Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-03-12
All the News.
HOW MRS. THOMPSON HEARD ABOUT THE
NEIGHBoRs.


"ls your mother al home, bub p inquired
lady as she walked up to house on the
North Side one day last week, and found a
small boy with an old campaign hat on. sit
ting on the steps and shooting pebbles at a
dog over the way with a rubher-constructed
Ga,iing gun Of has own manufacture.
"No 'um. she's jis gone to the grocery to
git some Goldfish for dinner, replied the boy,
punoiuAtipg his remarks with snutiles " cos
she's sayn' up some money to buy new
cloak that'Il jis more'n take the tuck out O
Miss Baem. and it most Kills her to see
her come out with good stitch on, an
every time she does git ANYTHING new why
ma she takes on lis awful an SAYS she won
ders wha, Ms BaiIem pawned this time 10
hly Il with. and then she begins 10 cut US
light on grub until she kin collar sumpin'
that'li make Miss Bailem slam her door
when she walks along. an'-mam P"
Don't nit that poor dog, hub. You hurt
him then. real bad Don't YOU know that's
wrong o.
"No'um, ma saws ,ain't You see. that's
Miss Nodget'' dog. and ma is jis down on
her, oh, awful. You see. Miss Nodget has
owed her three drawin's o. tea for more'n
two mgnts an she'd had our skillet ,it if
ma hadn', sent me after il. an then she'd
broke, piece of'n the handle. an her man
an pa don't Jibe on politics nohow, and ole
Nodget he IMAM 2'
Isn't that your mother coming yonder ?"
"No'um. Why that's ole Miss Sjmmins.
She lives ii that sa.lar house over wonder,
and ma she JUS mates her blame sight
uorse'n She does Mss Ballem, coz. YOU see,
l..
see her brother what vas goin to be hung.
WHY, ole Miss Smmins somehow she found
il out. an he jis 20, right up an pu, on her
bonnet an'went around 10 all the neighbors
an-mam ?"
Which grocery did your mother 60 to
Rogers 2"
"\o'am. You see. We used to Il, all our
things al Rogers but finally he il. got so
he wanted the cash down ever, time. al ma
she jls got mad. an said she wouldn't baye
noth!n' more to do with no man what gives
thumb weight an pans off all his ole spii,
stuff on 10 hs,. an then ole Miss Rogers sh,
heard about il, an .he jis came right over
here, an her'n ma they j., had It Up an
down, an nam p
DID Your mother say she vas coming
right back ?"
Noun. She ,aiI ma,he she might il,
stop few minutes an see Mis-, N!ckuu,
coz shes got baby what's got the measles
jis aaiul. an her man has been biin' drunk
for = week, AMMAN 2"
"Will you tell her I've been here
can't wait any longer. I'm Ms. Ihomp-
son"
"les'um Oh. yes. you're the woman
what ma vas ta.kin' about Wednesday
'meraber it coz that va, our day for meat,
an nam ''
Did she say anything good about
me ?"
Noun. She jis SAID You pu, on heap
o s;Sle for a grass aidIer, an she Us
thought il was burnin' shame tha; you was
a goin' to marry that ole cros--eyed codger
With a cork leg, col he had money, ',hout
gettln' no divorce from the red headed
hor,e-thief that-mam ?"
"TeIl YOUR mother she's good for moth
ins CAD about, and she'd better stay at
home and keep her tongue in her head or
it'll poison her. never want to put ewes
on her again. VIII YOU tell her iha; ?"
"le.'um,' replied the boy. as he fixed
another stone IN his sling and got ready to
make the dog howl, too.