The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-10-08
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this proposition. Mrs. Parsons and
Lucy had made similar trips on several
occasions, leaving Johnny and his
father nj home.
John Parsons hated to 'peddle,n as
he called IL, aud his wife always got
better prices for the butter and eggs
and chickens than did he; besides which
she knew better how to invest the pro-
ceeds economically in necessities for
the family, and there was need of
economy now. : And as neither OF the
women liked either TO go TO town alone,
or 10 stay alone with Johnny while tho
other went with the husband or father.
II had become the rule for both to go
aud leave Johnny TO the caro- OF his
father. and so they decided 10 do now.
| Accordingly such vegetables as they
were TO take were gathered and placed
in the sprlag wagon. hunt was made
for eggs, which were carefully packed,
small end down, in oats, To prevent
their breaking, and tho bit Of butter
which they had saved was taken from
the well where il hung by a rope, and
rewrapped in white cloths.
When IL became dark they went with
a lantern and caught two dozen chick
ems and put them in crate, previously
made and kept in which 10 take fowls
10 market; and bright and early the
next morning the horses were hitched
up and they started.
When they were gone John Parsons
washed the dishes, which the women
had not stopped TO do, tidied up the
house tho best he knew how, talking to
Johnny all the time. aud then went
into the garden TO work, taking the
boy with him, as was his almost invari-
able custom when the weather was
fine, aud placing him. in his wheeled
cot, where they could talk together as
the father worked.
The fresh air and sunshine did the
child good and he amused himself in
many ways The chickens and turkeys
learned TO regard him as friend and
would come around him, often jumping
upon his cot for some bit OF food which
he had brought. some Of them becom-
ing so tame as 10 permit him to handle
them.
When noon came the man and boy
returned to the house, whore the father
prepared and they ate dinner. Then,
nou 'ns e.HaSs hau uoou "hSneu anu
Johnny had dropped OH to sleep, as he
always did after dinner lin the long
days, John. sr' went TO tho bureau and
inmmaged around until he found some
wiring paper ana hnaiiy pen anu
eo,.se OF INK
These he brought to the table, drew
up chair and sat down.
x TFll.jcst give Rastus a hint, " he was
saying 70 himself. AN II he's still Of
tne same mind as ne used to be, he'll
DC mere IN less TWO weeks an mother
am Lucy IL never know what fetched
MN;
Wimns curis ABOUT some things;
never did understand EN- very well.
lheres Marty, now best woman liyin',
.einini besfssi as a chickcn, an Lucy's
lesti,ke neri put tney re a-lettin' 'Rastus
an her prehk tneir hearts Ter each
otner rather than TO speak up an tell
MN now the iand laysi but ain : goin'
70 low ~
lie uppea tne pen IN the INK and
then let II sip through his fingers and !
make great blotch on the white table
cioIn:
inns was uniortunatei 1t would be a
teii-tale spot informing the women of |
what he had been doing in their abb
seqce' -.
lie arose and wet the dish rag and
srled 70 remove the ink spot, but only
succeeued IN making It larger. Finally
nc carried the pen, ink and paper TO the |
bureau, ,,,' !, i, TOOK OK on the table cloth and
hung u IN the window to dry, brought
DICK the writing materials and again |
n was N lono .;ma eipca ho hod ,.,.
49,. h...a - ~, uo nav wiz
Ten ietteri ne trleu 10 think how long,
and could not remember Of having
uone 30 since the iamlly came to the
coast Erastus was tolerable pen
man. and pood nj cnnanoaino and koJ
:. M. 5,-- "nu nau'
Nv MI aIson request, Writton q lew
business letters that there had bean n
for and einco ~ III i.s
:, ~, eAu einoo ho niu ieit,
thero nad Deen no business letters to
write. and until now Iohn parsons hod
onr tn,,,od L;,.,.ois ,,.,.I -: Kau
. .oh.ohso" hihSci WIN einpiy Senqlng
his love or supplying some bit of news
for Iucv or her motbar ,,,han tha,,
,n-a. ~ ar .L "non ehoy
wrote 10 eftner OF the absent ones on
family affairs.
R,f no,y h.d al, .L..
Due NOV NO hau nn opJect 10 accom-
plish and must write, and he SQUARED
him self IN tho taak