The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-11-26

with EN-. An now away We GO
Laura an me- Around the bend-near
The n,cdder where NJ Bankers dog
Killed : woodchuck lass summer We
meet the rest. We forget All about the
cold. We run races an play snap tbe
whip. an cut all sorts Of didocS. an
We never mind the PICK rci weed that
h froxc in on the ice AZ trips us mp
every time we cut the outside edge. an
then We boys jump over the air-holes,
an the girls stan by an scream an
tell : they know were agoin' TO
drowned ourselves. So the hours 60
an Il i sun-up n last. an Sister Helen |
SAYS We must b gettin' home When |
We take our skates OF our feet feel ~ Il /
they were wood Laura has lost her |
tipPet; lend her mine and she kind o
blushes- The old pond seems glad 20 |
have us 20. and the tire-hangbird's
nest in the wiIIer trees waves us good
bye Laura promises to come over 10
our house in tho evenin, and 20 We
break up
..Seems now continued Ezra
musinxIy. ..secms now n II ! could
see Us all af breakfast The race on
the pond has made US hungry. and
mother says she never knew any
body else's boys that had such ca
pacities as hers. II Is he Yam
kec Thanksgivin' breakfast sausages
an fried potatoex an buckwhezt
cakes an sirup- maple sirup. mind
ye. for father has his own sugar bush
and there was = big run o. sap last
season Mother says: 'Ezry an
Amos. won't you never get through
eatin's We want TO clear of the table.
for there's pies to make. an nuts 10
crack. and laws sakes alive. the tur-
keys got to be stuffed VT. Then how
We ali fiy round Mother sends Helen
up into the attic 20 get squash while
Mnry's maxim the pie-crusL Amos
an crack the waInuts they call EN-
hickory nuts ont in this pesky
country OF sage brush and past
ure land The walnuts are hard
and its all We can do to crack
1 EN- Ev'ry once n \ while one on
/ 'em slips outer our fingers an goes
| dnncin' over the floor or flies into the
| pan Helen y s.lueezin' pumpkin into
\ Though the coiander. Helen says
We ne shifless an good for nothin' but
1 frivoIin': but mother tells lls how 20
/ crack the walnuts sos not TO let EN-
| fIy all over the room. an sos not 10 be
1 all jammed to pieces like the walnuts
was down n the party II the Peasley's
/ last winter. An now here comes
1 Tryphena Foster. with her gingham
gown an muslin apron on; her folks
\ have gone up TO Amherst for
\ Thanksylvin'. an Tryphena has come
over % nelp our folks get dinner She
thinks great deal Of mother. cause
mother teaches her Sunday-schocl class
an says Tryphena oughter marry .
missionary. There j. hustle every
where. the rattle Of pans an the clat-
ter Of dishes. an the new kitch'L stove
begins to warm up an git red till
X Helen loses her wits an is fIustercd,
an SRI she never could git the hang o
that stove hampers
I An now sale Ezra. gently. As .
tone Of deeper reverence crept into
his voice. II can sec father sittin'
all by himself in the parlor- Father
hair Is very gray. and there ar
wrinkles on his honest old face H
Is Iookin' through the winder At Ia
Holyoke hills over yonder. and ] car
guess he's shinkin' Of the time whcI
. h. wux boy like me an Amos. m
uscfer climb over them hills an xii
rartlesnakes an hunt partridges- D
doesn't his eve quite reach the Hol
woke hillSe do they fall kinder loving
" hut sadly on the little bury IN
ground Jest beyond the village an
! father knows that spot an ne loves y
} too. for there are treasures Their
J whose memory he wouldn't swap 70
: all the world could give. So. Will
! there Is : kind o. mist in fathers eyes
n 1 can see he is dreamin like Of swec
an tender things and communjn
with memory-hearin' vo cc= l neve
heard. an feelin' the touch Of hands
! never prcssed-an' scein| father
peaceful face find il hard 20 think .
= aThanksgivin' sweeter than father ; i
The pictur' IN the freight chan e
e1 now said Ezra. '-an' seems as Il
> ~uz In the old frame mcefin' house
. The neetin' house j. on the hill. an
: meetin' begins At half pas ten Gu
pew i well up in front-seems a Il
could see il now II hiss ; long re
z cushion on the seat. and in the hymn
: book rack there i Bible and coupl
{ cf psalmoiyx We walk up the alsl
I slow. and mother goes in first. the
comes Mary. then me. then Helen
= then Amos. and then father Fafhc
E thinks Il i jcss - well 20 have one 9
> the girls <et i'm between me an Amo'
= The meefin' house Is full for ever
Y body goes 70 meetin' on Thanksgivin
! The minister reads the proclamation
. an makes : prayer. an then be give
}. out 4 psalm an We al stan up N
turn round an Join the choir. SaI
\ Merritt has come mp from Palmer
}. spend Thanksgivin' with the oil folk
: an he i singin' tenor to-day in his Q
! place In che choir. Some folks say /
y sings wonderfully we'll but 1 don't liz
: Sans voice. Laura sings soprano
7 the choir. and Sam stands next to b
| an holds the book.
ri .-Seems - IL could hear the mini
z ter : voice full Of earnestness an me
Z odv. comm from way mp in bis lit
= round pulpit He i telIin' Ms why v
should be thankful. an. as he quots
& scriptur' an Dr. Watts We boss vol
n der how snybody can remember
i much Of the Bible. Then get ncrvos
Y and worried Seems 20 me the mini
: ter was never comm TO lastly. and
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