The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-02-14

the dumbed thing away tThe dumb
ed thing was the meeting-house. i
invite ye all to see the show. Ere gra-
tis. Itn be good as q circus, and
'tarnal sight cheaper. The women can
bring their knittin', and the gals their
eyerlastin' tattin'. As it'll be pious
kind O. show, bein' it's ameetin'- house,
guess I'll have notices gin out from the
pulpits the Sunday afore. a
1.-THE common was fenced in'by sun
down and the next day Jedwort, had
over house-moyer from the North VII
lage to look and see what could be done
with the building, Can ye snake it
over, and drop it back Of my house z
says be. sa,
It'll be hard job says old Bob,
without you tear down the steeple fust.'
"But Jedwort said, What's meets
in'-house 'thout a steeplei I've got
my heart kind o. set on that steeple;
and I'm bound to go. the hull hog on
this ere concern, now I've begun
al vow says, Bob, examining the
limbers, won't warrant but what the
old thing II tumble down
"Tll lresk it. .' .t''at .aVa
"Yes; but who'll resk the lives OF
me and my menP .8.f H
$50, you'll see if it's rely goin' to
tumble, and look out. I'll engage Y
me and my boys Il do the most danger
GUS part of the work Dumbed If l
wouldn't agree to ride in the steeple aud
ring the bell, if there was one
sPve never heard that the promised
notices were read from che pufpits; but
it wasn't many days before Bob came
over again, bringing with him this time
his screws and ropes and rollers, his
men and timbers, horse and capstan; /;
and at last the old house might have
been seen on its travels.
10 at was an exciting time all around.
The societies found that Jedwort's fence
gave him the first claim to house and
land, unless a regular siege of the law
was gone through to beat him E.
and then it might turn out that he would
beat them. Some said fight him; some
said let him be,--the thing amt worth
going to law for; and so, as the leading
men couldn't agree as to what should
be done, nothing was done. That wa
just what Jedwort had expected, and he
laughed in his sleeve while Bob and BIZ
boys screwed up the old meeting-house
and got their beams under it, and set i
on rollers, and slued it around, and sli(
it on the timbers laid for it across intC
Jedwort's field, steeple foremost, like {
locomotive on track.
''It was trying time for the.woman
folks at home. Maria had declared that
if her father did persist in stealing tn
Westinghouse, she would not stay 4
single day after 1t, but would follow
, Dave. ri sHs. a. ,.a Ee o.
> "That touched me pretty close, for
to tell the truth, it was rather NOR
! Maria than her mother that kept me a
work for the old man. '' If you go
1 says I, then there is no object Tor m
: to stay; shall go too da ae.
""Thats what ! supposed says she
9 'for there's no reason in the world VIII
I, you should stay. But then Dan wi
q go; and who'll be left to take sides wit
e motherf That's what troubles me. G
s if she could only goto! But she won't
!, and she couldn't If she would, with th
other children depending onher. Deal
dear! what shall we dor h5 ma
e as'The poor girl put her head on m
shoulder, and cried and if j shOul
e own up to the truth, suppose i erie
little too. For where's the man th;
J, can hold a sweet woman's head on Ii
: shoulder, while she sobs out her trouble
e and he has mt any power to help her.
y who,I say, can do any less under sue
) circumstances, than drop tear or tw
for companyf ~ fs sa6a.s hl ia
s "'Never mind; don't hurry sa!
7 Mrs Jedwort. Be patient and wa
! awhile, and it'll all turn out right Il
g sure.
d ssYes, you always say ,sfBe patieu
and vait!'' says Maria, brushing baC
o her hair. But, for my part, I'm tirl
, of waiting, and my patience has giy'
l. out long ago. We can't always i've
this way, and wem6y as well make,
T. change now as ever ,ButI can't be
P the thought of going and leaving iyo,
'sHere the two younger girls car
'e in and, seeing that crying was the {
y der of the day, they began to cry; a
le when they heard Maria talking of goin
they declaredthey would go; and ey
! little Willie the four1year7old, beg
e to howl, r. ,-.,,.... hmm! a..
7 = &tThers, there !, Maria! Lottie! s
J. sic! = said Mrs. Jedwort, in her ca
To- q way !; Willie, hush upsn1 ldoRtikn'
Is what we areito,doy but Ifeebthat son
y thing is going to happen that will cshl
le us the right way, and we are to wa
Ye Now 90 and wash the dishes, and
5 'the eheese e3atsono9 51A aW eA fil "a
i'd o9aeThat was Just after breakfast,
lg second eday1of The moving ia and 81
4 enough, something like what she prol
% esied did happen before another sun.
: pM I'The Old frame held together pre-
Sle we'll TIL along toward night, when
le. steeple showed signs of secedingl lSy.
'e- "sTheFe- she -.gees!- She's fall
", rnow,!4 sung. out the boys, who !
e's been hanging, around al day IN hol
of of seeing the thing tumble. y : ! V''1