Humorous tales of Bennington-on-the-hill, collected and written for her sons and daughters by one who was born near the site of the old continental store house . amid roarsfrom the Hsteners. No, no, said the lawyer,**I mean you must promise to tell the an I will, said Nora, an phwy didntyez talk English before, inshtid of Hog Lat-in ? At this, the crowd yelled and the attor-ney somewhat rattled, proceeded. Mrs. Flan-nigan, did you ever see this man intoxicated ?Phwats that? I mean, the worse forliquor. Say man, is it drunk ye mane?Yes, answered the lawyer. Sure, he aintdrawed a sobe
Humorous tales of Bennington-on-the-hill, collected and written for her sons and daughters by one who was born near the site of the old continental store house . amid roarsfrom the Hsteners. No, no, said the lawyer,**I mean you must promise to tell the an I will, said Nora, an phwy didntyez talk English before, inshtid of Hog Lat-in ? At this, the crowd yelled and the attor-ney somewhat rattled, proceeded. Mrs. Flan-nigan, did you ever see this man intoxicated ?Phwats that? I mean, the worse forliquor. Say man, is it drunk ye mane?Yes, answered the lawyer. Sure, he aintdrawed a sober breath for tin years. Now,Mrs. Flannigan, said the attorney, **I am toldthat when this man came to your door, youdeluged him with dishwater and then chasedhim with an old gun. Now you did notmean to kill him, did you? You knew ofcourse that the gun was not loaded? Withan expansive wink, towards the audience, No-ra answered, Sure, I thought the ould gunwas loike a lawyers mouth, it would go oftphwhither there was anything in it or broke loose, and amid theshouts, the attorney said, You may step down,you are excused. Thank ye kindly sir,54. 55 HUMOROUS TALES she answered and walked to the rear back, she fired this parting shot overthe heads of the crowd, He thought hedhave some fun wid Nora, but its Nora had thefun with him begob. And she disappeareddown the stairs. How Colonel Sherill and Jacob Poolecalled on Mrs. Hyde (As told by Mrs. Margaret Brown.) Colonel Sherill and the authors great grand-father, Jacob Poole, had both reached an ad-N-anced age and were somewhat enfeebled inmind. Being in good health, they sometimesmade calls among the neighbors to the con-sternation of all concerned. Mrs. Brown re-lates that one day, she, her mother Mrs. Fay,and her grandmother Mrs. Hyde, were at din-ner. Suddenly the bell rang and Mr. JacobPoole appeared to call on Mrs. Hyde. She,being strong in mind and body, went into theparlor and entertained him to the
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