The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-01

MT but list twelve eggs LEFT 81 told
her she had good deal better throwll
them intu the pig-pen; but between I
You and me-, Mrs. Lester-though
Mrs. johnson is proper nice woman, 1
and think sight of her-stilB she'f
had her queer streaks; and one on 'emil
is never tn believe I'M signs and fore
runners. / remember, enc night, !
when we watched with peor Sally
you remember Sally Stephens, she
who died of the typhus last summer
well, I.sot up the fore end of the night
and then Mrs. johnson took my place.
But no sooner had laid down on the
blanket, with my head agin theswall,' \
than 1 heard the ticking of the death
watch, as plain as 1 ken hear your
clock on the mantel. got np, pretty
quick, I ken tell you, and beckoned to-
Mrs. johnson to come out iintu the
kitchen. stai r. Z. i-zt'e
e Fur goodness sake aliyei what is
the matter, Mrs Brown n says Hhesi9b
"Gts all over with poor Sally, Mrs.
Johnson says 1; there ain'to no kind
O use in tormenting the poor eritter
with any more doctors stuff, fur Sally
Stephens will never go ont Of the
house till she's carried out, in Z, her
winding sheet ,n.g .a7 .Kus.,sf. \,
"1 think, it's very doubtful about
her recovery, myself says Mrs, john
son. fur the doctor says it's cricket
ical case. But hey you noticed any
change?' 1niog lds7oaed
-" No. says /, but the minute q laid
down L heard the death watch, and
that, you know, is a sure sigh. a.. 80
".La mel, says she, is that all p,
Why, how you skeered mel rally
thought snthing drefful had happened.
".Alli' says I; goodness graeieusi
1 should think it was enongh. Every
body knows that when the death
watch is heard, in q sick room, they
may calkilate on the patient being as
good as dead and buried. .vrrsaorq
"sO sho!' says shes I've heard it
thousands of times--'specially in old,
1 decayed houses-and never knowed
it to amount to anything.g solaataxo i.
"Well, says /, Mira. johnson, you
jest wait. and see; and if Sally Steph,
ems don't die some time or nuther. i
lose my guess 81 s4aa@
Sure enough, the next time we met
was at Sally's funeral lsol s.- rssa
"'Well, Mrs. Johnson, says + what
du you think now about the sign Of
the death watch?' s,f ton 81
go, as to that Mrs. Brown,I says
she, 4 haven't bit more faith than ]
had afore, Sally had a slender con-
stitution, and 1 never thought she
would get well when she was first
taken down. - -.
aI did rally think She, would hey
owned up when the facts stood out as
4 clear as noonday but as I said afore-
though Mrs. Johnson is a proper nice
woman, and will gineralIy hear tu
reason-when she once gets her head
sot, she's jest as obstinate as a don.
; key" -.--.u....-, ,-.g,r.;,-..
"But about those chickens, my dear
Mrs. Brown, interrupted Mrs. Lester
+" La, yes l came nigh forgetting al
about if. Well, you see, I happened
tn be visiting over there that arter.
noon. The esquire, he was gone away
but then he's jest as queer about MOI
believing in signs and forerunners az
his wife. Now, it was only week OF
two ago the esquire came over, tn oul
house tu get our Sam tn help hin
about butchering his hog. g,a f,..c,
"Goodness gracious Esquire John
: son. says l you ant ra1ydgoing "a
, hev your hog killed to-day are goa! !
"fTWell, yes, says he, IF Ioken ge
any one tn help me about it.'suba !.
go, as fur help says I, you ar
welcome to Sam, with all my, heart
but I suppose You know that 9porl
amt good for nuthing unless ats kille,
: in the new of the moon ?'n5easnalsus
"But he only laughed. and said h
guessed he would risk il, rs they wa
: wanting some pork over tn his lhous
n pretty bad. So, in course, I had nuth
n ing further tn say; but q day oritwl
s afterwards i happened tn drop i
3 pretty early in the morning y5Th
breakfast table warn't cleared of, an
/ there, on platter, seed some of th
Il pork. My stars and garters! it wa
all fried, shrunk, shriyeled and fri
/ zled up, and looked tasteless as shoe
# leather, and brown as my, silk gowl
b. Arter had sofa spell, and it com
l. around handy, I jest axed him if h
thought he hadn't missed it in KILN
d his pork as he did. s.i ..ae = lsfHfiiia
q killing it how, Mrs. Brown say
, he. Il don't quite understand Ehs
IS you mean alig ,..es5,l,i. lir.tlqyJ..li .
e. "'Why having it killed in the old {
d the moon,' says L. tYoumay depen
o upon it, Esquire johnson, that it
m nuthing else in the world that make
I'll it shrink up and fry all away.sas sz
Ho, no, HOP says he, laughing, I'll
5 more my opinion, Mira. Brown, thati
y present uninvitingy appearance is oy
ing tn the circumstance ofamy wife
u leaving it over the fire too long whi
Us she was up stairs tending tn the chi
Il, dern; for when I come, in from Il
"a barn. the kitchern was lchock4 full
: smoke, and the pork burned black
l my boots Z ,af!og eil.f .oIi
ID "Now, Matilda Jane, l might h
IN talked till doomsday,s and that ms
'u wouldn't hey thought any different.
Some folksneverlearn by experienc
ct and Esquire Johnsonois one of the
D" sort. Last year he actily planted h
a pertatoes in the new of the moon.
"Esquire Johnson says I. depei