The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-29
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7ESTERLY, R. l., THURSDY, NOVEMBER 80, 1856

IL ltOD 4NOt LIu IL DLJ ~, ICc
dercd Peggy to gather all the swcepings
of the Kitchen and court into small
pile, and to leave it on the frontier line
of her neighbor's premises. Peggy
ventured to ask timidly whether the
wind weuld not blow it about, and she
recoived-a box on her ear for her i'm
pertinerce. 1t chanccd that Mrs. Fair
weather. quite unintentionally, heard
the words and the blow. She gave
Aunt Hstty's anger time to cool, then
stepped out into the court, and after
arranging divers little matters, she call
ed aloud to her domestic, 'Sally, how
came ysr to leave this pile of dirt herel
Didn't tell you Miss Turnpcnny was
very neat ? Pray, make haste, and
sweepit up. | wouldn't have her to
see it on any account. l told her l
would Keep everything nice about the
premises. She is so particular herself,
and it is comfort to have tidy neigh
bors. -
The girl, who had been previously
instructed, smiled as she came out, with
brush and dust pan, and swept quietly
away the pile, that was intended as
declaration of frontier war. But auoth-
er soptce Of annoyance presented itself,
which could not quite so easily be dis,
posed Of. Aunt Hetty had cat, a
lean, 'scraggy animal, that look ed as il
she were often kicked and seldom fed
and Mrs. Fairwsather also had fat,
frisky little dog, always ready for a ca.
per. He took distaste to poor power
ty-stricken Tab tho first time he saw
her, and no coaxing could induce him to
alter his opinion. His name was Pink,
but he was anything but a pink in his
behavior in his neighborly relations
Poor Tab could never set foot out of the
door, without being salutod with a growl,
and short sharp bark, that frightened
her out Of her senses, and made her run
to the house, with full all on end. If
she even ventured to dose a little on her
own step, the enemy was on the watch,
and the moment her eyes closed, he
would wake her with bark and box
on the ear, and off he would run. Aunt
Hetty vowed she would scald him. 1T
was shams,' she said, for folks to
keep dogs to worry their neighbours cats. ,
Mrs Fairweather invited Tabby to
due, and mado much of her, and pa
tiently endeavored to teach her dog to
eat from the same plate. But Pink
sturdily resolved that he would be scald-
ed first; that he would. He could not
have been more firm in his opposition,
if be and Tab had belonged to different
sects in Christianity. While bis mis-
tress was patting Tab on the head and
reasoning with him, he would at times
manifest degree ofindiference amount
ing to toleration but the moment he
was left TO his own free will, he would
give the invited guest hearty cuff with
his paw, and send her home splitting like
a small steam engine.
Aunt Hetty considered it her own
privilege to cuff the poor animal, and it
was too much for her patience to see
Pink undertake to assist in making Tab
unhappy.
On one of these occasions, she rushed
into her neighbor's apartments, and fac
ed Mrs. Farweather, with one hand
on her hip, and the forfuger of tho 9TH
er making very wrathful gcsticulations.
{ tell you what, madam, | won't put
up with such treatment much longer
said she 'I'll poison that dog i; you'll
sse if l don't; and l sban't wait long,
either, 1 can tell you. What you keep
such an impudent little beast for, L
don't know, without you do it on pur-
pose to annoy your ncigbbors.' .
Il am really sorry he behaves so,
replied Mrs. Fairweather, mildly
{ Poor Tab =
Poor Tab !, screamed Miss Turn
penny, what do you mean by calling
her p,or' Do you mean to fling it up
to ms that my cat don't have enough to
eat p
Il did not think Of such a thing re-
piled Mrs. Fairweather called her
poor Tab, because Pink plaques her so
that she has no peace Of her life. |
Iagree With you, ncighbor Turnpenny,