Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-08
ssea aolns.nAs r,ssri:syol Aunt
Mary's peNtef plaeerY
"Pewtsr pla{terE exclaimed Hannah,

CYutnY ana me 0dQ IN tucm uayS. IOUT
Cynthy Ann, she married Builder, and
didn't live, long after, That was the last
dinner your Uhc1e ,Ebenezer' ever eat off
that ere platter, for he died the 9Th OF
May-same day or tina month you was
married the 9th, the same day Cousin
Sarah was married, only that was the 9Th
of February. THAT aThsnksgivin's Day
Mary Susan came over in the evenin',
with Josiah Perkins, and, we all played
old and Young. Il Folks said Mary Snsan
was COIN to marry. Josiah; but. lawful
sakesi they didn't know, for she married
Jonathan Bum bletonAhe sof the one
arm" 40 saetaostsag4C,a 81 etn3@ 81
81 !. Ma no Lose HI. orr. An The service af,
b;s Country Grandmapn
..oIawt TX cbild IN a sawins mil and
vow ITncIe Siias WIS there atstbe time
and he RIM for the doctor who was iust
GONE II tend to Mandy Mipgler,s yonnp.
est fsbe 4hat wasI 4 BumbiEfor1 and lived
an Neet;rs HnIseI HiIllIvuhich was took
dawn With the measles. that very morn
In, and AFTER him all the others had IT.
and moor MANDY was kent fussirl' over
them ch;,drep al wipterS,ln Va 3so9 sgYgl
ID rd What ia thispn asked Hannah,
when the old iadv nansed for breath.
uThat . She reftIied looking over her
snectacles i attentiyely At the broken
blade g seems .yery, much like an old
carving. knife. in fact. / remember now
that broken knlie was Dut away in the
uarret for lvour orantifather never cor1lds
bear to throw away ANYTHING" a.....s
n The girIs restored the ancestral sword
and .shieyd NJ their 81 nee in the attic. 80 q
aTo fbink - said ,Jerusha. 80 that it
should have been pewter platter to
hold & vrIoar dinner rather than a shield
r.. gusrd tise noble firm Of Sir william.
and that th;s hlade shouId have carved
roast MO instead Of vannu;shed knights.
Wt..+ AZ III, th;rL5 ~ To Inl,ctock nov
n, INV. dear 81, 49, TAIL - 'SYYa ~ fT91'
s7'T9eT tL;nb ba 10 a nlaho;ap .folloxvs and
!, ;, $500 . tho bond of . Pb;mst;cIis
w. ~ g4hasa &c ~ roir W;l,ia NC
s wn ara sh;e1d :. 4 atii,, rama;ns tr,e
.hat mo Nod snnb an ancas.ornN ~" ;,
g. tha,Iaft The old aftic never once
casf;no q lonk at me Tdesk winch stood
,har sr;,,, d1,sts, snd .s;ie,s, ~ re Ph;n-
st;ckls Girls ret,;rned home and never re-
s;s;taJ fha ott;c for uarv COON after fins
~, +he. dea,b ~ N q slcocS IA Grand,
va ,,athor ~" ho,,sa, sSsr,od alad ana .,,o
att;n iaft Parson " Pb;m st;ckie took the
das,y 81 aftar = rao re,,a;rad niacad
- -, t;s s,,,,du 3 Ia Nod haan tbere twn
:, uo o. &c A I'd uas o,.;dered Inv ali rather q
1880 cid JesL :. hit az I said before
nohodn s,,Snocted how curious n rea1iy
n'os "app,ybio II.rrsh ph;,nst;chje
cn "S. a." 70 dream of rich, cousina and
oncsstrai Tnigbts farnsha had crown
r,nre d;sr;,snd ~ 70 conten t,r,ent and more
LII; MI. I 81 ~ th;ur,s ~ tha,,l 30, ,.a !.
One thing which came pretty often be-
in ing Joe JOB S1bstock she bad s also conciuaeo
= !" s1 ner,,sha.u .a;d the nar.on "a thew
are all sitting tocether in the study.
" viii von nass me few troches from
t,,o ~ ~ ~, r :; obt.handr ! sJra werE ~ the
S so 81 IPp0 rs ' a""Slss- olla 4,
Now parson Phimstiekle, had. q cold
ana wanted the troches for his throat.
He ,;ttles dreamed thar this simple Re.
nuast would, lead To an ;mnortant discov-
a srv for neither Parson Pbimstickle him
self nor IFS dnuehters, nor the neigh
hors who had nften seen rthe desk ans.
nected II Of having anyl secret, Now it
happened that Jerusha, when, her father
iaver ' At this yery desk a II slso hap
pened that when she drew forth the
e accerr enIl bere lsi naa
was nofbine yarv maryeions' But ON,
this oncasinn .Ierusba's ewes being on.
an i' exact ieye1 with the drawer. before
she lscea n in in accustomed niche she
ssn;p ID = small boIe in what she mi ght
otherw;se have snnnosed to he the, back
~ tho 'daskTfk arrdden hon chit flashed
,th ~ her hra;nSS III 1SI'eT elT II
! 80 Esther are there anv, secret drawers
- this dest pn :
{ "a Nnt that5r knou IN ne daughter.
hist NOV vn., s,eaL of 10 TT III rememher
~ i,a n rat;cad That ,the ,exararne' yicht.
Hand drawers are shorter than those on
~ erfrer,e Ieft naT w 'sSTlE13' VII R0'
- !. Sscret"S, . we 70 y, ,ercla;,n ed Hannah
,,,.;nU;nS toward the 1desl1s, - Where ~
Ta1nshs nninted 10 the Mace The
"a ,snr = rSed Z nocIet tnife To HE ey.
p;taJ Hannah = 'wbo Inv it's ass;atanoe /
drew forth with trembling fingers, a se,
'cret drawer. All ewes were bent eagerly
,,no, ;t' and thare hnr;sa henestfe y the
Az. os .antur;as tbev hshe,d.-ro'- mi +.
-. T.o,,S anJ Inn s'S' '''' 80,
2 ~ 1877 -. ~ 3ns 500
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