The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-12-06

things been movin' along with yei
Audi say-what dye think? We
want to tie up with We for a spell, il
yer prices is reasonable. Polly an me
has just been gitlin' spliced, an seein
as she's never Knocked round the
world any to speak of, just thought
we'd kim down to see the fountain, am
the bridge, and have peep at the an
imals in thegarden with the jaw break
ing name, and see how the prices
stood on housekeepin' traps. There
ain't much style about us, and you
needn't 60 to any extra trouble Oh our
account. We can eat jest whatever ye
set before yer regular boarders, SOS it's
fresh and the vittles amt too high sea-
soned. We both take milk and sugar
in our coffee, an if it's jest as handy
we'd like 10 have it three times day.
We'd like to have q room with a car
Pet, handy to the pump-for may not
be around all the time, and Polly's so
shy she'd most likely be as dry as a
herriA' before she'd venture out to get
herself drink if she she couldn't see
the we'll frOm'the winder. We're not
particular what time we have our
meals, an wouldn't want ye to make
no change in hours on our account.
Our time amt pressin, an, we can easy
fix our programme to suit the rules o.
the house. We'd like to eat at the
fust table, if it won't interfere with
reg lar ,and if you should
all happen to be gone to bed when we
git home from the theater, we can go
round to the back door or climb in at
the winder-if we have room down
stairs. Polly will make the bed, Of
course, and sweep out the room her.
self, so if the hired gal wants to run
over and see her mother, don't know
as we'll raise any objections, pervid-
ed she gets back in time TO peel the
pertaters for dinner. If there's any
shindig comm on in the house while
we're with ye, we won't mind slingin'
heel in it, but then 1 don't mean TO
insinerate that We ought to git up a
dance on account of our comm. We're
both young an like fun as well as any.
body, but we don't want to have a
good time as anybody else's expense.
I've got plenty of money with me, am
] intend 10 pay Us go-still we're not
blg feelin', an if ye have any extra
circus tickets we're not above exeeptin'
| q few, as l b'leeve tavern keepers al
lus has free blow with scch con-
Germs, specially if the show ties up
with 'em.
we shall want to commence eatin'
in the morning, an ye won't have to
keep the table waiting for us at ary
meal. If we're not here every time
the bell rings, go right along and dish
up, an we'll tske our chances with
whatever cold vittles tho cook can
shake up when we git around. No
we shan't want any supper to night /;
we've got two whole chickens,th best
part of duck, six or eight eggs, three
pies, hull raft of tarts, pickles an
seven different kinds o. cake in our
basket here, left from our lunch on the
keers, an, il yen jist step out an git
us lineup O. water, an we'll sit right
down here presently an eat our bite,
an ye'd like to polish them store
teeth o. yourn in little prime coun-
try cookin'. yer welcome to jine right
in with US, an what we don't git away
with ye can lay out before the board
ers to morrow.
But to come right down to business
for see by the way Polly's bitin'
her lip-an' thinkin' O. home, that
them ERE new shoes is jest e'en almost
killing her, and she'd give her last
winters bonnet to have them burning
feet OF hern in the hosstrough-so now
the question is, whatIl ye tax US for
weeks keeping including the washing
of shirt and hankercher for me and
a little toggery for Polly? There
won't be any mending, ye know, for
our traps is all brand new, but we'll
want little smack of cold meat and
biscuit to take along sometimes when
we go out to see the sights an to the
theater. An there, we've got 1t all
now, how much be ye goin' to charge
for weeks keepin'!'
'Seventy-five dollars, said the clerk.
of a peach with neatness
and dexterity,
Great jinson weed and plowshares
What air ye thinking about man? We
only want to stay a week-not all win
ter said Zeke, leaning over the coun-
ter with eyes big as the clerks dia-
mond pin.
81 told you correctly, sir. Seventy
five dollars is the charge. not includ-
ing extras
Mighty burr = said Zeke, turn
ing TO Polly. Did you ever! The
price of three cows for weeks eatln'
and sleeping. The man is crazy, and
thinks l want to buy the house, or els.
told him just how much |
I've got an he wants the hull pile.
Kim along; let's git out OF here, or if
we stay ten minutes longer we won't |
get away with the Chickens
w HAT AN ADVERTlSEMEN DID.