Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-19
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Mother Rubbard,s WARNINGS

lr-the haunted house of fir n, very
much against his wife's will. r It was a
lonely houseoolI 1t was next to grave
yard which, though long unused, was
not very cheerful, and it had the reputa-
tien of a, ghost. " However, Mr. Hub
bard did not, believe in ghosts, was toe
cheerful to be depressed by warnings,
and never intended to be lonely. sss,6
omi issMother Hubbard" he said swhen his
wife, shook her head over the purchase,
II got the house cheap, and it's good
one. You'll like.it when you get there.
Ifayoudon't, why hentalk."2EL
,Solthe house, was bought, and into it
the Hubbard family moved Thers was
scarcelyia chance for a ghost to show
his face in such a ahousehold of boys and
fgirls. The faced dmaster ofthe house
and his little wife had ten of them. sIt
was in view of the eternal cry of f'.moth
err that the ejolly husband had dubbed
his Martha ane Smother Hubbard" !"
lusing'itIin jest at first, and at last, be-
cause of an old habit Hearing it, the
rest of R fell into the way of call
| ing the motherly soul Mother Hubbard,
SO that it was more her name by far than
her baptismal Martha Jane. zslq es
Having once expostulated and spoken
out, her mind," Mother Hubbard gave
up the point. She scrubbed and fscour-
ed, tackled down carpets and put up cur
tains, and owned that the place was
pretty. and as not ghost appeared for
week, made. up her mind that there
was no such inhabitant, and even began
not to mind the tombstones.t So the
house was got to rights at last, and ba-
king day came about. In the press of
business they had had a great deal Of
bakers bread, and were tired of it.
Mrs. Hubbard never enjoyed setting a
batch of bread to rise as she did that
which was to be eaten for the first time
in the new house. d5uu of .gura
For can't get up an appetite for
stuff that nobody knows who has had
the making Of" said Mother Hubbard,
"and all puffy and alumy besides"
So into the oven went the bread. and
out it came at the proper time even and
brown and beautiful as loaves could be.
Mother Hubbard turned them up on
their sides as she drew them forth, and
they stood in the long bread-tray, glo-
rious proofs of her skill, and of the ex-
cellence of the oven, when Tommy Hub
bard bounded in. Tommy was four,
and at that age one is prone to believe
that anything will bear our weight
Tommy, therefore, anxious to inspect the
new made bread, swung himself off his
feet by clutching the edge of the bread
tray, and over it came, loaves and Tom
my and all. Mother Hubbard flew to
the rescue, and picked up the loaves.
ALL were busted and in the tray again
but one. That lay bottom upwards un-
der the table, Is. tF'aT'E
"a bothering child,to give me so much
trouble" she said, as she crawled under
the table. "Ah-oh-ah-dear, dear,
dear-oh n.y. .a. ,"HIT- ...
And there on the floor sat Mother Hub
bard, screaming, ringing her hands and
shaking her head. The children scream
ed also in concert. Mr.. Hubbard rushed
in from the garden where he was at
work. ~ I.' '.rH s-s yr ~
9"What is the matter, mother ?'' he
gasped. -, - -
Mrs. Hubbard pointed to the bottom Of
the loaf lying in her lap. - -N $50
H7fLook there, and ask me 2" she said.
ats warning, William, I'm going to
be taken from 'em all.''y- ID ..,.'
n And, as Mr.. Hubbard looked, he saw
on the loaf a deaths head and cross
bones,"' as plainly engrayen as they pos
sibly could be. ~ | ..o5...f 80 az ,Eaarr II
20 "It's accident" said Mr.. Hubbard
"Such queer cracks do come, you know.
Don't fret" h.,h a- - .. 90, -odi.5- O..
But Mother Hubbard was in troubled
state of mind. y sfi5 u 20. r.. ..-rrlff .se.su
5"The stories about the haunted house
were true" she said "and the spirits
have marked the loaf. I'm afraid it is a
warning" -M.r -aaais #.s .f.aG
F. And the loaf was put aside, for even
Mr.. Hubbard did not dare to eat any
of it. $50 aft u.I s9f .r....ss ..s.t
Mrs. Hubbard got over her fright at
last, but the news of the awfully mark
ed loaf spread through R, and peo-
pie came to the Hubbards all the week
to look at it. 1t was deaths head and
cross-bones, certainly; every one saw
that at glance; but, as to its meaning,
people differed. Some believed that it
was a warning of approaching death Z;
some that the spirits wanted to fright
en- the Hubbards away" This latter
supposition inspired Mrs. Hubbard with
courage. Finallyshe leaned to the belief,
and when another baking day arrived,
put her loaves into the oven once more,
prepared for cross-bones, 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 last were sundry
characters or letters. What2 No one
could tell until there dropped in for a
chat certain printer of the neighbor-
hood, accustomed to reading things back
wards. r5 .s.... ..t.w r.-
"Halloo !" said he, "that's curious
That is curious-r-e7s-u-r-g-a -g-a-m-resur-
gam:-that's what's on the loaf-resur-
gam" e .#
"It's what they put on the tombs,
amt it 2" asked Mother Hubbard,
family. - aa.--
"Well, yes" said Mr.. Hubbard; "but
it amt SO bad as cross-bones and
skulls" ...... ,-.,
Mother Hubbard shook her head.
"It's even solomner," said the little
woman, who was not as good a linguist
as a bread-maker. "I feel confident,
William, that I shall soon be 'resur-
gained : and what will those dear chill
dren do then ?"
And now that the second loaf was be-
fore her eyes, marked awfully as was the
first, Mother Hubbard really grew thin
and pale and lost all of her cheerfulness.
81 have a presentiment," she said over