The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-01-08
JONAH

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am dead, translated, lodging the
constable, swallowed by the whale,
or have been elected to Office; that
the illusions Of my disordered bra n
are less frequent visitors to the col
umns Of the Chronicle, than in the
days gone by. Neither has my
right hand forgot her cunning" not
have changed my harp upon tho
willows yet the Bible student viii
remember that the Psalmist in
quired -"How shall we sing the
Lords song in a strange land. 4"
Wei, Mr.. Editor you know that
Cannot sing anyway. so II makes
little difference whittier l am III q
strange land or one in which l am
acquainted. Now 10 tell YOU Tho
truth, in certain sense l am &C.
quainted That Is, have come TO
know John Tanner, and to know
John, is to know not only Beech -
but all t he country round and about
The other Sunday whom the san
saone. and the birds sang and the
little blossoms tried to sprout forth.
John led me up into large noun
tain not to tempt me but 20 chow
me the beauties, and historic Spots
of thousand hills. Now every
body knows John Tanner, but if any
Of your readers should bave escaped
the rich treat If Johns acquaintance
lot me Introduce him-He is q little
wriDkled, weRsen- laced cuss, built
after the pattern of Lew Riekle, ana
Just as full of chin music es Bird
Bell or Charley Stump, and VIII alb
solutcly stick just as close to the
tune as any of them. Now ohm
has horses pulling horses on the
brain, and DO difference what tune
John may sing, play, or whistle,
Bob, Joe, Dan, or Dick either pull
ling or baking, is the prelude, varia-
ton. or accompaniment John in
tersperses all his stories with horses,
in fact, John is n regular horse
show-minus Ike horses. But to
my story, John first pointed out tie
precise spot where Tom States killed
forty rattle snakes, and innumerable
copper heads before breakfast. and
the liquor was good, so John said
Says he u brought il from Spen-
Ger myself, had The brown horse and
the little gray mare, and just ON the
hill don't remember where 1t was
The brown horse throwed mp, I tell
sou fellows it was sight, I was
pretty full and didn't care if oats cost
q dollar a bushel aud horses could !
be bought for ten cents 50 7 just
p tied bunch Of Jackson crackers to
his tail and set fac to the string Il
tell you boys it was a sight. the way
had to pull On the string 10 keept
them horses from getting away with /
me. Well here ls the best Saw NIL /
on Beech, 1t has D whistle that T
blows three different kinds of music, /
keyed in three different keys toll !
YOU Jonah, you should lear that ,
whistle blow Well John, what is /
the use of that kind Of whistle !
Look hore I'll tell you that mill /
is likely to set on, Of chime and one
Of them whistles is signal of dis
tress, another d for tho cripple I
wagon, TO haul off the wounded Z
parts to the repair shop and the
other to call in tho people 20 sce ,
how they wont work whom they got I
them back Wen John, whore 30
they sell their lumber? "Dn sell
it. saving Tor family use. set mp
here last hay harvest to cut lumber
to build IpbbitboS, turc she is,
oJi there 10 tho bottom. THE head
sal Eyer told mo tho otlqr dry they
Intended TO finish fhat box before
corn planting or bust tho OBJ w. I.
--asl you, 30 WINS sight when thv
utoyaI .Iet r.u DO, H,r. tI t4.