| Show LOCAL PACKER LOSES EWE uncle harve finds gorilla tracks about his cellar which lead to a discovery A clipper reporter met uncle harve the other day and ho he put him next to the following ful lowing story ile he said daiil the other morning I 1 got up early as I 1 always do and when I 1 wont went out I 1 saw what I 1 thought to bo be gor rialla tracks around my cellar and sure enough whoa when I 1 came to hinves investigate ti I 1 found that during 7 the file night some one had gotten away with and old ewe and ono one ol of ym patent hens bens nests 1 I 1 immediately went up town suspecting thatis that it was some big politician as I 1 had remembered reading readi ncr 0 in the clipper several years ago ag 0 about one stealing a half a hog in Cen centreville treville when I 1 got up by the lumber yard I 1 met the may mayor or I 1 said to him you look awfully sheepish this morning mr mayor then the town executive made a full breast of it and said say uncle harve what will w ill you take to drop this matter heres your price and then ho he went on to say that it seemed like he was having havin 0 a awfully wf ully bad luck of late that he hardly got out of one trouble until lie he got into another my neighbor he be continued had a lovely rooster and I 1 went and fastened your patent hens nest on him and instantly killed that valuable bird but I 1 coUld lit help it for in the dark I 1 could not distinguish 0 him from fro M the hens uncle harve then began to eulogize the mayor to our correspondent quite different from most people who waite until their friends die before they say anything good of them continuing he said I 1 admire our mayor because if he wrongs any one be is perfectly willing t that they should forgive him uncle then pointed out to the scribe how the professional men n were making makin all sorts of money mone y as a result of the sheep swiping plant which c h he had installed recently ty H ho 0 says dr smedley the dentist is kept awfully busy all the time pulling 0 wool out from between his patients teeth then he says doctor van cott is having a rich harvest out of it too for as soon as dr smedley gets through with the patient dr van cott will say to thola you are looking quite ill today let me see your tongue and then he assures them that they have stomach troubles super induced by eatie eating too much of uncle harves mutton and admonishes them that they must have lout lent litener ol oi tener |
