The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-09-06
They Carried It too Far.

/ liz Viz oIioi uty Nuu III the
course OF conversation, he said
'Im going to move, I can't stand
those Thompsons, next door to me,
any longer. They are the awfullest
people to borrow things that L ever
saw. Coffee and sugar, and butter,
md flour, I don't mind So much.
although when woman borrows
high~pliced sugar and Java coffee,
md sends back sand and chickorv, Il
man naturally feels bilious and
ulsd Bat they've borrowed pretty
ner everything in the house.
First it's one thing anl then it's
another. fiom morning till night
hight straight along. Now there's
! the poker. 4 poker's II piece OF
macniro,y th"t vnu'd think anybody
hi s;"S ~ a,unu ;nd bu., o., ii
they c"r.dnt ;ttorjl it, .cy might
u..1 = Irncc p"ilnS 10 shake up the
{ lic. But MIS-. Thompson seems to
. il,nker alter our poker. She bor-
rows it fifteen or twenty times Il
day, and last Saturday she sent for
it Thirty four times. She pays Il
} boy twn l,Il,r, , u,,,l + 49,,
mil borrnw tLnt rnEnr " :. nnI | sna,n JrIl
usnl # n,nrh tL,,t Lt;t -, III 'i'.' I'a 1''o .
Ike . co,L.r:cw ~ " '''' w
"Now, take chairs for instance.
! She asks US to lend her nur chairs
three times day ut every meal,
Whenever shr ,utr thn I'5,>', . 49,
! slccp. \ couDlc nf t;nn. .h" ,t ~
| over for - sor., and ,vhnr ,ra I|''
came back with # hn s.;I @ A.: IWs
! Tnomnsnn WIS mad -. tbnmIar a,,'1
k.,n GROW ,;ny nrnnnJ thn hIn.o ""r aIl
! 4 y, 5rcn,sc lnc,o wr,~ nn ,t nastar. '.
on il. last Monday she h,rrn,rnJ
uur woshhoi,ny rnT wn L,J o., u ',,t
off our washing till Tuesday " Sh, iI'
.E,1 ,,nr ,,,.,',.,,..; T y. o,'o
! consequences WAS all our | nl,,tns tns
we're l,,l OF p,cscrveJ nnorhos TTn
rot ON AN untcrshirt nnw thn+ Tn,
miul,tv Ioubtful if I'll nrnr ra+ ~.
it's stick to me 50 tiybt T,,nr,.
now and thrn .bo h,. co,,,>o
tLcn slc bo,r,yy,s onr h;rod ~, "n,, ",,1
al fine m, lnr f,nn;t,rn. o13al @ ',..' I1
cause | wouldn't carrv tho ,,;.nn
over for her md ml>e down p tho
chunlclicr ST., told nnr r;,I trnI @
| thc,c wo.c rumn,s ,I,ort +nn.,, t,,",
| WAS n ,ero,mcI nir,tc
"prrcct,v .c,.nluI,,,s, T,>
think nnth;Hr of vrn,1;nr ovor ,:,nS,
IL cyuplo Of bcl.dyuds o. tho o,'tr,, ~
CARPET and tho otLnr ,l,v Tn>>n'r
son SAWS io NC. "Rnttnrv;cl, dIp.
your p,mp lor pu]l nn o,sv 2 onI
when [ s,,id | tbouuht rnv Io i dn;
, ne said .Wcll, Td jik, to horrnw -
for , ro,,. ,1,,o ,;u -.
for minc's all rutt,,l owoES, S Iu' TT,'
only wonder to me is thot ha d;,ln,t
try to bor1o the we'll o)onr viii,
| t. "
"AnJ Them ON Thursd,, A1,s
Thompsco sent that how ovor ~
know # Mrs. But,n,w;ci wnul ,,,t
lend her o,,r front door. Sho s,;J
thcirs was away bcinr nointol nnG
she was afraid the bnbv wonlI cnt1h
cold. When l asked him WHAT h,
supposed We were "o;nn to dn tn
keep comfnyt,.b.e without unv 'front.'
door, he said Mrs Thompson s,;f:
size rcckoncd we mi.hs Tack nm .
bcd quilt or something. And when
I refused, the boy said Mrs Tbcmn-
son toll him if | wouj,;n T. send ov..,
Tie front doc, to ask Mrs. But;cr.
wick to lcnd her pair of s.rircd
Stockings and honsc-hrir bu,t,c
nd t. borrow the coal semitic t;n
Monday, What in The name uf
,loScs she is GOING 60 do with o
"uSt'u End coal semitic emit
corrective
| But they're the most cxtrncrli-
nary people Last Fourth Of lulv
t!le bov came over and tolI 1;,s
3u!.crw;ck That AI;t Thn,,n,rr
! hc; the Twins oho,,t tun n,;nr+oc
s,.;; eff , nnx II IN, ",,','> t'm Vt "''i ="
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