The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-02
IN HOT ARGUMENT
BILL SANDERS MATCHES WITS
WITH SQUIRE IKE sTRATToN.
Two Had Different Ideas as to tho
Real Solution Of the Bear Prob.
lem, and II ls Not
Yet Settled.

II see there wasn't no use o. my
tryin' TO make any p'ints agin setch Il
tremendous arguher ez Squire Ike
Stratton," said Bill Sanders, the homer
from down Shinhopple way, $50 took
my gun an-but the how OF It was like
this:
"SOme of us was settin' at Joe Blnn's
| grocery store an IN come young Snlve-
! ly Swayback with a cub bar he had
run ag'in out on the ridge an killed,
an / up an says that I'd bet n leetle
sumpin that II bars could talk they'd
/ say us ShlnhOpplers was the cOnsarn-
dest passel o. loonles that ever was let
loose.
"Why,' they'd say, It's Jest like
KILN the goose that laid the golden
eggr
"'That's about what they'd sayr
says /.
"'Whatd they say that about us ferT
says Squire Ike Stratton, all ready fer
to argyfy.
They'd say II about u.s. says l,
cause we'm setch dern fools ez to kill
'em fore they'm growed. Cant them
fellers see that they can't hev no fun
with us when we'm only three weeks
old or three months old or only six
months old, fer that matter?" they'd
say. IF them idjits ID let us be till
we'm grOwed up can't they see that
they'd hey ten times ez much fun In the
woods? Why" they'd say, "them fel-
lers Is the consarndest loonies that was
ever let loose" they'd say, "the way
they rob the future o. the Shlnhopple
deestric' out Of lot o. fun :"
"That's what they'd say, squire, an
they'd hev us sot down tolerble nigh
10 what we be- says l.
(which l don't agree with you, VIII
liam, not by a tarnati0n sight" says
Squire Ike.
IAN O course / didn't s'pOse he
would, fer II he'd agreed with me he
wouldn't a-had no chance fer to argyfy,
an that'd been wuss to him than stop
pin o. his breath.
"Jest the same, squire, says l, 1t
don't stand to reason that they amt
right. Fer instance, here's a family o.
bars. Three of 'em is cubs, say three
weeks old. Us fellers runs agln 'em
in the woods. What do we up an do
on the spot?
"'First we git away with the old uns. |
Then we either knock the young uns in
the head or take 'em home an let 'em I
starve,' l says. Now says, I'll go
you even furder n the bars would If |
they could talk, an I'll say that us fel-
lers is the consarndest IOonies that ever
was let run loose fer even killin' the
bars that was already grOwed up I'M
der setch circumstances / says.
"'DO you know what us fellers Orto
do when we run ag'in a bar family like
that?' says I. Jest pass the time o day
with 'em an let 'em 60 / says, so
they kin go on raisin' them cubs fer us
to hev fun with by an by l says.
Squire l says let 'em alone, but keep
an eye on EN- ! says, AN mark 'em
down fer future reference.
"'Seems TO me- says, that it's a
mighty good thing there want no Shin
hopple feller citizen along with Noar in
the ark, fer If there had a-been,' l says,
he'd a-follered the two bars when
they come outen the ark an got away
with 'em an their cubs an we wouldn't
a-had no bars now at all = l says.
"'We'd a-had more pigs an sheep,
though says Squire Ike, bOrryin' a
chaw often Snively SwaybOck's plug.
an 81 Groner wouldn't a-had his ear
an most of his chist clawed off, an
our wives an young uns could go out
without bein' afeard
they wouldn't never come back ag'in.
don't know but what I'm leetle sorry,
William, that they want a ShinhOpple
teller citizen in the ark along with
NOar' says the squire. 4 don't know
lut what l am = says he.
81 see then that there want no kind
} use o my tryin' to make any p'lnts
lg'inst setch a tremendous argufier ez
Squire Ike StrattOn, an so l took my
run an went out. An knocked over
hree bar afOre night, cOuntin' the two
iuckin' cubs"