Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-05
SIMEON, THE BEAR AND .tTHE3sHEEP Ss
Case of a Man Who Insisted on
 Rrra4rIg AsSauSt Nature.

 saTTNCLE JAsE sot minute" said SJthe map from the Knob country F'and then he says to the Squire, sort of tas clincher:
 Squire, says he, happens that Si- }meon was an ancestor O mine,' he | says, and not so long back, either,' he says, and it's leetIe queer, seems to me- he says that never heerd of a bear ,nnakin' ahim out to be a sheep thief he says.
 First place, I says to the Squire then and I'd say it to hin, now:
 "'Squire,' says, you hadn't ought to done it! S'pose you have got idees about Uncle Jase?' says. 'S'pose one O them idees Is that no matter what folks thinks as to the leetle statement Paul made Tn his haste about mankind in gineral, they don't hesitate a minute to say that if 1t don't hit Uncle Jase plumb as a shot in the bullseye, then the lightnin' never hit a barn?' I says. There's such thing as goin' lettle too fur, Squire I says, and you hadn't ought, to done it!'.I says.
 But, the Squire he. jest only grinned. Uncle Jase FisS from the Rocky Hill hdeestrict, and he's. a }fsller-citizen that Bnost folks asitoler'ble- strong idees about, particularly the Squire, and Uncle Jase had come in this time and told about ;Evander shavin' snuck up lonto a bear that was asleep and got rope around 1t before it could wake up land clutch him; and, more than that, had yanked the critter, in spite of it. Iself, all the way into his clearin', where he had it tied to pole, safe and sound, that very minute. Then the Squire had said to Uncle Jase, jest as If he didn't have no more doubt about that bear than he did that he was set tin there, that Evander had run his shead slam ag'in natur', and he'd better Keep his eye peeled.
 | eff there's one thing that bear won't never forgive nor fergit,' says the Squire, ,shalkin' his head solemn at Uncle Jase, and iookin' fer all the world as If this hoin's of Evander was worryin' him Nike all-possessed, its bein' ketched and done fer while it's asleep, cause then you're runnin' slam agin natur',' , he says. 'Natur' Is wonderful he says, land you can't beat her. And there .ain't nothin' she's so wonderful in as she Is in bears, he says.
 of you sneak on to a bear when it's asleep and git the best of it., says the tSuuIre, Hook %out! You're tryin' to beat inatur', and natur' won't have it!' he says If you ketch. 8 bear in that way, its bound to have itin for you and sit even, and to make. it a sorry day for ofn nothin' natur' is so wonderful in as she ds in bears, and Evander wants to keep his eye peeled,' says the Squire
 : Then Uncle Jase sticks up his nose Nand says: 'Poof.'
 "'Jest exactly what poor onfortunit Simeon up and says tomy gran'father!' says the Squire, holdip'' up his hands. And rather calc'late he lived to see the day he was sorry, poor feller! says he. Simeon had snuck up onto sleepin' bear jest like Evapder has been doin' and got rope onto 1t and yanked it home and tied 1t to a pole.
 "'My gran father says to Simeon, says the squire, that be. had run his head slam ag'in. .natUr!. so he had. and That if he didn't put aaball into the bear
 
 sorrow and tribulationa ahead of him Aworse than .rassalip' 'twith a sawpill but Simeon only jest turned up his nose and says: "Poof!"
 "My gran'father.', says the, Squire, jknowed bears from A to Aizzard, and Qhow wonderful natrT tWasttnto 'em, and 'he went away soTrowin', cause he Iknowed there was day O reckonin' for fsimeon if he didn't kill that bear he had snuck up and ketched when it was tsleepin'. And natur' is natur' now gnd bears is bears jest the same as they was then, says the Squire. I feel sorry for Evander,' he says.
 'Then Uncle Jaso he says Poof! ag'in. as scornful as Sam Hill; and the Squire he shook his head and says: "Too bad! Toe bad!'
 'tAs fer Simeon,' says the Squire, The want particIar popla ar in the deestric', that's so, but he hadn't never done nothin' wrong as anybody knowed on. Yit he had ways, and folks didn't care much fer him. Then along about that time some sene te9ka te agtealiRs sheeh faroupd, thefes Itl lQstsS tEs p e5na auss 7 " he was edoin' ofAitsnabedy couldn't git nc idee, .sSl.s..sSs.
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