. Letters of Major Jack Downing of the Downingville Militia . Wal, ses I, Kernel, then that will be jest likeyour Abolishin Proclymashin, an I kept on mixinit with a big spoon. Now, ses I, Kernel, thegood pints of this medicin are, that as it goes thrua feller it cleans him completely out. It confis-cates, eradicates, obliterates an conflusticateseverything. Its equal to your Abolishin Procly-mashin an the Confiscashin Bill rolled into I, Kernel, theres only one thing about itthats wrong. Sometimes the sticks get twistedtogether, or tangled up like the logs comin downthe river, in Main
. Letters of Major Jack Downing of the Downingville Militia . Wal, ses I, Kernel, then that will be jest likeyour Abolishin Proclymashin, an I kept on mixinit with a big spoon. Now, ses I, Kernel, thegood pints of this medicin are, that as it goes thrua feller it cleans him completely out. It confis-cates, eradicates, obliterates an conflusticateseverything. Its equal to your Abolishin Procly-mashin an the Confiscashin Bill rolled into I, Kernel, theres only one thing about itthats wrong. Sometimes the sticks get twistedtogether, or tangled up like the logs comin downthe river, in Maine in the spring of the year, andit requires a purty hard jar to start em , ses I, theres no danger of its killin any-body, and theres no way for you to get rid ofthat gripin but by takin it. The Kernel lookedat it purty sharp, an ses he, Majer, I cant standthis innard arthquake much longer, an ef you saythat that rale fence will cure me, Ill swallow itef it takes the har off my hed. So I jest toldhim to take it, an down he put it as easy as ef it. MAJOR JACK DOWNING. 161 had ben geniwine Borbone. He hadnt had itdown but a little while before he began to getwus. He walked the floor an groaned as ef hewas goin to die. Ses he, Majer, this infernalstuff will kill me, sure. I believe Ive swalloweda dose of pitchfork tines, or a half-pint of darninneedles. It reminds me of a story, Majer, but Ifeel too bad to tell it. Its the very first time inmy life I was ever so far gone. I see at a glancewhat was the matter. The sticks had got tangledtogether, an lodged fast, an I knew there was notime to be lost. So ses I, Kernel, I kin cureyou. You jest cum here an sit down in thischeer. He cum up, and wen he went to setdown, I jerked the cheer rite out from under him,an down he cum kerslap on the floor. I tell youit made the hull house shake ; but I knowed hemust get a good jar, or it was a gone casewith him. It made him see stars for a lit-tle while, for the Kernel, you know, is long
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