St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
GOING A-VIsITING.

| L WcuU UOWu W luc ucpOG tWO liOul
before train time because | had several
| Detroit Free Press. Looking up the
broad street which ran through the vii
lage. saw an old black horse, hitched
| to light wagon, coming down on the
| gallOp. In the wagon was man and
| woman. The woman waved her hand
! and the man piled the whip, and in a
| couple of minutes the rig stopped at
| the platform with such suddenness that
| the mud flew in all directions.
elias she gomez" shouted the woman,
as she began to climb out. >
"WhO?o .,
"The train"
"NO, ma am."
"Well, that's piece of good luck. l
thought we'd be about five minutes too
late. For mercy's sake. get that trunk
checked and buy my tickets!.
"Yes, Mary, yes" he replied as he
put forth his best effort, and he dragged
the chest down the platform and asked
for ticket and check.
sit is an hour and fifty minutes yet"
replied the agent.
"W-what! Hear, that Mary! You've
been fretting and stewing since 2 O'Clock
this morning, and here we are two
hours ahead of time."
sit can't bel"
'That's what he says"
"Weil, William, don't you believe all
he says? You remember how Aunt
Harper got left by taking the word Of a
ticket agent. Sometimes trains are
ahead of time, and sometimes behind.
Kiss me good-by, William"
''But there's lots of time, Mary"
She appealed to me to settle the
T no OF
hour and fOrty-fve minutes she con-
scented to 20 into the waiting room. She
sat down on the edge of seat and
nervOusly began an inventory.
"Here's my handkerchief, and here's
my wallet with 90 cents in it, and here's
my snuff-box and thimble and steel
bowed glasses. Here's the recipe for
making hard soap Pm taking to Cousin
Jane, and here's that box of mutton
taller to go to Squire Johnson. Will
lam, Pm all right-hayen't forgotten a
thing"
"Do tell"
"And 1 only had five weeks to get
ready in! Well, William, goodbye"
ooh, pshaw, Mary-lOts OF time yet"
"Don't be too sure about it. You
can't always tell about these railroads.
don't want to get left"
She sat down again, took second in
yentOry, and then muSingly said:
II covered up the flour barrel, and
hung up that bag of dried pumpkin, and
put that jar of soft soap away, and low
cred the curtains in the parlOr, and shut
up the cook stove"
Eyes, Mary" replied the husband.
"And l poured the water out of the
teakettle, carried that piece of but
ter down stairs, sent home Mrs. Aiken's
draWin' of tea and cup OF brown sugar,
and put that piece OF pork back into the
Brine"
Eyes, swear to it,
swell, good-by, William. Fllbe home
in three weeks,
'sIt isn't time yet. Mary. It's over an
hour before tae train'll come along"
"Well, don't make any mistake. You
know, Cousin Hannah dreamed that
got left, and ] don't want it to come
true. And now, let's see; you are to
house once dayw
eyes,"
"Be careful to shut all the doors after
you"
II will.'
"And don't build no fires"
"And don't let the swill-pail get frozen
up again" s
Swell, William. good-by,. it must be.
time to go. tasG s2,i. Sd; ,: So. CA5st'G
"Oh, now, Mary, but it's just an hour
by the clock. Don't be so nervous"
81 am little nervous, suppose, but
I reckon it's because Eve forgotten
something. Did you take the starch
back to Mrs. Davis"
81 did,
"And carry the Wilder Smiths kettle
homer"
eyes"
"And did 1 scald the coffee-pot and
hang it up behind the stove?"
Eyes, saw YOU"
"And wipe out the stove boiler and
hang it up in the cellarway?'
YES"
"Well, that's all, guess, and I'll kiss
you good-by. I'll write you Sunday"
"Now, Mary, don't be SO Uneasy. It's
bad sign"
ayes, 1 seem to be Uneasy, but hope
it don't mean earthquakes and hurri-
canes. Now, William, your liver medi-
cine is on the shelf in the kitchen"
EYES,"
"it's the right-hand bottle. The other
has goose lie in it, and if anybody is
taken with Group you want to send it
right over"
''I'll do it,
sYou take your liver medicine three
times a day-half tableSpOOnful-in
water. l left out an old SPOON"
EYES,"
eff you have pain in your chest
make mustard plaster. There's mus
tard in that tin box on the second but
tery shelf. left-hand corner, and YOU can
tear up one of my old aprons"
eyes"
"Let's see! You may have another
bile while am gone. The flax seed is
in that yaller box on the top buttery
Shelf"
Eyes"
. "And4 " ~; for mercy's sake''
sThere hain't no ink in the house for
you to write with! l knew I'd forgotten
something's"
"That'S 500
swell, it's too late now. Put little
vinegar and lampblack in the old bottle,
and ] guess you can make out. Well,
goodbye, William. Remember I have
chalked down the number of hens on
the wOodshed door, and you won't for
get that we have thirteen hogs, forty
six sheep, one horse and yoke of oxen.
Let the clock run down and don't try to
wind it, and if you want the lantern
you'll find it on the hook in the wood
shed, with candle and matches all ready.
Well, goodbye, William.
Every Farmer Knows
That weeds must be torn up by the roots, or
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