Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
pEAcoN's D

THE DEAcoN's RIDE.
-, boc,; porch sat Deacon Brown,
+ coz cnrst and latest man In town.
me ll%%iind, to left and right, showed
[, flows dotted with gold and white.
FiNeas,nr there in the pastures green,
Eaeen fine Jerseys US eve seen;
Is RI how much butter they made each
DAY a. would dare attempt to say.
,,er ioy had Deacon Brown than to
ca u on the porch, as tho sun went down.
81" H." I his acres, so broad and fine, and
."t his ewes on,his Jersey kline;
1caIh Ms foce wore q look much vexed.
o DIV, Ne lrummed his knees in a way
,rr snus in his tilted chair, he gazed
.nr goodly show and fair
~ 70 beauties grazing there.
.,;,ht the deacon muse and frown, and
naane,y scratch his smooth, bald
c n.rsny hcifer, his pride and boast, the
one of all that he valued most,
Zion i, into her head that she not like
n AZ n,ceker sisters would be.
!, at SlnnI Ol IlIC tltiiNIIS I)dIIs "Oulu
,w - her horns and thrash her tail.
..ck till her kicking power would fail.
,r,s Of cures had the deacon tried; but,
oias, for q good old churchman's
pridc!
1--WE, aver a drop of milk give down
me m whole day, tho coaXed and fed with
the "crcam OF the place.. so the dea.
eor snld;
r rncn tnrice she'd knocked the good
man over. as 1t barn-yard mud were a
Held of clover,
lowed in his wrath, rs a deacon may,
that he'd sell the creetur the very next
y Village butcher, and risk his pay.
low, MS he sat and thought 1t DER, 1t
seemed that his cross was indeed most
rnId not do 1t: 'twonld break his heart
from his goodly heifer this way to
HEN strollcd toward him his elder son.
who never Il bit of work had done,
f,hcd in the brook through the i've
long day, instead Of helping get in the
n ut the farm work in any way.
u deacon frowncd n frown most stern:
Twas time that 4 lazy youth should
learn
Ern his salt; twas different when he was
Nis ngc-the men nras men,
biz arc.naughts; and goVfg to school
made something besides a college
fool"
growing mildcr: "Wall, bout Peach.
bowl reckoned u cure you'd hap, to
know
at heather gable you chatter So"
\, .ho ;Jlo Soonauroco with +w;nbi;nn
exc: 1--WE heard of IL cure which You
might try"
! some Latin words he gravely said.
III ON to her back Il weight is laid
give milk s~traightway, and quiet be-"
said the doubling deacon: "1ll try and
seq
II the stable P%cachblow stood, calm
chewing her cud. as n heifer should.
ke the deacon: civilian, you're young
AMI Spry; you can climb on her back
now G%uicker'n /.
Ii do for the weight. III fetch the stool
and mix the critter; you just keep
cool
Scarce had the hopeful gained his sea-
when out flew the placid Peachblow's
fcrt,
mixer md milking stool upset in u
way TOO hurried for etiquette.
the deacon roared in his wrath:'"Get
''''t 4 a. w. AAAS SAAoS - IAAAA5 ASA
reun'.'
pulling and g%rumbllng, with VIII to
boost, he found himself on his novel
Ir0oSt.
|las! with what little certainty can we
plume our minds on things to be!
lust as the deacon, with voice elate,
cried: eco to milkin'; you needn't
watt"
Fanchlon was loosed by some luckless
Fate,
wildly out through the open door
~lashcd-ns she never had dashed be-
lore
heightened heifer, with snorts and
h%onn1s, and her load of q hundred and
ninety pounds.
roaring scnpegrace behind was left;
while, like L creature Of ms bereft.
hs P%eachblow flew with her frantic feet, |
a.bellowing down the village street.
be district school boys what q treat!
deacon's neckerchief tapped in the
wind, his hat blew off and vas left be-
hind;
tycs bnlged out: his face grew white:
his fringe of hair stood up with fright!
children scampered with laugh and
boot the dogs all started In mad pur-
suit;
geese they %squawked, and the chickens
new: the wives rem, startled by such
ado;
rushed the husbands, to cry: "Halloo!"
the good Oil parson, with face aghast,
lew to the gate as the dencon passed.
Il dreadful scandal throughout the
town might rise, from this frolic of
Deacon Brown!
ne drunk or crazy that thus he'd ride?
Md loud as he could the par-on cried:
stop! Brother Brown! Oh! where
Will You goy" And back from the dust
came these words of o
Lord and this COW, sir, only know?"
stopped at last, this steed so gay;
she stopped quite short i'll o sudden
Way.
ci out her heels. with n graceful poise,
pois
.oHer her head and into the dirt, with
outtonless b%reeches and tattered shirt.
X =
lsr and wiser Deacon Brown led Peach.
nov home rs the sun went down.
ai! the questionerS got him to say was
,lat he might tell them some other
was lamblike enough that
nlEnt; was MIXED very meekly, and
seemed all right.
,he deacon unused: oval, the heather
!.Ay have fust-rate COW cures, but l
must say:
y are trim to old folks, anyway"
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