River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-21

a bug. wy, you jes' takes de beetle
an ties string to i'm, an holes onter
de end Of it an lets i'm fly, an den
he huns an he buzzes an he ICONS,
an OATS wat dey calls junin'.
Nov, den, femme start again.
done tole you dat Mister Grubwu'm
an Mis- Postum was both of 'em fat
an lazy, an like ter stay home. But
dey'z mighty fond er KNOWN wat
gwine on in de worP, an wen other
creeturs go ter de kyouncil ter tend
ter de fairs er de kyountry, deze yer
stay-at-homes ain gin 'em no peace
wen dey git back, pesterin' 'em wild
uueschins bout wat went on at de
kyouncil.
Zone time some er de creeturs wuz
gwine by fun de meetin', an Mis-
Postum she STAN in her do an hail
'em, an ak 'em fer ter come in an
set a vile. Dey seq. "Scuse VEAL,
ma'am, we 'bleeged fer ter be gittin'
on an dey SEE ter one another be-
him der hans: Iawd! Lawd! les we
make haste an git outen dis, er dat
woman nab us an nail us ter de
cheers all night
mis- 'Possum she say, SEE she,
'Gemmen, | ain gwine take no fer a
ornser. You-all mus be plumb fragile
out wild yo' walk. You mus come in
an take off yo' shoes an res yo' hoofs
an den femme gin you plate er sim
mons an a glass er buttermilk. Now
you year me, ain gwine let you off,
Ode vittles fetched 'em, like dey
alluz do wild men-folks, an. in dey
canned. Mis- Postum she axed 'em
queschins bout who wuz dar, an
wat dey do, an wat dey wear, an
wat dey have ter eat, an wat laws
been pass until dey wuz fair wile
Dey git so wo' out an aggervex
dat wen she go outen de room fer
ter fetch de simmons an de butter
milk dey go to collogin' toge'er an
fix up a iii joke on her. Wen she
come back she sot down de plates an
de glasses, an patti her hans on her
hips, an stood watchin' 'em eat, talk
in at 'em all de time.
'Dellaws, she say, 'y'all aim gin
me no news wuf talllin' bout. Is dat
all you kin member er de doins?'
"Den one un EN- he wink at de res,
an he say, he do, Law bless yo' soul,
Mis- 'Possum, l nigh mos fergit ter
tell you dat de kyouncil done pass a
law dat all animals mus pervide
derse'fs wild a pouch so'ss dey kin
kyar' der chillen roun' wild EN-
Fer de lan's sake! SEE she, how
gwine git me any pouch ter kyar'
roun' wild me-:
"'Nuver you mine, dey SEE, we
bring you de hide, an all you gotter
do be ter make de pouch
so OATS wat dey do, an Mis- Pos
sum she 'uz strukken wild de notion
dat hit save her de trouble er kyar'yin'
de bag on her arm eff she jes' take an
sew hit on her body instid, so, sho's
yo bawn, she tuck an sewed hit on
her own hide, right in front, an dar
whar she beer kyar'yin' it ever sence.
1.-The other oreeturs raise a big boot
wen dey see her gwine roun' like dat,
de only one 'mongs 'em all wat kyar
der young-uns dat-a-way. Mis- Pos
sum don care. She say: 'Gemmen, de
jokes on me dis time. But sho! tain =
bodder me. You done me a mighty
good turn; dis heap better dan gwine
roun' totin' my chillen with my mouf,
de way some er you-all halter do
wen you wanster tote yo'n.'
''An' ter dis day she take her chillen
eve'ywhar she go, even wen she go
out ter rob hen-roos'. Sometimes she
lays down on de groun' in de sun, an
dey walks outer de pockit an climbs
all over her. an squats down, an
hangs on by curtin der long tails
roun' de hya'r on her body. I done
seed a dozen un 'em ia onct jes' set
tin all over der nanny, hsngin' on
BY der tails.