The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-08

f11' II never 49," - ~ NJ
- .corcr today Win your added farms
nan when y0u began. you know
49,, than shirsy-nve pears ago. John. thirty
nse years ngo-
~.-.,h>r we've scrimpcd and saved. John. and
,orrther we've pleaded and worked.
"a none will say I've held you back. o. ever
duty shirkcd;
=. .,,v ! woman. snd where I've failed i've
failed - . woman would.
o., rye Cone - veil - could. John. I've
done = well q could.
.sEed Ne cows ana churned the butter.
I've knitted and sewed and spun.
-r-.aed me house ard kept the bees. but never
my work uas done
w.h : wooden churn and spinning wheel
rye stood on puncheon noor
M these thirsy-nve years and more. John.
thissy-nve ycass and more
III ueser sign Off carpet came s'ii wove u,
x,,.l ! spoon bui an iron spoon. and never :
| dish but dcif;
.-.,ead 81 = cooking stove. : pot and skillet 20
bake and brew.
-. hook IN an open fireplace. John. burnt
almost through and through
s,,.,-eossom chairs, table Of deal. with never
cover - all:
M - our kitchen IN spring. John. summer.
snd winter end fall;
ne e,oked and 70 washed. and We ate and
.ieot. and lived IN the seif-same room
For little ne had ana naru We toiiri' AL tor tne
sake Of > home
re cabin u,s tdy for that John. and ia never
! word o. blame.
III Sue. and hob and Tom we're born, and
AFTER the baby came.
Ara then for their sake< and not my own en-
tered NY nrst complaint.
For xas never a angel. John and you we're
never saint
Ara you said b,rn Vas needed more. besides
woman could wat-
r,ourh ue we're rich. jet all we had we had In
our real estate:
rnes we're hard and money vas scarce. and
you oxcd for the tea-acre lot
b. MS little debt you forgot John, my little
debt you forgot
rorn TN : terrible duilard. John, ! never
could understand
WAY some nen are always poor with hundreds
OF acrss Of land
Be, I waited and waited and waited til you
should get out o. debt
And ira have kept my patience. John might
have been waiting yet
ror I dressed IN my linscy-woolsey then. and
you "a your home wrought jeans
While ny money vent Tor enhdrcns CLONES
and YOURS for Tam m.cnins~
An after we para 'or tne p.ee' '"'' ~ ''''s
oeaf and 70 wear
Twas NOR re woman could bear John
more thar woman could bear.
Bur Ib4re a long - ! could. John and got
when tk~ girls we're grown.
couple o. rooms from the lumber after the
ham u1< tnr@-
Because t1onxn the caon ~As oS ioF ~"
ts.s little enough fpr zen
hncn lady sue Vas = woman grown. s1o -
boys we're almost men
= sfra'd yoc're forgetting the cniidren' 'onn
lcfsethnE tne ~ronk Sou &C..
Iney etood upon ioos 80 'nsso.1 = IN
m ~ 40
n~eF p<nny. 80 ..''' ~
- %. nosse q 3 nue..
.inc nont.s ese1 - -
49, 49,, ~,
800 -. NJ ssn,.,, n~,,v. vr,,h 4. she r~~u
-. ~.-,.r $780,
.. - son,-,, i, Y. - -.
w s.' 800 ,s -. -ere a M
- 4. s----.,- y, snarr Iohn we.ve n.
- y. ~ Z j, $3.50
n-~-. ,.~h~~<,~ IN
- - o,hr~ rn-s ~ n Too. John. whc,
su..n ~ Rcbrrs .re done:
49, ~.1, ~-..s-e =. ~. ..xtrv Iohn hut a ma
- c~r,~ -
r.,r,s 49, rord AZ she sabbath win yc.,
I,.s,~ ~rcrcrnt~~
-. ~, ,r~ ~h.,a~~r a. rcrr~e
~ ~c-~ 800 ~ ~. vrsx soune dax ~ listl
go shs, . rur..-.
- s~,,.~ u 80. 49,, a. ~rncc1srr she NJ.
~ ~. 800 sh~x. ~ Acne
xrtlet them b~rs. - - d,d thirty nve year
aro.e
- -ee A..Js goo1 Y youF - s'A'' -
'.<n ~ yo.r
nt t'en you werr icN 70 youfsen' ~ INV
80 n'c'oy ssn ~ 49,
- Wal ,ou kn'~ ~ s'ue' so'"'
~. 49, cs<on =.
- ~ nepp.eH asvs ~ our Hses ~ " -
- tons-
There's cften . greater famine John than
famine Tor lack % bread.
And for soul 70 be hungry, 'swerc little vorz
70 . dead
what matters Il vhither We 60. John. VIII
matters q whittier Ne 60.
suN nov many acres Of land we had while
ver here b<lcws
There's lizzie $3.50 rr<ssn~ "a keen. 1oh,
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