Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-09
AETALs OF TAEaLETON.
JUNRER 80. 80. 1 3

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- AF&6A befOUr me as I rite
the words; an eeeh
one seems TO clame
the furst nOtiss. The Oldest shall be
furs5.
Thare wus the HopeweIIs; Uncle
Jimmy, bald-pated even then, with q
fringe of gray hair and a gray beard,
WIS one Of the happyest old cristians I
ever knu; an his Wife-she Wus a slim,
black-halred wOman-cOOdent be beet
fur pure goodness. But She wus a very
Umble sperlted pUrsOn an thought eY-
rybody else was better than she was.
Then thare was the TayIOrs, some
sort of relation to the HOpeweIIs, or
/ else tina cum frum the ssim town East.
Uncle JOsey wasent gray a bit, tho
he was older than brother HOpeweu.
sEYry body thawt lots of Uncle JOsey.
He he'd a round, full, rudy face, the
picter Of good mater, an his hair was
! brown and kinder curled under at the
ends. He was an awful quiet pan In
meetin; he scanned afrade of his oan
| voice thare, but he never was afrade
to be found among the sick or dyin,
actin out his religion.
Uncle JOsey's wife Good talk fer both,
an still there'd be more to fOller. %
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! believe she thawt she wus, an it made
/ her happy all the time-except when
| she was grievin about other folks sins.
! It was sed that the oldest man In the
/ place was Squire Burnam; If 1t was
/ so, he held his age remarkable. His
! hair was black as a cole folks sed his
! barber knu Why, an he had a way of
tossing it back, an strikin attitOOds
/ when he was a speekin. He was very
tall an spare, an allus had a smooth
face.
He he'd bin a widower twice-fer a
short time Mrs. Burnam, No. 3, was
a dOoent speaker whether she was in
meetin or cumpany, an her voice was
very pleasant. Sum folks called her
tartar" mebbey tina knu her better
than did.
Up close to the North end of Main
! st. lived the Rudgers folks. Most OF
the men called Mr.. r. "Old Ridge,
fer he was sech a crusty sort he Good
hardly give a man civil anser to a
question.
His vie was a reglar htenin woman,
! whether with tung, hands or feet. If
she talked, it was hard to keep track
Of her words; if she worked, her hands
farely. flew, an if she walked-WelI, she
got out Of site in no time,
Further north yet, jest at the top Of
the bluff, thes Ives's lived. Tina was
outside of town, and had a farm, but
tina alIus took part in everything that
went on. Bein AIillerites tina kinder
favored the Baptists, but was friendly
with all
Sech smart folks tina was too! The
Oldest Miss Ives taut skOOl, an held &
very by posishon in society, an every
body looked to see her make a GOOD
match.
But good land! "there is no accoun
tin fer taste, is there? Miss Ives ha6
bows a plenty, an the one she cairet
fer, everybody was down on, an hel
parents worst of all The poor cir
Good not SCOT herself an every one else
an it maid her awful unhappy, an he1
helth failed.
One day the newse flu thru the tow
that Miss Ives wUz dyin, an thi
thawt she had took pisen by mistak,
fer medsin. Sum sed it WIS purpus
It maid a big cOmmOshun, 1 tell you
an evry body went up to see her
She suffered awful, but KEEP cheerful
fer she was a good Cristian, an whel
she died, there wuz a sweet smile o.
her face.
How we did miss that deer girl
Thinlzin of her makes me sad, so IL
hav to quit ritin, fer a spell. You
friend JUMPER BERRY.