, 1886-11-23
GOING SHOPPING.

GOlNG NHUfIINU.
"when you going to Philadelphy,
MART asked Mrs. Santha Ann Green
way. ms she rinsed the coffee cups and
placed them on the waiter. morrers
l. III So glad My chicken and butter
money is come to consid' this quar-
ter. an ! want lots o. new things.
Think you could git c'mf Seems n pity
for me to lose a whole day, an spend
more'n two dollars on them Irsky kears,
when you've got TO 20 on business l
guess you could suit me, you use ter do
all yer mothers shopping
We'll, | could try, Sanity Ann but |
don know. Womcn's iXin's is 50 Gurus,
What you got to gitg'
1--WE got to nave some caliker gowns,
fust an foremost, | s'posc, II Achsy
wants IA few ixin's. However, il won't
trouble you much, for III have EN- all
writ out. An, father, you must Kit
some homcspun for yourself. You RELY
hain't got nothin' much sides your wed
din suit, an mussy knows that ought
to he wore out, though it don't look dis
respectable yet: only 1 never liked them
swallows tails.
Pa going to the oity,' asked Achsa
Jane, a girl of l6, coming in with Al big
loaf Of rye bread hot from the kitchen
stove. "Oh, pa, please do take me.
He can't. Achsy; not just yit, - said
her mother. "You wouldn't want to 20
with your last years bonnet on, that you
amt willin' To veal to picnics even.
You'd better set down what things you
can't do without very well, but you must
make the list short, Achsy, Mess your
father should gil more than he expects
more money, | mean"
I'm make two lists said Achsa,
laughing One for short fodder, the
other for long Well, | forgot, 81 she ad
led rs her mother looked her disappro
baton. II mean money
she's Il reg lar boy, mother, ~ said the
farmer, with II chuckle, "an' she always
will be.'
You'll take the big spring wagon,
,'posc, " sal | his wife. II wish you'd git
that five gallon can fun OF oil
Samtha Ann had been imposed upon
by some good neighbor of limited knowl
edge, and thought that all the barrooms
In all the principal cities Ind been
closed. Mart had never in his life been,
50 to say, drunk; but once or twice he
liftl nffll oNtItbllf " int fNAtlli VI lilh
ing u broomstick for Snntha Ann, and
sour milk for molassos; still, that was in
the dusk of long years & As n gen
erul thing, he never touched the "crit
ter, ' as his wife called it.
Mart sat j~auntily behind his trays,
specializing On the probability Of coming
back full handed. lie Ind secretly put
II little money for speculation in the
hands OF II business friend, quite pre-
pared to lose it, but still hopeful
Scarcely mad he reached the city when
he met this anne old acquaintance
Good news for your cried the latter.
81 made n little cool undred for you ON
Tint venture. DO you want the money
now, or shall | invest againy''
"Well, ! rayther guess I'll take it
now, - said Mart, with bounding pulses.
''an' try agen some other time. I'm in
for business, and there's lots to he lone
for the folks to home. They don't know
nothing about this, you see, an l kinder
want to surprise EN-"
Very good; You shall ave it. Come
right in here to this restaurant, and IN
settle witt you
Thu two men entered. Lunch was or
dercd, and with the lunch wine.
II told Sanity Ann | wouldn't drink
no liquor, said Mart. "You see, it goes
to my head before | know it, an I've got
considerable BUSINESS TO do
Liquor You wouldn't call this mild
and harmless beverage liquor, | hope 1t
has positively no intoxicating effects.
You might drink sixty glasses, and then
think and walk straight. I've drank il
nil my life
well, seems you say - said the cas-,
farmer, II s'pose | may just drink "A lit
tie. only one glass will do
But mechanically Mart drank as often
ms his friend filled mp the glass, and
though he was conscious of no loss of
stcadiness, still he WIS so far under its
influence hat he hardly knew where he
was aftcr he had found his way to the
first class store to which Santha Ann had
directed him.
What will You have" asked the po
lite clsrk.
'commodate me, - said Mr.. Mart, looking
impassively at the clean shaved face be
fore him IL feel a little top heavy"
a chair was brought Mart took of
his hat, placed it on the floor, aud sat
down. hen he began To tumble in his
pockets, first his coat, then his trousers.
then his vest, and finally, to the amuse.
ment of two or three of the clerks ranged
round, who were watching the proceed
ings, he turned the list out of nm instd,
pocket of his vest, together with Santhi
AIMS roll OF bills.
"Bleege me by reading them ere, il
you please, - he said, with n solemn rol.
of his eye. giving the list To the clerk.
'Santhn AIMS wrote what she wants. "
Indeed, my friend, | can't make il
ont, said the clerk, after looking il
over. X ali kerr | suppose that
means calico, " he said, after spelling it
out
"Ncll, yes, | s'pose So, Snntha Ann.
more OF n scholnrd than | he, - said tn,
farmer. Let me see. | guess l can XII
through it. Yes, l see, knliker. seed
sucker don't know what IA is. cot
ton, a hundred yards, that means spoo
cotton, | c~al'lnte; ball baby stockings
l wonder whose baby she means; ",
mint got none. Catch n mare-well
that Is GURUS. I don't catch no mare
on this expedition"
she probably means seersucker-ar
article for ladies' dresses-Balbriggar
stockings, and cashmere, " said the clerk
politely, behind a smothered laugh.
We'll. I'm glad yon know DON'T
was Mart's answer. and together they
made ii the list
Nuu had better take yoJr cotton and
needlc 10y the box. We always sell that
way to parties out Of town. said tn,
clerk Here is something | think mean,
sattcen, he added, rs he pointed Ia d
word underlined-it was satinet Well
Wen put these up 10 the best Of our abil
ity, and have them ready Tor you in nj
hour. 90
Very well, " asid Mart, thickly. IN b,
here 10y that time Help yourself ont o
them twenty five dollars, aud gi' me tn,
change II there is any, if not, I've goI
plenty of cash. and he swaggorod out o
the store.
At late hour he came back, his
WACO 50 londcd w that there wa
scarcely room To stow away the numcr
m. LuuIlDa Lrunnht nnt II H. .lrA- .rual.