West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-05

lfooCncD taE house. TIC .anch,Nau-
with extended hand ouu face that
showed smile an every .4uarc inch of
IT. advanced TO meet him Then his
cheelN voice rang out stranger.
hoWdN Glad 10 see yer, Cum fwo
80 fur aS that. hey Wall. wall
n'ao' me. strange, howdy! WsN
Wall-glad ter see yer. by lingo
Kim Yer git 90 stay all night? Wall.
! reckon Yer can git ter DO uothm'
elst Thar hain't another house with.
in thirty mile o. here. Vas. stranger.
yer Kin git TO stay all night-bla>, me,
yer ji>t Kim
"HNaC John Thomas john
Thomas John Thomas. my hoy.
LET down the front bars and lead i'm the
gentleman s. iacka~~ Take him round
TO the east side % the pic pen. whar
the morniu ~m'll strike him. and
throw an armful O. fodder over tho
fence
'Ya,. stranger. Yer Kin git to stay
all night
John Thomo,-ho. John Thomas,
John Thomas, my son. give The
stranger iacka>> "a bucket % water
Looks TO me, stranger, like you're
one % them pro>pcctin pilgrims. Ya,s
Wall, | thought ,o-bla~t me. thouvh,
50! ~ fur as ever | seed YOU up the
hill thought so. Blast me. vas, I
>cd TO myself that YOU was one o. Them
pro>pectjn pilgrims
"NairN Jane. wife, | say. Sair
Jane. in the house tharl You kin cGf
the crook-neckod ~qua,h-thc stranger
II stay.
John Thomas John Thomas, boy.
don yer hear yer daddy Call9 Na,P
"a
the stranger iackas- bite % barley
Julia Ann, my girl don't stand
otal1u run and pull mess 90 tmuiDS
Blast me, stranger, cf | ham't giad
TO see this section a-gittiu' SO populou,t
Come, w u walk inter the house. But
tust - John Thomas, bow John
Thomas bring i'm all the strangers
things OH % his iackass.
Walk in walk iu Take seat ina
that bio split bottom cheer what stand,
by the CoTNUT of the hath It's the
easiest chccr in the house, 'ooptm that
one with rockers onto IL, thai vUu see
my ole mammy u-setliu i'm
Nanny -thi, isa- -pro,pcctu per
Son-an hc'll-hc'H stay ali night
'Shc lcctlc bit deaf, stranger
had her brought out this summer. She
cum all the WAY from ole Mi-~oury.
Blast me. stranger, she iist sets i'm the
chlmbly corner rs happy as a kitten AN
day long. Does q fcller good 60 look
al her. don itp
How old? Wall stranger, her agc
haiut allu- bin kept as reg'lar as IL
oughtr bin. but reckon she's nigh ON
TO ninety
81 say SaiIy Jane wife, are you
out tharin the kitchen? Yer arcP Wall.
| IH IA ..rI q -.
ycllow-lcggcd hen, so put on the pot
and have some scaldin water ready.
Git TO stay all night Wall, siran-
ger ycrcouldn't git 10 donothin' olsi if
yer tried!
Susie. child, git yer daddy his coat;
then iist take the strangcr's carpet sack
an put it under the bed out in the best
room.
"Yas, yas, ! know, Susie, child
know that! But your gran nanny kin
sleep i'm the trundle bed, long with YOU
and Julia Ann and Amandv Ellen; yer
nanny an me kin take little Jimmy
and Mary Louisa inter bed long with
u.. and George Alexander is bio enough
90 go up inter the loft long o. the other
boys But, aforc yer 20, child, list git
a coal O. fire off IN the hath fur ycr
gran nanny pipe; don't yer sec she's
a waitin'2
What, stranger Yer kin spread
yer blankets an sleep on the iloorP No,
stranger, yer iist can't spread yer
blankets an sleep on the floor Wall,
blast me, Spread his blankets an
sleep on the floor? Wall, by lingo,
Stranger, thar hain't another
house in thirty miles; an what does
the Bible say bout entertainin
go
night' Wants TO spread his blankets!
Bless my soul, by lingo!
Sairy Jane, wife. be partick Ter
an peel few pcrtatcrs to put in long
with the chicken
Mammyll talk to yer. stranger.
while / go for the hen You'll find
her right peart yit, but yer gol ter talk
loud like Yer kin list move yer cheer
back from the hath II yer too warm
We've got ter keep bit % fire a-Ooin
to take the chill on'n her an to light
her pipe
Nanny the strangerll talk to
yer he n stay AN night!
Yer might hcv ter yell leetlc bit
loudcrn that, stranger; yer see, she's
used TO my voice
John Thomas, my boy, run out
now am kCtch up Bull. Watch. Tigc
and old Bose an tic EN- up; hCv
might take To- wOrryin the stranger
jacko.- durin' the night but yer kin let
the four pups run loose
What Old Bose is under the bedP
Git the broom and poke him out. Hes
the consarnedest dog fur slecpin un-
der beds that I ever seel
Amanda Ellen. girl, pick 20 basket
chips and help yer nanny while !
go for that hen.
Sairy Jane, wifel oairy Jane. yer
might iist dash q few dough dumplin's
inter the chicken among the pcrtotcrg
ct Iho stranger likes en-
Asked Of he could git Co -tay2
Blast mel
sairy Jane, wife, Better bake
short cake for support Dan De
QVtHs ne ~ y SIM
=s a-
An OcUllionth.
The statement that Mr. Marsh. of
Troy purchased onc-ocrlionth part of
an acre " leud up in Hamilton COUNTY
whose lode of rich and prccious met