The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-03-25
PERKINS GUNNER NEWS.
Hen. Pilkinsln's Good Luck.

Hen. Pilkinsen, the Swede who bought
the wilder Longs farm, come inter the
store the other night, and he told US fell
lers tibet he he'd lost silver watch tibet
he he'd brung from the old country, an
he was q carrin' on ter beat the band
about the watch; sed a Priest gin it to
his great grandfather on his fathers
side, and he was powerful sorry to lose
it;sed he he'd hunted the whole farm over,
and he'd about gin it up.
Then he get SO burned nerved up over
it tibet he begun Ter wop right out, and
talk Hungariap-Polish Jew, which
sounded ter me like old man Crowley's
runaway hog; at last, out ov pure SYM
patty. Abe Grenlaw told him ter go down
ter Saddleback mountain, and call on Old
Mother Matthews, the forth teller, and
away he went full speed ahead, an we
all set aroun' the stove an talked it
over, lowin' as how the old woman would
get dollar out of the Swede, an do
lar IL some handy to have in the winter
time with the snow on the ground, an
she poor. old lone wilder woman, with
out no relations except Injun tibet she
says controls her at times when she is in
fit, or trance. So we all felt kinder
glad for the old girl, but regretted tibet
the Swede didn't play kards none, fer
we he'd little game down ter the store
once in while jest to vile away the
time In the winter evenin's.
The Swede hadn't been gone more then
twenty minutes when johnny Springer
come inter the store with big watch in
his hand, an sed tibet he he'd found it
down in the paster side Nv rock, an we
knowed by the description tibet it was the
Swedes; so we made it up amongst US
not ter say word about it ter Hen, an
see whot the Wilder would tell him, an
jest as we he'd got all the plans laid, Hen
comes runin' by the store, and goin'
fer home like good Teller, an the
whole parcel ov us out an chased him
up. When he got home, he made for the
barn, and come out with big shovel
and dung fork, an around the barn he
went along arter him. an he measured
off a few steps from the corner of the
barn, an by josh, you talk about diggin',
in the hands of a three days contractor.
The soil flew all over the lot, an we set
around, an laughed. Thet was fun
Pretty soon, with yowl like a dog tibet
is kicked out doors on a frosty night,
tibet Swede got down inter tibet hole, an
fumbled round, an then out he cum with
a tin can in his hand tibet was covered
with lust, an then the excitment got
ter risin' and we all made fer tibet hole
on the run, an the Swede he'd the cover
often tibet can, an by Josh it was full ov
old cents, and nickels and dimes which
counted up ter SAP, Hen sed: "She toll
me der wuZ silver on the corner OBJ dab
barn an an ban dig an get him, an ah
got him yost der zame."
Then Jonny Springer tole him bout
the watch, an Hen Civ him whole hand
full ov the coins, an Jonny run hum ter
his ma.
TheI was white in the Swede, an we
was all glad he got the money; tibet made
mp the money he lost when he bought
Glen Bailey's old cow tibet hadn't give
no milk fer ten years. An the next day
there was whole lot more of the folks
went down ter Saddleback mountain ter
see old mother Matthews, an hev there
fortins told, an she charged them all
dollar piece, an made good thing
outen it. An more'n tibet, the folks was
comm from the Hollars, and down
around Siggins mills, an all roun' the
lot, the wilder was gettin' Janus fast.
The Swede seemed to be in terrible
good spirits, larfn' an jokin every body
tibet he met.
Gene Smith tibet worked fer Hen on
the farm used to go down to the Saddle
back real often an we all thot tibet he
was goin' down there 20 see Mirandy
Snow, an we lowed tibet Hen would have
to get new hired man pretty soon, as
Mirandy had a right good farm ov her
own.
Last week Teller come along, and he
got to holdin' revival meetins down to
the Putnam district schoohouse, he was
a powerful speaker. an the way he Good
sing "Bringin' In The Sleeves" woke
up every one of the sleepers on the back
seats, an ole Zeb Butler woke up so
student tibet he yelled fire! An then
the Elder got down to business, an the
first one tibet was converted was Gene
Smith, an when he riz up to give his ex-
perience with sin the first thing tibet he
tole was tibet the Swede was sore on
some of the folks round the corners fer
gettin' him bit on the COW trade, an he
laid ter get even with the whole of them;
so one night he buried some old coins in
tin can an lost his watch with his name
on it where little Jonny Springer went
to get the cows every night, an was
bout sure to find it,; then he went down
to the store and watched his chance when
Abe Grenlaw, tibet is more then three
quarters Spiritualist, was in the store,
an then he cum in an got to yoppin'
about Their watch, an Abe sent him down
to see the fortin' teller, an ov course we
all watched him, an when he cum back
we went up to see the fun, after the
watch he'd been found; an then he dug
up the tin can, an we all spent our money
gettin' our fortins told ter see if we
couldn't find some money on our farms;
an then tibet Swede he split up the money
with Old Mother Matthews, or was goin'
ter, but the old woman took all the money
she got an went over to Rockridge to
see some friends, an she amt cum back
yet. So tibet is the way tibet the Swede
got his revenge. He didn't get the
money, but he felt happy outen it, for he
sed.
"Ah tink ah'm good man, jost der
same; which showed tibet he didn't hev
no brains in his he'd. T. H. S.