The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-23


won't make anything but red. Though
Is to that, I've heard that red is a fash
nerable color so | spose after all Reu-
ben's head 5 in style.) He's twenty
years o'd and never was away from home !
except down to Portsmouth once or
twice, while the other boys had been to /
But how to get at it with
out seemiu partial was the next ques-
tion. studied 0 minute and then !
says
Reuben, do you remember how bad
you felt last winter when that black colt
of your'n died?'
"Yes, mother" says he. kinder sorrow
ful.
well" says !, 1--WE been intendin to
do somethin for you ever since that, and
I've included to let you go with me to
the Centennial"
La you'd ought to seen that boy lie
turned right white he was so tickled.
The other boys said the excuse about the
colt was too thin" but still they didn I
object to Reuben's goin'.
I'd laid out my brown lus.re dress to
wear, and a band box with my best white
ruffled cap, a lowered carpet-bag, and
my green silk parasol was all the bag
gage wanted to take. ! also took pa
per full OF dough-nuts, to eat on the road,
and some medicine, for they say "a wise
man taketh his coat Of a dry day, so
s'pose a wise woman ought to take her
medicine along with her when she ain t
sick. So ! took some YARDS that Id
dried this summer. A bunch of penny
royal, powerful good when a body feels a
little faint,-some red pepper-pods, best
thing in the world when body has a
little ticklin' cough.-and a bunch OF
snakeroot. One thing that worritted
me about the medicine was, that pepper
tea is too hot unless it's billed in butter
milk, and she didn't suppose these stuck
up city folks ever saved their butter
milk.
Well at last the eventual mornin
came, and we went to the depot Had
to start mighty airly and | was purity
much tuckered out with the long wagon
ride. When Reuben handed me my
ticket was perfectly astonished, it wa
80 long.
Goodness" says ], 81 didn't know
was buyin' bolt Of wallpaper" Som,
girls on the platform giggled, just as if i
was the commonest thing on airth to bu!
them kind of tickets.
Reuben said we a better take sleep
in car, as it wouldn't agree with me t
set up all night. agreed to it, but
wouldn't done it If I'd knowed wha
cross niger had charge of the car
I've always noticed that when darke
has full charge of anything, he puts oi
more airs than the President Of th
|, United States and the Lord Mayor G
London put together. laid my yarb
down on the seat in front OF me, and b
says:
{ whats that trash doin' there. soilin
the velvet7'
Z That, Mr.. Blackman," says !, sis m
( YARDS. and you'd be mighty glad of a te
; out of some of 'em if you was TO git sick.
He growled out somethin' and went OF
y After while l commenced to nibbl
t at one Of my dough-nuts, and he com
{ along and said I'd nigh about ruinate
e the carpet by droppin' some of th
e crumbs on it Perhaps you don't kno
( that there's sich a object as a broom
t that will settle all sich little difficulti'
e as few crumbs on the carpet" says l.
Reuben always snores, and that nigl
after he'd gone to sleep the darkey shoe
!. him and says: stop that you're di
turbin' the whole car.
Look here" says ], pokin' my hea
out from between the cuttings. its con
to purity pass when body amt allowe
to breathe, / reckon a sneeze would sen
you into spasms." And just took m
/ head in again and went to sleep.
e In the night the cars whistled rigl
!, sharp several times, and not bein' use
y to the noise / woke up and scrsame,
= The darkey didn't say anything the
e but the next moment he said he'd ju
:, as lief have cage full of wild anima
9 on board.
j Amongst a collection Of anima
d there's most always a monkey" says
y "and it amt hard to tell who would re
a resent him." and / looked right squal
4 at the darkey and he kinder wilted.
We got to Philadelphy that night an
when we got off of the train / never sa
J. sich an infusion in my life. We didn
t know which way to go, or what to d.
y / held on to Reuben's hand and there "
p stood. A perlite lookin man came u
: and says:
: What hotel do you want TO go tor
e II don't know about goin' TO taver
at all" says /, "if could find the place
e want to go to. You see, my husband
> sister-in-law's niece married and move
here about twenty years ago, and
thought we'd stay with her. 1t woul
r save money and she'd have the epjo,
r ment of our company to pay her for tn
! trouble she'd take on our account"
> What street and what NUMBER say
+, he.
Good landl" says !, you must thin
I've got powerful recollection to kee
| that in my head all these years"
What is her husbands name?" say
+ he. "Tve lived here all my life, an
perhaps I'd know him.
/ "Tomkins," says ].
Does he own a dry goods store o
Chestnut Street, says he.
NO." says l. Hes been dead abou
fifteen year, poor man, and his widde
married again, never heerd the name {
her second husband"
He looked little cross and says:
Il don't see the least clue to her plac