Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-06-22

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Inske it.Slsar!
over the hiIi-to the poor-house-it seems SO
hogTied queer .s,sz < - i
Maaya step I've taken a-toiliu' to'and no.
But sfntsa > sarotJournsy neyerthought togo:
whstlsahe aseef hespIn' on me pauper's
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Amzfazg or crazys am blind OF lanef
Trus, fam not so suppIe.nor yetso awful stout;
Buteeh>rsty- ain,t mo favor. il one can live
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Iaus w,ilin, and anx .ous an ready any day
TO xorkfor decent livin', an pay my honest
way, -
For can earn my victuals. an more too. III
be bouna;
If any bOdy.dnlg.is wiilin-tO have me round.
Once was y6nng and haa'some-I was. upon
my soul
Once my cheeks was roses, my eyes as black as
COAL;
Andfeanit remember. in them days, Of hearin'
people say, F
Forahs hindof reason. that was in their
way.
,Taint no u use Of boastin', or talkin' over free,
But many a house an home was open then to
Many ashan' some offer had from likely men
Andaob6dy ever limited that was burden
then.
And when to John was married, sure he was
good and smart,
But he and all the neighbors would own done
\ my part; abeases /.
ForlIfe was all before me, an I was young an
= strong. srrlE
And / worAed the best that conId ia tryin' to
get along.
And so we worked together and life was hard,
But gay, y ~ GEtsttiA
With.now and then a baby for TO cheer us on
TN saasls eep.en, an sFsssdI @ / clean '
An n'went to school like others. an had enough
10 eat a4
So we worked for the child'rn, and raised ZEN
,fessry one. = CHS 8&sFs
Worked for 'em summer and winter, just as W.
ought to we done
Only perhaps we humored 'em, which som,
good folks condemn,
But every couples child'rn's heap the best Il
Ttheur. rtEtf
Strange how much we think OF our blessed lit
sisodie Uness--s OF e ii = pc sel-a
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for my sons;
AndGedhe made that rule :of love: but whel
y we're cid and gray,
Pyenoticed ditsometimessomehow fails to worl
the other way.
Strange, another thing when our boys al
girls was grown,
AhdFwheh. exceptin. Charley they'd: left .
sne.e .sssEsE gtga
dearer seemed lobe. sse asgsa
The Lord ofsHosts he come one day an too
him away from me.
Still was boundto struggle. an never to cring
A. OF fall-,at2efJ - Lisa noi5ns4ts ss1g9i5.
stiil worked fer Charley, for Charley was mo-
my all; iasoid'oi9 a7aeE if7t .
And Charley was pretty good to me. with sears
aword or frown,
TIL lat last ne went a-courtin', and brought
wife from town.
She was somewhat dressy, an hadn't plea,
ant smile 40, i-,.r5r.isf,.,
She was quite coneeity, and carrieda heap I
style;
But If ev er Itded to be friends did with hel
Iknow;
But she was hard and proud. an I couldnr
make it go.
She had an edication. an that was good for hel
But whenshe twitted me on mine, twas carry
in'thihgs too fur: -
An'Itold her once. fOSecompany tan' it aImos
- made her siek), - :.
That 1heyer swaped grammar. or 'et . 'rttt
- 1netic
so'twas only few days before the thing wa
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other one;
And very little Isottass one family will dO.
But never haveseen house that was bI
enough for two.
An never could speak to suit her. never coul
please her eye
An it made me independent. an then aidn
But:I was terribly staggered. am felt it like
blow
When Charley turneii ae'in ms. an told me
could go.
wenttolive with Susan. but susan's hou.
was small,
And she was always a'hintin' how snug it WI
for rs all
And what with her husbands sisters, and WIKI
with chiid'rn three,
Twas easy to discover that there wasn't roo
for me. !
Al :sR g. 5ses 2 Thomas 'as slas'Es sSar'
For rThopesishqildings'd cover the half Of q
Butait the chiid'rn was on mel couldr
~ stand their sarlce-- rnf sye5s Eao9 ,,Ire.
And Thomas said needn't think was conf
there to boss. e3i- ,iale r -.tt
fgd Si-nsa - If-Illf lf7slrt ff @..1'itf'4i 10
An then wrote to Rebecea. my girl who liv
out West,
And to Isaac. not far from her-some TWEEN
rnu2s-aa besf:, " n y IL (
AndaHe ps 'em said istwas too warmf there 4
Fri any one oold, .lfst7fd-E 2 zlasi-
Andfother hsd an opinion the climate w
too cold.
so they nave shirksd and sighted me. a
shifted me about
So thsy,havs well-nieh soured me, an, wore Il
ol4 heart ont: - fkSssf
BatssHi1ve borne up pretty well, an wasr
much put down,
TIL Charley went to the poor-master, an p
mapu theitown. 1.5 rs HftGa &
Over the hill TO the poor-house-my childI
dear, good-byi
Many night I've watched you when on
Go6,uas nigh: LII q lla tSllsi =
And God III Judge between lis; but will ala
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That you shall never suffer the half do to-da
A curious naturalist undertook |
watch spider one day, to see no
much he could accomplish in the wa
of eating. About daybreak he went
supply the spider with fine fly fl
breakfast, but found the creature alread
feasting on an earwig. The spider lie
the earwig, rolled up the fly in his we
and then returned to his ''frst course,
which occupied him a couple of hour