Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-01

~ wuz goin to set
down in the big cheer an rite and tell
you about the time we he'd over to Mis-
Roperses, to the pound party, when in
came William Henery, an SEE he,
Hester Ann, KNIT you make me some
finger-stalls right off, my hans are
plumb wore out?" An so I he'd to put
down my writin and make him three
finger an one thum-stall.
While ! wnz a putin away my
needle an thimle in Gums Benjiman in
On awful SWEET and sez he, "Maw, hev'
you got my billed shirt all redy fur me
to ware to-nite. fur" SEE he, "you no
thet I'm goin over to the taffy pullin
to Hopperses?"
So he'd to set to an iron his shirt an
mend his socks an 80 sum outings
onto his pants an wash greece spot Of
frum his cote, an it looked to me jist
like the greece he'd come off frum
sum gals he'd, but mebby it hadn't.
By the time got all that dun, it
wus time to git dinner, SO I billed sum
backbones an cabbige an potaters, an
after dinner had jist got my wurk all
over with an set down, on wus rubin
my nose with the handle of the pen
sort of infictavely, an wus trying TO
make up my mind whether to tell you
first about what.a goose William Hen
cry made of hisself, or how the school
marin got he'd of the Widow Van
Dyke, but afore I he'd made up my
mind, here cum Mis- Parsons.
sLawks!" SEES she; "Mis Scooper, be
you ritin of letter? Don't let me
bother you; jest keep rite on" But,
land Goshen! pursen might Jest as
we'll try to write with gang of geece
around EN- es Mis- Parsons, SO sed, II
want doin nothin yit."
She stayed the hull AFTERNOON an
fur supper, but she tole me all about
whot she thot of the Cronkses. SEES
she, did you ever heer about when
Deal Cronks went to see her dotter
Mandy?"
tole her I never he'd herd no par
ticalers, es Mis- Cronks hedn't bin
over sents she got home.
So she ups an tells me all about it..
SEES she, "You know me an Deal ust to
be thickern three in a bed, til she
acted so ornery about them turky
FOULS"
I tole her I did know they wus
always kinda friendly. "Wal," SEES
she, "Deal, she tole me all about it
when she fust cum back, and so / know
jest what happened. Mandy's hus-
band, Hiram Dayton, he spens every
dime of his mummy fur whisky, jest
think of it, Mis- Scooper, an he with
ther hull house full of young ones, an
a spiratulist into the bargain. Now
don't you think it is jest to awful, A" ses
Mis- Parsons. tole her it wus to bad,
an then she went on fur to tell how he
Hiram, id up an drink all o Mis- Cronk'f
bitterses an leave her nothin but the
empty bottle to smell of, an she, Mis-
Cronk, got tired of it an give him 6
bottle of hot infermintotor made uI
of stricknine an arsenick, an poor
Hiram he drunk it as usual, an then
her an Mandy tole him what it wus, an
he WIS awful scared an sick, an the
doctor cum an pumped him dry as q
bone, an give him dose of epakak into
the bargain.
But Hiram didn't dye, an Mis- Cronk
come home next day, an Mandy SEES he
amt never drunk q drop sence, but
"Lawks," ses Mis- Parsons, you cant tell
nothin by what any of the Cronkses
says, fur they air a nasty, mean, low
lived, ornary lot, an fur my part I'll
be glad when the shurif sells EN- out,
as he is sure to do" An she went on
to arsk us to a surprised university
they was gittin up fur Unkle Lige
Purdy and Letsha, his wife, it is to
be on ther fortyeth university, an she
wanted William Henery an me to go,
an likewise Benjiman an the school
marin. SEES she, II know the Wilder
Van Dyke is a most reddy to smolicate
the schoolmarm fur carryin on so
with the widders fellar over to
Ropeses to the pound party, but we
want her to go amy ways"
I tole her I thot we wood all 20,
providin William Henery wus willin,
an he genally is. An now, Mr.. Editor,
I've tole you the reason why I amt
tole you about the pound party; an,
land sakes alive, eff thet bred amt
runnin clean out in the pan, so must
quit an go tend to it. Yours in haste,
HESTER ANN ScooPER.