Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-04
ic @herbs," as he called them,and also
a big cake of maple sugar.
"Sweetnin' after harbs,"
U. s. GRAM

ic "herbs," as he called them,and also
a big cake of maple sugar.
~"Sweetnin' after harbs,"
The Little Teller took his dose,
caught his breath, and then took a
bite Of the sugar, and with a satisfied
smile, spread his toes apart, stuck his
hands in his pockets and said:
uncle Johnny Dad says you can
spin more yarns than a country ed
itor"
Uncle Johnny winked, took out the
sassafras stick from the corner of his
mouth; sat down in the old split bot
tom chair that was his favorite, look
ed in the fire, studied a moment and
says, "Your Dad mout be rite an
agin he moutent.
"Thar IL so many sides ter a thing
that one IL often mistook. Eff a fell
Ter seez more good in natur than er
mother he IL an optimist. Eff not az
much apessimist, Eff he seez nothin'
in heather, ies self, he IL a Egotist.
Eff he seez good frum bad he'z a NOR
alist. En- eff he seez UNI all, he IL a
genius. Competition IL UNI all, jes
difference in opinion.
"The most pessimistick Teller l
ev'r seen wuz Ole Squire Brown, down
on Luter River. He wuz so gol durn
pessimistick tibet the truth wuz not
truth lessn it wuz sworn to with q
stack Of Bibles highern heaven.
"Well sir, when l would tell a rip
pin god incident, he would jest shake
pin good incident, he would jest shake
his head,an' spit, an say Shaw He
wuz so unbeleavin' thet / thout he
needed er lesson. So | went up in
bought thet Ole Outlaw Stallion
Dizzy King. | sed bought, but | jes
took i'm ofen their hans, an left q
dollar in Their county treasury. He
wuz the purtiest boss / ever seen.
Style an action perfect. A cross be-
tween an Injun pony an a Kentucky
Thuroubred. He wuz so durn shy an
mean thet no n had caught him,
ceptin' a fool injun who had a par-
aleptic stroke afterwards.
II laid at the waterin' hole three
mites fore | got a shot at him. Then
| shot i'm thru the neck, an when he
wuz down roped him. A Teller come
erlong an said, You got de Devil,
what you gwine do with him.
'Fren', says !, Thar IL things an
natures tibet will sooth the hardes'
mind n make believers outen many.
All the time l wuz thinkin' NV Ole
Squire Brown. En- then / took a
black bottle with magic harbs an
gin him a little drink.
"Wel sir, long az | had him full ov
magic herbs he wuz jez like er lamb.
So struck out home goin' by Squire
Browns. The Squire at hat time
wuz the biggest boss man in the COM
munity. His range jes full ov high
stepers am easy goers. An Squire
thout what he didn't know about a
boss warent wuth KNOWN.
when | got to the Squires out he
comes. An lookin' at me with one
eye on the boss with the other kinder
~unconcerned. says. What's the good
word, John, any more bar stones, en-
spits.' No. SEE L. but l got a gol
durn good joke on a Teller lives
round here
Tell it, SEE he.
mo I amt got time terday guess
| mus be goin' SEE I.
Hold on John, SEE he, What You
get tibet hoss?' lookin' him over
like an eagle does a prairie chicken
ready to pounce.
~ say, John, whar you get him T
"tAh, SEE I,n,up in Pike county.
This here boss il Dizzy King. The
meanest outlaw goin'.
HE shakes his head an spits an
SEE. SEE he, same as usual. "Shaw'.
Dizzy Kings foot, from all | kern of
Dizzy King. This boss IL a lamb side
Nv him, an life he had some life heed
be some boss. That | admit. Trot