Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-11-15
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Find the Pole
Uncle Jase Points Our
Way to Success

man from the Knob country, IAN I'm
sort o ponderin' on one that he goj
rid of t'other day at the Eddy. an
think folks ought to know about e. fe.
ct twas took up an pushed it NOW,
>settle question that's been disturbin
the country fer longer than kin re-
member. 49,
~ was An uncommon hot day, an
we was maturity thinkin' about ice an
sech things, till we got way up to
talkin' o the north pole, an Uncle Jase
he says: =.
"'Yes! An this Teller Peary is sail
In up in that deestric, with his fur
cap on his forehead, as you mowt say,
an his harpoon in his hand. jabbin'
amongst the icebergs, at roarin' wal
russes an spoutin' whales, an actu'ly
believin' that he's goin' to diskiver that
north pole. Well, he's jest as nigh to
that north pole now as he ever will
GIT, kin tell him. says Uncle Jase,
an as nigh as anyone else ii ever git
says he, unless they foller out my
4dee!' says he. =
d Nov always notice that Uncle ia.
sons idees has nubs to 'em. an 80 ]
says:
"'Didnt know you had an idee on ia
1t, JASON says I. "
Didn't eh?' says he. Why, consarn
1t. Danl!' says he, the woods is full
O my idee! My idee on to diskiverin
the north pole is BARI says he. 4 kin
take bar an ciskiver that north pole
10 quick tia make your head swim,
says he. ~ :,
This was so cool an refreshin
that fer a spell it seemed as If Uncle
Jase had actu'ly discovered the pole an
brung it in. along with considerable O
the landscape surroundin' where II
growed. Nobody didn't seem to want
to say nothin' nor move fer quite q
spell, an Uncle Jase reco'nized the at.
uation by scocpin' quite big handful
o. loose chawin' outen the pail on thu
counter. That sort o. het Simon I'M
an he shet TIL lid down ON to the pai]
an sot on It. Then come to, an ]
says: y ...z,:~ ...
"''B'ars?' says I. Bars, Jason?' :
II s. 'B'ars!' says he. That's nv ide<
~ to. fndin' the north pole,' says he
AN the woods is full of it. -.
= What's that timber. fer, anyhow
stickin' mp in that 'wayback Art,
country where nobody can't find It
What's 1t fer?' says he. .Jes' fe,
nothin' but to accommodate them Sass,
polar bars! Jes' fer nothin' else!
Now, bar is bar. You know that
Danl. consumed WE'LL says Uncle Jase
Il don't keer where you find 'em..' say
he, NOR whether they're white or blac1
or cinnamon or brown, ones les tn
same as t'other un. One natur' al
'em All, an that's jess BARI says he,
I bet some o. You has many q tim
lost = heap o. fun with bar les +,
thinkin they was runnin' away from
You count O. bein' skeert o. you. whe1
they was only soootin' to git to som
tree or other where they could scratcl
an slash 1t to sharpen up their claws
90 Is they'd be litter to fight you.
!" You know bar enough to kno,
that, DanI,' says Uncle Jase: an,
couldn't say I didn't. Bar win d
Il that says Uncle Jase, from Green
. land icy mountains to lnjy's cor,
strand. an from there to anywheres
says he, an L bet some o. you ha
missed heap O fun fer not KNOWN
&c, 8 1. h. ,3 =s .. Il j: z%<
An here's where git my idee. 4.
J. RIM ag'in ! big bar one time, over bac
4 o. the Knob, an he scooted fer to fin
q sharpenin' tree. ! follered the trai
an come to where the bar had foun
q tho tree, an he was whettin' his to
nails on TO tito beat all. 25 ].
" But I see that the tree was 4 sock
4 In big white ok that'd be worth : mic
sum to be II / had It to mill, an SO.
didn't wait q minute, but pitched int
that b ar an had him down an tied a
less than no time. Then what does
" do hut fell that tree. an !. hitchin' brui
% the aOg, I made the critter yank Il 4
4 Ism mile to Holidays milf
Uncle Jason ltopped - ta1ke 81