The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
EASLES AND A
lVl VENlSON APPETITE
The Man From Sinnemahoning
Proves the Greatness
of His Father.

h0nlng and COlumDlh NH
were among the many notable attributes
that distinguished the personality Of reuben
Pettibone, my remarkable father said
the man from over Sinnemahoning way.
and I fell heir to all Of them except the
fiddle. that ~wondrous instrument OF VIZ
and penetrative SCOPE. having been with
malice prepense and aforethought some
time before he left the calm and sun kissed
shores Of the Sinnemahone for the bolster
qua banks Of Jordan, appropriated by some
miscreant, to my remarkable father and
his family unknown. but to whom sundry
OF their neighbors made no bones OF saying
they would extend a vote Of thanks as u
public benefactor IL he would only come
forward and expose his identity. So Turk d
even in Sinnemahoning's sweet vale he
cohorts Of envy and jealousy to cast their
poison darts at Reuben Pettibone. OF
course. you've had the measles. Maciinaw2"
said the man from over S~innemahoning
way TO The man in the purple, pink, blue.
red, yellow and green Mackinaw jacket.
Who was having some difficulty In removing
an obstruction from the stem Of his pipe
by means of q very timber broom straw.
"You've had the measles. OF course, Mack
inaw2' said the man from over Sinnema-
honing way.
The man in the purple, pink. red, blue.
yellow and green Mackinaw jacket. having
withdrawn the limp straw from the pipe
stem and blown through the stem until
his cheeks pulled out like toy balloons. still
without removing the obstruction. had
doubtless some excuse for the irascibility
that moved him as he made reply to the
man from over sinnemahoning way.
Measles amt neither here nor there,
Sinnemahone!" said he. -I've had 'em, but
what l want right now. an I'm regretfuller
that l hain't got EN- than I'd be il smokin'
terbacker had gone up mine shillin' a pound.
ID the smallpox. an the cholery. an the
yaller fever, an every other condemn thing
that's contagious IN ketchin'. 80 I could
give EN- to you. every one or EN- q TO
wunst. an to the hull Sinnemahone country,
by jibs!'
IDENTITY gently. Mackinawl" said the
man from over Sinnemahoning way. AS
my remarkable father used TO say. Better
the man. Praxiteles,' he used TO say to me,
better the man who keepeth his temper
down and IL able to borrow two shillings
than the man who ~oonquereth a city only
70 find that the chancellor Of the exchequer
have skipped n tool the ~exchequer with
him. A soft answer, Mackinaw. turneth-
there you arei' said he Sinnemahoning
citizen to the man In the variegated gar
n1ent, who had given another blast into the
pipe stem that sent the obstruction out with
a. squirt and a sputter. There you are,
Maokinawi Now light up and listen"
The man In the purple, pink, red, blue, yell
low and green Mackinaw jacket Lit up, but
he seemed disinclined to listen, for he went
to the furtbest corner and sat down, sur
rendering himself. unless appearances lied.
to the solao OF his pipe and contempla-
ton OF the handbills on the wall.
Having had the measles, then, Mack
inaw,' continued the man from over Sinne-
mahoning way. disregarding the scorn
which the lessened proximity Of the man
in the many hued jacket implied, you
viii know now my remarkable father felt
when, at the age OF 10, he was coming
through the critical stage of his tussle
with the measles and felt himself con-
fronted by that appalling hankering for
uotuals hat is a persistent sequence Of
that blights0me ill-not that l would lave
you infer, Mackinaw, that Reuben Petit
bone, remarkable as he was, was quite
remarkable enough 20 have been my father
at the age Of 10. Merely a retrospective
HU OI MO Il SUI VOu
.And there was q p~ecuIiarity about that
particular appetita that confronted Reuben
Pettibone. Ii called aloud for yenison
and for venison only. Now. ali ne would
have q to dc was TO iust mention IL and
some one would have taken the sun and
rome out and gathered the ycnison for him.
but there was sEi,i another regularity abou;
that appetite. Il not only called for veni-
son alone. but Il Insisted that IL be venison
killed by Reuben Pettibone himself And
he always dated tina beeinninr of his bein0
re markable nom that amazing measies
appetite and never oiled 10 give II ali the
credit for showing MIN how remarkable
he could he.
'Praxitsles.' he ussd to say. 'seeinu
that unless / killed that venison mvself 7
might iust as we'll try 10 appease that snpe-
lite with piokled pork, I evaded the watch
fui maternal eve. sneaked the old mysket
from It's peg and wsnt out into the woods
To do the kiHinr.'
al scarcely need to tell YOU. Maokinsv.
that there was somewhat OF commotion
In the pcttibope household when, half an
hour after he had como out 20 XIII thar vcni-
son. INV remarkable father appeared with
a fat y~earling doe slung over one shoulder
and The old rn,,sket on the other
s'Reuben Pettibonel' exclaimed bis ma.
tornded mother throwing I'M her h.nd.