The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-10-30

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hospnalsisaid taeerorery man as. the
had hoy's shadow came i, the store, fol-
lowed by the bov, who looked sick and
vellow, and tired, and he had lost half
his flesh. What the matter with YOU i?
Haven't got the yellow fever, have you ?"
and the proceryman placed chair where
the invalii could fall into il
mo G,t the ager." said the boy, as
he wiped the perspiraiion off his upper
lip, and looked around the store to see
it there was ANYTHING in sight that would
take the taste Of quinine out OF his
mou'h. "Had too much DREAMY life of
ease on the iarm, and been shaki g ever
sincs 'ssssss-.>
"What, you haven't been to work for
tho deac,n anv more, have YOU? ]
thought YOU sent In your res,g ia'lon,"
and the grocery man offered the hoy
some limburgcr cheese to strengthen
him
"Oh, take that cheese awav," said the
boy as be turned pale ami gagged. You
don't know what sick person needs any
more than professional nurse. What
l want is to be pe,ted You see went
out to the farm with my chum, and
took the fish poles aud remained in the
woods while be drove the horse to the
deacon's, and he gave the deacon my re
signation and the deacon wouldn't ac-
cept it. He said he would hold nv re-
.ignation until after harvest and then act
on it. He said he could put me in Jail
for breach OF promise if I quit work and
left him without giving proper notice,
and nv chum came and told me, and so
| concluded to 60 to work rather than to
have anv trouble, and the deacon said
my chum could work few days for bis
board If be wanted to Itwss pretty
poor board for boy to work for, but
nv chum wanted to he with me 81 he
stayed. Pa and ma came out TO the farm
to stay day or two to help. Pa was
going to help harvest and ma was going
to help the Geacon's wife, but pa wanted
to carry the jug to the field and lay un-
der tree while the rest Of US worked,
and ma just talked the arm off the dea-
cons wife The deacon apd pa laid in
the shade and saw my chum and me
work, and ma and the deacon's wife gos-
siped so they forgot to get dinner, and
nv chum and me organiz,d strike but
we we're beaten by monopoly. Pa took
me by the neck and thrashed out shock
OF wheat with my heels, and the deacon
took my chum and sat down on him, and
We begged and they gave US our old sit
uaiions hack. But we got even with
them that night After my chum and
me had got all the chores done we SAT
on . fence back OF the house ia the or
chard eating green apples in the moon
light and trying to think OF q plan OF re-
venge Just then saw skunk back
OF the house right by the outside cellar
door. and told nv chum that it would
serve them right to drive the skunk down
cellar and shut the door. but my chum
said it would be too mean. l asked him
il it would be any meaner than for the
deacon to snatch US bald-headed because
VIC couldn't NOW hay away fast enough
for two men TO pitch it, and be said ii
and 80 we get ON each side OF
he skunk and sort of scared 1t down |
cellar. AMI :hen we crept up softly and
closed the cellar doors.
Then we went in the house and II
to ma and asked her il she
lidn't think the deacon hal some cider,
md ma she begin to hint that she hadn't
lad good drink Of cider since last
winter, and the deacon's wife told my
,hum where the siler barrel was, down
cellar. hut he amt no slouch. He said
le was afraid 10 go down cellar in the
lark, and so pa said he and the deacon
would go down and draw the cider. and
he deacon's wife asked ma to GO down
90 and look at the fruit and berries she
lad canned for winter. and they all wen,
Town cellar. p carried an old tin Ian
ern with holes in it to light the deacon
o the cider barrel, and the deacon's wife
lad taller candle TO show ma the can
led fruit. / tried to get ma not to go,
cause ma is q friend OF mine, and /
lidn't want her to have anything to do
with the circus. but she said she guessed
he knew her busir ess. When nybody
ays that they guess thev know their
,wn business, that settles 1t with me,
md don't try to argue with them u
Yell, nv chum anil me sat there in the
,itchen, and stuffed piece of red ta-
,le cloth in my month to keep from
au Ching, and my chum he held his nose
With his finger and thumb so be wouldn't |,
mort right out We could hear the ci- L
Ter run in the pitcher, ana then it stop
,ed and the deacon drank out of the
'itcher, and then ps did and then they
lrawed some more cider, and ma an l..
lie deacon's wife were talking about
low much sugar it took to can fruit, AID
he deacon told pa to help himself out
Il crock Of fried cakes, and heard
be cover on the crock rattle, and Just
hen heard the old tin lantern rattle
N the brick floor OF the cellar. the dea
on said, aMercifuI goodness!' pa said
i am s,ahhed," and yelled &c podness
axes alive" and T. en- there was lnt of
ishpans on the stairs hegan to fall and
hey all tried to get up cellar at once,
ud they fell over each other, and oh.
nv. what frowy smell came up to the
itchen from the cellar 1t was enough
o kill anybody. Pa was tbe first to get
o the head OF the stairs, and he stuck
is head in the kitchen, and took long
reath and said "Whoosh! Hennery
our pa is mighty sick man." The
eacon came up next, and he had run
is head into hanging shelf and broke
glass jar of huckleberres. and they
'ere all over him, and he said sGiye
ne air Earth's hut desert drear."-
'hen ma and the deacon's wife came up {
n galop, and they looked tired. Pa
egan to peel off his coat and vest and {
aid he vas going to bury them, and ma {
aid he could bury her too, and asked
be deacon If he didn't notice a faint
dor Of sewer gas coming from the Gel
ar, and my chum said it smelled more
0 him as though something had crawl
d in the cellar and died. Well, you
ever saw a, sicker crowd, and felt sor.
v for ma and the deacon, cause their
alse teeth fell out, and | knew ma
ouldn't gossip and the deacon couldn't
ak sassy without teeth But you'd
ide to ace ma He vaa mad and