The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-12-31

child of ten"
oh, yes, undoubtedly sighe,
J. mamma" with a pensive look at til
/; diamonds on her nice, fat fingers
and We mothers sacrifice every
thing to the comfort of our dea
children
Uncle Joe coughed noisily, AM
then asked
Are YOU sure you want 10 heal
the letter, and that you viii sit still
Until the end p
Qui,e an amiable clamor of voice.
assented; so be began the epistle
which dramatically and ortnog
graphically. ran thus:
DEAR FATHER & MOTHER: Pro
fessor Whacker gave Us a subjec fol
our first composition when We cum
bac after the holidays he said We
must rite an account of New Ieal
d put to it ali we saw and herd
vile We was hom at New year so
,roie mine and Yesterday he Civ it
bae TO me with very good marked
onto it & sed Tor me not to leve il
Lyn raun luce SO guess he thoFi
II was pretty good & guess will
send II TO You so You can see
make some pEogres brush ny teeth
very careful every mite & am en-
tirely cut Of pockit money your
at son, TEDDY.
A murinur Of amused admiration
went around, and every one com
posed himself for further Ii. { ming.
AN ACCOUNT OF NEW YEARS"
BOYS & gurls hav fun on Chris
mas and gifts presints in ther stock
lings dc but new Years time Is for
grown folks erismis eve children
has lots OF fun so think Grown
folks ort TO hav fun on new years
eve. don't want TO be mean about
nUthin so didunt lnser bac to nv
sister loo when she called me a hor-
rid trublesome boy for sittin down
: IN her room after dinner New years
eve she was Skoldlng li.ile wom-
an wot was a dres- maker & had
6rort long tailed pink dres home
some how fixed 0p Wrong d she
had her hsir all IN little gridaiens
to make i skullUp nice aext DAY"
Miss Lou flushed, then laughed
aloud Dervously TO show that she
enjoyed the Joke Uncle Joe, with
OUT so much as aqBiver from his
oushy eyebrows, went on.
rosy was sIttin with her feet
kurled up under eting candy and
reding a story book in her Room
she sed go way Teddy & ma she
was in Der Room havin row with
kamil the Made about her close an
she SD go way Teddy too then Il
said where shall go &she sed you
may 60 TO the club and and your
father know where 10 fad the feniX
club i Il Just rOun the korner but
father vas busy playin cards with
some men & he sed go and sit down
nv dear SOD.
SO set down i looked at some
pictures ther were too meg talkit
& ! guess they didunt know me but
they knowed my sisters good klaus
one says charlie you go in for loo
and lie go in for blondy then we
will make the old man gloss setiel
our bills lie break her temper for
her III get her saws charley, & will
get more capital for the firm.
-blonoy is meek and will stay at
home & will not interfear with me
Guess says the other fellow anyway
We viii share the proffets" :"
A funeral silence fell upon the
room. Hedge looked unnaturaliy
childiike and unconscious. Sorghum
pulled his mustaehe over a bad i'm
iislion OF q smile.
then father he after a good while /
be got up and put on his cote to go !
home and just out side Of the door |
Of the Club Houses man said some |
thing to father and father be said /
lots OF Swear Words that ain I allow
ed boys in Professor Whacker's skool 1
and il was all about q settlement
And father SAID be Hadunt Got /
the money for il So thort i. was
a new-years presini that Man wan
ted pa TO buy bin,
Then We went home. Mother
says TO pa the girls viii look elegant
to-morrer & they viii be sure to
catch something wurth vile at
lsst.
Father saws they had better ketch
il pretty quick then for things is
comm to an end then all ofa sudden
pa pounced on me & sent me to
bed.
The next Day, which was new
years, nobody ct breakfast down
stares but me and father looked
splendid & 80 did /. We had on
our be cloes & the carriage was red
dy 10 take Us callin. Wen ma &
the gurls came down they were very
beautiful espesbully loo tho ! ike
Rosy best.
ina says pa what do you think
Of chick 6 Biddys. and kissed
hinl.
PA says bumfl And We went
Out and he banged the front door"
Mr.. Gloss used every vile to turn
Uncle Joess attention but he went (;
on mercilessly /:
Some OF the Ladys We called on
was cid & some was yung. The old
Dnes mosely had no necks in their 4,
Dresses & a good many had orfully (
pink cheeks and dirty eyes with
black smudg under them.
but pa sed the Same thing every
where's II
How charming You are to Day
avs pa TO all of them & bowed I
( bowed. And be kinder lated and
Boboed round & looked Silly and {
hen he come out and Jumped in
The carriage & says Swear words
sgen.
Saws ! II is fun TO make call. pa '
Says pa it is nuisance so says
woi makes you do Il Pa
'-Sncierty saws pa then / ask who
sosier,y was & pa SAYS Nusense agen {
hen be tells me TO hold my tung.
80 then -a Ecrf m 500 an uclr