichoians, when Jabez Thomas
! talks about the charity Of this commu-
| nifty he makes a strong p'int-a mighty
| strong pint. We all knew Tom Jack
son for al honest, hardworkin man,
| and his wilder shall not appeal to us
in vain. I for one shall esteem it
privilege to contribute to her benefit.
Let us hear from Enos Williams"
Enos rose up and said that he used
to go fishin with Tom Jackson and
| that had he known of his wilder bein
hard up he would hev divided his last
| turnip with her. She was a good wom-
| an and a woman respected by all, and
too much could not be done for her.
AS soon as reachin home ne would send
his wife over to see what could be
done, and of course his wallet was
| wide open for contributions. Hezekiah
Dawson wanted to say a few words
also. He begun to talk about the dis
covery of America and the pilgrim ia
theirs, but Deacon Spooner choked him
IT, = b he "
of the civil war. He'd hev hung on
there if he hadn't bin logged ag'in, and
it was a quarter of an hour before he
got around to say that he was awful
sorry for the Wilder Jackson and want
ed to be one of the first to prove his
big hcartedness. Four or five others
had their say, and then Henry Schem-
| erhorn held up a paper and said:
LAS l take it, we are all Of us ready
and willin to make up little purse for
| the sufferin widder?
I'VE are" called everybody at once.
"Then there's nUthin to prevent. Be-
! in as Jebez Thomas was first to make
known the case, he should hev the
honor of bein the first to put his name
! UON II OH tuiS pdpel
Jabez hung back. lie said he was
! only a humble citizen and didn't want
! to put himself forward over others.
| While his heart throbbed and bled and
| bobbed around. he'd give way to Dea-
con Snooner and come in second.
/ Gentlemen" said the deacon as he
! looked around in lonesome way, Il
! Of Mi Lo
) 20 years, and | don't want to assume
! the privilege Of an old pioneer. It's an
honor to head that paper, but | dasn't
! claim it when so many better and old
er citizens are before me. / don't want
! to hurt nobodys feelin's by boostin one
man over another, but it do seem to
me, under al the circumstances, that
i Squar Joslyn is the man to write his
name first Of anybody in Jericho"
! The squar was red in the face as he
| rose up, and he didn't look bit pleas
i cd as he said:
"While may be the oldest resident
! CT Jericho, nobody has ever heard me
! brag of it or thrust myself forward on
| that account In signin papers of this
| sort hev allus bin satisfied to come in
sixth or seventh. and it shall be so in
! this case. My heart is open. and my
wallet is oper. but ia suggest that
! Moses Perkins head the list. | under
! stand that he and the lamented Thorn
! as Jackson used to ship butter and
| eggs on shares, and it seems appropri-
ate that he should hev this great hon.
| orr
Moses got up and began to talk of
| George Washington and Bunker Hill,
but Deacon Spooner raped him down
and held him to the case in hand. Then
! he cried to say somethin about the
glorious Fourth, but, bein choked off
ag'in, ne took the paper and put his
name down fur IL cents He explain
| ed. however, that that was only start
e. and that his sympathetic heart could