The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-09-19


sponded and ferried me oyer. !
I'got as far as Andy Vorie' and you
couldn't have pulled me any far
ther with a yoke of oxen, and put
up for the night. He grinned me
a welcome, and when 1 left,
grinned me much success. If you
get near Andy Voris yeu just
simply can't get away, so l stayed,
Mrs. Voris had the same pleas
ant and welcome make-yourseIf-
at-home smile as her husband, and
who could blame her.
Anybody that knows Andy yOris
knows that he is just as full of dry
jokes as rain barrel is of Wiggle-
tails. He tells good one on one
of his negligent neighbors. Andy,
while not holding a certificate, is
just about as good veterinary as
there is In the state, and his
neighbors knowing this, pay him
frequent visits. One morning one
of his negligent neighbors brought
his horse to Andv for advice and
treatment. The horse was a sor-
ry looking sight, poor as Jobs
turkey. In fact the horse was
slowly starving to death. Andy
saw he had hard case and so un-
dertook to give him an easy pre-
scription. He said: "Take lit
tie ell meal, cream of tartar, sui
pier, and mix it up with about
six or eight ears of ground corn.
Feed him three times day regu-
larly and what he leaves in the
trough gather in your hand and
rub gently over his backbone. 1
think that will fetch him around,
but bring him back in a couple of
weeks, so I can see how he is get
ting along"
The farmer led his horse away,
feeling, no doubt, that he had
saved S. veterinary fee. The
next morning he came back look
ing awful blue, saying he couldn't
carry out Andy's orders. "Why,"
qserried Andy. "Why, the horse
dent leave anything in the trough
to rub on his backbone" replied
the neighbor.
"That's just what is the mstter
with your horse,' replied Andy.
1t is unnecessary to state that the
farmer added few more ears to
the feed, and when he discovered
enough left in the trough to rub
on the animals backbone, he also
discovered what had been the mat
ter with the horse.
Another very good one was told
about the hospitality of a Picka
way county farmer, 1t is said
few years ago young man from
Hooking, having gathered togeth-
er a goodly amount of money,
started through Pickaway on the
hunt of farm. II so happened
that the young man WAS caught in
terrific thunder storm just in
front of the farmers in question.
He broke for the stable. 1t was
locked. So were all the outhulld-
Ings. He broke for the house, and
as it was late in the evening,
asked for accommodations for the
night, and was refused. He didn't
know what to do. 1t was just
pouring down rain and he very
naturally looked around for shell
ter. The only thing in sight was
load of hay standing out by the
barn, in plain view of the house.
He soon got under the wagon for
shelter, and stayed there all night.
In the morning, after they were
all up at the house, he left. Now
it so happened that this young
man purchased a farm a short
distance frem where he slept, and
SO happened that some few yeaTs
after the farmer was driving big
bunch of sheep past his new
neighbor's farm, and was oyertak-
en- by a big thunder storm, The
Hooking county boy seeing his
neighbors pFedieament, threw OPP
en- his barn and sheds and helped
to shelter the sheep. He fed the
sheep and entertained the man and
his help for the night, In the
morning, after an elegant break