Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-11-05
"M0THER HUBBARD'S WARM
INGS.u
By MARY KYLE DALLAS.

when there were brick ovens In Inc lahu,
that Mr.. Hubbard bought his house-thc
haunted house Of R., very much against
his wife's will. 1t was next to q grave
yard which, though unused, was not very
cheerful, and it had the reputation OF a
ghost. However, Mr.. Hubbard did not
believe in ghosts, was to cheerful 10 be
depressed by warnings, and never intcn>
ded 10 he lonely.
Mother Hubbard" he said, when his
wife shook her bcad ever the purchase.
I got tho house cheap, and it's good one.
You'll like it when you get there. II you
don't, why then talk"
So the house was bought, and into it The
Hubbard family moved. There was
scarcely chance for ghost TO show his
face in such household of boy and girls.
The rosy faced master OF the house and his
little wife had ten of them. 1t was in
view of tho eternal cry of ''mother" that
the jolly husband had dubbed his Martha
Jane Mother Hubbard" using it in jest
at first, and at last because Of old habit.
Hearing il, the rest of r. fell into the way
of calling the mothcrly scul Neither llua-
bard also, SO that ii was more her maine
by saf than her baptisnal Martha Jane.
Having once expostul.ied and spoken
out her mind" Mother Hubbard gave up
the poins. She scrubbed and secured
tackled down carpets and put up curtains,
and owned that the place was pretty, aId
us not ghost appeared for a week, made
up her mind tl.at there were no such in
habitants, and even began not 10 mind the
tombstoncs. So the house was got 10
rights at last, aud baking day came about.
In tie press of business they Lad had
great deal OF bakers bread, and were tired
Of If.
Mrs. Hubbard never enjoyed setting n
batch of brcadfo rise rs she did that which
was TO be eaten fer the first time in the
new house.
For can't get up an appetite for stuff
that nobody knows who has had the ma
king Of said Mother Hubbard, sand all
puffy and alumy besides"
So into the oven went the bread, ard
on. il came at the proper time, even and
brown aud as beautiful as loavcs conld
DC. 1
Mother Hnbbarliurned them up ontheir
sides as she drew ihe em forth, and they srUod
in the long breaj,tray, glorious proofs OF
her skill, and of Tie excellence of the oven,
when Tommy Hubbard bount cd in Tom
MY was just four, and at that age one is
prone TO believe that anything VIII bear
our weight Tommy, therefore, saMous
To inspect the new mrlc bread, sxeag
himself Off his feet by ciutching the edge
of the bread stray, over ii came, loaves and
Tommy and all. Mother Hubbard flzw 10
the rcscuc, and picked up the loaves. AL
sera busted and in tie tray aaTsn hut one.
That lay bottom upwards under the table.
~ bohdfing child, 10 give me so much
trouble she said, as she crawled under
the table. .-A--oh-ah-dcar, dcar--Oh
my"
And there on the floor sat Mother Hub
bard, screaming, xringing her hands, and
shaking her head The children scream
ed also in concert Mr.. Hubbard rushed
in from tie garden where he was at work.
"What is the ..sattcr, mothcr:" lie gasp
ed.
Mrs. Hubbard pointed 10 the bottom of
the Loaf lying il Ler lap.
Look tlcre, and ask me?' she said.
It's warning. William. I'm going 10 be
taken from 'em ALL
And, as Mr. Hubbard looked, he saw on
the loaf ''dcatl's>hcad and crtss-boncs,"
as plainly cngravcn Us they possibly could
bc
sits accident" said Mr.. Hubbard.
Such queer cracks 90 come, you know.
Don't fret.
But Mother Hubbard was In troubled
state OF .nitd.
"The stories about the haunted house
are all true" she said; aid The spirits have
marked the loaf. Tn afraid lis warns
ins::''
And the loaf was put aside, for even Mr..
Hubbard did not care 10 eat any Of IL.
Mrs Hubbard got over her fright at last;
but the news of the awfully marked loaf
spread through R., and people came to
the IIubbards all the week to look at it.
1t was death s-hcad and cross-bone:,
certainly; every one saw that at a glance;
but, as to it's meaning, people differed.
Some believed that il was warning Of
approaching death; some that the spirits
"wanted to frighten the Hubbards away"
This latter suprosilion inspired Mrs. Hub
bard with courage. Finally she leaned to
the belief, and when another baking>day
arrived, put her loaves into the oven once
more, prepared Tor cross-boncs, and not
to be frightened by them. The loaves
baked as before. They came out brown
and crusty Mother Hubbard turned each
in her hands. There were no cross-bones
visible; but on the lest were sundry char
ac,crs or letters. What? No one could
tell until there dropped in for a chat
certain printer of the ncighborhocd. accus
toned 10 reading things backwards.
"By George" said he, ''thaat's curious
That is curious-r e-surg m-resur-
gum; that's what's on the loaf-rcsur-
gum"
"It's ssl,a, they pit on tombs, -nint it?"
asked Mother Hubbard, family:
"WeII, yes" said Mr.. Hubbard; but il
amt SO bad as cross-bohcs and skulls"
Mother Hubbard shook her head.
It's even solemner," said the little No
man. who was MOI as good a linguist as a
bread,mnker, az feel confident, William:
that shall st,on be sresufpiirneG.i and