The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-08-08
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know Il ID not very kind to make
comments upou the s6airs Of one'
neiehbors. snd vet there ere SONS
thinu I have seen & the Jones
(which. By the vay are prseticed BY
other fsmiliea = 1elIl 1hics I fell
justified in ceiling attention 70.
Neiehbor Jonss d . very obligina
man. slwsvs ready o do . friendly
tu.n' and Nh Jones Il an actiye
stirring woman and il would BE- rather
agreeable than othsrvise 70 have
them living 20 Gloss by. il il we're no,
for one troublesome habit Of theirs
In order that YOU have some idea O.
what this habit is, will narrate ths
intercourse that passed between vi
one day:
On Nondsy noniag, while l was
turning the wrineee for Bridget, Ma
nv Jones walked in, SAYING
ma forgot to tell father to gel
some blue when to the store Satur'
dsy night. aud she wants 70 know II
you would lend her your bottle fos
ten minutes.r
Now it happened that I wanted to
use the blue bottle myself just 1t that
time, bat / poured some Of is cen
tents into . smaller bottle for the
child, and she went on her way re-
|joicinG. &.
Scarcely fifteen minutes had elsps
ed when Willie Jones made his ap-
pearsnce At the door, inquiriBg:
as Mr.. Smith ct home? 1 can't
end him 1t the barn"
mo, be isn't At home. He went
to the city this morning"
Pap wants 70 know if you will
lend 0s your w~heelbarrow q little
while /; ours is wore out"
Ireplied 10 the sdirmsiive, and be
went to the wood house where be
knew it was kept Presently be re-
turned with . long face, saying
THE axle's broke, 80 you can't
bsul nothin' on it.p
I'm sorry it's broke | quietly re-
piled, "but / believe no o has used
it since you brought it back last Fri
day."
He looked rather sbeepish at this.
but started for home without showing
any desire to prolong the converse.
ton.
BY and by l discovered that there
was . screw loose in the wringer,
which prevented its working proper
", and | sent Freddy for the screw
driver. He soon returned with the
information that it was no. in the
tool chest. | was surprised at this,
but presently remembered tha,
neighbor Jones had borrowed it on
Saturday to mend q broken door lock
| sent Freddy after the missing arti'
Gle, and it was nearly half an houI
before / could continue my wringing
with any satisfaction.
By eleven O'Clock we had our
clothes out and were preparing for
dinner, when Mary Jones came in
again in great haste. exclaiming, "Ob
Mrs. Smith, could you leod as q loal
of bread for dinner? Mother was
out of -four, aud couldn't make but
two losves of bread on Saturday, but
Pap is going to the mill this after
coon, and mother will send it back
tomorrow"
knew from pas. experience that
the loaf that would come back on the
morrow would be either sour OF
heavy, and would be given to the
dog, unless some tramp came along.
But Immediately granted the re-
quest. Nj. Jones did 60 to the mill
in the afternoon, and in the evening
Willie came after q cop of yeast, be-
cause theirs was sour, and 'jast
about gone anyhow"
In the meantime John came back
from the city and wanted to use the
wheelbarrow, but be had to take it to
the shop to be mended instead. Then