Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-22
A Stir in n Poor NeighbOrhood. e.

- W nv, hahn We hccrn on " NY o'H
BAN blew down IN the line storm, and |
bal {, put up another"
"wal. IL i an III wind that blows no.
b,ly any c'od. guess ia. a5ou, the hC',
thin: that has happened to e this many a
diy. have sllcr. begn ashamed Of that
Arc barn ior We. whenever have come BY,
4, looked - bad"
&" Ashamed, better look to hum. John
Nussut. and 80 yer own harms with the
boards dangling in ,hesir, and the doors
down. l,rs nothing hut a s,aniin' mira
el, th,, has kep, i, up this year"
" Cues. We hahn, been up our way, late
". Squirc; cot new barn myself, with a
cellar and shed. To it, AMI lots Of fHiu'.."
You don't .ay IL Wal, now. what yc
roin' IN ga with a cellar under barn. pray
tell. u We know ?"
- Coin tu make manure, s'po.e. at least
the Oh woman "a - AMI e I don't do H.,
.he and the Young one. will She .ays she
am, roin' t, lave a, thi, poor dyiu' rate
cnuy loucr."
- yew had 20 cave in on the CELLAR,
had yc? Wal. ye soc. | didn't. Wife al.
vi-ri me tn. and Col Smith scd wa' a
tool III didn't But carrici nv pint
s,ra,c ,hr,W. AMI built barn in The cnnl
Old wav. DON'T see what has @, INTO
iolk. lately. all crl1y ahou, hniliinr collars,
and making manure llarlly harm put
up in town this five year, hack. but it,
hi.tci On on cellar wall, isI Ike stills.
Neow We .ce. IL stands tn reason, ,ha; il a
great deal harder TO g, things intu IL. and
it make. the barn colder ia have the wind
playin' under IL, and never could see the
u.c 1T maxim. such ius. about manure.
Il makes the land produce more. 70 t-'urr,
hut Il all,r. lolkei to me like foiks drink
ing brandy. IL makes en- .mNr; nr a
lc,,ls While. and then thty i'e! tho worse
iori,. eu,.. it'.a :o,l deal - with this
highly mauurcd land.
"wal. Il NAV he -. Ru; nv woman
has g, TO ,ak,n' the paper. and has been
up O. the fair. where she sc,i ~ many
,hin-. u like O. turned her hsl : she 81
they had the smashenc-i punkin- M there
.hc ever dii scc. AMI beets that beat all, and
such handsome potatoes a. they used 10 have
IN Old time.. before the ut struck EN-, aul
,h., they were all grown by mnkIn: COM
rr.i cut u muck and stable manur' in a
harm cellar She hain't talked u nothing
else ,,ncc she GOT back She h"cun ~ soon
a, .ha -, home. aud she ha. kep,ii up day
and night, bhia't hardy had chance
10 slegr-b'amrl e have. " Nc'~, ssE
she. John. YOU Ken havca larn and a
cellar. -, a. well A. other folks. ef you r.
only a mind 90 Ihiuk -. lhs cIi,in: yrr
courage an i. aller' half The hattie IN aGy.
thing. Ibcrc's plac, out hack of the oil
harm made a rurro.e fora cellar almost
Wi;h f,.ta little digging, hnrn with a
cellar would fi in there, >, like iaSk r.
fsot in tie mud. You have r'i timber
enough ,n the woods. and the stw-mill q.
lauIy. AMI then there - ~, end T. thc .tuns
iu ,bs moa,o: lott. that oushtio be cleared
put. Then you've 20, muck enough down
there IN n, swamp, aud You might wheel
it m with whcelbarrow e YOU can't 90 II
in any other way. At any rate | ant the
Young ones can got il in ei yau can't
N.w. villa, on air,h could f'ller DO
rbon h.. woman talked 10 hm in that slr'
o'.tJlse | had 20 g, % cartiu- sIw.los'
risb, %. and han't hal a chance TO 90 a
squirrel huntin: tall to-day. The laru's
done. cellar AMI all. ani shei 10 PIT the
old wagon under. AMI the hull yards xiv.
cred over with muck a foot deep or moro "
"wal. meow, that's isst Ike ycw, John
Nuseui. allers no.,l round by woman
Ye -. Mics Bo:art knows her placr--lni
that she can't hose me round emmy how. |
ezpec, t, d. my grave ahou, The time dlS
t,rn cellar
This conversation between Jeremiah b.
cart AMI John Nussn, shows quite a change
sine, We drew the sketches Of these oil 'iylc
farmer. not quite two year. a:'. We had
occasion o. pas, ihcir houses lately, and
were about a. much astoni,hel az the change
as thsy r,rmsi 10 D. at each other. i'm.
rroyement. There stood Jeuy. leaning
G.lln., his new hnrn, cnpyins the October
sun aud fresh quii. in a very contcmpla'
tive mood. The new barn was maniic-tly
srca, event in his history. and we fear
va. uJ, paid for There was no muck in
the yari, and II the owner has his way,
there probably never will be-
The broken.down corn.crib is ye, stand
in.. though in a more dIlaridltel condition
than ever. Nor, boards are missing from
the rear. and more .hluslc. from the roof.
Yet IN tbi. receptacle Of all the run down
tools upon the farm. We saw new rlow,
eu!uya,or. and harrow. showing that Jerry
.. getting new idea. into hi. head in spite OF
hiussll.
/ when We had reached John Nuceni's We
thought we had lo.; the way. but the old
onc.horss wagon with the white oak ihIll'
unpoelsl wasa landmark not to b. mis-
taken. There was a new barn, with the
inevitable cellar, aud good.natured Look
Ing woman, with both band, on her h'rs,
looking on with as much satisfaction as II
she va. monarch Of all she surveyed. \
ditch la. been ius striish, through the old