Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-04-02
ABE GOES TO FARMING
AND TRADES OFF HIS OLD HORSE
He Relates Some of His Thrilling Ex-
periences, for the Ediflcation Of
the Public

Par is a man wonderful of observa-
ton and thare is little that eskapes his
motifs. He told me the other da that
this close confinement in the offs
and hevy mental work on literery ar
ticles was telin on me that l had lost
a good share of mi majestic beerolistik
proporshuns and looked more like
shadder than ever. He sed I'd better
rent some land and get too farmin and
quit ritin for the pres awhile, as he
feered if / kontinered it wood affect mi
brane and that was week enugh now.
So 1 hired peese of land, too pay the
rent when l sold mi hogs; as L han't
got no hogs and don't expect too have
any think it will take a lot of ferrets
too git that rent Par sed | had better
traid mi boss for bigger one but l
hated too for he wus fust rate family
boss if tina want in too CRATE hurry.
He waz RACED on the planes and was a
plane boss altho sumtime he wood
karry his he'd as some folks who has
had lot of property fal too EN-. He
had drive katie for 30 or 40 yeers of
his early life and it seemed as tho he
koodn't git over it. / hitched him up
one ola too mi family karriage and the
misses hired girl and the children, what
was too home, started for ride. He
went al rite til he seen a stear in the
rode, then he lit out like a streek of
lightning, karrige, okupants and all,
and never let up till he had that air
stear korelled. The ladys was skart
most to death, but to the kids it was
CRATE fun. He was fust rate sadel
horse but Inever lilly recommended him
for lady for he wood sumtimes raze
his hind feet afore he did his front and
the Teller on his back was nifty apt to
git off quicken he got on. told par
l wood trade him off if l knew any
body that wanted him. He said any
of them are boss jokes wood trade,
but to keep mi l pealed or I'd git beet
but l needn't be afraid of gittin an
old boss for tina never had one over 8
yeer old and always new the man that
RACED him. One da l Sc reglar ruff |
rider KUN into town. He said he
wanted kattel boss. / sed / kood fit !
him. So he looked in mi hosse's |
mouth, talked in his eer to Sc if he
was def, waved his hand over his eyes
10 hn h oh n1 in
the gulet to see if his wind was good,
pressed him on the bak to see if it was
week, pulled him by the tale too Sc if
he was bauky and made kritikal ex-
aminashun of his feat and legs. 1t |
struk me that he had traded hoses !
afore. He offered me 50 too boot and !
we exchanged. That air 3 dollars KUN !
handy. Mi kostum is to trade too a
store as long as tina will trust. When
tina want there pa | git mad and go |
sumwhere else to trade; but l had |
swung round the sirkel and koodn't |
git plug of tobakker without the
kash altho one big fern is DIN me
sum of money that / kant git. Mi
boss that day was in high spirits for l
had given him little pepper tee afore
/ left home and the new owner was
full of sperits too. He started out in
ruff rider stile but it want long afore
he kom back and put up too tavern
and stade al mite till broad ola lite, and
walked home afoot in the morning.
/ heard the boss went on and yarded all
put up for the mite.
Abe Jones, Jr.