Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-12 | Page 3 | Real Record for Laziness

real record for laziness in the shadow of the ch mountains in the peaceful valley un quaker hill lived moses and aron chums tor eighty long years can still picture them sitting under he tamaracks after they had made ip their annual spring quarrel about he line fences then we knew the lid stories would be forthcoming aaron said moses do you re aemmer hearin ole deacon taylor tim that lived up in whiteface White tace clear n tell about the laziest man that iver settled in Sandwich 7 pears as though I 1 ought to but don t jes seem to recollect aaron rould answer accommodatingly wal moses hasten to say this ere feller was so shiftless shit less that ils wife and children and all of his titters died off he raise any and finally the neighbors made up their minds he must work or depart this earth so they put him into a big hogs head about seven foot deep and they fixed it so that it could be filled with water but by hard the feller could jest keep his head above the water they loaded the whole business oa to a rack and were starting fat when the parson hollered out hold brethren I 1 would fain give the erring man one more chance I 1 will give him a bushel of corn from my scanty store the feller managed to stick his head out fer enough to inquire Is the corn challed no brother I 1 then drive on boys aez he settled back into the hogshead i boston herald