The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-22
Deacon PitItin and His Vile,

From the ChriAuan Unl0h
"Putty piece O. property, this err
farm" Biah said, surveying the seem
around him with the air Of a Connoisseur
"None o yer stun pastur land where thu
sheep can't get their noses down through
the rocks without q file 10 sharpen 'em
Deacon Pitkin did putty fair stroke o
business when he snapped off his OLE
place for this ere. That ar old place wa
all swamp land and stone pastIr; WASH
good for raiSin' nothin' but juniper bush
es and bullirogs. But tell you" pro
ceeded Biah, with a shrowed wink, "thal
ar mortgages pinches the deacon; work.
him like a dose Of alOes and picry; 4
does. Deacon fairly gets lean ont"
"Why," said Abner jerks, a stole
pillow boy, to whom this stream Of remark
was addressed; "this ere place aint mort
gagged is III Du tell, naOw%
"Why, yis; don't you know that ar
Why there's risin' two thousand dollars
due on this ere farm, and II the deacon
don't scratch for 1t and pay up squar to
tho mint, old Squire Norcross II fore
close on him. Old Squire hain't no bow.
els, | tell you, and the deacon knows he
amt and ] tell you it keeps the deacon
danCin' lively as corn on hot shovel"
1.-THE deacOn's master hand to work,
said Abner; SOS the boys"
"Wal, yiS, the deacon is" said Biah
turning contemplatively to the farm
house, "therc Amt crittur In that al
house that there amt the most work got
out Of en- that ken be, down to Jed aud
Sam, the little uns. They work like
tigers, every soul OF 'em, from four
o'clock in the mornin' rs long as they
can see, and Mis- Pitkin she works all
the evening-wOman's work amt never
done, they say"
"She's u good woman, Mis- Pitkin is,'
said Abner, "and she's a smart worker"
In this phrase Abner solemnly expressed
his highest ideal Of ashuman being.
"Smart amt no word fort" said Biah,
with alertness. "Declar fort, the grit O.
that woman beats me. Had eight child.
rem right along in string 'thout stop
pin, done all her own work, never kept
no gal nor nothin'; alters up and dressed
alters to meetin' Sunday and to the
prayer meetin' weekly, and never stops
workin'; when faint one thing It's an.
other; cookin', washin', ironinI, maxim
butter and cheese, and tween spells cut
tin and SEWN, and II she amt doin' that
why she's braidin' straw 10 sell In the
store, or knittin'-shes the perpetual
motion ready found, Mis- Pitkin Ia
"Want ter know" said the auditor, as
n sort OF musical rest In his monotone
Of voice. "Aint she smart, though"
"smart Wall sh ould think she was
She's over an into everything that's 60
ing on in that house. The deacon
wouldn't know himself without her, nor
wouldn't none Of them boys. They jusl
live out Of her; she kind O keeps them all
'"Wal, she amt a betty woman naow,'
said the interlocutor, who seemed to be
possessed by dim idea that worth must
be weighed by the pound.
"Law, bless you no She's little crittur
nothing to look at, but every bit In her l.
live. She looks pale, kind o slips roun'
still like moonshlne, butwhere anything'i
to be done, there Mis- Pitkin Is; and her
hand alters goes TO the right spot, and
things are done afore ye know Il. That
ar womans kind o still; she'll slip OF and
be gone to heaven some day afore folk!
know II. There comes the deacon and
Jim over the hill. Jim walked home
from college day fore yesterday, and
turned right In, to-day, to help get ID
the taters, workin' right along. Deacon
was awful grouty." .
"lvhat was the matter o the deacon 2
"Oh, the mortgage kind O works him.
The time to pay comes round putty soon
and the deacon's face alters goes down a.
long as yer arm. IT'S putty tight pull
haSin' Jim In college, loSln' bis work, ant
hayin' term bills and things to pay
Them ar college folks charge up, ! tell
I seen Il works the deacon. | heard hin
iawin' Jim about H." .
"What made Jim 60 to college ~ sale
Abner, with slow wonder In his heavj
face.
"Oh, he alters was sot on eddication
and Mis- pitkins she's sot ont too, In hel
softly way, and softly women Is them tina
genef'lly carries their pints, tuSt or last
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