Too Good to be True

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 103, 9 February 1886, Page 3

Too Good to be True

A man went to the frontier to see n friend. The family consisted of the lius band and his two grown sons. Tho good old lady was the only on« of the family who did not take some of the " Oh, he joyful." Sitting by the fire a fewminutes, the old man tipped his visitor a wink and, the visitor followed him out. Stopping by a tree, he tonk out a longnecked bottle, remarking: "I have to keep it hid, for the boy* may get to drinking and the old woman would raise the deuce. They tok a drink and returned to the fireside. Soon Tom tho eldest son, asked the visitor out to see the colt, and taking him behind the barn, pulled out a flask, remarking : " 1 have to keep this hid, for the old man and Bob will get drunk, and the deuce will be to pay;" and they both took a drink and returned. Soon Bob stepped on the visitor's toe and walked off, the visitor following. As they reached the pigpen, Bob drew out a nood sized ! bottle, remarking : " You know the old man and Tom will get drunk, and I have to hide this." Shortly afterwards the quiet teetotal old woman asked the visitor upstairs to see her geraniums. Helping herself to a decent "go" of rum, sho said, " Here take a drink, quick ; if they knew I had this they would all get drunk." Tho visitor was carried home.