Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-31

go he crooked old Toms legs and got him
down again, and they put the corn basket over
him, and then they both stood and waited.
"'Ihat'll do the thing, Hubby, said the par
son.
"I don't know about it, says Hubby
con, yes it will, child understand says
he.
Gust as he spoke the basket riz right up and
stood, and they could see old Toms long legs.
"'I'll make him stay down, coniouud him.
says the parSon, for We see parsons is men, like
the rest on us, and the doctor had got his spunk
"'You iist hold him a minute and IN get
something that1 make him stay, guess, and
out he went to the fence and brought in long,
thin fiat stone and laid it on Old Toms back.
"Old Tom he wilted down considerably under
this, and looked rally rs if he was goin to give
in. He Staid still there a good long spell, and
the minister and Hubby left him there and came
up TO the house, but they hadn't more than got
in the door before they see old Tom hoppin
along, MS high steppn rs ever, saying, talk!
talk and gutter! quitterP and strutrn' and
goblin rs il he had come through the Red sea
and got the victory.
"'Oh, my eggs 2 says Hubby, Pm afraid he's
smashed EN-!
"Aud sure enough, there they was, smashed fiat
enough under the stone.
"Pll have him killed. said the parSou-'we
won't have such n critter round
"But the parSon, he slept ont and then didn't
do 1.-THE only came out next Sunday with tip
top sermon on the original Cuss,' that was pro-
nounced on things in giucral, when Adam fell,
and showed how everything was allowed 10 go
contrary ever since. There was pic weed, and
pUSley, and Canada fhistles, cut worms and bug
worms, audr canker worms, 10 say nothin' Of
rattlcsnakeS-the doctor made it very i'm
prpssiye and sort o. improViu,' but Hudy, she
told me, goin' home, that she hardly keep from
laughing two or three times in the sermon when
she thought OF old Tom a standin up with the
corn basket on his back
oval, next week, Hubby, she Just borrowed
the minister's horse and side-saddle, and rode
over to South Parish 10 her aunt BlSeomes,
widder Bascomes, you know, thar lives there by
the trout brook, and got lot o turkey eggs O.
her and came back and set hen on 'em and
said nothin,' and in good time there was as nice
a lot O turkey chicks as ever We see.
"Huldy never said a word TO the minister
about his experiment, and he never said word
to her, but he sort O KEEP more to his books and
didn't take it on him to advise so much.
"Bui not long arter he took it into his head
that Hubby ought to have pig to be fattin
with the but.ermilK. Miss Pipperdge set him
up to it, aud iist then old Tim BgelOw, out to
Juniper hill, told him if he'd call over he'd give
him a little pig.
so he sent for man and told him to build a
pig-pen right on. by the well, and have 1t all
ready when he come home with his pig.
"fiuldy, she said she wished he might put
curb round the well ont there, because in the
dark, sometimes, body might stumble into it,
and the parson, he told him he might do that.
oval, old Akin, the carpenter, he didn't
come till most the middle OF the afternoon, and
then he sort o. idled so that he didn't ret up the
Wellcurb till shutdown, and said he'd come and
do the pig-pen next day.
oval, after dark, Parson Carryl, he drrv into
the yard, full chize with his pig. He'd tied
up his mouth to keep him from squeelin', and
he was rather near-sighted-and so he ran and
he see what he thought was the pig pen
threw piggy over and down he dropped into the
water, and the minister put out his horse and
pranced off into the house quite delighted.
There, Hubby, I've got you nice little
pig
'''Dear me-, says Hubby, where have you
put himP
"'Why, out there in the pig pen, to be sure
cob dear me! says Hubby, that's the we'll
curb-there amt no pic pen built, says she.
"'Lordy massyp SAYS the paTson, then Iyc
thrown the pic in the we'll!
oval, Hubby, she worked and worked, and
finally she fshed piggy out in the buckct,b hut he
was dead as door nail and she got him out O
the way quietly, and didn't say much, and the
parSon ne took to a great Hebrew book in his
study, and says he, Hubby, | amt much in tenn
poras,' says he. Hubby says she kind felt her
heart 20 out TO him, and he was so sort o meek
aud helpless, and learned, and says she, Wal,
Parsun Carryl, don't trouble your head no more
abOutit; I'll see to things, and sure enough,
week after there was nice pea, all shp-shape,
and two little white pigs that Hubby bought
with the money for the butter she sold at the
store.
"'Wal, Huldy,' says the parson, you are
most amazin' chid-you don't say nothin', but
you do more than most folks