Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-15

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It's good thing havo dictionary
known what deception meant. As nom
rs l can mako out, it meant that | lied.
| Woll, Fidola, l remembered that yerso
mother made us learn whom wo were
young and usod To quarrel,
Tho wiae will lot ehoir anger cool,
AZ loast before they wrlto.
and am over it now, but il You Ind
been hcrc before my anger got below
zero, by tho thermomctcrl would
have pulled your hair till there wouldn't
have boon enough left to sonson hotel
hash. l told you it was Jnnc who lcd
} about tho roostcrs, and MS for tho
onions, If preachcrs aro above taking
them MS charity, thoy cnn 1.-Two OH pork
without beans for MI l caro-.
Woll, Fidola, must tell you about
tho doings horo tho pnst week. On
Thursday morning tho door-boll rang,
and Sophia Jnno wont to SEQ who was
there and found the following invita-
tion on the stoop:
,,n GUmo ono, Go, come 10 all 70 tho ", CT U; Ontcr
| by Miss llennbold OF luka. md romarks by
othors. Admission. ton conts.
Sophia Jane brought tho paper in
and rend it over to mo three times. L
Thought it must DO something grand,
and it was 10 kind in tho Indies TO in
vito III ALL | know il must hnvo been
brought for us, for Sophin Jano saw
tho boy going away, nnd ho was tho
son of tho richest man in town. But
tho "W. G. Il. u" knew must stand
for somo gathering among the upper
tens for tho price was made ton
cents, as / thought, on purpose
to keep out tho SCUM of soci-
city. took tho dictionary md
looked NIL through tho avs" until |
cnme to tho word welcome and |
was sure that was what tho w stood
for. l looked through tho "Cs," and
Ind almost given up in. dospnir when
my eye struck tho word "Cynosurc, +"
which the dictionary says means II con
ter of attraction, and ihon was sntis-
fled l Ind that word right. Tho "r" [
know stood for Tryphrnn, md the most
suitable word for tho "U" was un-
awares; 30 tho letters stool for "NYcl-
come Cynosure Tryphcnn, Unawarcs, "
or, in palmer words, welcome center
of attraction, Tryphona, though Your
humility will not let you think well of
| yourself"
Oh how my spirits swcllod within
me when | mado up my mind wlnt the
letters meant, and tell you right here
that if the poor family TO whom gave
tho rooster had come in then wouldn't
have touched them with IL ton-foot
pole. OF course l mndo up my mind
TINT tho whole family should go, but
didn't toll Phyletus and George any.
thing about it until after supper. / got
n splendid supper, and we topped Off
on cider, which mato them feel in good
spirits, for il was mighty hard and
then told thom about the entertain
ment, and they were high up for 20
ing. Wo went rugged up in style, and
wo linked arms as we went in tho
church. Phylctus and wcro ono pnir.
and George and Sophin another, and
wo walked up to the front stove and
stood, pretending to get warm. but |
did ii 80 ms to see who was there and
to show of. When We were warm wo
took seats in tho center of tho church
for didn't forgot about being the
center of attraction.
Pretty soon the reading bv Miss
Hessbold began, and declare she was
fixed up with flowers in her hair, q
trail to her dress three feet long, and
her checks were 30 rosy and she looked
so nice, that unbenownly longod to
sec Sophia Jane on tho roster beside
her, and / was going to spoak to her
about it when L saw she was grittine
her teeth like madness; but George
was-was- -cnthusiasticulated, for /
saw that lovo had struck him
again, and after that / looked upon
her with an eye expecting to DO her
mother-in-law, and took great com
fort i'll seeing that she was quick and
lively i'll her motions.
She read something about tho great
white moon stalking through the east
ern rye, and some ones twin brother
dying in distant slend dead drunk,
and she kicked the roster and flung
her arms around, and once she prayed
and rolled hor eyes around like Ply
letus does when lie nsks the blessing.
After she got through thoy called
upon different ones to speak. We'll,
they oil told about some poor men
they had seen drunk. and by and by
some OF the folks began to look to-
wards the "center OF attraction, and /
nudgcd Phyletus to speak on our be-
hnf, for i thought L would let him
start tho speechifying and I would
! top off with verse Of poetry.
Meanwhile Phyletns was getting
mad, and as tho fifth speaker
sat down Phyletus went up to
the roster and began to speak.
Ho flung his arms beautifully, and
stamped his boots louder than Miss
Hessbold did, but the folks wouldn't
listen to him. heard him say some
thing about vino being good for the
stomach ache, and about us having
cider in the cellar, and then they put
him out of the house. He whooped
and called for help, and Sophia Jane
and made it warm for some of the
mon. I rubbed my fist under two
noses until tho blood flew, and Sophia
Jane blacked fellows eye, and so the
center of attraction went home with
out speaking the poetry, but will
| give you the verse herewith:
| Tryphona rondors hero hor thanks-