Show and more mora loft A oien years ago a farmer came into detroit with A load of potatoes and old sold them to a grocer A dias dis as to the quantity the firmer farmer felt himself cheated out of two bushels and he be left the grocer with a black eye the grocer was a mm man who ment to keep oven even with all men he therefore ther eforo took bia his affidavit to whip that agricultural toiler within an inch of hi his life and the longer he waited the madder be he not at the end of a month seeing no prospect of f catching the firmer in town the grocer procured a horse and nd buggy and drove out to to bare have is out when within th three ree miles of the place be he encountered encounter d a man on the highway and inquired inquire can you tell me where old stiver lives yea yes going to buy cattle of him no sirl fm im going to pound him out of his bookal I guess nott im old stivers ton son and you youve ve got to whip me first the grocer jumped out and a battle resulted he polished the con son oft but it was a tight squeeze HP ile bad not gone half a mile when a man who was husking corn hailed him did you have a fight down there yes dyes 11 who whipped 11 I did well that was my brother you were fighting and may be you think you can mash me too A second fight took place and proved a draw the grocer wa was somewhat ome what discouraged having several a I teeth and a nose as big as bis his wrist but he drove on to the a ex t house A strapping fellow about 27 years old ivas cutt cutting wood at the cuttina gate and the grocer drew row up and asked how fa far r is it to St stiver IverO which stiver why the old liar stiver stranger the man who speaks t that at way of or my old dad has got to be pounded po rems rem remarked irked the choppe chopp rand erand a third fight was soon on the boards this time the grocer had his fi lland after brushing the grass out of 01 his hair he asked itow how far is it to john stivers two miles one more question ive met and fought with three of his sons Is there th e re another living ii between here a and nd the old marivin mant 1111 dl another why there are three an and besides there are ara two single ones at home who could turn you wrongs side out in twenty dally tl the grocer drove slowly b back ack to the city and went to bed for a weak week his mistake was in not waiting to catch the old man home some time when all the boys were off fishing |