The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
HIS FIRST THANKSGIVING.
UNCLE JASON CALLS on TEE NAN
FROM TEE KNOB COUNTRY,

And Tells How He Saved ms Meiher From
Panther when Ne was Three Menths
Osd-But the Result IN Nst An That He
ESpcctcd-Upcle J.se's T-sther spot.
LAcxAwAxkN, Pa, Nov. al con-
Guided I didn't keer fer no supper said
the maj from he Knob country. = cause
I'D had a toler'ble comf't'bbe Thanksgivin'
dinner O. roast ven'son an bar steak. an
q stewed pheasant. ana little the best rabbit
pie l ever sot tooth into. an a couple o
hunks o punkin pie, setch as nobody out
side o my Hammer lane kin come anywheres
nigh the maxim the likes OF. an thort Z
that was solid victuas enough, without
putin Hammer Jan to the work o. dishin'
up s~upper-an' anyhow, Hammer Jane had
gone TO some doin's over 70 the Eddy arter
she had done up he dinner things.
s sot by the Fireplace with a plate o.
crisp ar crtnkly Hammer Jane made ~crullers.
sort o. washtn' one on EN- down now an
then with q sw&ller or two o. cider outsn the
blue cAany pitcher. when who sh'd come in
but Uncle Jason.
Hello, Jase, I says. Glad 30 see vel
Take . cheerI l says
-Unole Jsse was moppin' his face an
eyein' the blue pitcher, but he found a cheer
an sot down.
-'DAn'i,' says he, swallerin' pooty hard.
I'm disappinteder than il I'd follered a
bar ten mibed an then freed a oooni /
thort there was goin' ter be preachin' in the
schoolhouss tonight say he. an l kim
all the way over only TO find out that there
want goin' teri none, arter allF'
why, yes there Is, Jase!' says I. an I
1Aa that nA AtA0sf nhasar nm rntnrh 20 haar
IL. In the Corners schoolhouse.' says l.
OH says be, lookn' as il he felt easier
in his mind. In the Corners s~choolhouse,
hay9 Huhl' says be. Now, amt that ies'
too bad? l thort, o. course. il was goin' TO
be the Ridge schoolhouse,' says he.
We'll. Uncle Jase,' says L, consolin'
like, it's only half a miled over the creek,
! says. You got plenty o. time. It's con
sider1bbe higher than the Ridge school,
house d a ben, anyhow. / says.
Tain thatl' says Uncle Jason. speakin'
quick. '|Taint that he says. You know.
D~n1.' says be, 1 don't pay no taxes over
in that deestric', an O. course I don't keer
to push myself in an git the benefit o. the
p~reachin' o. them a does pay taxes over
there he says; an seems as il he couldn't
take his eyes Ofen that blue chany pitcher,
nohow.
IT'S unfort'nit, Dan1.' says he. that I'm
made 50 unpushin', but setch l be. An I
hurried up 50, I was so 'feard I'd be late
says he. that I'm dryer than a smoked
herrinl Is it water you've got in that blue
pitcher. DAMP says he.
NO, Uncle Jase,' says l.. It's cider.
But I'll go git you some water says /,
an l riz an made a start.
NO, MOI says Uncle Jase, jumpin' from
his cheer. lookin' skeert, an reachin' out TO
stop ne. Don't go to that trouble. Danl!'
says be. Mebbe the cider II fetch the spot.
Don't put yourself out by goin' fer the
water, Jest fer me! I'll resk the cider,
Dan1.' says be.
Then, o. course, l sot down ag'in, n
Uncle Jason had his eyes sot so onto the
tumbler as l poured him out some cider that
l don't believe he see the grin | couldn't
keep from comm 'crosst my face. that
idee o. his'n ina he'd resk the cider bein'
SO sort o singular.
There says he. arrer he had drinked
the cider an got a minute with one eye
cooked up TO the ceilin' as if he was waitin'
TO see how it'd work. There, Danl,' says
be. 1t fetched the spot most as good as
NaANA "SAAAp III ~ 800 ' ~ WV
trouble O. gettin' some says he.
Then he sot Z minute lookin' as IL there
was another spot he'd like to nave fetched.
but I was pokin' up the fire an didn't notice
it. an by an by he says:
The first Thanksgivin' l ever had.
Danl,' says he, L was Jest three months
old to q day, an I saved my NANNY from
being eat by a panther-me an cur old
boss Undertook did says ne. You must
recomsmber our old boss Undertook, Dan'I,
says he.
Nov, il was all right fer Uncle Jason
70 Say he had aved his nanny from bein'
eat by a panther when be was only three
months old, cause Uncle Jase has got a
fur rsachin' an never failin' memory, an
he amt never afeard o usin' It. though
lghtnin' has struck the tavern twice when
he was turrin' of his memory loose. but
when he said that I must recomember
their old boss Tinderbox, me bein' three
years younger yit than Uncle Jase, an
him being only three months old when
Tinde-oox was way along in Year, Al
on his last legs, that sort o riled me.
Il didn't say nothin', but | thunk.
That first Thanksgivin' come % my
mind as I was hurryin' over here. thinkin'
I was goin' TO near some preachin.' says
JAse, an I says to myself that ar Of course
you'd be TO meetIn' too. I'd tell you bout
10 % we was walktn' home says be, cause
Il was somethin' most amazin'. So Is'pose
I movt as veil tell you now says he. an
it'll ease my Disappointment some
Il lit my pipe. but didn't say nothin',
but I see that Jase's t'other spot that needed
tetchin' was gittin' bigger an bigger. Jase
svaIlered pooty hard asin' two or three times.
then heaved a sigh that ONE most from
bis boots. an perceeded:
Pap owned a sawmll down yender in
the valley says be, an I was born next
door to il, an with setch an overpo werin'
heSt o. lung that my NANNY Used to say
that when I started in 20 Use it I could
drowud u the sawmill so thar when I
sher I'D aR'in it didn't sound no urore rhaa
II it was only a coffee NIL, thai saWmlIl
didn't.
But it was a mighty lucky thing fer
nanny Dan1.' says Uncle Jase, that I
had =etch a all psrvadin' an fur reachin'
spread o. bawl. An fer me-. too, | MOI wi
say. Yes. an fer me. COO.
That Thanksgivin' when I was three
months old, Dan1. says Jase, nv NANNY