Show THE PIKE COUNTY COON of a pena sylvania vania celebrity N Y sun I lell tell you I miss mis aUndo billy jagger of delaware township township p eaid said the sheriff P poor ui uncle i cle iles a good ways now f from rom pike ike coun county t y zand aej especially from delaware el aware t township JI abia it asserted the tho county loun tX clerk youre right S sheriff for if billy baintin ain tin heaven I give much for the chances of some other th er folks I know uncle hilly billy jagger was a pike pile county character an nu honest sharp featured little man one of a numerous i and lud easygoing easy casy going family that lived eyed down back diu diug 91 mane mens uncle billy had a shrill pipine voice voice and a most comical way v lien he lie talked of emphasizing ap and punctuating u hie his words and een sen beners added to this he be and interludes h remarks with a high falsetto hum which teemed to come clear fro from the tile top of hia his head lie ile had bad a good wife chow he called mother and a u named betsey baker lie ile waa was known from of the country to the oiher other for he had followed his sidesplitting little red nose into every comer corner of it ho he had been either a witness a juryman or a liti litigant gaut at eve every ry term of pike count county y court for forty years and when he be died a few months ago ono one of the old landmarks went dawn down I can see him the tile way ho lie used to come in here court weeks continued the sheriff and I can hear bear him now no tuning fork that ever gave the pitch in singing school could get within four inches of the key uncle billy hummed on hum hum hum huum hu h u uro hum hed sing anar til men hed sing and yum yurn jagger of Delly war township township ip is on the boory hum hum hum hu h u u it uro ro in him he ile ie is I ditched on the gen til men on be hell I try a beetle boerge hum hum hum jiuu huum h m hum A beetle boorin an the best you have bare sir air hum hum hunch u u mb m hum IF uncle billy used to say some folka folks is is partial to rye but give mo me the good ole bourgin Bo orgin if any body has a lively recollection t of uncle billy said the ex district attorney I think im the man you know I guca T W M lured the coon down by the hyman westbrook place a few years ago you know I was on ray my way to stroudsburg Strouds burg to meet the Judge and borne tome of the bigglest lawyers there were in the district on the law business and I was logged out in the best suit of clothes that three years in the district attorney attorneys office could produce including it new now high hat I had hid got down just this side of hyman where a big chestnut tree stands in the field near the road and I saw uncle billy C standing in under the tre tree and looking up amona one the branches betsey baker and the lumber box wagon stood in the road now it was a peculiarity of betsey bakers that atone at one ti time e you might tiro fire a cannon off i in a minder under her and shed never move while at another tune time if a rooster should crow a hundred birds yards away shed string things from dan an to Beer beersheba well I stopped my horse opposite uncle billy he never too took hi bis eyes from the tree and I could bear hear him humming 11 hallot Hal lol uncle said I what is it up the tree hum hum hum hu h u u u in hum said uncle billy without looking around when eaid said he lie q it lit may be a catty mount hum v hum mat hum um h u tt u ni hum and ni maybe its a bear hum h hum u ill hum bum h u u u m hum bum but bybe nay belief is sir that its a conn I sir sir A great fine coon hum hum bum hum b h u ii ii m hum buni 11 well uncle billy said I on my taps in a minute for you know if there is any one thing I do like its hunting bunting a coon if theres a coon in the tree said I awe we must try to get it out so i I jumped from my carriage and atoo stood by the old ld mans side and peered up into the tree sure enough half way up the tree in plain eight might on a branch lay a big colon coon I looking as fat and sassy as a baby playing with the griddle griddl ft greaser I had bad a small re revolver volver and I whipped I bd e it a minute undo uncle B billy wy had never lowered his eyes once nor moved his head a half inch As I took aim he be piped to aw W h o o a betsey baker hu hum bum hum hum burn h u u u m hum bum I fired betsey baker never moved and undo uncle billy never never turned round to see whether shedid or not the coon climbed higher up the tree I fired again and the coon got up still higher hum hum bum hum b u u u m hum eang sang uncle billy said he be he its air that I mg your battery docs acs not carry guns enough nough e sir to b bring ri ng down the coon I have heerd beerd th that at coons cant be shook cut out of treca trees by climbing the tree air and k kicking on n the bv limb hum hum buin huum h u u amo m hum kick hard on oil the limb limb I was full of the excitement of f the chase by this time and uncle billys hint was nu sooner made t than an I wae was shining up that chestnut like a bear aft after er n be bee es neit nest I forgot for ot all about abou t the tto judge and lawyer my good clothes and new high hat I was reminded of the hat as I drew drey myself up tip on the bottom limb of the tree for it was caught plumb on the top by a branch above me as I rose to my feet and shoved don do aln over my eves eyes in n less time than a streak of ii lightning I Y t could skin a catfish calf ith I p pulled ull it off OT it looked as ita if a yoke voke of of oxen had rolled over it and I dropped it to the ground it aas was a ha hard rd job ob to crawl ap through the branch branches es and when I got within reach of the tile coon I was sweating like the bottom of bf a sla slapjack on a platter and find I felt aa as if I had been toyed with by a mad bull over a uh acre lot I fired the rest of ray my cartridges at the coon but it just laid there on tho the limb and glared at me that made me raad mad eo so I crawled out and at the risk of dropping fifty feet to the ground I gave kare the tile coon a kick longside long sido theja w that lifted d it clear clea the limb I lifted me clear clearl too and we boag left the limb together I flung one arm around the limb as I went down and stud saved Iny myself self I hung suspended in the a air ir As the coo coon frent et down he made a grab at me and set his teeth deep enough in the calf of my leg eg to save himself and there ne we alu bung ng I on the tree and the 66 coon an n n my ay iy leg As I kicked aej wrig wriggled aled I CO could uld ece eee uncle billy C limn standing below just as immovable coo cool ang and deliberate as ascurr ever you yoi should have heard him give direct yn hum um hum bun h u u u ra ni hum said he tir you have him now I if I was f as you tir sir id raise ray my other f foot oot and lift him a good un tin on the snoot I i hum hum hum bum h u aum u u ra hum A stiff un on the moot sir I and I did give hima stiff stilt un on tho snoot the coon bad had to drop but he took a mouth mouthful fu of cf ray my leg with him the fall broke his neck and killed him As I struggled to draw myself on the lima limb undo uncle billy picked up the coon hum hum llumi hum 11 u n u m hum he sang sir sir he is a fine one hum cwm hum hunt ll m hum A aiho a one sir I aa I ever see he will weigh not i lees less than sixteen pounds sir hum i bum hum hum h u u ti ra hum not i an ounce less air F carne ar utho Y ti coo coon n out to his irvi wagon I I t chucked it in climbed up to bis his sheepskin scat seat and drove bar without another word leaving me sweating bleeding and tattered in the to top of the chestnut tree when he had gone about a hundred yards I saw him hold the coon up by the tail as if satisfying himself ae as to the heft on once c e more then I shouted uncle B i e el just then betsey baker Daker took it into her bar to run away and down the road she went licky ty brindle and I saw uncle billy no more well there ther ewas was hardly clothes enough left on me to wipe out a shotgun shot gun with and I believe a tin tio peddler refused to give ive M my wife I e a scent tin cup for ake the wh elv bait some time afterward ter ward I had to drive back home thirteen miles and put on other c clothes lothes before I could go on about a neek afterward uncle billy came into my office deliberate and very angry 11 chell achell Vh ell air ho he eaid said hum hum hum bum b h u u um u m hum by shouting at betsey baker from the chestnut cheet nut tree sir air you caused her to run away hum hum hum bum hu h u u um u ra m hum she broke a thill sir to ray best wagon and new now air sir you ou must pay me sir or I will 11 lay y you on the tile shelf sir at the next elic election tion in dellaware Delly ware townships 11 I battled with uncle bil billy y for three and themay the way ho he and I captured the coon |