The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-05-04
HER RELATIONS.
Aunt Sabina and the Shadow
on the JObson Household.


Obediah Jobson was mad that morn
In and no mistake. You could tell it
by the way he knocked things about
and kicked the cattle, and swore.
Obediah was a member of the church,
too; but sometimes he'd swear for all
that-tho' generally under his breath,
just for appearance sake, I reckin.
The mornin' was beautiful, too.
Spring had just sot in, and the birds
were chatterin' and singin' and en-
joyin' the sunshine as happy as could
be. Like enough, tho, some on 'em
might hev been quarrelin', fer all
knowed, especially them as had mates.
That was the matter with Obediah
that mornin he had mate, and a
match, too, in Freshly, his wife.
hev no doubt he meant it that mornin'
when he said any man what married a
woman was q fool; he was mad en-
ough to mean,it, that's certain.
hope you won't think I'm a-gossip-
in, pryin'- neighbor of Obediah Job
sons, fer indeed I'm no SIGH thing.
I'm one of the family, you may say
bein' the hired help for some nine year
or more-so you see l hev the right to
tell what made Obediah so mad, or in
other words, what was the thorn ever
stickin' into his flesh.
1t wasn't that his wife fell short in
hor. J,,t,y 20 bA,, husband oh mol 70,
no woman in the world ever tended {
mans insides or outsides better than
Freshly Jobson done to her husband s.
Why; | hev seed her darn his sock;
till they was almost as thick as {
blanket with crossin and recrossin',
and no mans clothes in the hull dis.
trict Whereabouts lasted so long, OIL
showed more careful patchin'.
Yes. Freshly done her duty, there ant
no mistake; but somehow, while she
was a-tendin' to the spigot so keerful
she paid no airthly attention to tn,
bunghole. Leastways, that's wha
Obediah said; and as he he'd to pay tn,
reckonin', he knowed, / suppose.
Well, the reason he was so mad tina
mornin' was all on account OF a letter
what Miss Jobson read to him at break
fast. i he'd jest carried in the coffee a
she was through, and he was a-sayin'
spiteful like:
Another one, eh, Freshly! How
many more poor critters hev you il
your family? l never hev heard of thi
one afore.
Miss Jobson looked huffed at that
as what woman wouldn't-and sal
she, with some GOODNESS in her voise:
Poor critters, indeed! That's
nice way to speak of a family who's
ancestor signed the Declaration of In
dependence!'
You see, somewhere back in the age
cousin of Miss Jobson's married
Very distant relation of Stephen Hop
kins-one Of the signers-but how tina
fact ever made the Briggs family
Presilla was Briggs afore she becom
q Jobson--how that fact ever made he
family better than Cbediah's wa
something what l never could max
out, nor him, nuther.
"Dern your Declaration of hide
pondence!' says Mr.. Jobson, with
laugh ov scorn; II only wish some O
your relations he'd little independ
ence, tho, come to think of it, an
may be they wouldn't hev been so de
pendent on me.
l was pretendin' to look fer some
thin on the sideboard so rs not {
lose emmy of the conversation; but Mis-
Jobson, who is real cute, says:
Sary Jane, you mount as well /
ironin' while we aire eatin',f and Sc
ov course, he'd to leave the room.
Howsomever, heard the rest of tn
talk, tho hoaO, is neither here or ther,
Mr. Jobson apparently he'd pickle
up the letter, and was a-readin' of
aloud. 1t run somethin' like this:
"DEAR NIECE: You will be surprised to r
ceiye letter from your aunt that you hevn
seen since you was d child. hear you all
married and prosperous, which is mercy, fl
your old aunt is a-comin to make her HON
with you. She hopes to find o refuge Their
for all the rest hev turned their backs onto he
You may expect her the day after you G,
this letter. Yours affectionately,
- AUNT SABINA BRt GGS. -
Cool!' snapped Obediah; "she'
a-conin' whether we want her or moi
Let me see. Tomorrow, then, She
be here"
!" Yes" said Freshly, stiff like in he
tones.
There was a long pause, and wa
about gettin. back to the kitchen wha
Mr. Jobson broke out again.
I" HciiiH said. be. nI'vs hara
eountln now many auRta end No,