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


gofor another load. Don't stand gawp- |
in there! i I,l4
'Gaypin' = says /; 'its enough to
make anybody gatgp. You do beat all |
the critters / ever had to deal with.
Have mt ye disgraced your family |
enough already, without stealing meet |
ing.housei'
"'How have disgraced my familyT
says he. e
"Then put it to him. Look at
your children Tits all your wife can do
to prevent 'em from growing up lin rags
and dirt and ignorance, because you are
too close listed to clothe 'em decently
or send 'em to school. Look at your
house and yard. To see an Irishman's
shanty in such a condition seems appro-
pirate enough, but genteel place,
house with pillars, run down and gone
to seed like that, is an eyesore to the
community. Then look at your wife.
You never would have had anyproperty
to mismanage if it hadn't been for her
and see the way ye show your gratitude
for it. You won'tlet her go into COM
pany, nor have company at home; you
won't allow a hired girl in the house,
but she and Maria have to do all the
drudgery. You make perfect slaves of
'em. swear, if't wasn't for your wife,
l wouldn't work for you an hour longer;
but she's the best woman in the world,
after all you've done to break her spirit,
and hate to leave her. 'a p
"The old fellow squirmed, ,and wrench
ed the crow-bar in the ground, then
snarled back: 'Yesl you're waitin'
for me to die; then you mean to step
into my shoes f.ss .f
"G hope you'll leave decenter pair
than them you've got on, if I'm to step
into 'em,' says /.
"'0ne thing about it, says he, she
won't have ye.' 80 @ a5
sl"'I should Think says I, sa woman
that would marry you wouldhaye most
anybody c,.., .stsa
$50 we had it back and forth, till by
and by he left me to throw off the rails,
and went to show the boys how to build
the fence. alT .' s.afs
Look here says he, 'jest put a
thunderin' big stun to each corner; then
lay your rails on; then drive your pair
of stakes, like letter X He drove a
pair. 'Nowput on yourrider. There's
your letter x, ridin one length of rails
and carryin' another. That's what / call
putin yer alphabet to practical use /;
and / say there amt no sense in havin'
any more edication than ye can put to a
practical use. I've larnin' enough to
git along in the world and if my boys
have as much as I've got, they'll git
along. Now work spry, for there comes
Deacon Talcott.' a
"'Wal, wal! says the Deacon, CON-
ing up, putting with excitement; what
We doin' to the old meetin'- -house?
"'Wal,' says Jedwort, driving away
at his stakes, and never looking up,
1--we been considerin' some time what
) I should do with It, and I've concluded
to make barn ont
"'Make barn make barn! y cries
the Deac0A who give ye liberty tC
: make barn of the house of God?'
/" Nobody; / take the liberty. VIII!
] shouldn't do what / please with m!
8 own prop'tyPgl fa
"'Your own property,-what do y
meant IT amt your meetin' house
".Whose is It, if't amt minef say
Jedwort, lifting his turtles head from
: between his horizontal shoulders, anC
grinning in the Deacon's face.
, "It belongs to the society says tn,
! Deacon.
j ".But the s'oiety's pulled up stake
a and gone off ae srf 10 st y
1t belongs to individooals of tn
4 society, Ito indiyidooals.'
i "'Wal, I'm anindividooal, says Jed
> wort. l1sia ,al a.rr-s h n.
e "Ffou! you never went to meetin
,s here dozen times in your life!'
q 81 never did have my share of tn
4 old meetin' house, that's fact say
: Jedwort; but I'll make it up now
; +" But what are ye fencin' up tn
= common for Z, says the Deacon. =
70 + rsItllmake agoOd calf-pastur'. pv
"a never had my share o the vallyio' that
" either. I've letmy neighbors' pigs an
,s critters run ont long enough; and no'
IT I'm jest goin' to take possession o m
in own "
itas fYour ownH says the Deacon,
at perfect CONSERVATION. 'You'veno dee
ont .Iea a1roI. \ as.5, a.gata.a,tF o4 90.
ID aa"fWal, have you'll mo ii
4 "'No-but-the society D
,u "sThe s'ciety, / tell ye, says Jet
Ill wort, holding his head up longer than
h. ever knew him to hold it up at tim
en- and grinning all the while in Talcott
of face, ,-'the s'~'ety is split to piece
{ There amt no s'ciety now, --any more
rs a pigs pig arter you've butCbered an
e't It. You've ct the pig amongst y
to and left me the pen. The sIciety new
! had deed O. this ERE prop'tyi and
man ever had a deed o this ERE prop't
4 MY wife's gran'daddy, when he tookI
r the land here, was a good-natered SO
IL Aof man and he allowed corner OF
: for his neighbors to put up temp'ra
m. meetin'shonse. That was finally used u
be --the ,kindao, preschip3tbey had the
he lFiays was enough toguse upin lit