Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27


barn before he see EN-, and then he hid
knew there wouldn't be no gettin' hin
into the house till the enemy had dis
persed, but yet it was satisfaction t,
know that my companion was so near Il
me.
Wall, they never went away, so Josiat
could come out from his hidin' place, ,anc
| could get supper, till sundown, ana
had to get supper, and Josiah had t.
milk after dark. And says Josiah, al
we was eatin supper after bedtime,
Samantha, as for standin' it so much
longer, | can't, and won't. It's a runnin
you down, and | am spilin' my clothes q
crawlin' under that barn so much, to say
nothin' of film my hair and mouth with
dirt, and straw, and feathers" He help.
ed himself agin to the cherry pie, and
says, with gloomy expression onto
his face, "There has got to be change y
g How is there going to be change p
says l.
I'll tell you" says he in whisper,
for fear some of them would be prowling
round the house yet. We will get up
before light tomorrow mornIn' and 90
to Jonesville and buy an organ right
out"
fell in with the idee, and we started
for Jonesville the next mornin'. We got
there jest after the break of day, and
bought it of the man to the breakfast
table. Says Josiah to me afterward, as
we was goin' down into the village,
"Let's keep dark about buying one,
and see how many of the creeters will be
besettin, on us to-day"
Says ], "You must love to be haunted
by 'em better than do"
Says he, "I'd love to fool en-"
Says / 1t is jest about such foolin'
as the little boy done that let his father
whip him through mistake, Jest to fool
his father" But seein that my ompan-
ion looked disappointed, l told him sit
wasn't my way to 60 and tell everything
knew. | shouldn't say nothin' about
havin' bought one"
So we KEEP still, and there was half a
dozen fellers follerin us round all the
time most, into the stores and grocer.
les, and the mantymakers. And they
would stop US on the sidewalk, and argue
with us about their organs and pianos.
One feller, tall, slim chap, he never
let Josiah outen his sight minute, and
he followed him after he went after his
horse, and walked by the side Of the
wagon, clear down to the store where |
was, arguin' all the way about his
piano. Josiah had bought number OF
things. and left 'em to the store, and
when we got there, there stood another
one, the organ man, by The side of the
things, just like watchdog. He knew
Josiah would have to come and get em,
and he could get the last word with
him.
Amongst other things, Josiah had
bought barrel of salt, and the piano
feller that had stuck to Josiah so tight
all day, offered to help Josiah on with
it. And the organ man, not going to be
outdone by the other, he offered too.-
Josiah kinder winked to me, and then he
held the old mare, and let 'em lift. They
wasn't used to such kind of work, and it
fell back on 'em once or twice, and most
squshed EN-; but they hipped to, and Fl.
nally, got it on. But they were complete
ly tuckered out.
And then Josiah got in, and thanked
'em for the liftin', and the organ man a
wipin' the sweat often his face, that had
started out in his hard labor, said, "he
should be down tomorrow mornin' -
and the piano man, painting for breath
told Josiah "not to make up his mind
till he came. He should be down that
night if he got rested enough"
And then Josiah told "em "that he
should be glad to see 'em down yisitin'
any time; but he had jest bought or
gan.
don't know but what they would
have laid holt of Josiah, if they hadn't
beed so tuckered out but as it was they
was too beat out to look anything but
sneaking'. And so we drove of.
The manly maker had told me that
day that there was or new agents
with new kinds of machines Jest come to
Jonesville, and | was jest a tellin' Josiah
on it, when we met middle-aged man.
and he looked at us pretty close, and,
finally, asked us as be went by US. "if
we could tell him where Josiah Allen
lived"
Says Josiah, am Twin at present
in the one-horse wagon"
Says he, "You are thinking of buyin'
sewin' machine, haint your"
Says Josiah, am a turnin' nv mind
that way"