Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-09-01

her sister a stuck-up, big -feelin piece she
was, as ever | sot eyes on; that held her
head high above poor Say Jane and slept
off as ef the ground want good nuf for her.
/ Ef do say il. there hain't better tenn
pered nor prettier hammered gal than our
/ Say Jane from Reedvlle clear to Hackelton
I Centre; but, land o. love, | think its a
I doubt ef the Queen o Shebyd been good
/ enough to he a mate for that Miss Wither-
spoon But there's one thing, Maria, that
| I'm bound to maintain, and that is that we
| done the best we knowed how for them city
T folks
I We fixed their rooms up clean and neat;
and give 'em my bes, bed of live goose fea'h-
er., and my harnsomest quilts; and We rid
over TO Reedyille, a purpose TO buy chany
/ bowls and pitchers for em and the day We
expected OF 'em, Say Jane she picked lot
Of blows, pinks and the like, and put a
( bunch on the bureau in each room. Then
for my cookin'; | hsn't proud-tongued,
| nor never was, still must say that nobody
hain't set up a word agin' my light, sour
/ milk bread, and nv doughnuts and sweet
cake, and cream gingerbread; and ] callate
/ | can make pri,ty. an white pie, an
git up as good billed dish As the next one
We done our best. We give EN- cream and
ags in plenty and Say Jane and Frank
Hsckleton's Adabell (that was stoppin' here
spell to help they'd 20 off every mortsl
day berryin.
And ~e knoved that city folks wasn't
used io liyin' on salt meat all the time
We killed a. often A. once a week, regular
Aud You'll bear witness, Maria, | always
take a butter prize at County Fair.
And yet them city folks wasn't no WAYS
grateful nor satisfied. They complained be
cause ] steved the berries up IN molaSses,
/ instead Of putting them on To the table raw,
and she wouldn't le, the children eat my pies
no more'n ef they'd ben piren And she
4 asked fDr oatmeal. an when | told her I'd
7 never see any. she had her husband fetch
/ down lot from Boston and. ef you'll be-
Z lieye me, Mara, twas nothing more nor les.
I than shorts or bran, an she had II cook ed
Y like chicken feed. made It every mornin'.
I but ! took notice they didn't none of EN-
eat il (; the hens always got 1t.
. Then that nigger. Maria
4 Ii came out that they expected her 10 do
7 the babys washing. in my kltchin and about
I my stove and every single day. too. she was
at II. There was no sense IN rigging out
child they did that one all white lawn
and lace. As rf for party good dark cal
I leo, piped up with pink OF red. is pretty
enough and sight more sensible.
stood that niggrr eE well eE could. but
4 never had no patience With stranger
me,sin' about my kitchen; and that black
| girl, Of all fik, the LATEST. dirtiest, shlft-
{ lessest sinister that ever sot ewes ON
Stole. too she did nos little sugar and
nos a bunch Of raisin- aud hldln Of en-.
and lonkin' guilty when she see me step out
Of the huttery that's what minded, Maria
didn't begrutch her the things she took
But put up With her ~al's | could, TIL one
hot day .hen III jest finished big baking,
done up NJ, dishes, polished the stove and
. scrubbed up nv floor, in come that Jud,
with = bucket o dirty suds she guin to
empty, an she slipped an sent il all OYER my
stove hearth an floor. Then | snapped
night out though suppose | hadn't ought
to, rally, and SAYS | :
You black limb Of Satan, do YOU 70 out
Of my kitchen. and don, ye never sci foot
in it again, 10 do a stroke 0 work
Actshall,. Mara. | .aid them very words
TO her.
And then the onreasonablene,s Of EN-
I They hadn't rally no consideration whatever.
He was ready an ~illin to give em the
[ horse to 70 to Reed,llle to meetin' ever,
! Sabbath day but nnthn would do but the, d
/ poster him from mornin' to night, and right
I IN haNin' time. 10 tackle up the horse for
them To ride from Dan to Beersheby an
/ know they thought he MAS mean because
/ be wouldn't.
4 They put nv nice feather bed underneath
the straw bed. and all my comforters tmy
mage quilt With y's pieces. and alb they
dumped IN pile onto the floor. I'm sure
don't Know where the, expected me to Keep
my extra quilts in summer, If not on the
I spare bcd.
Arter tea, tuckered and clean beat out a,
he with the ha,in' he'd tackle up and
/ drive over To keed,ille TO get their mail. a.
often a. ever, other day regular. And he'd
/ LEI them boys ride ON the loads, and see hlm
milk, and hunt aigs. and don't know ~ha,
/ all he allus gets imposed on by beln too
clever.
| Then there ~as poor Say Jane. She MAS
allu, a great hand to be contented with what
she had. hut declare for 1t, she peared to
/ T. rAls upsnt by the things that Nelly With
er>1non he'd. She done her hair 10 look
/ lke Mss Ntherspoon's, and took 10 pinnln'
! of hrr dresses in a bunch behind, in u wa,
which showed her hgger in a manner | call
/ downright indecent.
/ SO one day Say Jane saws to me
! Mother. says she, whats TO hender my
maxim my muslin Aunt Car'line give me,
like that pink thing she wore a sunday
'Nothin's to hender', SAYS |.
So the next day she asked her for the
loan Of the dress; and if You'll believe 1t.
she Was real mad about il She lent it u
her finally. but she Was sure Say Jane
couldn't get no pattern By just lookin at il.
-
As To them boys, Maria, they were the
beatermost pair for mischief | ever sot eyes
on.
They broke the aigs. and chased the cows
and sheep, and trampled his mowin' grass,
and gathered u whole tree of crab apples,
| an hung my Plymouth Rock rooster to an
apple bough, an | don't rally know what
them Young ones didn't do.
I Wal, the baby pmdlin' and croupy
and think myself twas no wonder, for she
never fed it on nothin' that had any nour-
ishment in il. Nothin' but milk and that
oat meal ! never saw her give that child
strengthening piece o meat to suck, nor so
much As a doughnut Now my children,
before they was SIX months old would suck
bit o meat anG rat potato and fried pork
as pretty | could. They WAS all took
from me one way or mother. except Say
Sdnti Dut cl ttltN u Ilheu tneN u Dttn strong
er men and women than what Mis- Kent's
ever will.
But when the baby took sick Mis- Kent
she couldn't stay no longer; she meant val
by her children, though she didn't know
how TO bring EN- up, and so her husband
came for her.
| They left fortnight before they intended.
but they paid for It fair and square, and if
ever was happy in my life it was when |
see the tail eend Of 81 Eastman's old green
stage, with them in it. goin' over the brow
! Of Hackleton Hill
! Father SAYS l, Il give in. | don't like
city boarders, and never want no more of
EN-, says l.
And ef you'll promise never to twt me
Of it, nor badger me about it, as long as
live, | won't say another word agin your
jinin' the Odd Fellows" says |.
"All right, mother says he, Il never
will I"
And he's kept his word, Maria, to this
day
Casl-Iro0 Fellows.
| Men Of endurance have healthy kidneys
and lfer. No aches in the back,
no piles or constipation. The cure for these