The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-01-27

Barrow's: Hers has set frs,1o Il
house four times a'ready.'N
"Well, I'll say, Just as. trre as go
pei, Mrs. Miller +5Yied her best; b,
it was drag, drag. r,She could do, ,sths
\ contraband, but she. wouldn't. A
| last she took :, to bein saucy. tTel
Mrs. Millef.. that ladies up Mort
were only white trash, and that d
lady would do any kind OF work 9
cooking. So, one day. Mrs. Mile
boxed her ears. Hard, too. Sh
said she never was so scared Jas Iwhe
she did it, and the black critter bega,
to creep toward her, kind O slow an,
crouched down, as If she meant t,
spring. She stopped short, though
and went of muttering. Threats
Mrs. Brownrigg said, and awful words
but not loud, under her breath, yo,
know, It seemed to have done he
good, too; she worked up smart afte
that, e. -. -.r =.
"Mrs. Deacon Miller felt kind o
sorry she'd struck the girl. After +.
while she went out to make buiscuit
for tea, and spoke to her pleasant, bu
she wouldn't converse.
cold Mrs. Brownrigg came out il
to the kitchen, afraid the girl might
go behind her daughter sly, and hurt
her. She sat down and kept an eye
on her; and just for an excuse, she
said 81. =, '..-....-. -.--...-
Z" 'Melvina, why don't you make
cream-o-tartar biscuit? , -
"Wel,' said Mrs. Miller, i will.
$50 she went hunting for the cream.
o-tartar-s seemed it was all used up
until, high up atop of the closet, she
saw the tin can, marked, so. There
was agood deal in it, and Mrs. Miller
said-said she: --.-f
Dear me, Betty must have want
ed to hide this cream-o'-tartar safe, !
guess, putting it up there
"She'd jest said that, when the pust-
man came with letters !; and biscuit,
or no biscuit, she had to read the one
that came, for it was from her sister
in Boston, and there was dangerous
sickness in the family or had been.
The children were better, it seemed !;
so back Mrs Miller went to the
kitchen, and there she found Dinah
with her fingers in the dough-pinch-
ing bit out, she thought but she
didn't say anything-she felt afraid
to. Somehow, the girl STAGE was
too dreadful. She made the biscuit,
and put them to bake, and
they turned out light and the whole
family ate them, ali but Dinah-not
one mouthful would she touch; and
she went about muttering, angry as
ever.
Mrs. Miller said her blood ran
cold Whenever she looked at her.
Som ething was going to come of that,
blood she'd struck, she was afraid );
and along in the evening, the some
thing came-or so Mrs. Deacon Mil
Ter believed.
"The deacon complained first, and
then Mrs. Brownrigg. Then his pa
and ma. Then Mrs Miller. Soon
they were all as bad as could be; and
I went in and sent for the doctor.
Its no use,' said Mrs. Miller, I'VE
are poisonedP
''And so they were, poisoned with
arsenic. All night it seemed likely
they'd die, one and all +; but some of
them got better by morning. The
dose hadn't been very large and,
though the deacon was on his back a
every one recovered but the
1eacon's pa. He was eighty, and
bear much.
at was terrible time Every
one of them said the same thing It's
Dinah = Dinah did it p So Dinah
vas arrested after the inquest had been
leld on poor old Mr. Miller. She
wore she was innocent, but proof
seemed positive she hadn't eaten any
wasn't Sick and Mrs.
Miller caught her at the pan. Besides,
he'd been threatening and growing
ii day. - -
"They tried her and she was found |
yuilty, and sentenced to be hung.
"By the time the poor critters exc
ution came near. Betty was well. |
Irs. Miller hadn't had another girl. |
'he was afraid of strangers now, she
aid, and glad e ough she was to well !
ONE Betty. / went in, too. I was
lad Betty had come.
They'd talked the dreadful affair
ver, and cried about the poor old
entleman, and got quieted down, and
'etty says: 49,.
CHOW, if you like, ma'am, I'll
lake some biscuit .E -.
do, Betty says Mrs. Miller,
I've not had the heart to touch dough
inee that day. I've bought my bread
f the baker
".Well,' says Betty, bread must
e made, for all that's happened; [; so
lust biscuits. But things are all
loved around. can't find anything
'tWe were all in the kitchen. Mrs.
liller went to the pantry. /
{ "'Here's The pan, says she, and
ere's -four, and here's cream -o'-tartar,
@But there Betty gave a shrek, and
ast her eyes to the top Of the closet.
ays she: y 's - -. "a. - ..a - |
For gracious sake where did that
on,e from 2 fA ~. 81 L
"Says Mrs.. Miller:a -ils I,
"Its the. very creari-of-tartar l J
sed part Of in those bisciiits. and
mt / had for, it, and found it stow
away on the top of the closet at
st. =. s. p.-e I'D : ll .ss.. .y--as
'ftOn tie of the closet p said Betty.
Yes. says Mrs Miller, beginning
) shake, Why, what is the matter
|" The matter is that I have been an
d fool, and the cause OF. all,' said
city. Mrs Deacon Miller that