Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-05-08

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| of the names are fictitious) was try
TO wedge his teeth through a
| thick plug of -. IT, he says to one
of his stripe, t'Ill bet the stogies |
can beat you a hop-stepan'-ju jump
in" Lige Long says, .I'll bet four
| teen sweet apples ye can't do it!
Bill Bluffchipper, short-legged guy,
blurts out, 81 kin beat either one Of
out, g Cum on, boys; let's hav' it
| OUT" and away they went with
| quite following down to a little
| level spot of ground, set starting
| base, and they went at it. While
this straining, strenuous exercise
was going on, Easton Foster pulled
up his pant-leg showing patch OF
black and blue on his thigh explain
ing that, him and Jim Hoskins had
a round of lap jackln the day De
| fore at school, and that Doe Draper
said that that's the way them fel-
! lers CUTS will look, what's jump
| in. /" Yes" says John Balm, with
one eye on the jumpers and the 9TH
| er on Easton's leg. jist like big
waller pumpkin hollered out an full
| of smatterakes (rattlesnakes). John
was noted for singular expressions
| This diversion attracted quite a
| gathering while the crowd was be-
| yond the barn where the sheep We're
| being sold. Vance Elder took
| long run and set a new mark
| doubtful if anyone could beat it, al
| though he had close second
A long, lanky fellow by the name
Of Foote. who was giving all atten-
ton to one OF the finest girls in
| Harrison Dyes Sunday school fat
| the Smith school house. No. s. was
almost up to Elders heel marks.
| Foote had laid off his coat and now
he threw his vest. and planked nm
| self down on his back, threw up one
leg and told Dalton McClelland to
/ straddle it and pull off his boot.
| This repeated. he jumped to his
sock feet, spit on his hands. squar-
| I'd himself for the run and with a
fierce facial expression that looked
| IS if the wrath of the Almighty
might have been visited upon him.
| Look, Now he comes like fur
ious mighty wind. sets his heel an
inch or more over the base, (pur-
poselyl and landed about the same
L
the Foote. who years later, kept a
hotel in Sharon. ! travelling man
etonped and asked if that was the
! hotel that Frank Foote kept, When
| the estimable landlady replied that
it was not, "but it was the hotel
| that kept Frank Foote.
/ Loud yells and peals of laughter
came from the direction OF the
| barn. at the same time women and
| Girls were seen strineing along from
/ the house in the same direction, and
! the hop-step- jumpers left off and
! started that way, too. Some OF the
more alert had returned from the
| sheep pens and We're perching them
selvee, like turkeys going TO roost,
around on the rail fence that sur
| eoundpd the COW yard. All OF sud
| den crack. crash went top ran
and instantly a half dozen legs shot
M IN the air as lie rural roosters
went tumbling backward, heels over
haad into a pile Of manure. Lau2h.
! Didn't think it was q funeral dldJa
hev lust yelled Just let somebody
.lse tumble. they'll do it every
ime. Some people would laugh At
! q baarea. Every nationality seems
10 have something but we are
DEPRESSING.
The cows sold then came the
horses. Everybody loves a horse.
! Where are our two men, who II
the earlier part Of the day, made
such wild Frepesterous remarks
about the picture when II was Oh
! fered for sale? They are right here
On the Job. AS the horses were pc
inc led out Of the stable, these be-
| whiskered men were right UP on
heir boot straps, working thelr
laws. cutting their tobacco like
timer using his snips They stalk
ed around Jack and jimmy, jerking
ND their tails with no fear or dls-
trust that a pair Of heels might ny
up without the least warning or m
| PRODUCTION. Nothing escaped thelr
INSPECTION. Peering into the eyes,
| 0oking at their mouths, stfoKlhS
their names, patting them on the
| rump putting in their bids IN what
seemed very unconcerned way, ana
| + last. the highest. They dldn t
l-now pictures, but they did kho"
horses. There is a diversity OF gl1ts.