Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
THE JONCE zTRAMMELL COMPRO-
MISE,

"The difficulty about the drinkin' of
sperrits,n said old Mr.. Spivey, s'when
onst man git to knockin' of it too
strong and reg lar. is about this, that
when he one time lays off, eff he don't
lay off for good, when he do git back, it
always seem as eff he wanted to make
in of it stronger'n before-that is, pro-
permise. I've saw it freckwent in my
time, and I'm sixty-eight year old,
a-goin' on to my sixty-nine, and which
it have been ten year ago, and which
there were Jonce Trammell, and which,
upon my word, as to Jonce Tram
NELL
But !. conclude to give my own ac-
count of Mr.. Trammell, as MIR. Spivey,
especially after he had taken his own
sweetened dram, was rather given to
extended variations, even without al
lowance of rests therein. ...-.
johnson Trammell had married, some
fifteen years before, with Miss Amelia
Jones. 1t was considered fair match.
Both were goodioOking Nicely, indeed,
than Jonce, but Jonce did not care for
that, and felt himself competent to make
up for it. They were very fond of each
other, even after two matters, small in
the beginning, had grown into serious
Importance in their conjugal life.
They resided mile southeast of the
on the Augusta road. In spite of a stiff,
rocky soil, Jonce made good crops, whose
proceeds and those of his wife's loom
were judiciously invested. Of late, I'M
fortunately, Jonce had become addicted
to Incorporate drinking, and the bust
ness of the farm began to suffer from the
subtraction of his attention. Having
been brought up to work, always hard
worker, Mrs. Trammell now worked the
harder .Jonce remarked her increased
devotion to household duties, and he re-
marked farther, and with alarm, a
growing sadness upon her face,
STOPPING in her figure, and a general
oldening.
The work that she was best at, that
she liked the best, that seemed most inn
portant to her family, was weaving. Al
most all the clothing worn by the fami-
", Sundays as we'll as weekdays, was
woven by herself Then she made
counterpaHes and stripes that were IA
nous, and that brought in many a nice
little sum, not only from neighbors,
but from persons miles away, even
across the Ogeechee. 1t would not be
going too far to say that Mrs. Trammell,
at least in her younger and more cheer
full, not to say ambitious, time, had
been proud of this talent. Jonce was
always avowediy so, until at last he came
to the conclusion that she was carrying
it too far.
"There's various kinds of intemper-
nee, Nicely" said Jonce one night, as,
after the supper things were put away,
she resumed her seat on the loom
bench.
81 didn't suppose there was but
one, "sshe answered, letting the shuttle
fly. ,...-.
tOh, yes; a body can be intempert
in eatin' as well as drinkin', and DIR.
Lewis say there's more people dies
from that than t'other; and you know
he's the smartest doctor in all this
country
Jonce knew the strength of that au-
thority; for this physician, who had
tended his wife in more than one spell
of dangerous illness, was regarded by
her with intense admiration and graft
tude.
"Dr. Lewis. I suppose, ought to
know, Jonce; but anyhow that kind of
intemperance don't bring the distress
that the other does, and I can't see how
b man can get his consent to kill himself
With either one, or with any kind of in
emperance."
h.sHow about women, Meely?"
R"Or women either; but 1 don't sup
Sse that DR.. Lewis ever knew of such
base"
EHow about intemper'nce in work.
Pr asked Jonce, with the look of one
% was going to the main point with
pAt caution.
Intemperance in working, Jonce?
WIT are YOU talking about?"
Meely," said her husband, now with |
,,sful seriousness, 'sI'm talkin'
ffht of q woman's KILN of herself by |
.-Avin' of herself to death, and which |
Lewis has told you pretty much the |
s.ys thing, and he told me pine blank |
so-Sy, and he said ought to stop it."
Sic paused from her work, and laid |
her weary head against the post of the
!. .n;unin g-wheel that stood beside the |
hon She looked at her husband, and |