The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
DIR. Budds Isabella.

| hlr. Budd picked up the paper and be-
gan running his eyes over it, while his wife
J sat upon the other side of the table sewing
Without knowing ii Mr.. Budd got to read
ing in the column headed "Grapc- vino
| Culture" and presently he exclnmsd:
"Why, huloa! What's this?'
"What's what?" asked Mrs. Budd
"Why just listen to this! This paper says
that--wait till read it to you:
eve regret to learn that our friend Mr..
Simpson, has had good deal of trouble
with his very fine Isabella"
"Quccr isn't it?"
sB"What kind of troublc!' asked Mrs.
Butld.
"Why," said Budd, "thc paper states
| further:
10 -. 'Bring in very unhealthy condition.
and seeming to lack vitality, Mr.. Simpson
made Il very careful examination and dis
covered that his isabella was literally COW
cred with small bugs"
''Did you ever hear of such thing!"
'Bugs! Covered with bugs Why,
| what on earth could have been the matter
with the woman? | always thought Mrs
| Simpson was Il scrupulously nice person. :"
| $50 did |. But that's what the paper
says. Hold on; suppose ! see what else
! there is about it.
''Mr Simpson was somewhat pCrplcXcd
| to know what to do about the matter, but
he finally applied q wash Of carbolic acid,
| with good results, and he is now looking
| every day for his Isabella to leave"
81 don't exactly understand that"
"Lcavc for whcrc?" asked Mrs Budtl.
cit don't say. Going away for her
| health, suppose, replied MIR. Budd. "But
| there is some more still"
ttMr SimDSOn tied thp Isohrll0. ~
"Why the Isabclla2" asked Mrs Butld
''ricd the Isabella up to Il post, nnd'---
''ricd her to Il post" exclaimed Mrs
Budd. ''Why, | thought you said he
wanted her to leave"
'rhat's what the paper says. It's very
queer, isn't it,"
''ricd her to II post and cut off two of
the largest lmbs"-
"lIulloa! how's that! cut off two of her
limbs. Incredible. Simpson must be go
ing mad"
"lt's the most horrible thing ever
heard Of" said Mrs. Buld ''Thcy will
certainly arrest him, wont thcy3"
81 should think so, of course It's a
wonder he didn't kill her. But the story is
not done yet"
'1Ic performed the operation little too
! late, for his Isabella began to bleed and he
feared that he had done II permanent in
jury"
81 should think so, both legs and arms
off. Permanent injury! I can't imagine
how it could be anything else than prrma-
ncnu"
'It's dreadful" said Mrs. Budd.
"And here's more:
''Mr. Simpson thought wood-ashcs
might be good, so he put them all around
and gave her all the soap-suds she could
take. Upon the whole his treatment may
be regarded as judicious."
''That's the editors opinion. He mus.
be insane, too. They'll kill that woman,
certain, if feed her on wood-ashcs and soap
suds!'
eff were You I'd write to the Mayor
about it," said Mrs. Budd
'I think will But let's finish the ar
ticlc."
"Mr. Simpson declares that if he has
much more bother about the matter he will
chop the Isabella up and'--
| "Chop her up! Did you ever hear of
such cold boodcd discussion of possible
murdcH II is disgrace to the ncwspa-
peri"
"Thcrc must be certainly something
wrong about it.. " said Mrs Budd
NO the paper says
! "tlc will chop his Isabella up and burn
it".
"What does it mean? Chop her up and
burn it2 DANCED if understand such non
| sense"
'Is that all2" asked Mrs. Budd.
''Prctty nearly"
! "Wcll read the rest"
"Why it says, let me see. Oh yes, it
says:
''Takc it all in all Mr.. Simpson is con-
vinccd that the Isabella is not the best
bcst--not the best"
"Why pshaw, Hannah, we've been
making a mistakc!"
"Not the best what?"
l. "Not the best grapevine to cultivate in
this region"
''It was only Simpsons grapevine after
all!'
"But Budd you're fool or you would
have known that in the first place. "
'Maybc ! am Maybe ami" said Budd
wcarily, 'but Pm not as big fool as the
man who gave such an idotic name to the
grapevine"
And hen there was a long flash of silence
in the Budd family circle.