Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-23

physical cutter this morning, to make
yer self slim. never would come nigh.
I shore never would. But spe akin OF
sich things, them Tweekins kids come
by Yesterday evenin and lowed as how
they seed We skinnin the cat on a act
In pole out in yer back yar1 and lowd
as how ye had on britches. and they
lowd as how while they stood and
watched ye actin on the pole Mr.. Rain
water rid up with 2 c. ndidates and
they never seed no body git a wusser
blessin out carter Mr.. Rainwater TUX
We In the kitchen whar them candi-
dates couldn't hear you-uns) tole
them kids ! knowed they wuz a yarnin
for ] isnowd ye'd never be guilty of
putin on britches ami sl<innin the cat
on the actin pole but since I ketched We
walkin and cavortin aroun on the froat
porch this mornin. jist ixackly like a
Wild hyena, ! aint a putin nothiu past
ye, fer ] do believe ye'd run up agin o
buzz saw ef we heered some other fool
woman had done sich too" said Jim,
who was now thoroughly disgusted
and gnawed his mustache savagely
Law Jim. you an Jeems is list
alike. Now them Tweekins twinses
want so fur from the truth, but in
std of me havin on britches, them wuz
bloomeTs (sich as is wore by women
when they practices physical culter).
and instid of me skinnin the cat,
wuz only a practicin on them new act
in poles nigger Jim fixed fer me, TO see
ef they wuz good and stout and to be
shore when Jeems come home a fetch
in of them candidates. he wuz awful
dumb foundered, fer I had them actin
poles put up unbeknownst to him and
wuz a takin them physical cutter les
sons unbeknownst TO him because I
wanted to sprize him By gittin myself
slim and never let him know how
come to fit rid of my fatness an wuz
jost as dumb foundered as him when
he rid up a fetchin them fellers, but
thar ! wuz, turnin hand springs on
them actin poles an never knowed he
wuz a nigh until he rid up an ALT.
Mad? l reckin he wuz. l haint seed
him no madden since the day them 2
Sanders twinses sicked their new bu I
dorgs on to him Eye rickolect Cecil
Iycn Chat Sherman dorg raiser and
Republican pie count r man as John
Peabody calls him) give Jim Sanders
a pair of bull dorgs fer a Christmas
present. an them twinses seed Jeem
a comm an sicked him on him an jist
as he clumb the fence. one of em tore
the seat out of his new striped britch
es. To be shore he wuz mad. then. but
he wuz jist as mad .yistedy when he
rid up and ketched me turnin hand
springs on the actin poles and bless
yer life. he went right out fust thing
this mornin and cut them poles down
"Ye say he did?" said Martha.
well, now, l reckin he did dad
gum We! II ye haint no mos sense nor
manners than to gilt right out In the
front yard and try to act on a actin
pole to git yer self slim. I don't keer
II ye git as big as a elefunt, and n
ever come home and ketch We warnin
them cussed bloomers or ridin a strad-
die like seed ye tother day. low TO
git devorce shore and sartain." seq
he, list shakin OF his fist at me
like l had done somethin turrible. oh.
Jeems. shore wuz mad.
II don't blame him nary Bit" agreed
Jim.
Law. Jim, ye shorely wouldn't git
no devorce from woman jist because
We went home and ketched her turnin
hand springs on a actin pole. would
ye? The court wouldn't grant me de
vorce on sich grounds as that"
III the court had any sense hit
would. But spealSin of Mr.. Rainwater
did he ever try, TO git that job of bein
press agent for Kerg Brooks, the con-
grissman from the End districk of Tex
as? Ye rickoleck l tole We. pore Kere
a 4
and mebby Jeems kin git the job"
Lawsy massy, Jim. tole Jeems
about that that job, but he tole me he
made an investigation to see what
Kerg is a doin at washington, fer the
good of his deestrick. and he SEE as
how thar jist aint no show fer no press
agent to boost pore ole Kerg. because
he aint doin nothin cepin go to pink
teas and git his name in the serciety
columns of the new papers, and he
lows as how hit looks TO him Kerg Is
payin more attention 10 serciety thar
he is to congressional business so fui
as he has heered tell. and he don't want
the job Of bein press agent to Kere
an pintedly wont have It," said Mrs
Rainwater.
"Well, mebby so. but I list lowd IL
let him know about the Job. But
hain't no time ter stay. fer haint slop
| ped the hogs yit and Marthy ain
milked: we jit come over in big hurr,
becase we lowd ye wuz in trouble. bu
seein We aint. wen be a goin back
| Come on Marthy," said Jim as HI
started home followed by Martha
while Mrs. Rainwater continued he
physical culture gymnastics on tn
front porch.
by Fl. II. Boedker. owned by Alber
Beitel. A refrigerator plant and othe
machinery valued at>$2,0oo were ais