The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-01-17

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To bring prolonged success:
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WANTED TO HAVE HER PIC.
TURT TAKEN.
They had come to town to sell a
wagon load of potatoes and buy q
stove for the front room. After find
ing market for the vegetables they
were driving along in their rattle. down
crazy-going wagon, looking for a stove
s:gn, when the old lady spoke. up very
6midly: cl9n5j -AUlIIL
MRS. Craigler was tellin' me there
was . place down town here some'rs
where could git four picters for
twenty cents
The glum and grim old granger
gee'd the team 10 get out of the way
OF ~ approaching street-car, and then
turning half round in his seat on the
beard Acrossrthe wagon-box, looked
Ito ola lady squarely in the face, and
with jerking motion of the jaws de-
manded:
'Pfcters o what?'
why, OF anybody-of me- replied
the frightened female, with faint it,
tie voice that would never do for city
life. -
fWhew! Woman, are you goin'
clear dead-gone crazy? In the name
O. grasshoppers and gartersnakes
what be you thinkin' of anyway !?
Put that ole dried up, molasses- colored
face o. your'n in q picterI Git out
DO you want to scare people to death
or bring disgrace on the picter-takin
business? An are you fool enough to
s'pose any man with the least mite o.
shop pride about him would ever let
apictur o. you 60 out of his sheebang
with his own name pasted ON it !? Nary
time. By all the etumps IN the Will
kins lott woman, what do you want
with picters anyway, at your time o.
life. Wastin' money, too, when we
need 80 many things q precious sight
wus than we do nonsense like that
The old lady colored up and looked
~ though she had committed some
mortal ofiense, as she said with much
hesitation:
didn't mean to have you waste
money oD me, father, but never had
picter took in all my life, for when
was young and would a. looked better
In frame, maybe, nobody knowed
anything about such things then, and
allus Afterwards the prices has been so
much that didn't think it worth
while, but now sence they've got EN-
down to five cents apiece, did think
maybe we could afford it, and 1 kind
o thought I would like to glue each of
the children one for Christmas, for al
though l know l am not handsome,
still I'm mother, and when am gone,
father, don't you think perhaps it
might be little comfort to 'em 10 be
able to tell little how l looked, and
show their own little ones, and father,
did hope that you wouldn't think it
was 80 foolish, and would go with me
and have our two selves took together
for it would not cost any more, and i
know you would make such q noble
pieter, father, and could look at il
when you're away, an it would be
such comfort to me, an I wouldn't
feel SO lonesome. Do, father, please
humor me just this once, and 1 will
try and .scrimp little, and save
enough to make it up in a little while.
Something tells me We may never have
another chance, and would hate to
have the time come when you would
be sorrin'-like we've been ever sence
poor Jimmy was took from US. You
know, father, you've allus said you'd
give any money If you only had pic
ture Of him as he looked before he
took sick. the last time he came to
town with you. Won't you, father.
pleaser p.
No longer was the farmer harsh and
gruff. His eyes were moist with the
tender emotion her timid words had
stirred within him, and large tear
gathered on his rough cheek and roll
ed slowly downward. Impulsively
his arm reached out and clasped the
waist of his plain old wife aud gave it
the biggest surprise in the shape of q
squeeze known for many a day, though
it was broad daylight, and hundreds OF
people were passing by.
You're a trump, ole woman, you
arep he cried, with q loving softness
in his tones tAnd you shall have all
the pictures you want, and none of
yourfive cent thingum-a.jiggers,eith
but the very best they've got in the
shop. Why, you blessed old darIin;,
you'll look ten times better'n anything
eyer saw on the show bill, and a
good frame wouldn't be an atom too
good for You, bat it's took me a right
smart spell to find it out Cincin.
natl Sunday Breakfast Table,
THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA FROM
A BALLOON.
The most enthusiastic advocate Of
ballooning would have hesitated to
declare that submarine surveys were
within the province of the eronaut.
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