The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02
VIRTUE IN PRIZE PUMPKINS
no. >HTEP PELTER REC ans
, IDRNT or MS IOITH.
\r,.r,r, the Patent RiEhi Pedier by an
account of the Great FtOSd mat
,rrrlrd or POIlN's Great NeEetabIe
ui the Romance mat FOlloNes

.rr> y V. sept ~ Prize pump
.. Prize pumpkin NJ id the man
- 1lcut the country buying ur
Ito as he came in from a day al
MY fan. plainly reflective. fillins
'-nt right pssdlcr with apprehen.
80 10 might n, Also reminiscently
urlSr pumpkin was a sLambuster,
IL certainly was. But. pshnw
VA ,t alongside 20 Polly PerRen.
= Not much more than craI
"a pound pippin' What sweet
r. rnder thoughts prize pumpkins
... up To F"anezar Hill Clopfish :
,,. %, frastus' AID as for Polly Per
... npcT' Why, say Prize pumpkins
80 her beaming with JOY! But there
r. w'V prize pumpkin like hers. by
And Polly says that none ever
.ch prize as hers did Why
ng that his worst approximations
'0n we'll founded. the Patent right
@, VINO wears corn colorcd whiskers
900, vest and talks through his nose
On the sheep pelt man with an EN-
wang and said
,uow Farmer GTeen'-
should say SOL replied tho man who
sheep polts. Saw him up to the
today. Bargaining with him for
,is,ep pelts. Yes. But. as l was
~
Well. twanged out the patent right
,n. shaking out his whiskers and in
% -~uptlrg the sheep pelter again. make
snort, then. for Farmer Green is expect
mo 10 meet him and talk patent PIE
mt peeler To him. ard don't want To
.."p him waiting. Cut 1t short, Mr.
eepskin shucker,-
Won't need to- retorted the peTipa-
''tie purchaser II pelts. If Farmer
Green is expecting you to meet him. bet
vour life there amt anything that'll keep
INN waiting Don't need To cut IL short
I'D Slick and slippery
n looked for moment as II the pur
N"yor 81 patsut rights would trumpet
forth sonnet INK fierce az the sheep pelter.
hrl' he cuntented himself with a few pulls
- his corn Culored whiskers and settled
hack m hIs chair with the air ~ resignation
that might pervade a person who IL about
o. nave q tooth pulled. The man Who
wlv~ sheslo pelts by and NV said
Speaking 81 prize pumpkins and Polly
P'rsenkamper. Polly lived with her
ucle Jep and Aunt Prudence on the
~.'p"ver Branch nats Jep StoopIe and
wife Prudence. Nice folks. ton. but
= lcsupper than girahes Aunt Prudence
as. md 80 was her daughter Suse, for
amt Prudence was Globberton. and the
U|pnhertons were the topnotchers In all
'gt' part 1t the old PassadaRky country.
F.-rdc- that. Suso Stnople had been TO
B.
me a little more stuck up than ever.
That would seem all right enough Il Suse
ord her mother. aunt Prudence hadn't
,nz"d down ~ on their poor relation.
/ .v Pergenkamper. and but let that
ri,- Polly WAS pretty as picture.
sri smart and -nappy.
SUPPOSE there were more pumpkins
lady for harvesting that fall on the
rpver Branch fats than ever were
.nrwn or heard of before Waller pump
-r~ and green and long and round and
.r.p-h and scalloped pumpkins. and
~ en- some that were a little bigger
Than pumpkins had ever been known to
Rst mo habit 81 growing before And
81 PerEenkamper' Uncle Jep Stoople
ati field % the biggest ones there was
VOW one 81 the pumpkins among 'hen
'~-'1sndous big ones on the Stoople place
We tudaciously big And WALLER: Why.
-'tutiug N a half mile or - and looking
70. 'Ntt pumpkin. folks were often heard
Q. -ly
My ~ sam lin don't Jep StoopIe
CO.. hat hlg knoll II dandelions down
'f.~a has fcld.'
4 and yalcr a. that. that auoacious
rr.r Alu on the Jep StOople place was
'-f = took the eye Of pretty Polly Per
....amper and along about county fair
100, -hc SAID to her Uncle sep:
hes re- Offering a prize for the big
-.' pumpkin any one u show at the
.. Uncle Jep. S'pOse you let me have
90 ~ one on the fats. and I'll win "A
.t' With Il, sure as It's yaller'
Dep said she could have u IL she wanted
tvt - Polly made all her arrange
...- Tor sending Il - the county fair
... made Puiy'- -tuokup cousin Suss
.- ''l load and H.. ScOTnful 81 Polly.
Pooh -aId she to Polly. I don't
" l." -t"op 10 yaller pumpkins TO win a
90. -ttd she.
800 that VA - stab right plumb ia
, acdri, and IN tell you Why II was
r.a her cousin Suse. Polly rad
" L"aud"r, Suses brother and Just
.tf , month before this ScOrnful iab
-.rappfug. goodloOking. smart and
y . =
..'s - the StOOple place for a little
AI'a l."and"r 80 lseander said, but
tl" "ay things lOOked. particularly ,
part ut lSeandeTs sister Suse. poor
Polly Perg"nkamper got the idea
't" swapping, EoOdlOokIng young
. TI- more likely there 10 visit Suse +
Polly couldn't help wishing that IL Z
-- r" was there visiting so that |
..- aN b., waS q JaD plumb 90 Polly's 4
~" stuck to her big pumpkin. |
.'" day "a week or ~ before the I
.'." TAR was 10 open. she went down /
.. cid 80 take a look at tho big waller 7
'uut she allowed was going To- win l
... rrlI" Now Polly Pergenkamper
.I.g Il mischief than her cousin (
.. Nf- II -'uCkupness A. she stood ,
rIuns-Id" ~ her pumpkin she sud
E'' FnIsChievOus idea, and without
SECOND she went ahead with .
.g | ONT
..rf'r hH tlophsh's ztepson EraS-
..r'' u"rs we'll 10 this day. when .
..i tender thoughts are brought Z
'g uy UTiZs pumpk in- the words .
80 ~ getting way ahead ~ my
r~' thing know. Slick and Slip
a ct this ~ short that therell /
r"r u Farmer Green Using way
vr'I after ALL
patent night Tedler saw a gleam
H 'ui- he showed No recognition
'n. man Ia whom the green
. q commerce. b. the all in all
-.r rrYoreded with his tale
80 waiting a second to consider