Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-04-30
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"isay." sa,sI, "Tfannah. s2osss vs
keep thanksgivin' to hnme this year," eye
I. land invite all our hLll eris, o cousiss
and sun,s and thinss-go the hull figure
and 60 the thing een,eelf'
"Nell. agreed" saws she. s',ta jist chat
was q thinhiu', only | eoasa'e, we'd better
not cackelate too fur ahead, f.r I dida's
, never know it to miss Of sosnefhin' Ia ppoa-
in Sd sure as ] lad out for the lsasteoe
thing. Though ms good time nov, isw's
| know. 50 any--for I've jist wsaned Mo-
Ises, and tend TO take comfort q speli.
cause troubIesomer and cryinsr erittss
inever cum into life"
Exactly So" savsI, land if I'd . know'd
now"-says T.
"Hoid yonr tongue for agony. Jenay
Beedle says she, land mind our shsnks-
givin'"
"Poh says 1. "hannah don'i 30 nifty:
| wss only Ies'in'-and yon j.st 60 pa, on
a kittle % water. and III q out and click
IA PIG for you; two if you Eke"--so away
! went. and murderee the pig. ont o. love
aud good will Ia Hannah. | r.;I,es gueao
the critters wished warnt % coed nsius'H.
Wei!--,hnas went on swin.G1inRiy. ana
whet YVES bes, ri all, we had The luck 10
invite III. minister and deacon before any
body else got chance; for tbs very day
| the rrok lima ton was read, ] watched fos
'em GONNA oui % meerin'. and nol'd 'so
both. But a. was tei,n', Hannah sks
went stii-.l,c got some Of her gale u
lp her, and they made oil smoke. Ia The
hr-t place, she went 20 work YeRlar, aad
turn'd the house insidc cut, and thea 10th
er side IL agin, all the SINE &c daruin' q
s.ockin' Hannah. a smart wilin' gal
! and raal worker and a prime cook into
the barcn: let her alone in the douRhnut
line, ard fo- pumpkin pies--'ick!
| So the day nfore tho thanksgsin' she
called me into the to.her room that memW
Pea body chris,ened the parlor, TO see what
a lot o pies and cakes and sausagemsat
and dougilnuts. she'd go, nsde up, and
charged me not to Law the weight Of nv
finger upon oae on 'em. ! telrd her
euess'd she caIkslated to call in tho whole
parish. paup-rs and all, TO eat UP sich .
site o vttles; SO grabbed handled Of
doughnui, and went out to feed tbs hoRs
and see 10 things in the field. ] was gone
all the fore part % the dav, and when I
went home. found Hannah all hoi,y toity
IN a liyin' quicker. c,yin' and talkin' on 10
kill, and poor little Moses tot,lin arter her
and erwin too. declare if | didLr fool
sfreak ID
What in the name % natur," saws !. die
the matter, who's dead. cud what's to pay
aow?'
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and down she went into checr--"Jonny
Beed.e, Jonnv," said she-nnd with tina.
she boo-hop'd agin.
"Wha, ais the womsn," says I, s'ars
YOU posssst o. WhatY'
"1he child % ruin'd, "says she, ''Moses
Beedle is rtIin'd"
lk.cb'd up tho child. and turnd him
eend for eend every which way. bus I
cauldn', zee no'hln extraordinary. I be.
gun 20 think tie woman vas bewitch'd-
and by this time was good mind 70 feel
mad. don't know Of nothin' that'il raioo
feler's dander quicker thaa to skeer him
out of bis seven senses. So gin Hannah
reeiar hreezin' for actin % like raves
distracted bed-bug: and what with josrin' =
spell and coaxin' a spell. q, last ) get the
whole on out % her.
1t appear. that about an hour Or there
abou;s arer I'D gone out, there was man
rid up to tbe door a-hovsebsck, got de ~.
and come in, and asked for q drink .
water or beer, amt sariin which; but any
how he was a raal dardified iookin' chap,
and dreadful civil spoken wi,hai. So N,
wife nd he soon got into chat about the
weather and sicha Well, while he -, the
young 'ur squslled in the room; he'6 bses
asleep YOU know with his mosnin's nsp;
nv wife wen, and fetched him into the
ruom. ard sine obser red that the man look1
considerable ha ri at him 40 If Ne zee oDmo-
thin queer though she didn't think neshsa'
at the time, btu, r-colected sfterwsrds.-
She was quite led to see the man take
him and set him on his knee while he wao
D ayin' with him-for Moses 10 raal peal.
ct, he ain, assar'.. Of The biggest stranger
iba: ever was bu. directly he eel! TO pawis'
ztou; his head in SIGH a co,nical style, and
,alkin' 10 him.elf-aud ~ithsl acted -
curious. that Hannah get ekeery. and vent
20 take him awav, bur he wouldn't Jet her
/, ke him li-t then. he said che wanted -
examine bis heaA"
His hsad,- says Hannah. "soshin' ais
hrs head
"Nothin' ais i.e" SAYS be, "why ito she
most remark bic head that ever soen"-
and then he went on with such . o;ffns .
IooQ words, there vas ro reme0besin' ~