Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-12-19

groes' giving the children any more of tho:
poison pig tails they are a source Of endle
torment. And now, young gentlemen, or
and all Of you, the next one of you that brins
one of those things into the house again |
| box his ears as long as [ can fad him. No
remember it Come along to your breakfast.
| In a little time, after some controversy abOu
| places. which was arrested by the mother eye
they were all seated John happened in, In tn
meantime, taking his fathers seat.
ISIS sp!" said William, 'sassidges that
what love-"
Hoo" said Isaac, ''spare-ribs that's wha
| love-"
We'll, cease your CAB, and eat what's Sc
before you without comments. Nobody care
what you love, or what you don't love"
''Souse ~ said Abraham, Il don't love
souse. wouldn't eat souse; 'taiut titten fol
dog to eat.
''Get up sir; get right up from the table
and march out Of the house until you learn
better manners I'll be bound, if | say you
shall eat souse you'll eat it. Do you hear me,
sir?"
Abraham raked himseiklazily out of his seat
and moved slowly off, caslf = longing look at
the many good things on tie table, which he
evidently thought "ftten for = Prince to eat -
Ma said he as be retire. L wish you'd
make Bill quit laughing at m6
'.,WilllamY 4 We as great a Pas l ever had
to do anything in my life tos npou from the
table, and not let you eat buthful. | de-
spse that abominabie Al hon you have OF
rejoicing at your r4bset6 ~ misfortunes. Re
member, sir, whas Solomon says: He that is
glad at calamities shall not go unpuniohed >
Ma, said Abraham, "mayn't | come to
my breakiastY'
Yes, if you think you can uow behave your
self with decency."
Abraham returned, and they all broke forth
at once:
Ma, mayn't [ have some sassidge? ?'-''Ma,
want some spare-rib. Ma, | amt got no
coffee. - Ma, if you please ma N, let me
have some ham-gravy. and some fried hOm ny,
and some egg, and
And some of everything on the table, !
suppose. Put down your plate-every oue OF
you.-George, What will you have? p
Some sassidge, and some fried potater.''
John, help your brother George. What
do you want, William?'
Il want some spare-rib, and some hom n.y."
Nancy, help William. hat do you want,
II reckon, said John, smilingly, hell take
little u s0use.
"Now, John, behave yourself He has suf-
tered the punlshmsntApt hls fault, aad there
Il Ii have" said Abraham, ''some ham-gra-
W, and some egg, and some hom ny"
Help him, Chauey. w hat'll you have,
Lsaac?''
Il II have some ham-gravy, and some hom'-
ny, and some sassidge, and some spare-rib, anu
some
well, you are not going to have everything
on the table, | assure you. What do you
want q
Il want some ham, gravy and some hom n.y."
John, help -
MOI don't want no gravy; | want some
spare-rib.
john. give him
No! | don't want no spare-rib l want
some sasaidge.
well, it you don't make up your mind
pretty quick you IL tCaRt your breakfast, l tell
you. | IN not going to be tantailZed all day
have done with it.
Il want some ham-gravy and some sassidge
and some hom ny.
Help him, John"
John helped him to about u toaspoonful from
each dish
Now, Ma, jest look at Bud John He
hain't 81 me only jist these three little bit @
bits"
John, if you can't keep from tantalizing
the children, tell me SO, and Il not trouble
you to help them any more. | confess that
am at loss to discover what pleasure one OF
your age can take in teasing your younger bro
thers -Rebecca, what do yCu want?''
Il want my pigtal, ana 'dHs
Bless my soul aud body! haven't you for
get thai pig-taI yes? Ii 5 burnt up long ago,
give it to her. | wish in my heart there never
was pig tail upon the face Of the earth.
Bob produced the ha!t-charre pig-tall and
laid it on Miss Kehecca plate
There, continued her mother, L hope now
your heart at ease. \ beautiful dish 1t ls.
truly, for any mortal to take fancy to p
Ma, | don t want tbs pig-lail
Take it away kaei1 you dld0't want it,
you little perverse brat kHcl0 you ddn't
want ii aod den t know what got into lie
TO let you have it. But, really, am 50 tor
mented out OF my hie that, half the time,
hardly know whether N standing On NY
head or my heels.
''Misois, said Chaney, Aunt Dorca5 say
please make Miss Louisa come out de kitchen.
Say if you don't make her come cut &c fire,
nerIl git burnt up rekiy. Say every time
she tell her come out de fire she make moui
at her.
Why, sure enough where is Louisa Go
aiiu ttIl neT 10 cono u uef DTeakIdot ILLS iu-
slant.
Il did tell her, ma am ; and she say she
1On come till she gifts done bakin' her cake.
Mrs. Butler left the room, and soon return
ed with Louisa sobblug and crying.
Aunt Dorcas jerked me hard as ever she
could jerk tore did Anything t all to her.
Hold your tongue she served you right
enough you no business there. You'r
pretty thing to be making mouths at person
old enough to be your grandmother. If liz
thought when | gave you that lump of dough
that the whole plantation was to be turned up
side down about 1t, Id have let you do with
out il"
Miss Louisa, after little sobbing and pout
ing, drew from her apron small, dirty, ashy
black, wrnkied, burnt bulscuit, warm from the
kitchen shovel, which would have been just
precisely the mpanlment to Miss Rebecca
thing on the table, she commenced her repast
well, LOU said her mother with laugh
as she cast her eye upon the unsightly biscuit
you certainly have strange taste"
Everybody knows that the mothers laugh is
always responded to With compound interest
by all the chlldren. So vas it in this instance,
and good humor prevailed around the table.
Il IN sorry, SAID Abraham, for Louisa {
bis, bis, kit, bIsku.
"Weil, really! !" said Mrs. B you are a
handsome speer. Is that the way you spell
Jiscut?'
Il can spell it, Ma bawled out Isaac.
well, spell it"
Bis, bis, c''-("Well. that's right. ~ -
''h''-
''Ah, well that'll do. You needn't go any
further; you've missed it worse than your bro
ther. Spell it, William"
William spelled it correctly