Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-28
uns,1oas FROM HE CITY.
How They Succeed In ENTERTAINING
Unsonhisticated Country Frienos

81 Wish you RN0
oickels with of old papers--there > u
Whole raft O. folks visitia out nj my
n,ace. and they're tindin' fault al
,rrnin, mn their noses cause their ann
no litcr'toor round the house. an !"
bound to satisfy 'em on some p INT
..Friends from the EastP
.Y.a-e.s-some o my wife's reia-
fin, Her cousin an husband an four
l'g children an three little ones an II
I, baby. an mother grown up cousin
who amt married. an the Teller that 5
courin' her. an leetle burned dog
with lots O. hair round his head an
neck an none to speak Of on the rest
If him. The whole caboodle OF EN-
have been at our house bout two
weeks. pesterin' us. an l IL be 40.
,one.i If don't buy me tin blli an
dit down an pick gravel with the
chickens fore low it to'cur again
aye see they i've in New York, al
they've come out to spend the sum
ner. They let Oh they think heap
IF MS. an have been bout dyin' to e
ms fer years. reckon they coula
ever get money 'nough to come be-
! fore
When they core the boy that's
bout twelve got out o the wagon
first, an while was helpin' the 9th
err ont he went round an broke tho
well windlass al threw stone at
chicken an killed it, an begun chas-
in a calf round the yard an hangin
holt of its tail.
"The next day En---thats the cous-
n that amt mairieG---saw snake IN
he front yard an begun to holler. an
hinned up an apple tree. Her tellei
wont into the hou G lookin' fer gun,
N Liza that 5 the IN lrried cousin
TODD on he porch an screamed, an
he children got up on the
tence an yelled. l. za's husband was
,ut in the garden pluggin leetle BIZ
: watermeions no b & ger II door knobs
see if they was ripe, an my WIZ
,nd made herself sick wailin on EN-
il, an was in bed. heard the hula
oaloo down in the ha. field an come
p on the jump, an went an picked
y an old whip lash that lay in The
rass, an they didn't none of 'em see
ny more of that snake. They di,ln
pologizc though, aud En- said
nghler know bett' II 10 let whil
ashes lay round where they would be
are to fool folks.
An her teller tried to help he
"wu an she slipped en- fell on hin
a spawned his arm. and | had Il
ook Up an go down after the doctor
"Au' the next day the baby wa
COX vi Ii the measles, an had to g
again.
Am in the meantime the boy that
bout 1--WE We had throwed stones dow
re pun p SOS it wouldn't pump, brok
he wiuder out n the barn. bArkcd al
ne trees an killed two hens with som
bber gum iixIn', which | afterwar
ct up in the night an stole wa
rom him an burned in the kitche
.tove.
An LAS husband finished plug
IN the watcrnelons, an got a load
q shotgun that he dasn't shoot of
n sal he guessed he'd send fer hi
BROTHER to come out SOS to make
'irasant little family party.
"Ye orter see EN- stow way tn
neat an garden sass an grub an on
sun an mother when they get to tn
table, though they're all the tin,
Hin how delicate they air, an ho
they got the hay disease. or somethin
hay fever, mebby it is.
reckon it's trouble as kinder slim
iVe, the stomach. an makes folks hur
,ry. Al dinner one y | seed the PEE
aters meltin' way pertty fast an b,
sun to swallcrin' mine sort o rapi
SIS to get mother fore they was II
,one, an | was shovelin' it with m
Allife, when En- spoke up an said til;
some folks she knnwed would cut the
mouths clear round to the back ,
heir heads some day, an that it wa
awful funny how people that lived
country didn't have no table manner
Hohow. Then she spearel her for
'n;cr the last pertater in the dish, al
| got left after all.
"O1c day Ems Teller SAYS to M
Say. uncle, (he al ays calls me 'unul
or some roasom j know yer spottc
ow haint got no teeth in front Al
abovcP' Is that SOP says |. Ye
sin, says he, 'cause l turned up he
upper lip an looked. She hant O,
inne nor never had none neithe
| know a dime museum man
New York We could sell that co
fer four thousand dollars. H
nut her up on platform an hang q
car o corn over her head, an She
>orter grin at it an show her rum
an he'd clear million dollars on her
The twelve-year-otd boy has cot II
h"ft of the hens either killed or di
ehied, an the dog that pears to ran
II sharp pint behind has ct most o II
title chickens. Ems Teller has peel,
MI the shade trees in the front yn1
ryin' TO find some birch ha!k H,w
s'artin' on the lilac bushes when | To
MIN birch bark didn't grow on tree
and he stopped. EN- has had twent
hree crFin' spells an hysteriticks fo,
mes Liza an Ter husband ha.
Ihrowed dishes at each other twice. n
ave common row most ev'ry da
The children have had every thing b
smallpox, an have made the team +,
away twice.
well. gimme them papers--meb l
when they git EN- they'll read an II