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Ezra sed, "Guess its 'bout shettin' up time." EZRA SAID GUESS IT'S ABOUT SHUTTIN UP TIME
member as how he'd ever seen it rain quite so hard as that, but he'd seen some mighty dry weather; he sed one time when he wuz out in Kansas it got so tarnation dry that fish a-swimmin' up the river left a cloud of dust behind them. And hot, too; why, it got so allfired hot that one day he tied his mule to a pen of popcorn out behind the barn, and it got so hot that the corn got to poppin' and flyin' 'round that old mule's ears and he thought it wuz snow and laid down and froze to death. Wall, about that time old Jim Lawson commenced to show signs of uneasiness, and someone sed, "What is it, Jim?" and Jim remarked, as he shifted his terbacker and cut a sliver off from his wooden leg, "I wuz a-thinkin' about a cold spell we had one winter when we wuz a-livin' down Nantucket way. It wuz hog killin' time, if I remember right; anyhow, we had a kittle of bilin' water sottin' on the fire, and we sot it out doors to cool off a little, and that water froze so durned quick that the ice wuz hot. R AND EZRA HOSKIN SAID HE DIDN'T REMEMBER AS HOW HE'D EVER SEEN IT RAIN QUITE SO HARD AS THAT BUT HE'D SEEN SOME MIGHTY DRY WEATHER HE SAID ONE TIME WHEN HE WAS OUT IN KANSAS IT GOT SATARNATION DRY THAT FISH A SWIMMING UP THE RIVER LEFT A CLOUD OF DUST BEHIND EM AN HOT WHY IT GOT SO ALL FIRED HOT THAT ONE DAY HE TIED HIS MULE TO A PIN OF POP CORN OUT BEHIND THE BARN AND IT GOT SO HOT THAT THE CORN GOT TO POPPING AND FLYING AROUND THAT OLD MULE'S EARS AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS SNOW AND LAID DOWN AND FROZE TO DEATH WELL ABOUT THAT TIME OLD JIM LAWSON COMMENCED TO SHOW SIGNS OF UNEASINESS AND SOME ONE SAID WHAT IS IT JIM AND JIM REMARKED AS HE SHIFTED HIS TOBACCER AND CUT A SLIVER OFF HIS WOODEN LEG I WAS A THINKIN ABOUT A COLD SPELL WE HAD ONE WINTER WHEN WE WAS A LIVIN DOWN NANTUCKET WAY IT WAS HOG KILLING TIME IF I REMEMBER RIGHT ANYHOW WE HAD A KETTLE OF VIOLIN WATER SOTTEN ON THE FIRE AND WE SOUGHT IT OUTDOORS TO COOL OFF A LITTLE AND THAT WATER FROZE SO DURNED QUICK THAT THE ICE WAS HOT
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