Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-11-23

,.
m day for the weekly Scwing-crclc,
and seldom had that interesting gath
cring proved so lovely and animated
rs on this occasion.
Miss Patience was in the field bright
and early and il was evident at glance
to those who knew Lcr best that she
was well nigh bursting with some i'm
porlanl secret that she was only
waiting Il fitting opportunity TO di-
vulge. That opportunity was not long
in coming, for Mrs Dca. Farrell, who
was n constitutional crOakcr, took oc-
casion TO say, in reference TO the hard
times
"Thc deacon had been tryin' ter col
lcct the church tax, and he says he
never found money so tight in all the
years he's lived here. It's rs hard to
get five dollars now rs it used Ter be to
get ten
"And no wonder" spoke up Miss
Patience, with the stony severity of Il
sphinx, "You cant expect folks ter
feel like payin' out their money when
they see it fairly thrown away an
wasted"
Everybody looked curious, and some
of the Younger girls began to bride de-
family. The minister's sweet Young
wife was evidently u fayOritc with them
at least.
"What doN OH mean by that?n asked
Mrs. Farrell pointcdIy. Miss Graham
is Young and inexperienced, to be sure;
but, as the deacon was sayin' only ycs-
tcrdav, she does very well indeed con
sidcring."
Patience tossed her head knowingly.
~ don't want to say nothin' TO hurt
her, but livin' next door AS | do. | cant
always help secin' and hearin' thinrs
that other folks can't be expected 10
know about, and when see an know
things like"
There was an ominous pause. and
the deacun's wife asked, cycitedly
"Like whatp"
Chicken pies, with lcgs an feet of
the chicken baked in,' =
Had a thundcrbolt fallen omonc
them il could not have caused greater
surprise to those tidy. thrifty New
ENGLAND housrkrpnrrs thon this drcod-
ful revelation of the incapocitv of thc
pastors Young wife.
"Arc Won sure of itpn masnnd one
motron. breoLinr the omiu0us silence.
81 know il for 4 fact - was solrmnly
returned.
Chickens legs in a picr'
"Shc's a horn fool,'' calculated thr
dracon's wife. irdionnntly, ..ond I'm
thankful for her poor husbands sake
that | sent her over one of nv pics ycs-
tcrday. They had TO throw her 5 away.
of course, and It's lucky that he didn't
have to ro without his ThonkscivinC
breakfast ON account of her IGNORANCE
and .hiCtlcssncss.
"How did Won know about the pic?''
asked one of thc Urls
Miss Patience bri,t,cd deliantly.
That's nobody's business hut my
own she rrtorted, tartly. II don't
uo round Ter find oul thinGs that don't
concern me. I'd have von know, lint
when they're thrown riuht into my
face rs Won MIGHT saw don't shct nv
owes no morc'n other folks"
Just here the door opened, and in
walked thc smbicct of thcir convrrsn.
tion. her pretty face arlow with tbc
haste that she had made. ard mis-.
chicvous twinkle in her browneye that
nobody noticed, so occupied were they
in bidin~ the confusion that her sudJrn
rntranre hnd created
WALKING ~, to tho toh,o whorn tbe
most of thc ladies wore SITTING she ca.
lutod thcm cordially. and then boldino
ont mon the fin Of onc slender lincc,
weli-worn silver thimblr she Rid
,rcblv-
.Whnrn Il, vou think sounJ vou,
thimblc. Miss Pnticncep',
Sonlnoscd was Miss Poticncc torocoi,
hcr last trcosnrc that shc forrot for :
. momcnt her assumed dignity and ~
claimed ioyfullvm
..IVoI, / Jorioro am rlod to ca,
that tbimble oncc moral T tnId Mar,
Janc thnt I frlt smrc / had if on M,
Gnmor WHOM I ru,, into wonr homt,
ThSoni T%S sr;y;n, rnrnir, ar,os tInt ~ooS,
pmt W. I,,ot hue r'imo;yL Lor,
tn In fnmnd Nav whor" iii rom I'm fin,
IL IL" - ''' '" "N' ' y" INV
uor shru Li,,h ro;oo hol .,roo,o,
na n,,om,;on u all o in H." r ronn, ",,"C'u, nv,
omor,'LnJn o"o l"olnd ,' ~ n,r;nnsI' o ,J ns "I ,h
';,iS,", ,u D" ,,,;S, ,u""u" ro,;p ;p ';,h 10 @ ""
nont o,%', smilo ari "a WV ''l'''"' "''" Il" '"''0
, "In thc chicken nie that o,r goo,
s,;ond Lnro,i omJ sLn U rodJol , U hr; ;tsL,i Ell,