The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-12
HAPPY HOLLOW
HOW WE CELEBRATED THIS ToURrH Ar
WOOD.

A lot ov Us ole peter, made plum
phools ov ourselves | guess | am
sore vet frum runnin foot race, (an
not winnin) But did We ever see a
race that satisfied enybudy except tn
feller whitch wins tn prize?
Biz made us all sware with our hand
UP that we wood be TO tn picknick on
time,-l0 thirty oh. clock. All the
kids set there Big Bens at 5 a. m. an
turned tn clock up an hour besides.
Amt it funny how quick a Kid kin
git out ov bed on tn 4th? Kids kin
do tn milken quicker, do less foolin
an bring In less milk OH tn 4th then
eny day in TIN year, unless its sircuss
day, EverbudyS shoes wuz shined,
buttons sowed on an stokins patched
til day bi SOS to git of early. Ever
budy was redy TO kommense primpln
at Z oh. clock. Sister Gal nugger
wuz down on her gnees tn day wipin
up tn door, wnen bing. went a silver
clean thru her finger, She was most
kilt but tied on peace ov fat pork
an celebrated enyhow- Silver, pork an
all.
Biz had his Tin Elizabeth all shined
up till tn girls Good see how 10 pow
der there nose in it, an couple oy
big L. 5. flags llutterin one frum each
side ov tn cow Hetchef, an some red
white an blue buntin draped around
tn top an tied in big bow in the
back like a sash tan he looked reel
jaunty with Happy Hollow pennant
on his wind shield We all felt very
proud ov Biz.
Here come mother TinIizabeth. Its
tn Little Ministers folks an Brother
Jar Bowl. Th Happy Hollow boost
ers he'd some yels an let one loose at
tin parson which made him giggIe.
Here comes Brother and Sister
Roads an Sister Rlcha rdSon an others
wearin bran new hats which they
had purchased fer this glorious OH.
casion Brother Roads was soon
whiskin up a tree like squirrel, put
tin up swings TO Tia crate delite OF til
young Americans present. frankie
Jar Bowl throwed OF his good coat,
prowled aroun a bit an soon he'd a
smudpe Smudgin Don't seem like
woods less feler kin smell smudge"
sez Frankie. Th wimmen wuZ skart
TIN children mite ketch atire i'm Frank
les smudge-but they didn't.
"Here comes tn good nachered Edi-
ter ov tn Mellette County Pioneer"
seq one ov TN boosters. He aint "a
Trade TO pick tipe. Les boost him.
an TIN boosters sung:
"Howdedo. Brother Kirch, Howdedo.
Is ther anything that we kin do fer w
We will do th best we can,
An stand by you TO man,
Howdoyedo, Brother Kirch, Howdoye-
do?'
Here come mother Ford, an mother,
an mother, Looks like this is Foru
picknick, I" seq Brother Cordell 40,
TN Ford jiSt git We here fust, that's
]. sez Brother Rankin. Along lords
dinner In rolled til MaXwellS, Buicks
Saxons, Pages, Franklins, Pierce Ar
rows, an til like. Sister Cordell hop
ped into her big apron an in no time
TN Juice wuz juicin frum 40 dozen
lemons. Pretty soon Biz lifts up his
nose an sez bring on tn eats!' an
everbudy went to there car an gol
boxes; an bdskits an deesh pans al
tin like an brung tin eats to tn table
kommittee who direkted them where
to put it. There wuz ) tables each II
foot long One table he'd nothin but
4 4 l,S ~ rNs..
an cake long time waitin fer tn 4th)
Next liable he'd nothin but sanwiches,
pickles an salads on it. Next table
he'd fried chicken, dressin an TIN like
an ever table wuZ loaded to tn brim.
Ever feller had "a paper plate, fork an
spoon an glass fer th free lemonade.
All tn hungreys edged up--there chops
dribblin. Brother Brown took of ms
hat out ov respect to tn fried chicken
that lay I'm state b4 his eyes, IAN we
never knowd what Kind ov bangs Bro.
Brown wore D4.) AT th signal th pro-
ceshion begun 10 procesh past tn good
les an each feller helped hisself.
Merrill harpooned tn breast ov d
Plymoth Rock. gathered in pile oN
other things good TO menshion an
went of, Happy that lie woodent bt
Hollow mutcn longer. 1t wuz pool
F'rankies lot to preside over tn punch
bowl durin tn dinner hour. Heet out
ov l hand while lie panned up lemon
ade fer til thirsty With tother. "Sma'
ter, Frankie" seq /. ''ThoI YOU WIZ
goin to hav a spigot on that bari.
Well, to tell tn truth, ian he bit int'
a sanwitcl) that theie spigot jls
won't spig, an frankie Disappeared
over tn euge ov the bari an coue al
with his little kittle drIppin fIlI feI
tn fellers Who stood all aroun with
Il glasses chantin Tin dirge .'liow dr.
ami"
Bro. Keepers an Bro. VanValken-
burgh delivered patriotic addresses,
such as makes feiier set up anlisseI
IF he's thoroughbred Ameri al
We seen some ov foreign bii tn giyei
most respectful an close attention.
A lot ov US wux too bashful To be as
responsive as We felt we should be,
but tn next time we hear sich talks
less let out hip Hooray! when W.