Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-01-15

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Wall, I thought so-blast me, thought
| SO! As fur as ever i seed you up the
| hill l thought so. Blast me, vas! |
sed to myself that you was one o. them
prospectin' pilgrims
'Sairy Jane, wifel say, Sairy
Jane, In the house tharl You kin cut
the crook-Iecked squash-the stranger
III stay.
"John Thomas-John Thomas, boy;
don't yer hear yer daddy callp Yasp
Wall, then, attend to business. Give
the strangers jackass a bite o. barley.
"Julia Ann, my girl, don't stand
starin' run and pull mess o. turnips.
"Blast me, stranger, ef hain't glad
to see this section a-gittin' so populousl
Come, Wen walk inter the house. But
fust John Thomas, boy! John
Thomas, bring in all the strangers
things off'n his jackass.
"Walk in-walk in. Take seat in
that big split bottom cheer what stands
by the corner of the hath. It's the
easiest cheer in the house, 'ceptin' that
one with rockers onto it, that you see
my ole nanny a-settin' in.
"Mammy--this is a--prospectin' per-
son-an' he'll-he'll stay all night!
"Sho's n leetlc bit deaf, stranger. l
had her brought out this summer. She
cum all the way from ole Missoury.
Blast me, stranger, she jist sets in the
chimbly corner as happy as u kitten all
day long. Does feller good to look
at her, don't itp
"How oldp Wall stranger, her age
haint allus bin kept as reg'lar as it
ought'r bin, but reckon she's nigh on
to ninety.
~ say Sairy Jane, wife, are you
out thar in the kitchenP Yer arep Wall,
I'm goin' out to cut the head off N
acknowledged hen, so put on the pot
and have some scaldin' water ready.
"Git to stay all night. Wall, stran-
ger, yer couldn't git to do nothin elst if
yer tried!
"Susic, child, git yer daddy his coat;
then jist take the strangers carpet sack
an put it under the bed out in the best
room.
"Yas, yas! I know, Susie, child
know that! But your gran nanny kin
sleep in the trundle bed, long with you
and Julia Ann and Amandy Ellen; yer
nanny an me kin take little Jimmy
and Mary Louisa inter bed long with
us, and George Alexander is big enough
to go up inter the loft long o the other
boys, But, aforc yer go, child, jist git
coal o. fire off'n the hath fur yer
gran 'mammy's pipe; don'tyer see she's
n waitin'p
"What, stranger! Yer kin spread
yer blankets an sleep on the iloorp No,
stranger, yer jist can't spread yer
blankets an sleep on the floor! Wall,
blast me! Spread his blankets an
sleep on the iloorr Wall, by jingo!
Stranger, thar hain't another
house in thirty miles; an what does
the Bible say bout cntcrtainin' n
stranger unawaresp Git to stay all
nightP Wants to spread his blankets!
Bless my soul, by jingo!
Sairy Jane, wife, be partick'ler
an peel few pertaters to put in long
with the chicken!
" Mammy'll talk to yer, stranger,
while go for the hen. You'n find
her right peart yit, but yer got ter talk
loud like. Yer kin jist move yer cheer
back from the hath if yer too warm.
We've got ter keep bit o. fire a-goin'
to take the chill oif'n her an to light
her pipe.
Nanny, the stranger'll talk to
yer; he'll stay all night!
Yer might hev ter yell leetle bit
| louder'n that stranger; yer see, she's
used to my voice.
John Thomas, my boy, run out
now an ketch up Bull, Watch, Tige
and old Bose an tie 'em up; they
might take to worryin' the strangers
| jackass 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. He's
the consarnedest dog fur sleepin' un-
| der beds that / ever see!
Z" Amanda Ellen, girl, pick basket
O. chips and help yer nanny while l
60 for that hen.
" Sairy Jane, wife! Sairy Jane, yer
might jist dash n few dough dumplin S
inter the chicken among the pertaters,
eff the stranger likes 'em.
"a Asked eff he could git to stay?
| Blast me!
Sairy Jane, wife! Better bake a
short cake for supper!' De
| guile, in N. Y. Sun.