The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-09
The sGuire>s Visitor.

squire Dlnks, EtblIeu o'u pthtN"""'
lives away down on Seventh street. The
other morning threeold Id ladies from Macon
county came. to his house on a visit. They
used to know his wife before she was mar
ried. The Squire welcomed them to his
msnsios, and then went out to his barn and
swore for q half on hoar. While he was
soothing himself thus his wife called him
into the touse. She handed him en- um-
brella to keep Off the sun, and said tbe la
dies had walked up from tho depot aud lei'
some things there for him to bring up. So
he brought them up. making two round
trips fol. the basket, band boxes, and two
black oil cloth travelling bags, all Of which
the Squire discourageously called "infernal
Old traps"
As he sat ID the back kitchen wiping bis
brow, his wife brought out the market bask-
ct aud psid there was not bit of sugar or
tea in the bouse, aud she she remarked that
while he was going down town be might as
well ge. the moIasses jug oiled. The Squire
asked heF how lone:tbose old migratory pei .
cans were going to stay. And she asked
him if be thought she would be 20 rude as
to ask them. Then the Squire went down
aud laid in the groceries. When ho got
back bis wife said she had forgotten some
thing, and thought OF 1t just when It was
too lata She nust have the corn starch
The Squire asked her If sHy of the old scare
crows Lad dropped the least hint as TO the
duration of their visit. She said not The
Squire look lad and diacOntented.
When he laid the paper Of corn starch Oh
the kitchen table his vito said they must
have o Goldfish for dinner. One OF the ladies
said in the course Of conversation, that she
was very fond Of Goldfish. The Squire risk.
ed if the old buzzards had yet committed
themselves on the extent OF their present
roost She said be ought to be ashsm, Of
himself.
When be slapped the Goldfish down on the
table with q whang, his wife got hin 10
bring in some water and wood; Mrs.. Spoon
auger said she never dined without Gle, and
the Squire was asked to 90, o,dow0 and .bPiag
up bottle. He asked II be- shouIdV 20
into the parlor and get those old c0rmorsnts
10 make out list OF what they did like,
and furthermore asked II they we're YET 81.
lsut as to when they thought they could 20
away.
He got the ale and for fear he would have
to trot down towu again, be hired On ex-
press wagon aud loaded It with oil sorts Of
garden truck, bottle OF whisksy, . boz oi
sardines, pound of snuff, some cove sysS
ters, dried appIes, beads, smoked tongue
and cut and dried tobacco, picked walnuts
canned corn, machsrsl, spht peas, etc.
The next day the Squire was sent down
town only eight iimfa.
| Early the the next morning be started out
into the country to see y man. Wbea be
got home he asked his wifs II any slime
hai been eel for the departure. On The
evening of the following Monday one Of The
ladies said she thought they ought to star
on the next Friday, SO as to reach home bsI
fore Sunday. Mrs. Binks said they ough'
not to be in hurry. They Squire groaasd
and said they ought to stay sod make theil
visit out. On Friday morning tho Squire
had an express wagon before tbs doos.-
But his wife said tho ladies bad concluded
to stay until after the Fourth. Then ths
Squire went out to saw wood end e1nverse
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