Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-04-05
Looking Two WAYS.

Looking Two Ways.
1t was q regular northeaster and
showing fast. Zine snow storm
driver said \ fat man as he deftly
swung himself to the front platform
of a slowly-moving Third avenue horse
car, pulled up his ulster collar, pulled
down his sealskin cap and faced the
storm with the enjoyment known only
to fat men well clad. The driver was
tired and cold and cross.
Fine snow Storm" repeated the
fat man c%heerfully. Regular old
fashioned snow storm. Makes one
think of old times"
"You may call it fine. I call it all.
fired unpleasant" said the driver,
yanking at the reins as the near horse
slipped OF the snowy cobble-stones.
"Fine fur them as likes it, an hahn,
got nuthin' t'do but enjoy it. S'pose
y ask them hosses their o-pinion Nv
yer fine snow storm. They seem t
be enjoyin' w it., don't they?"
SIT is hard on the animals, that's
a fact said the fat man, his cheer.
full face lengthening a trife as he
watched the steaming horses strain al
the load. 81 was thinking of the
country. Such a snow storm in the
country is a fine thing, now, isn'tit?''
"You amt no hay seed," said the
driver, looking at the fat man.
"But I used to be. Happiest time
of my life;" and the cheerful fact
beamed again.
"How we boys did enjoy such
storm. l can see it all now. The
gray clouds hanging low all day. and
then after noon the big fakes begin
ming to come slowly down. WI
could see them through the school
house windows, and how uneasy. thu
sight made US feel"
Not half s'uneasy as yer schoo
nom made We feel, I'll bet"
"And then when school was OUT
continued the fat man, not needing
the interruption, show we dashed
through the storm on our way home
with shouts Of happy merriment, toss
ing the fluffy whiteness into the air
throwing ourselves full length init
the ieecy, downy drifts, getting
"Gettin' yer face ALFRED vel
washed by the big boys, an bellerin
like a sick steer when We got plugge,
in the ear 18th a SNOWFALL 18th q stu
into it."
"And then what a pleasant excite
ment and unusual hurrying there wa
on the farm. 1t grew dark early
The COWS we're driven into the war;
stables and stood contentedly in thel
stanchions calmly chewing their cuds
and
"An' when We went to milk 'em b
the light u a taller candle stuck int
an ole tin lantern punched full {
holes, the one-eyed brindle jest mattel
erly kicked the pint an a half
strippins in yer pail galley west"
The fat man did not seem to hee
. the Interruptions. Perhaps they SUI
= plemented his own happy thoughts {
/ completely that he thought they We
his own-thoughts.
i. eyes" he said, looking over Il
horses ears into the past. eye
;. 1.-The barn is redolent with the smell
hay and the sweet breath of the ca
tie. The horses stand in their sta
munching their oats"
l.. (which the same they is tall
1t what yer old man couldn't sell, tn
bein' light weight
nj SIN the yard the children shout
their innocent glee as the snow com
d down. Even the staid old house d
seems to rejoice with them, and jun
5. and banks and snaps p~layfully at
big featherly flakes as they fall sof
t. in the twilight, only casing"
"Only ceasin' to chaw p~layfully
the leg of a tramp as is sneakin' sof
:" into the barn in the bootiful twilight
"Within the farmhouse the Ian
ne are burning brightly. The aged graz
er father draws his armchair closer
the ample Fireplace, and"
"An' swares that the storm aim
circumstance to tn big snow L
cum on the 18th of November, Ell
ed teen hundud an 'leven."
he "The farmers buxom daught
cheerfully prepare the abundant ev
ing neal"
"Cold pork an p~ertaters and pi
"The farmer and his boys gat
in round the groaning board, their
lie "Their butes smellin' consida
ST. hossy."
he "And talk of tine storm and of
asst work for the morrow. 1t will be
of the day to 60 to the wood lot, s
full the farmer /; and they must not fol-
it'll to take a load of wood to the 7
ur- widow in the valley, and"
nat "An' send the parson a cord
We, crooked Aeps, that won't sell, to
sh- set the pew rent, and so keep s
lir. with tn Almighty"
aid "And after supper he goes Out
or, the stable and gives his pet bay
his some extra bedding, and"
ose can cusses considerable a tr
ike to git the las fall burdocks outer
i'm TAIL"