The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
HAPPY HOLLOW
Dear Mister kirch:

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l thot it wood b a shame an a scan
del not to rite a little when tn war is
over. They hav ben havin a turbl
time getti'l tn war question settled
over in White River. When tn first
report come out Mother Jones heart
was just that full oy JOY she didn't
no what TO do 50 she run over an rung
tn fire bell an told tn world 'th' wars
over. Tn arsoyer. Peace. Peace.
Peace" With tears ov JOY runnin'
down her cheeks, an almost dropped
frum exauStin before tn bell busted.
Well. then in a few minnitS word
come it wus a false alarm an til, war
isn't over a tail. Then some was in
clined to laff at her fer rushin tn sea-
SON, SO to speak. "Well, ! jiSt don't
care.' seq Mother Jones. MY heart
wus in Tia rite place eny how, an 1
shell lever feel more jubilent when
peace is RELY declared, SO there.'
an wiped her eyes on TIA corner ov her
apron. Well, it run along a few days
and finally way in TIA mite a despatch
come sayin war WIZ ure Over-Ger-
many he'd excepted President Wilson's
peace terms an eyerbuddy wuZ rouSt-
ed out ov bed an GOT excited an some
buddy seq Ring tn bell. Ring tn
bell! Who's to ring tn bell" They
decided to let Dad Navin ring tn bell
t(becauS he wuZ a real good DimmOcrat
an tia Oldest man in town. SO Dad
Navin he hops out at , a. m, an rung
th'fire bell. "HOoray. llooray. Ger
many is licked. Germany is licked.
Peace heZ comet an there wuz quite
a commOshun. Well u no how it is.
There's allus sonebuddy that don't
think somethin is appropriat an OBJ
jected seriously to calm out tn city
fire department over sich a little
thing as tn war bein over an thot
that whoever rung that bell ort t" be
prosecuted an nearly arrested Dad
Nayin after they ct him to ring tn
fire bell. IN Of co rise everbuddy wuZ
tickled to think tn war wuz over-au
Annie seq: "Weil, tn war is over, |
guess we kin lave d cake an She
goes out into til kitchenan makes an
honestogooGness cake-th' first Il
seen about tn place fer menny a day
with real lroStin Oh it. An Annie set
1t on tn table with real pride. 81
o,D,l Mad ripnS ~ fro boil aunn'
seq Pat, as Tia last end ov his piece
slid out Ov site. But Dad lowed they
Good all Go thout cake if he he'd to
pay fer it layin up in tn city ca'ly-
boose fer ringin tn fire bell.
Well, when tn reeal thing did come
an President Wilson sent word to Mis-
ter Dendy that it wuz a sure thing
that Kizer Bill he'd sed he wasn't in
faver oil fitin eny longer under SIGH
unpleasant circumstances, that he
never did wanta iite in tn first place
etc-why then folks didn't know what
2 do. MiSSuS Jones sed she wasn't
goin to tech that fire bell agen-she
had had a real patriotick spazzum
when she done it an she cOOdn't make
herself enthooS agen. Dad Navin sed
he wasunt goin to put hisself in jep-
pardy agin or tn callyboose an ever
buddy wuz afraid ov bean arrested.
Missus skelch thOt it wuZ a dirty
shamerhat we coodn't do somethin.
"Poot ole White River, seq she,
"Wel less hay a big funeral an bury
tn tow n" Why !ez MisSus Jones
lever town along tn line is ringin
bells an tootin whistles" IAN gettin
dunk" put in Pat, wipen tn tears
frum his eyes. Why" sez Mother
Jones, Il wuz readin in tn paperthat
everbuddy WV expected to go crazy
an make a turribl demonstration ii
SIGH a time as this, but here we set
an ain't doin nothin!' Awhile ever
buddy wuZ a fussin aboutd oin nothir
re heered Il gun Shot an then an )thei
an tlen tn tom toms of tn real orig.
inal Americans. An lookin out we
seer several Indians maxim for til
court house square. More gun shots
an pistols an dogs barkin an kids zip
pin. Fellers an Kids runnin packard!
an forards with big tumble weeds Of
pitchforks, pilin them high in til
court house square. Pretty soor
"Fire. FIRE. an a certain woman
Whose name we Withhold because slN
don't banker to be a languishen IL
the city callyboose) beat IL over to TIN
fire bell tower, an after pullin fe
some time on the rope that is spozet
to run tn city flag up, she finally go
holt ov tn one that pulls tn clapper