Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-11-09

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iteffened out to vance. So Jan, 10 keep
luietness, and TO make sure like to
yit EN- safe off, begged poor ovid Mr..
dender. who bin daid and gone for a
)urdy many year now, to lend hes boss
and light cart. Mr.. Hender's farm boy
made an extra move and washed the
cart, greesed the wheels, shined the
arness and blackened awver the bosses
oofs, so by the time they was ready to
START, everything was spec and span.
There was no salt so they took off the
tail of the cart and put un right cross
the middle of the butt and set down
back to back, then aich wan had good
back rest.
Tom Tagle drived cos he married
Jemima, the owldest maid, and all
greed that he shud take the reins.
There was little misty, drizzly, rainy
trade cummin' down, but that es naw-
TEN when you be goin' TO spreay,
speshully to Summercourt Fair. Thnre
es purdy lot of defferunce in rain, sure
nutf. The rain that you do get when
you m doin' your daily work and earnin'
your bread es dree times more sawkin'
and victim than what you do git when
you be goin' for plaisure. Some do say
that Sunday rain do draive the deepest,
and ties that cuttin that purdy many
people be fraid to change THEN
coas, 10 say nawthin' bout goin' to
chapel or church. Well, Jan Bradawl's
newly-married maidens, weth their hus-
bands, ded mt mind a bit of misty rair
or muddy roads, SO they STARTED hofi
lookin so pleased and proud as Punch.
There was a bravsh big company 'por
the read. Scores of 'em was walkin'
some rdin' weth donkeys and wheels,
some in farm carts and wagons wetf
their legs danglin' out over the hends
and sides. Fathers and mothers hac
their cheldrun weth EN-, hangin' on t.
their garments, weth the youngest
cheeld in arms, or, ef they was lucky
in dree wheel pramylat r. 'Twud dc
young people good to see how we useC
TO travel back in the good ovid days
Tom Tagle draived thraw all the lot o.
them
or tgur xfrgrIan
MIR Hender's was a good 'orse anC
twas lightish cart, so he cud mach
along an pass everything pom the road
This made the happy company a littl'
bit concayted, and afore they got t
Summercourt they was carryin' thei
noses up middlin' Howsumever, the,
rachel their journeys bend all right
and decided to unlight to the fust gait
pom Queens side of the fair park. Bile
my well as soon, you, ms they movet
to get hout, up went tire butt of tn car
and tipped EN- all in a gawb right il
the middle Of the road. The weddin
cloas was in purity shape, sure huff z
they was baistlod all awver But tina
Walden the wust of it, Tom Tagle, VIII
waas bravish big chap, 'ad hes bacl
'gainst the step like a thing, and s.
cudden tell zactly where or how he wa
goin to land, so in rolling down h
knacked over Billy Treglase's wife,
short, fat wumman from st. Stephen
way. Il dedn hurt her wan bit, co
she went awver and balanced jist lik
a barrel. But her man kicked up
purdy row sure huff He was a ful
faced. reddish lookin fella, but had los
his teeth, and had bow legs, and alto
gether looked rather Temp, but h,
blaazed up like a fussy fire.
There was a brave passed. of peopl,
gethered round by this time, and
spoase Billy thought he must talk big
30 he CHALLENGED Tom to fight there an,
then. Twas no common, ordinar,
HhiiiiSitNulN ar ilSht II Wuu nav,
to be to the death wan of EN- wud die
and of Goose Billy vowed it shud bt
Tom Tagle, Everybody. you, sud Sc,
by this time that, though twas early
in the day, Billy Treglase had had q
bravish drap and twas beginnia' to tel
on un. Tom never titched the little
chap though he was terrbul arggryva.
tin. and said how he had scat down hes
wumman for the purpose. and how he
shud look where was goin when he got
out of the cart He towld bout mack
in doAn the walk vessel, but Mrs.
dedn like that, and she soon shet un an
pom that point HowsUmever, Billy
worked hes teelin's up TO sich a pitch
that he !p and pin 20 Tom with AN hes
weight and strength, but Tom list
slapped one side ard away went Billy.
hands. face and cloas, right down in
the mud Dedn the people roar. voui
Twas a rail good performance 20 start
the day weth, and an for nawthin'.
Billy was in a wuss mess than all the
rest put together, and while he went
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