Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-04-08
For the Monitor.
SALLY AND GO TO THE STORE.

sackrifse yure skrip fer the bener6t ov
them same nabors & jest tew show yew
how tbs, i'll tell yew about Sally & me
goin tew the store tew dew sum tradin
yew see we'd got tew hev a lot ov store
things, & Sally Chats mi wife) she sez
tew me mornin, "Ezekil," sally he'd
a good brlngin up & don't think its prop
per tew call me Zeke) -sez she, 1--WE air
most out ov salleratus, & i want sum
nittin cotton, so the gals kan be nittin
sum stokins fer summer. & Roxana wants
sum kossets, & want sum dryd appul,
& sum thred, & pins, & kotton kloth, &
lots er things, & hev got tub ov as
Mise sweet bawl butter as ever wus ett
wich ken spair, & guess we'd better
60 down tew the villige & dew sum ira
din; & as ther wuz a lot ov things
wanted tew git, & havin a littel skrip
thet Good SPAR, tolled her wood
hich the old hoss onto the waggun &
we'd go down. So put on clene shirt
g. mi new boots, wich squeek consider
bul, & Sally put on her best hat & we
started. Now Sally is pooty wide awake
& she'd ben reedin the Advertisements
ov them tradin fellers down tew Brisky
/o,r @ro Jorc Jorf oduurt;1o IN tba Dooe
paper & she knowed the heft ov ther
things wur CRATE deel cheeper then
Gripem CHATS our trader sells hisen, &
Sally sez she, "Ezekil, don't yew bleeve
twood pay tew 60 down tew B. tew git
our things they sci so much cheeper.
but bleeve with yew, mistur Editur,
in paternizen yer nabors, & allus trade
tew hum if i ken. But Sally wus sot
on goin tew B, & tolled her we'd
kali at Gripems & see what we Good dew.
So we driv up tew the store, & tolled
Sally i guest woodent kerry in the but
ter til we'd sene whuther we Good git
what we wanted or not /; yew see Grip
EN- don't bl goods but twise yeer, & SO
it happens sum times he don't hev jest
what yew want wal, we went in; mi
boots squeeked & felt pooty well (Sal-
ly he'd on her best hat.) Sez i, good
mornin, mister Gripem sez he, mornin,
Zekll, how de dew? pooty vel consider
IN; neV yer goU euy snIuguI H"i0s -~'
i'm out ov shingul males. got eny inch
spikes no, haint got eny males this
spring, & am out ov most awl kinds.
wal, want tew git bottul ov center
linermunt the old hoss has got an aw-
full bad cut onto his leg & Dan Green
sed put center linermunt onto it. am
sorry, Zeekil, but don't keapit ididn't
kno whuther he wus sorry the old boss
had soar leg, or that he hadn't the lin
ermunt tew sci me wal, if yer've got
sum terpentine, kampfre gum, sedur lie
g. lie ov organum, ken make sum lin
ermunt jest as wei. I've got sum kamp-
fire, but am out ov terpeutine; hev or.
dered sum tew-day; shell hev sum in a
weak or tew. Sedur lie & lie ov organ
um never keep; enything els, Zeekil 7?
yes, got eny lemmuns the paper sez
they air good fer the roomatiz, an i thot
id tri sum. no i haint got eny; lem
nuns air SO hi haint bot eny. i begun
tew think wood hev tew keap mi skrip
& asked Sally if she wus goin tew
trade eny; so Sally, sez she, mister
Gripem, whats the prise oV yer sallera-
tus? 10 sents, sez he. how dew yer
sci yer calerco ? most ov it il s sents
sum very mise IL 10 sents; nittin kotton
IL sents bawl; torlett sope IL 10
sents kake; dryd appul il II & one
half sents pound. whats the prise ov
yer kossets they air from | dollar teW
l dollar & 25 sents. dew yew bi bawl
butter ? no. seq he, can't git red ov il
{ if i bi it, so haint bot eny. wal, Eze
xii, sez Sally, CESS we'll 60 long dowr
tew B., & see what we ken dew thare
So we driv long & when we got dowr
f few the grissmill thare wus ov our ma
bors jest startin tew go down tew B
with 2 boss lode ov Crane tew gl
ground. why, nabor, sez i, cant yew gi
I yer griss groun here no, sez he. tn
: millur sez he haint got waiter enuff teV
t run only run ov stun. & that kno
moor than IL ov the time & he's 60
mourn he ken grind in 2 dais & half
: & i've got tew git ole Jim sbod & thar
. IL fust rate blacksmith down tew B.
who shews awl roun now fer l dollur,
CESS ken save 2 or dollurs bi gitti
= few store things doun thare; fer the
: dew sci CRATE deel cheeper then Grip
e EN-; its pooty bad goin, but it amt
II CRATE weighs, & i CESS it'll pay tew G
2 doun. wal, Sally & me got doun te'
4 B & driv up tew mistur Liveman
Q store, & Sally went in while i hiche
: the ole boss, & asked mistur Livema
= if he bot bawl butter. o yes, glad te
Il git it; can't git enuff tew sply mi kus'
n |
u termers. wal, sez Sally, hev yer got sa
. leratus, dryd appul, calerco, kotton klotl
'S nittin kotton, kossets, pins, center line
70 munt, torlett sope, shingul males. spik
y lemmuns, lofe shuger & sum ov mistt
lie Kotas e Lord thrnd (Sallv alIus hies III