Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-20

water an started TO fence in the Chcy-
cnnc, Tony? Well, any way, she bust
cd an the townsilc company, after be-
pcrty throwed an hog tied, woke up
an began to scheme fer -four and dried
apples. They had all got out Of the
notion Of workin' by that time.
1T WIZ Il rocky proposition. They
couldn't raise the p~lce Of Il kag Of
mcrlasses on the foundation Of the nor
NAL school. The gypsum factory that
WIZ TO develop the vast deposits in the
southern hills an monopoliZc the hard
finish, fertilizer an dCcolty statO0ette
field in the United States didn't keep
Dutch Charities squaw in dried pruncs.
Shorty was the chief sufferer becuz he
run the stor an there WIZ times when
he had TO let the boys stand him off.
The county Offices might have kept 'em
if there had Len anybody TO collect
taxes from. Lut there wasn't. Mason
Dodge, who had bc'a elected coroner,
hadn't taken in picayunc in his term
Of office, and, nachelly Doc Hathaway
wuz jest as bad off. They WIZ a sick
crowd until Dutch Charley an Nick
Roland started fer weeks hunt after
white tail in IIell's canyon. That WIZ
when Charley's pony made the first
kick of the series.
"rhe boys came back with two or
three white tails in the wagon they
had took along an somethn' else that
WIZ long an hcfty done up in an old
tarpoleOn. When the folks crowded
round an asked what it wuz Nick an
Charley jest acted shy an wouldn't
satisfy none Of 'cm cXceptin' Dug
Nandcrvort, who run the Benisse Blu
gle They took Dug to one side an
| whispered to him an then unloaded
| the tarpolcon bundle at Doc Iatha-
ways drug store, Doe comm out TO
help 'cm pack il in.
Next day the Buglc came out an
of how Nick an Charley had dislliver-
ed II prtrifcl man while they WIZ out
on their hunt. 1t seemed that Char
lry's pony had kicked UP against
Suthin white an Charley got off to soc
what it WIZ an found what looked
like a mans shoulder blade sticlkin'
out of the ground. He called Nick an
they both Went to cEEervatin' with
their picket pins and dsunicrrcd this
remarkable sp2cimcnt which on"
tOWnsmen hev got on cXerbishun J
the back room OF Doc Hathaway
drug store. Admission four bits.
"If you want TO size up II town l."
see whether It's broke spring some
thin like that on II. Say, they jest
came a-runnin' an Il flynn with their
little old hat wheels to see that man.
Them that hadn't got the considera-
ton mortgaged suthin' an borried it,
but there wuzn't nobody but what
seen the petrifcd giant from Hell's
canyon l guess Nick and Charley
cleaned up S25 the first day, an when
they commenst comm in from the
ranches it looked like Il sure enough
stake for the boys.
But they had trouble. First of all,
Mason Dodge came in an said it was
his duty as coroner to hold an inquest
on the corpse He was ugly about it,
100. what's the matter nit you:'
SAYS Charley. we don't charge you
nOding for to view de remains. LooG
al YOU want to an call it an iDivcst.'
"Eut that didn't satisfy Mason. Ho
said that there was a dint in the ca
Bpza of the deceased that looked as ii
Ln might have met with foul play, al
though the fact that his left hand wu2
rcpoSin' over the pit of his stomach
might indcrcatc cholery morbus as the
cause of dissertation. Then he was
honeycombed all over, an he wuzn'l
goin' to take chances on smallpox, sc
he proposed to hold postmorten
with a stone hammer. Then NICK
took him TO one side and began to talk
to him quietly.
"IIn hadn't no sooner got out Whel
Brinkerhof come in an said that he
wuz goin' to file a nechanic's lien or
the petrfac:ion fer the amount of hi:
whisky bill, and Boland happened
along and cashually mentioned havin
noticed lights in the gypsum fact'r!
for a week before the amazin' diskiv
cry, an the result of TIE thing WI;
that the whole townsite comply 60
in on the ground floor.
well, they hauled that stiff all owe
the country, an the newspapers WI
, full of it. Doctors examined 1t an
said that it WIZ genuine. an the boy
lest coined mono. il WIZ too bad l
couldn't last"
What spoiled H.. gamc:" inquired
the stock fender.
"Another horse stubbcd its fore foo
against n shoulder blade over OF
French Creek" replied the old bul
whacker. "rhen 4 granger diggin
we'll over near the Kosehud stuck III
Dick into a shoulder blade, an by fa
it got so tia; Il man had to watch on
= for shoulder blades an prairie do
i holes when he rode anywhere off tn
trail. an if he wuz Giggin' well
was about an even break whether he
strike wafer or Il petrified man. mat
: what made me "cgard your accoul
- with spicion. But there amt no Cyl
, sum in that skull, Bud
The Lazy boy swung hlnscll I'LL
' his saddle and then taking back I'll
skull opened the top of it and disclose
cavity half filled with Tobacco
l NO" he said. Its what they ca
: paper mishay. The boss brought
e back from Ogallala with him. $
v long"
l. And before the old bullwhackt
IL could find Il suitable rock he W;
whooping quarter of Il mile down Il
u trail.-Chicago Record
l. Good Indication.
IS "Well," said Young Mr.. IIomcwoo