The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-26
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Once on previous time, about 400, 900
yeaIs ago, lin tho old ov the moon, during
i very dry spell ov weather, just after u
hard frost when grass butter was skass,
while venus was an, evening star, an old
ant who had lost 0Wl her front teeth and
Wis twisted With the rhumatis, sot in MI
easy chair, npar the front door Of IN ant
hill, experimenting. phatt kurneil Of
wheat, Which the yopng ants we're trieipg
10 get down cellar into their house.
Just then along cum o loatlng graSsh0p-
per, smoking pipe, and singing, "Bcgone
rdull Cares d pray the begone from me-"
and .st,ieiTty tLe Old uuuE,1 giving ofucES
lew tie young aunts, he stopped To have
IA talkkith her. ! III "
"GoOd morning, old mother Industry,
good morningm said the grassbug. "A
fine cernel OF wheat that, yu arc rollin int"
"Have w herd the crate nCws?
"Drelful sllarpftos last nigh dRt9l ~
"WinRcr wilLs6ot &c i1f reckca9 -
II I'D the 0Wls hlHG ldstuite
"Tcrribel bad RckSident on the Harlem
road yesterday!
"Whcn dew yu think specie payments
wlIDbetboIdufl obbBm goes . 6
"ThHet mi DiDe haz ,g0ne on, k4pt Yu
qeRp6i6 d natcRi0 q W7soool1 0O1
s if83y W qHRPTIE nqqpylS4 day yY&q Yy!ss0
oSE1pye sickpeg apppgBt tlemE q Oa
Idiapa@ ha AhatC thqt ldsswireS QloDEni On
Sandy Creek, hay all struck for higher
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AZ sssss laH & HR1'e 4R aES 4dS SlsS
akaEseEkto &c. JG abeoWT lpoH
tgusun; ilhopenot0 liz b1meanI oldAkIh.
finter, he sold mo only last week = neg oy
bar soadti6 SOME BeeS@RS.sod 1T'hc
n. sT hey; y9 SsY Il CITING RGE9ll Qyy FFYs
!, .Iwolder Il tllarc izenuy truth in what
everybody SEE about old Square Benson,
dsPt Py nl yP66E'JjA rs te SF5 T'' "
D. DO you sec much ov the krlckcts now
a.days!
,ot NIisllould really like tew know how
they are getting along; rather tuLf times
FOR t5bm guess y6Wdqht think they will
winter, do you 4 - : -
+; sgWhen duz tho moon change nova.
dass? s,
SHoY. YOU got any. onion seed tow spare,
That you kan, rekQlplnenlL? oanI,At
"Dew y6 think England VIII over pay
the AllaGHrmer klaimS? ~ n
II kant sec what makes these cock
reaches, so stuck up. ] met one this morn,
ing, and befor6 l co,ild' put two civil
questions. at him he wllz out Nv sight.
''SIm folksArG HI siCii dswGtting hurry!
saint tharc sum gOOtlalaw agin spiders
billin their weebs IN the grass!
"How 1nuChl G&Acabhaz ytite Hunl got
laid up; you must hev sum to spare?
II NQn0gEif itw0ntpp mi fNin before
to.nl6ffow P OUO
eT6ey Til nc that niapld sugar ISL
drug in the market, owing to is peculiar
VII Raut tell kan you, whether
this IL 30 OrpOt;T wish u couldHGIG
mi opinyun now IL that he who lives
to sec next year; will sec buckwheat big
crop. -....-.....,-
FIlpsetln9d the Loldg fheas sASs, al 4
cuhr pAA hAbnt Shefrddh's lover -barh
his morning, that eggs, waz getting . good
deal onplenty, and they mustgitto* work
again! ,...-..., .,.,. 81.
"Well!"i AM In an awful hurry; | am
going down lew tend jumping match
'6otWeen Springfield and Steslspringi two
y,lng GraShoppcrE this tsW be tho hopiov
the season. .,tI.,AH
II must lie goingl
~ AM uncommon sorry ! kant stay
longer, and make yu u good visit!
"By the way Old mother Industry
have got a profound sckrct i want to tell
WI, but wouldn't hHvit known bi Gnny-
boldly t0r aWl ltlls world, i IL should git
out once, Il would ruin met IY
"ThCn keep tho sukrGt yuresglf," spoke
tho ant, "itiSwOrth more To VI tlinti cmki
boldly else"
TLlsIis. every word the hi2RY nd ant
sCd,i bttt EEpt her eye All The Time or tliG
pllatt kecrnel ov wheat, and the loating
grass4OPPsf& moved otF!whislIhs fsaIy
~"''' fH'S''s nRt&&ESs.
! This lstheiway with nil loalers, If they
kant steal yurO time with Idle questions,
their last dodge istO steal yuro Creduhty
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