Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-10-19
THURspAY MORNING, oCTOBER -. lsa3.

BIZ to- Sick dn0 on Mss totfnENf Sh~
urdertuk to hfIp u; she's powerful goad
hand, old Miss Sftineer, on RIOTS ana
v. bs and SIGH like. Well the Lurd look
down fIom aboye She made sor: ef a
tea, as ! WIS a.sqy 1ngi and she gin u e
Snlly's baby, but il got wpss, the poor
ereetur, an she gin il tea, the more~-----"
My denr madam, am in hurry
please tell me haw mang yards OF cotton
cloth you wove 10 1910! want to get
through with you and 60 ONT
"Welli ell! the Lord mercy! who'd
thought you'd a BIN 50 snappish =!
Well, as | was "a ssytu,' SAILS child ht
kept eilin' wuss, and old Miss St.inger,
shr kept d sisin' il the yearb lea t,ll al
Isl the child hit looked ike bin most}d die
any how. Aud 'baui tie time the chgid
was at its wust, old Daddy S. kes he came
along, and he said il we'd cit some night
shed he res and stew 'em WITH latte
cream and me logs lard nov I'D
Daddy Sykes is mighty fne oil man
and be gin heap f mighty good coun
srl about that case--boys, saws teSsslsS.
tel you what you 10 you eo---'
"lr Gods name, old LADY, said We,
etel about your cloth. ond lei the SICK
child aud Miss Stringer, DADDY Sykes,
the boys and the lawsuit 30 q The devil.
I'm in hurry "
ezra ious bless your dear soul don't
git aggravated was pst telhn' you
how II come did't weave any cloli' 81
year"
"Oh well, you didn't weave qay clotli
asst year. Good, wen 20 TO tie next ar
! tcle."
Eyes you see the child hi begun 10
swell and turn CALLER, and bit kept wi.
lin lis eyes and moann, and know
I ed"
''Never mind about the chld-just tell
me the value Of The poultry you raised
lasl year
ooh, well--yts--the chickens you
meant Why, the Lord love your poor
soul, reckon you never IN your born
days serna poor creetur have the lack
hi | did--and looks like we never sht II
have good luck aein; FIR ever srnce Old
Simson tux thai case up 70 the Oh merry
| Cnur,-'
"Ntver mind that case; let's hear a
bout the chickens, if YIN please"
God bless you, honey the owls d s
oyed in and about lie best half Of what
/ did raise, Every blessed night The lord
sent they'd cone and s. I on comb of
the hous4, and hoo hoo hoo, and ore night
partiklar, remember | had l,st got up t.
the n ght shed salve to nint the little gal
wih--"
"Well, well, what was the value Of
what you d d raise ~
"The Lord ab I've Iool, down. They
t so bad - the owls d5--that they TUX
! oid hens as well as yeons c ickenS The
lmght W S telling bout, | nearn some
TIM squall squat anl says TN bet
that's old Sp OK that nasty ouda lous
owls got, 70 seen H. 20 70 roost wltl
her hi h rs W in the plum tree, fofneaa
the s,nuiSe b. use. ST. west t. whur d
Miss Str n. e. was sIeean' aud says |,
Bliss Stfinger, on Mss Swiagert su e's
y,u'fe bon, I, al Stinkin' owls gol ola
Sprck out'n the plum tree well old Mss
SJfnger she turn, over pom her Site,
ike, aud says sh-, what die you say, Mrs.
stokes and says I---
We gan TO get very tired, aad sisui-
fed the some to the I'D iady ond begged
she W. uld answer US directly and With
out cucumlocuiIon.
The Lord Almighty love your dear
heart, honey, I'm teilin' yeu as fast IS
Kan. The owls they got worse and worse,
alter they'd swept Old Speek and MI her
gang, they went TO work on 't1theFs; md
Bry ant (thars one If my boys he 'lo~ed
led shoot the lesteIsome cfeeturs--aud
SO one night after that, We hearn on bol
Ter, aud Bry be TUX the old mrisktt
aud went OUT, aud sure enough, here was
oicley, las he tiough) a suin' on the
cent? OF tie h use; 90 he blazed away
and down cOme--what on airth, dJd
c me down do you reckon; when Bry
ont 2"
Il he owl, | suppose
mo SIGH a tling, no SIGH the owl
gara't thur. Twas ny o d house cal,
come tumb,in' down, tn, spu'terln'.
aud ssrltcmn' and the fur a hy,n' every
time she jump, like you'd busted l,atI,
&c ted open Bryant he sad, the way
bee come to shoot The cat us cad of the
owl, be setd somethn' Whit
For tlraven's sake AIRS. Stok's give
ne the value # our loulty, or sag you
nil not DO oni thing or the olher."
"Oh well, ar love your eat, reck-
on hid last year nigh about the same as
I've got his"
"lnen & Il me how many dollars worth
you have nov, and the tn NJ set td."
IN lei you see for YOURSELF said the
sido~ SICK 5. aud taking IN ear Of corn
out q crack betN zen the logs ofthe
cabin, aud shelling of handful, she com
menced scstleung the gain, al the while
screaming, o. iather schreeching 'ehiek, !
chick. rhick-ee, ohick-ee, chick ee-ce
---------lle G they come 70 st.rs aud
hens, aud pol eis and liir chicks, crow
ing, escklnE C irpne flying uhd lut. /
totus over be bels olalfs, and tabls, (
ahgltlng on the Old woman's head and /
n uid' q autlefing ugeinst her SIDE, /
49,. king a Ter hands, and cfeslng a DIN /
aid cantuaun altogether in3eScr b DIE
I b. Old ady seemed delighted, thus to
r0hlhd Ter leathrfrd stock, and would 1