The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-04-12

and tbfee more make just" =. ,.sl I'D -,
Never count your chickens until they
arc Matched, child interrupted Grand
mother Brown, the lady's afternoon visi-
tor. .Rspa y la.r; nj l;5.t II .r.g
But | any not counting the chickens,
Mrs. gfowniall mn only making n calcu-l
la'ion Of how many eggsrl can spare. to
put undsr the old speckled hen. lAs l.
was saying, three more make eighteen,
and here /, are two which are cracked,
which: will make itup to twenty ajf
II hope you don't intend to put her
to setting On cracked eggs, Mrs. Lester"
said Grandlna'am Brown, inquringly.
"Why, Grandma'am Brown-whats
the odds? Amt they jus as good Pm.
wal, / don't know anything about
your smart Boston hons; mebby they can
hatch cracsod'eggs but our oldfashioned
country biddies never would raise a
chicken from cracked egg, if they .sot,
on it til! doomsday."
"Well, I'm sure didn't suppose it
made any ditferen CO." returned Mrs. Les
Mrs. Lester was native Of the Mace lac
so scornfully alluded to by Mrs. Brown !,
No. thai tlla good lady had anything
against Boston in particular, but she re-
General and ali citv.brcd neonlc \
9 "a nroul law sbiftIess setn shc
would saw. ..who &c. their living out Of
tho bardworkinr country people Never
raise so Kmuch as a noupd Of nork or n
cabbage, or make n nound Of butter. But
III had NV woy M .tarye Jam 10 itv
Grand,na,am Rrown did MT considcr
that the citv fa,bers never would haze
consented 70 cattlo and Locs being nas.
TIRED in ths civ otherw;ss aha t,avor
would have !, IA q snr not w;,hs,,nd;na
hsr oddities she was one Of tbe l;ndssi,
hearted old ladies in .ho' world And
as for yecet,bles there was M lack If
csbbace heads wbile fo.ber ,bon1 mr..
dan s.uce va. l;ber.I,y f,rn;,boJ h,
nows.boys and c,b.driver.
Mrs Lester oltbousb c;.v.born and
c;tv:bref haa hseoms a sroot f,vor;t.
with the oll ladv since .sbe lcft har c;tv
home and CAME to nres;d. NJ the ol3
homestead as Harry Testers wife.
And q model farmer, wild she hid fair
- h. Il sn;,s of r' III tho Il; ill., n,,"red MOE
nost;,,t;ons If ths 'ne;sbhorhood cossin s
Who nronhss;sd ,bot no rood would srsr
como of handsome Horrve Icstor br;na;nr
bom. dainty l;lyLonaed c;,v dame 10
he mistress * ,bo iii Lester Iomos,c,d
"Bnt Slai child j., continued tho old
Indy NJ sIe remarked That Mrs, lester
ino(sJ r.tber onmoSsd - tbo bs,r,vai If
Ier ignorance IN regard 10 tbe f.o,;b;l;,v
nsr,;s;nr noullrv from craclsd eaas
en,m s,,re don,i wonaer fh,lyon d;1nn,t
know tba odds. INT anodnss. mo yon
needn't 90 for II feeling i lit wortsd IN
abont Il. for I nresn,ne e In saw that Il +
had lived IN , cornplent c;tv ,s limo ~
Won hey I sbould bey been inst t. about NJ s
b;o foo, n ~ % -
.WSiI y -on,;od s,rs 1os,or smiling
"a.I,sbal, be r oblined IN NC. SOME so,ne Il
them abont cook;ncs r csn,.,ska these =. .
an 4 vii moke M nort;s"l,r d;goron.o
Tbev,ll ro;.s c,to ;f ,hov won,t r.;so
cbicI.ns ''S s,,nnose Gt su s1o
RrownSs fp0'~ 4, 4, 80 'N ''''' '''''
ssartsn,v s,rten,v d c,,;l1 d md s,vo
,be.tronbln Il hrc.l;ns ,smw y - So ~
avail tben fons far '. .omas ans, Il, ss,,rd
Mo, md four moro mnst ha ~ 'for soraa
rato far tbsr. n.tu,l,v ;sn,, ormm ,H' ~
tLn homso maL;na III, ~. 60
tvsntv le,rns .mslr n e' -. aan sns.n 49,,
twsiv. ;nst ,s ,s.ll v.' not .md e iha,,
turn out we'll, it will as many chickens as
nars II rs;sa 81; ,;;n ~ ' SAD' =! =
.Gracious mn Mrs 1,,oI,s,.r " nv
claimed Grandm,,,m Rrown nc IL
dronnsd bsr tn;,.;n, ,,h,L and Nth 4,
more than n aozsn fst;tcbcsiSI "y6n dnn,,
ral,v mann =, 70 t,,at son u .so;n ~ !,
M. tb,f ian 1, .e,,;n, ar twSl 90 org, -,
"lVbv va. wLv not % feea'1
"Wby cb;,a ';fs fafdt.@nI ,r,rctv
nn,nbsr CANT vo,, sn,ro th;rt"su Sur Z
I'M Granlmo I'm really dnn,i az
ho. - n,n ansn"r. 4. rnn 80 10y
no,, ii. nf n;s ~ ,,ke foyi srnnn4v !"
aWsi, . KIN ! nal ',nsto q ;tsIsynn :. ,,;,d
and - marc ,hnn, !, Z. H., n;nd N ,.ha,
auu say nv tioic "oou. out h'inu Wlut