The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1867 Page: 1 of 3
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BELLVILLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1867.
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le and Retail
Bbllvillb,. ..i .Texas.
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JJAVDÍG
B CA8H as low
Fmm call and examine
all of the lead-
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? Loaf and Crushet Sugar, cheap for
at W.E. LUHN'S.
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TkRIME Bio Coffee, for aale at
IX7$3j y .1 wi •■*. LUHN'S.
BEST 8uperflne and Extra St. Louis
Floor, for-aale* at
«wy
W.R LUHN'S.
Professional Cards.
C|u> T. liraiM^ !
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BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
I^EST Cheese and Crackers, fresh ar-
ri ral, for aale at
g5-ly
W. E. LUHN'S.
,Wil!i.ix.,Ac.,
executed. T^tína^frewriy^keu
aad promptly returned.- Amdavits, ae-
towMMMiti of Married Women,-Pto-
testa, and all other Notarial acta.
fffii t. kayasaügh. b. f. elliott.
Karuaigk St Elliott,
jlttorn^js at latv,
BELLVILLE,
Aasttn Cowstyj Texas.
jsalfi I ly
geo. w. john sos.
diettey & Johnson,
a ttorneysat la w,
BELLVILLE,
Aaatia Couatjr, Texaa,
^Ottee in the Coart Housed
iacSl iy
A. P. & E. W. THOMPSON,
i*«brai
. AMD HOI'STOH,
h-tflfcoo.
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Will praotiae ia the lat, 3d & 7th District.
A- P, THOMPSON
Will mrgm and W«f eases in the Sup
Coart at Austin, Tyler and Galvestt
treme
on.
aprto
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B. T. & C. A. HARRIS,
attorneys at law.
BELLVILLE,
Ansí in County, Texas.
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J. G. Skahcv, . H.H.Boosn,
p SEARCY & BOONE,
A TTO* HE YS AT L.AW,
ANDEBSON,
Grimes County, Texaa.
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. i J. P. OSTERHOUT
attorney at la w,
BELLYILL1§,
Austin County, Texas.
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9 Hvmt K. Holland.
HUNT & HOLLAND,
attorneys at law,
BELLVILLE,
Austin Coanty, Texas.
Mft-fi-iy,
w .i.cocke, m. o. e.t. bosney,m.b,
DBS, COOKE & BONNES,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
BELLVILLE,
AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS,
BITING hná great experieaca ia
tiUrgery, aré prepared to operate
■pon had treat all surgical diseases.
Mstl9.«0 tf
bellvuxe academy.
TH£ FOItKTH~8ES8ION OF THIS
ftebool will 4|pauaanee Monday, August
HQ*. ,s^t,
C -.i ja English Brant hea f8S0
>r. .her " M 300
Masía ' ®oo
Taitioa repaired ia specie, or its e«juiru-
ent ia currency, «very two months.
Ke dsiWrita will he made for «on-
s, except ia eaass of protracted
<*7fi9-am.
L, IkPBOUTY,
PriacipaL
Theo.
m>kee of
BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAKS,
CBADLEá, CB1BB, COUCHES.
LOUNGES
AO kinds of turnllg performed with
«•■pala*, sackaa Billiard Balls, Ten pips,
ffpa howls, Tool haadlpa, etc.
a Spiaaiag wheals, ftorapaaiag tax,.«Mié
at ahwt mstsca.
Prices rsáanahk. Ti}
iaaSMÜ-ly.
1%ji"ACKEB^L and Fi h, of all kinds
ill for sale by W. E. LUHN.
HAMES, Traces and Hardware, of
every kind, for sale bjr
g5-ly W.E.LÜHN-
T*7TNDOW%lash and Wooden ware,
W for sale by W.E. LUHN.
assortment of Ladies', Children's
Gent's Shoes, cheap for eash, at
g5-ly W. E. LUHN'S.
^N extensive stock of Trimmings and
A hr?eI
JA. and G
Bibboos, for sate at
85-*y
W. E. LUHN'S.
KEB8EYS, Denims, Blankets, stripes
of all kinds, for sale at\
g5-ly o W.E. LUHN'S.
CLOCKS, Gold aqd SUver Watches,
direct importation, ler sale at
g5-ly W.EILUHN'S.
A heavy stock of ¡Stationery school
book*, English and German, low for
cash, at. W.E. LUHN'S,
BEST Granito Crockery, ¡direct from
Liverpool, for sale at
g5-ly , W. E. LUHN'S.
KOCH & KOPISH,
M E RC H ANTS,
bellville. texas.
Dealers in
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
Tobacco and Cigars,
A good supply alwajB on hand.
. Will sell cheap,—Give ns a call.
jan2(3-3-f-3
Hempstead.
W. A. IHcDADE & Co.
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Pave constantly on hand,
COFFEE, FLOUR,
TOBACCO, SALT,
CIGARS, NAILS,
—an d-
everything in the Grocery line.
mar30-fl2 ly*
JOHN KANE,
b¿jirp5r£¿¿),.. texas,
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Has on hand and keeps constantly
, for ^ sale
GROCERIES,
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—an —
of every description, such as
COFFEE,
TEAS, ,
Molasses,
SUGAR,
FISH,
SYRUPS,
CANNED FRUITS, SAUCES*
together with a good supply of coun-
try produce*
Tobacco, Cigars, Ac.,
All of whieh he offers for sale- cheap for
cash. Anything ia his line, may almost
invanqbly be found at bis sjtore. Give
him a call, for if y>a want to buy anything,
he is sor ta sell to you at the lowest figures.
He wants your moaey.
jan2S g4-tf.
Livery Stable
AT
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
has established
a Livery Stable at
the' above placa,
where ho hopes to
be able to sapply a want demanded by tí"
public. Horses, Buggies and Carriages
always on hand. Travellers visiting any
point-on the railroads, can leave their
horses at this Stable with full confidence
that they will.be well cared for. Charges
■easonablk.
G.B.DIXON-
apr6.fl& If
Sweet are
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MyDreanfe
of Thee.
Now the bright sua has sank to rest,
Behind the red eloods of the West,
And evening's star I see;
And while I tkiak it may he tone,
That thou art gating on it too,
Sweet are my dreams of thee.
As '/er the world soft twilight steals,
W)y soul a silent rapture feels,
My heart is light aad free;
And then while fancy's parse aad light,
Fill my soul with vin;o.ia bright,
Sweet are my dreams of thee.
Then as the evening steals apace,
And moonlight adds a fairer grace,
To night's sweet witchery,
My soul is rapt as with a spell,
And while fond thoughts my bosom swell
Sweet are my dreams thee.
When hashed in soothing balmy sleep
My senses lie in slumbers deep,
Tbliie image conies to me,
And whi;e with joy I fondly trace,
The lineaments of thy dear face,
Sweet ara u:y/ dreams of tLee.
When first the misty mormng wakefi,
When first the golden sunlight breaks.
Wfieréver I may be
At home, or on a distant strand
Wandering o'er ocean or on land,
Sweet aré my dreams of thee.
THE LADY AND HER LOVERS.
by cabby stanlby.
CHAPTER in.
'continued.)
Whilst the minister was reading
the hymn, Rosa happened to look
across to the other side of the house,
and the first person whom she noticed
was Mr. Johnson, a little in advance
of her, leaning hfc aim on the* back
of the pew and gpzing steadily ather.
Iu spite of herself, a smile flitted over
Rosa's face at the recollection of Joe's
quck entree into their kitchen the
day before. But Rosa little knew
how difficult had been the perfor-
mance of Mr. Johnson's toilet duties
that morning, all on her account. The
bottle of pomatum, which had been
bought months before from a travel-
ling pedlar, had beqji opened for the
first time, and half of its contents
glistened on his sandy hair in great
streaks; his collar, which, with its
stiffly starched edges, was in frightful
proximity to his ears, was attached
to his shirt front by an extra quantity
ofpinS; whilst his daik blue satin
vest was made still more resplendant
by the giit chain which crossed it.
Bat it was Joe's buff and blue cra-
vat, that he considered the triumph of
art. Twenty-five minutes, by his
great silver watch, had it taken him
to accomplish the " rosewhich or-
namented its front, a rose which he
thought would be the envy of all the
young men at meeting. 'I'he cravat
had been taken off and unfolded, and
folded again; it had been tightened
and loosened ;. the loops had been
drawn out and drawen in ; and atlast
the ''rose," as that peculisa kind of
bow is called, bloomed forth to his
satisfaction. Jobnsouis silk hand-
kerchief had been deluged with half
of a shilling bottfe of cologne ; a con-
temporary purchase with the poma-
tum ; and aftxr adorning his button-
hole with a sprig of " old man ** and
some sweet-briar, he felt fully compe-
tent to ascend his buggy and appear
at meeting.
The second line of the hymn had
been sung, when a clear tenor glided
in, that attracted llosa's attention.
She looked around and discovered
that the voice belonged to a young
man of mo>t prepossessing- appear-
ance, but whom she had never seen
before. Rosa knew that it was rude,
and said to herself that it was vrong
in meeting to be glancing around so
frequently, but she was irresistibly
attracted i>y the stranger.
Mrs. Blake, good soul, in the mean-
time had noticed the direction of Mr.
Johnson's glances, and they had set
her speculating upon her daughter's
probable destiny. The effect was ap-
parent by her nudging her husband
when be drove up the wagon after
meeting, and saying in a low voice,
"■ Samuel, suppose we ask Joseph
Johnson over this afternoon. It's but
friendly, for he must be lonely with
n«t women folks about the heose."
Mr. Blake stood with, the wins in.
his hand, looking somewhat puxzled,
hut he only answered, " Very well,
mother, if yon say so," and turning
to Mr .Johnson, who was near, he gave
the invitation. We Med not say that
it was accepted.
i "Mother," said Rosa, as they drove
homeward, **is Jane Thompson go-
ing to' be married 1" 1
" No, chHd/not'thnt I've heard ot
What made you think so-?" was the
ejly.
" I saw her talking to a strange
gentleman after meeting, and thought
hé might be somebody ftqM B-^-
that she was going to marry."
" Oh, no, that was Mark Anderson,
that teaches school down in the red
, school-house."
" And a proper good teacher he is
too," put in Mr. Blake, " I only hope
we may have the luck to keep him;
we have never had such a one since
I've been on the school committee."
" Does h*.board around as the oth-
er teachers did I" queried Rosa.
" Yes. he's at James Thompson's
now. I expect our turn to have him
will come pretty soon," replied the
mother. And so Rosa apparently
dismissed the subject.
Two or three carriage loads of the
expected company had arrived in th6
afternoon before Mr. Johnson made
his appearance. Ros , who was walk-
ing in the garden with Jane Thomp-
son, saw him go around the corner
of the house, where he' thought he
would be unnoticed, and take out his
silk handkerchief to dust his boots.
Susan's story of " Joe's underhand
ways," and her positive assertion that
he was a " snake in the grass," had
greatly prejudiced Rosa against her
new admirer; and as the spirit of mis-
chief was often traitor to her good
heart,"'she quietly glided up behind
him, saying, "It's a very warm, dusty
day, Mr. Johnson."
'• Joe started as if he had been shot,
and what with his confusion, and the
exertion consequent upon the stoop-
ingand dusting, the perspiration stood
on his forehead in great dregs.
Throughout the afternoon, Johnson
attached himself to Rosa particularly,
and Mrs. Blake, whose fears for the
bread which her daughter did not
watch, had been entirely allayed on
cutting it, turned her whole thoughts-
to Joe and her Rosa, even while she
gossiped about her dairy aad chick-
ens with her friends; and she, dreamed
dreams of the time when she would
be mother-in-law of the fine farm next
to their own, and of the improvements
that Rosa would make in the spring-
house and vegetahlejgarden.
As for RoBa, -the child she was
somewhat distrait all the afternoon,
so anxious was she, yet so afraid, she
knew not why, to ask Joe: Johnson
about the teacher. At last she said,
with what she considered quite a Ma-
chiavelin piece ot diplomacy.
" Does Eliza Richards teach school
this summer ?" and the little hypo-
crite stooped down to pluck a pink as
she spoke, in order to hide her blush-
es.
"• Oh! no, indeed, there's a master
teacher this summer, and such a nice
one too, you can't think," was Jane's
reply.
" 1 don't think much of him," Baid
Mr. Johnson, impressively, as he
looked at Rosa.-
'« Why ?" Bsked Rosa, "doesn't he
appreciate the advantages he enjoys
in your society 1"
Mr. Johnson glanced at the. dim-
pled face of his fair interlocutor, and
was puzzled as to whether the ques-
tion was asked in respect or mockery:
but he replied,
"♦ No, but he's such a highty-tighty
kind of chap ; and he doesn't know
so much after all."
41 Oh! Mi. Johnson," said Jane,
deprecatingly."1 he's one of the nicest
young men I know, and he never
makes a body feel afraid of him, if be
is so smart."
" One isnt always afraid of smart
peopley Jane,'" answered Rosa, ''why
I'm not a bit afraid of Mr. Johnson,"
and hex bright eyes glistened with
merriment
Theunarmed lover colored to tho
roots of his hair with pleasure, and
making a stiff bo^, he laid' his hand
on the blue satin,vest wliicburca&sug-
posed to cover his heart as he had
Been it-donoip the play when he yim-
ted the theatre at P .
The next Saturday came, and Mrs.
Blake was busy as usual with her
weekly baking. Rosa stood by the
table washing cherries for w pies
when Mr. Blaker entered, saying,
" Mother, it% 4ur turn to have the
master now, I believe, so I met him
down the read jusi now, and told him
I would stop for him and his. traps
this afternooo, as I came out to B—.'
If* always the way," said' Mrs.
|e, aS she held a pie-plate up ou
her outstretched palm and shaved off
the overhanging crust. " Here I am
hurrying myself todeath to get done
to go into B this afternoon, and
now that room has to be put to rights
for the teacher."
" Why, mother, there isn't a room
in the house that isn't fit for a' queen
to see," said Mr. Blake, well knowing
his wile's weak point.
'• You go on with the baking, moth-
er, added 'Rosa," and as soon as I've
filled the pies, I'll fix the room for
you. I'd like to do it.
So Rosa was soon heard singing
away up staiisin the little room over
the hall;, which she sweptand dusted,
aud spread the beil with a gay patch-
work quilt, and coarse linen sheets,
fragrant with laurel blossoms. The
window curtains and* burean cover
were of immaculate whiteness, and
on a little table which she filched from
a spare room, she laid her choicest
books and china inkstand. The-girl
turned to survey her' work as she was
leaving the place, and she thought
but on thing was wanting to com-
plete the comfortable appearance of
it; so sho went down the steps, jump-
ing two at a time, and made her way
to the garden. Jim, the black boy,
was bribed with tb promise of two<
large ginger cakes when they came
out of the oven, if he would bring
seme Jern leaves from the neighboring
woods immediately j but it was with
a doubtful smile that Rosa thought to
herself, "I do not know what mother
will say when she sees this lustre
pitcher," aB she arranged the ferns
and stalks, of glistening white lilies
m it.
So when the little- looking-glass
frame had been hung with feathery
aspáragns branches, gay with red ber-
and a tumbler of toses, honey-
suckle and pinks plaeeckm the table
with the books; and the prized lustre
pitcher put in a conspicuous place on
the wooden manlier Rosa went down
to call her mother.
Mrs. Blake susveyed.it for a.moment
in silence, and then said it would all
i ,
do well enough, but that Rosa might
have spent her time better than in
rigging the roonf up in that style, and
that she was certain that the pitcher
would be' broken.
The girl that had been so happy
in doing all this- was terribly disap*
pointed, but she was fully compensa-
ted when, that afternoon, Mark Ander-
son entered the sitting-rcom, after
having deposited his trunk up stairs,
and said,
" What a charming room you have
giv,enme, Mrs. Blake. I am afraid that
you have made it so comfortable and
tasteful that I shall not want to leave
it very soon."
Mrs. Blake's face glowed with a
pleased smile, though the look which
acoompanied Mr. Anderson's words
was on her daughter.
That evening Rosa sat on the porch
steps, and listened,, during the long
twilight, to her father and the teacher;
saying nothing ^herself, but secretely
thinking the young man a mine of
wisdom; and when she went to bed,
it was to lie awake a long, long while,
and wonder whether Mr. Anderson
was engaged to be married, and
whether he would not think her better
educated than, any of the young girls
in the neighborhood.
As for Mark Anderson, he did not
sleep well either, in spite of the com-
fortable-room, and cool fragrant sheets.
Rosa's bright face seemed to hAunt
him. He several times cangl^ himself
thinking it was a great pity that she
need go to school no more and imagin-
ing the opportunities he then would
have hadlof bending over her to set
a copy, or correct a sum t or of the
wajf. ul whicki he wonld. haya
, -•*
chided her for the mischief which he
knew would continually break out, in
such a character as hers.
CHAPTER IV.
Thb quiet of a Jane Sabbath after-
noon reigned over all. In the partially
darkened entry Mr. Blake lay on the
nicely cushioned settee ; in his shirt
sleeves, and with his gayly-colored
bandanna handkerchief spread over
his face to keep off the flies ; puffing
and blowing and snorting like- a young
locomotiv e, sometimes accelerating his
breathing to such a- degree, that an
actual snort partially awakened him,
when he- would re-adjust his head,
turna little.móre oahis side, and then
begin again. Mrs. Blake sat in hes
rocking chais, bobbing her head from
one side to the other, now and then
unconsciously brushing away the-flies
w hich annoyed her,and having a vague
notion that Mark Anderson and her
daughter were on tbs piazza together,
but that to-morrow he would be at ¿is
school all day. The schoolmaster i nd
Rosa sat on the long piazza, each with
a book in hand; Mark sometimes ad-
dressing his companion, who would
look up shyly and answer him wkk
something almest amounting to rever-
ence,. and then <pst them down again
on her book, but not to read; and he
would tura over a page or two, and
then his eyes would wander over the
greeq grass, yellow, with the sunlight,
or up to the maple tree$ through
whose leaves the sunbeams Sickened
in every changing beauty, and then
back to his companion, aad end it all
with a aigl , that she was the heiress
of rich farmer Blake-, and he only a
poor schoolmaster.
A aittling-ofrthe latch at the front
yard gate made* both Anderson and
Rosa look up, and there Btood Mr.
Johnson, radiant in nankeen pants,
which were of the mobt approved cut,
and tightly strapped down. Closing,
the gate with elaborate slowness, he
proceeded leisurely up the gravel walk
and at the bottom of the piazza steps
made Rosa, a profound bow, but only
acknowledged Mack's presence- by a
nod.
" Take a seat, Ms. Johnson,, and I
will tell father and mother that you're
here," said Rosa, with anything but
pleasure in her countenance.
♦' No, no„don't wáke 'em up far me*
Miss Rosa, I don't want anything par-
ticular," was the hurried reply ; but
be looked at Markkas if he did par-
ticularly wish that the latter would
laas<e..
Rosa cast a quick glance-at Ander-
son, but he turned to his book again,
and left her to entertain her gnest
alone. At last he arose, took his-hat
and 8auntened in the direction of the
woods. The girl was in despair, and
as the schoolmoster closed the gate
after him, she said her parents would
like to see Mr..John9ou, she knew.
" Don't call, 'em yet, Miss Rosa,
please," was the enamored swain's
hurried,, whispered reply, glancing in
atl thb sitting-roofb door; and then
hitching his chair nearer to the girl,
he said,. " I want to know if I may
keep company with you. ' First come
first served,' you know," and he ended
his question v ith a leer, and a pucker-
ing up of the mouth that induced
Rosa to think he intended to kiss her
at once. "
Now Rosa very well knew what
this phrase used to mean, when Jake
Stephen Girard, than whom ho mor
shrewd business man ever lived, gives the"
following as big experience:
'"I have always considered advertising
liberally and loag, to be the great me3Tum
of success ia business, and the prelhde to
wealth. And I have made it an invariable
rule, too, to advertise in the dullest «uñís
as well as the busiest, long experience hav-
ng taught me that money thus spent Is
well laid out; as by keeping my busiu«*t*
continually before the public, it has securest
me many sales that I would otherwHe
have lost"
puny with anybody at alL** "''
Yet she spoke, nevertheless, quick
and low for she had a intuitive o-r
tion that her mother would particu-?
lar'y like her to favor Mr, Johnson' ,
advances.- Nor was she mistaken;;
for immediately a " hem, hem," and'
a vigorous clearing of the tbroat in *
the rocking chair made her look up
to meet the angry frown of Mre-Bla' er.
who gave a couple of jerks of the
head which seemed to say, " tell him ^
yes, if he asks you again."
As for Mr. Johnson, it would be. {
har<J sto define the emotions which
Rosa's*answtir produced. He had the1
onutest faith'in his own fascinatiov s . |
mttsomehow the would-be-lover look^
ed upon Mark Anderson as a rival,
and he said to himself, '*"If that sneaky
ing schoolmaster's got the whip band ^
of me, I'll" but he did net say '
what, foi as his warfare jras never of
a opon kind, most probably he wasa
not prepared hew to act-
As Rosa was helping her mother -
to- clear the t^a-table, after Joe's de-..
portare, Mrs.Blake said, "What mado
yon treat Mr- Johnson in that way,
Rosa V* •
" What way, mother V' answered
the daughter, without looBóng up, bot
shaking the sngar-bowV which she-
held in her band, to settle the sngar.
" Why# as good as tell him not to
come here any morev" was the repl v
in angry tone.
"I didn't tell him not-1 come bfM.
J
mother; but I didn't want to be k«-[:-
ing.company with him, and sitting np
all night with a strange- man," and
Rosa, who had commenced meekly •
enough ^nded witha vehemence which
startled her mother, for Rosa had
Snsan<and her tumbled collar before ,
her eyss. *
Rfee* thought she henrd a suppres-
sed laugh on the piazza^ but «he gob - -
forted herself wkh the reflection that
she saw he father and Mark walk
toward the barn, a long while before -r
and she- cared very little for the as-,
tonished' look which her mother turn-
ed on her.
" What on earth does- the child.
mean V queried-Mrs. Blake, of some
invisible person it would eeem, for she
did not offer to r.ddVess her daughter.
•*'Why r like Susan and Jake-Smith
^ised "—answered Rosa. ,,
. "Why, yon little goose, what would
Mr. Johnson care to be silting up all
night for, when lie only lives on the,
nextfam? He'd just like to come to,
see ) on, sometimes, and you needn't
be so stuck up, for 1m> didn't say he.
wanted to marry yoir," said Mrs.
Blake,, who thought perhaps she could
pique hsr daughter into receiving
Jbe's addresses.
A saucy smile dimpled Rosa's face,,
as-muchas to sag., "I'm* not afraid but
wlist I can g«t him if I want him,"
butslie had tact enough to know « hen
silence was the best policy.. .
(;do be continued;)
pany" with their Susan- She remem-
bered how on. the Sunday evening*
when Susan's beau came, she used to
run aronnd the bouse and peep in at
the kitchen window, to -see Jake' and
Susan's chair drawn closely together;
and how-with a stealthy tread Susan
used: to pass her room, about daylight,
still with her best dress on, but with
hair somewhat rumpled-;, and how on
Monday morning Rosat always chan-
csdito alight on Susan'& rumpled sol-
lar, which had been put-on clean the, weeks since. I have tried to do i
A Porcine.—A good story is- told
of a Mr. Say re, of Lexington, Ky.: '
Mr. Say re lisps a> little, and a good-
joke is told of him, the better for its*
truth Some years since an overseer -
of one of his farm told him he seed-
ed some hogs on his plaoe. Si.'.d Mr. >
Sayre
"Very well,.go and buy four or
five thouth and pigs right away, aud •
put them on the farm."
The man acouetomed to obey, and
that without questioning* asked:
" Shall I take the money with me *
to purchase with
" No thir! They all know mr.j
Smith at the brickyard " kept com-LTlisad them her —I'll pay for them,"
!•- .t .1 • rt r~*« f *- - 1.- . — 4 i . •
or give you the money to pay when '
them. r
The overseer went on his /.noy ar.rk'
f.i two weeks returned, when tfau
ollowing conversation took place :
" Well, Sayer, 1 can't get that
many pig^. I have ridden all over
the country, all about, and can hcv .
but between eiglit and nine hundred.'*:
" Eight or nine hundred what V.
" Eight or nine hundred jrigsl"
" Eight or nine- hundred yi^tH ! '*
Who told' you to¡ buy that many
pigtlil Aie you a fool!"
"You told me to-buy them fw.*
afternoon before, and was now ready
for the wash-tub; and how on these
occasions, Susan would be so sleepy
all the day;, and her vivid.imagination
pictured herself undergoing this same
ordeal, <at the handB, or rather the
arms of Joe Johnson, and no wonder
that she answered, almost angrily,
No,.no," I datL'tffiumttokeep com.
"Eight or nine hundred pigih ! M v**
God ! I. never told you anv thulch
thing!"
" But you did—you told-me to go. ,
out and buy 4 or 5,000 pigs !"
" I didn't do no thutch thing ! My
God ! 1 told yofeto go-and buy four *
or five thows and their little pigs, and.
you have done it I tliould ttíay.
Mr. Sayre Ead' pork to sell *
falL.
e r.
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