The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02


an account u how Samson overca me
the SoD foxes, tied hrebrands 20 theiI tail
a au turhod em Loose. and sign IL BY an
EyeN Witness " had one 81 tho-a
nenortes aud the fearlessness To let il
work Blu =
lanker'U exclaimed the patent riRhl
pe1Ier' and II came through has moss
IKE trumpet call 90 battle You depr.-
cate Yourself! With the elastic quality
involves IN your own memory. and the
utterly reckless dhring with which you
give unboundsNi eNei ciss that YOU
haven't written a book entitled Recol-
lecIloi's 81 the DeluKe. 10y a Survivor.
wordA-
And the patent right pedler was 80
pleased with himself that he never noticed
NE bland smlle and low bow with which
me sheep pclt man favored him
o. SaId the man who goes about
gathering ny sheep pelts. nobody re-
rnenhered when the fats had been Gov
cred like that. And worst of all. the
n nOpn had swept everything away clean.
Fnlly bag prize pumpkin and all. The
river was running with a roaring torrent
and az Tar as the eve coul Ia $50 there WASH {
thing on top of Il but pumpkins PooI
htti" Polly Pergcnkamper cried herself
itnoSt sick over losing her prize pump
kin.
-Ehenezar Bill Clopa-h was the richest
man IN IN" Wiley m those days He lived
down the river forty miles below the Jep
Stnople place at point where an island
divided the river and made = cholv sort
o. channel on each side. The morning
mat kbenezer Bill got up and look ing
up the river saw what looked like big
WALLER mountain rushing down with the
HOOD ne VAS about the most astounded
cltizsn that ever stood an the hank and
vlew.sd the PROSPECT DER.
"A - II 4
stepson that lived with him. what in
the name 81 spooky spooks IL ~?
Why. daddy, said Erastus. taking
one look az the thing, its food NJ pump
klnnl'
And sure enough a Aood u pumpkins
was. and he pumpkinS began To pile
mn on the island until pumpkins were
stacked up al around there like young
mountains. soon a. Fbenener Bill Clop-
hsh could catch his breath he allowed that
y that jam didn't break pretty quick and
lot the pumpkins GO IN their way things
In general would he covered up by EN-
worse than II they were planted in the
tonb- NJ Egypt
And Il that Jam does break. said ne,
'Itll take everything before II. living or
deaf, and that'll he the last we'll ever
hear 81 em'
Now Ebenezer Rail CIopflshs ss,p-on
Erastus Mas full ~ vim. and the first
thing Ebenezer Bill knew out onto that
tremendous Jam Of pumpkins that amaz-
ing krastus skiDped. dA ncinR and bowling
wT'lns his hands and begged him To come
hack, and Just then the jam II pumpkins
broke. Out them pumpkins went with
\ rear ana a rush. taking Ersstus with
en-. Oh Joshua q Jenkins. what
bov that Erast,Is was
As he went down with tho Jam 10 kept
on top tall the river got wide and the
pumpkins spread out thin. and then he
picked out one that was a little the big
gest and yallere~t on" he had ever clapped
his ewes on. and grabbing hold Of Il he
clum on top OF u and padded and steered
II to shore i'm spite ~ the food 81 other
pumpkins that We're ramming hmm like
hattering rams Erastus landed his tire
mendous pumpkin and got Il fast To the
bank. In doing u he made he discovery
that the pumpkin was plugged like a
watermelon. the plug having been started
some from its hole. EiAstus gouged u
out al the way. and under II he found a
hit ~ paper folded up lie took Il out,
and unfolding II read something that
he well remembers 10 this dav EiRh-
teen 80 Erastus read Called good
looking. and nice figure. So they say
Disposition happy But no lover vet
That's what Ebenezer Bill Ciopfsh's
stepson. Erastus read on that paper. and
q waS signed Polly P~rgenkamper.
SlopOver Branch Flats
-Erast,ls scooted hack home. dancing
for JOY. got himself ready IN a whip-titch.
and away he went for Slopover Branch
Flats. straight 10 Polly's Uncle Jep's. and
well. Md patent pirate, ] guess there
amt any Use of my saying that Polly
won a prize with her big
pumpkin sure enough. for who should
Ebenszer Bill Clopfsh's step-on Era-tus
he but that nice strapping good looking
chum 81 Polly's cousin Ieander and he
just wouldn't take no for an answer
And we've '~en happy a. robins IN the
WHAT trlmpeted the patent right
pedler
on exclaimed tho sheen p.lt man
Didn't | mention y that Ehenezer Bill
Clorfi step-on En- - was me Frastua
Bun z feld. and that ali Wonder goes
Farmer Green now IN lust about catch
him. and Close that decker for them nine
Sheep relts''
Away he went leaving the natent right
pedler gazing after him with staring
eyes Then suddenly tho patent right
man dropIed into his chair and twanged
through his nose:
-Ebenezer Bill CloDfi~h's stepsnn Eras-
tusl Erastus BunRfield' Why. by the
slipping moose that hung Hannah That
feller's name - Pete Hollerhack - Can
kertoWn Corners And his wife was
the Midder Dibbler humblier than n
stake and rider fence. and old enough To
be hrs mother Judas Preachin' Amt
there no virtue in vepgefuI fhnnderbolts
no more7-
And the patent right T,~dIer rushed
through the swinging doors and poured
orit 80 much consolation Tor the dime ne
Ia id down that the man at the cash regis
Ter aid that N he had known il was cider
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