The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-08-04

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said he believed he would hoe in
the garden and get the weeds out
soft would look better to folks when
they went by Sunday to church.
Well, Sunday morning came, and
with it Saturday daily paper, and
pa barely glanced it over as he got
on his overalls and went out in his
shirt sleeves a hoeing in the front
garden. And and my chum helped
ma carry water to wash. She said
it seemed Ike the longest week she
ever saw, but when we brought
the water, and took a plate OF pic
kles to the hired giil that was
down with the mumps, We got i'm
the lilac bushes and waited for the
curtain to rise. Ii WASH long be-
tore folks began going to church
and you'd "a dido laughing TO see
them all stop in front of where ma
was Washing and look at her, and
then go on 10 where pa was hoeiug
weeds and stop and look at hun,
and then drive on. After about
half Il dozen teams had passed !
heard ma ask pa who was dead, as
there must be afuneral somewhere.
Pa had lust hoed into a humble
bees nest and said he did not
know OF any person that was dead,
but he knew some thai ought to
be, and ma she did not ask any
foolish questions any more. After
about twenty teams had stopped,
ma she got nervous and asked
Deakou Smith if he saw anything
green; he said something about des-
ecration and drove away. Deacon
Brown asked pa if he did not.think
he was setting u bad example be-
fore his boy, but pa said it would
be Il good one if the boy could only
be hired to do it. Finally ma got
mad and took the tub behind the
house where they could not see
her. About four o'clock that after.
noon we saw a dozen of our CON
gregation headed by the minister
file into our yard, and my chum
and | knew it was slime to fly, we
got on the back steps where we
could hear. Pa met them at the
door expecting some bad news, and
when they were seated, ma she
came in remarked il was a very un
healthy year and it stood people
in hand to meet their latter end.
None Of them said a word until
the elder put on his specs and said
it was a solemn occasion, and ma
she turned pale and wondered who
it could be, and pasays, don't keep
us in suspense, who is dead! and
and the elder said no one was
dead, but they called as a duty
they owed the cause to take action
on them for working on Sunday.
Ma she tainted away and they
threw Il pitcher of water down her
back, and pa said he guessed they
were a pack Of Iunatics, but they
all swore it was Sunday and obey
saw ma washing and pa out hoeing
as they went to church, and they
had called to take action on them.
Then there was a few minutes low
conversation could not catch, and
then we heard pa kick his chair
over and say il wa, more tricks OF
that darnod boy, then we knew
it was time to adjourn, and | was
ust getting through the back fence
as pa reached nae with a barrel
stave, and that's what makes me
limp some"
'That was real mean in you
boys" said the grocery man. III
will be hard for your pa and ma to
explain that matter. Just think
how bad they must feel
"Oh, don't know. I remom
Der hearingp pa and Uncle Ezra tol-
ling how they fooled their father
once, and got him to go to mill
with a grist, on Sunday, and pa
said he would defy anybody to foo.
him on the day Of the week.
don't think a man ought to temp.
his little boy by defying him tl
fool his father. Wen, I'll take 3
glass Of your ffty-cent cider anC
60" and the boy took a glass O
cider and went ont. and soon ia,
grocery man looked out the WIN
dow and found that somebody haJ
added a cypher TO the "-wee.
cider, only five cents agIass, max
ing it an expensive drink, consider
ing it was made Of sour apples.
New Mexico has at the prosen
time LOO miles OF railroad within
her borders. In 1850 there wa