Times wuz hard four or five year ago, though they warn't so all-fired
hard ez they be naow. Taxes wuz high 'nuff, an money wuz dretful
skurce, an thar wuz lots o' lawin an suein o' poor folks. But gosh, ef
we'd a known haow much wuss all them things wuz a going tew git, we
sh'd a said we wuz well orf. But ye see we warn't so uster bein
starved an cheated an jailed an knocked roun' then's we be sence, an
so we wuz kinder desprit, an a slew on us come daown from Hatfield tew
Northampton an stopped the court, wen t'wuz gonter set in the spring
o' '82. I callate we went tew work baout the same ez Dan Shays an them
fellers did las' week. Wal, arter we'd did the job an gone hum agin,
Sheriff Porter up an nabbed the parson, an chucked him inter jail. He
was long with us ye see, though he warn't no more tew blame nor any of
us. Wal, ye see, we callated t'wouldn't be ezzackly fa'r tew let
parson git intew trouble fer befriendin on us, an so baout 300 on us
went daown tew Northampton agin, and broke open the jail an tuk parson
aout. The sheriff didn' hev nothin tew say wen we wuz thar, but ez
soon ez we'd gone hum, he up an took three o' the parson's frens as
lived to Northampton an chucked em inter jail fer tew hold ez sorter
hostiges.
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