The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-07-13
noystcr supper, was ever more as

and girl that sings in tho choir
says, Heavens. I nm stabbed then
my chum aud me ran to tho house
end come down tho front s.si.s
looking 40 inncccat as could bc, and
wo went in the library, and | wa'
Just going to tell p, if there was my
srrsnds ho wanted run me and my
chum was just aching 10 run them,
when q yellow cat without any tNiI
WAS walking over tbs minister, and
Pa was throwing hassock ut two
cats That woro clawing each othor
under the piano, and Ms was trying
TO get her frizz s back onThfr head,
and the c''ois,girl vos StsSaips on
tho lounge With her dress pulled mp,
trying to scare cats with her striped
stc c!;ings aud the minister was hold
! & lis hands up, and Iieuesfho was
rs6ing blessing on the eats. md
my chum opened the front door and
all the cats went ou!. Pa and Ma
looked at me, and | said it wasn't
mo, and tho minister waatcd 20
know how so much cat hair get on
my cpa and vest, aud | taid cat
mo. mo in tie hail and kicked mo.
and Ma cried, and Pa sail tia. boy
beats hell, aud the minister said ]
would be all right il | he'd been
properly brought up, and then Ma
was mad, aud the committee broke
up. Well, 60 toll The honest truth
Pa bastei me, and yanked me
artuud until l had to have my arm
in n sling, bnt what's the usc OF
making such fuis about few cats.
Ma aald she never wanted to have
my company again, cause ! spoiled
everything. Ba: Igot even with Pa
for busting me, this morning, and ]
das;cnt go home. YIu SEQ NJ has
got great biz bath sponge as big 20
chair cushion, aud this morning /
took tho sponge ard filed il with
warm water, md thon took ihc
feather cushion out OF tho chair Pn
sits in at the table, ahd put the
sponge in it, place. and covered ii
over with the cush'oh cover. and
whom We oil got Get dokn to the Ia.
bic Pa came in and sat down on II
to ak u blessing. He started in by
closing his eyes and placing bis
bands up in iroa, Of him l&o letter
V, and lhrn ho began 20 as'; la. The
food We wc,o about 10 !ar.akc of be
h'csscl, and Thea ie was going on
10 be- made 10 see tEe error Of cur
way,, wlcn hc began 10 hitch around,
and be ortn'd ono eyo ard locked
at me, and l looked as p'cus rs n
hoy can l1o!. wlon be knows tho pan
c'kcs are get ing cold, and Pa he
Kinder sighed n said AmeA' sort of
sua, pisb, and he got up and told
lia no didn'. feel well, and snc
would have 10 take his p'G:o ard
pass around The sassilge and posa'
'oea, ANA lie locked kind OF scarf
and wort ont with his hand On his
pisiol pcckct, as Though he wou'd
i,;e 10 shoot, and Nj she got mp md
went aroryl and sut in Pas chair.
rhc sponge didn't ho'd Nora than
aslt a pai! full Of wa er. aad | didn't
want to play no irke on NJ, cause
ihc cats nearly broke her ~, but she
Sc, down apd was jatt going to
help me, whom sho ruog the bell
aqd called The hired gi.', aud said
she (, II as ihough her neuralgia was
c,mirg on, and she would - 70 her
rcom, ard !old the girl to sit down
and help IIennory. The Gi,! eat
,lowr and popred no eut ssmn ccf.
fec, md then she said. 'Uow!y Saint
Patrick, but l b!svo thoSo pancakes
are burning and sho went out in
the kitchen. / drank my coffee, and
then tool; the big sponge out OF the
cl mir and pu. tho cushion in pi'ce OF
it, and ,len I pat the sponge in tho
bath room, and 1 went mp to Pa aud
Mas room, and asked thom if ]
should go after tho doctor, and Pa
had changed his clothes aad got on
his Sunday pan.s, end ho said, 'nev
or mind the doctor, l guess VIC Will
pull through, und for mo to get cut
and go to tho devil, nni l came
over here, Say, there il no harm in a
little warm water, is there? Well,
I'd like TO know what Pm and Ma
and tho hired girl thought. ! am
the only real healthy ono there is in
our family
AN ARKANSAS FAREWELL.
"PEnsIMMoSs." the Spirit Of the
Times, gives an accom-. Of old BEs
U;,v,r NJ kvkansas. with his son