Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-11-14
THE PRIZE PUMPKIN.
Rosa Proved fiersslf q Coed fxrm.
or's wifs. Amer an.

weighed out tourteeu pounds oi crushed
sugar ioF Mrs. fnrmaloa Who sat upon
n tall stool on the customers side of
the counter. ''John." coatinaed the
Deacon. ~ he caryfally retarncd about
q toaspeonkli over.weight 10 the bar
rcl- John always seemed kiad.r still
when BE- was amongst the gals and
caiealated he'd h. Que 81 our Old bach
olors, bat there's nevor any trlling"
Mrs. farmalee gaso q slight groan
and shook her head
~ you ic.l that way ahou, H. bow
must I ioclP' sho said "As Foe biz
pA. hos changed man. Aud Aunt
AbhJ toOk 10 h.r b,d Aud my dangh.
tors have cried uu thought thsy d
cry their oycs out Mere an afflicted
fAlnlly, Deacon
Il want to know 90 CALCULATED the
beacon lie aiut married the hired
sal has hcY'
Il wish be Aaf. said Mr. farmalec
''Sho'd have hclpod about the house. "
II dunno" ssid the deacon. Ny
grandmother youngest son au uncle
81 mine, that varnt much oldorn me
he married his mas hired gal. aud
che lcst folded lsr hands aud wouldnt
fetch thc water "a wash 'om with artsr
the ring wBs ou. 'lisut one oi the
Jurkiu-c. you'y, had the iamcrly quar-
~ with ilr % long a time''
4 wish it was one II the JOrkins
girls said Mr. parmAles
~ Eaai % ksoW aid tho DcAnoa.
in itallcs Il it a widdcr with suthin
Rgiu her character. like samuwcll
icumr.uH arllrd
No. aid. NJ, Parmalee shes
Hc,-up city thing. uith all the alrs you
ever s.v Shos frash from boarding.
frhuol. aud talks French. aud sings
Italian. sud plays ! must say. like .
pruicssaT she's ail style. and do
spises us and halsz the house and the
farm nnd shs q wcan JOHN from us
Hc's said lnorc hatsiul thtngs since he
wuH married than be ever said In bis
life before We gave him the best
bedroom, and she's got him W new
furnish a. And wish II had pleased
the Lord % take me years Rgo. for !
dout cNPoci ever 30 b. happy again
while live"
Pretty bad, pretty bad said the
Deacon 'But perhaps she'll turn oat
better than sou ralk,rlstc, a. she
grows older Fraps is childlshness
Ny vii would hrrin by giving her
regular sgtting duwn. and settle her
for good
My spirit l. brokon." said Mr.
farmaloe with a Sigh Did ! say a
pound ~ raislns. aud paper % all.
spice. and Oh, ycs, ! nearly forgot
the tca che some wc always got.
pound Aud pot them Ia tho car
riaFo Tn going neat door 10 The
miliHsr's 90 get my new bouuct
sav my dauEbtcr-iu-law look Ing side
ways at my old one last SUNDAY" aud.
with another groan. Mrs rarmalee
carried her budgot oi woes Va Mlss
Trimmer who Wa even more sympa.
tbciis than the Dgaron.
Meanwhile Johns new wife Was
having rather forlorn time - Il at
home John WAS lscturing her.
Don't you tuiuk yoa could take a
little more interest In country life.
deafP' 30 vas sayinK 1T would
please the family - much"
n d. John. said Rosa. wlth her big
blue eyes iull oi candor. In surc
I've skgtched evcr3 thihg Tho spring.
che we'll, the Ioea-tS On the hill aud
Bessie. tne calf, sas I've got great
bunchus ~ grazs
'los-but don't mean an artistic
Interest said Juhn "A rua solid one
Couldut sou feel little like a country
girl u you tried. Rosag'
n have dritcn my own pony. and
perhaps could drive tho rcapcr. said
Rosa. Plainussiy And ! wouidn't
mind giving tbo pigs their Cruel. what
ever thcy eat; ! o ehurn
The hircd mou and the servants de-
oil that Rosa. sald John. rather -
vorsly. 'puut pretend 10 misnnder-
stand me lm q plata farmer. and my
vile must not b. too much above
things lake an Interest i'"
I'm not. John" cried Rosa What
do dog'
John could not say. lie only knew
that his home. which had been a place
OF peace aud comfort In the days heu.
~ The bachelor brother Of fve-and.
thirty. he had tccn the adarca of the
homestead. the Idol oi bis mother. and
the Admirable Chriehton 81 his
younger sisters. had turned ia,o a sort
81 cabinet of torture; that the little
hcauty who had left boarding school
a. marry him and whom he had
thought perfect twas sp0keu Of as .
'stuck-up" as a thing Of airs and
graocs ne one who put on airs
Tho family woru the air 81 hAviag
hecn through frightful trial sharp
things we're said-bitter once. also;
and bis amiAh.c parents. biz cheerful
cid aunt and his lively little sisters
we're changed inlo bcings as solemn as
grand Druids
The change had been brought about
b him giving them whai be supposed
would 10 = pleasant surprisa-la mar
rying Rosa lie had quarreled with
then. nos be waf lectariag ha vile
She was wipinR away = tear shea
Jane the servant knocked "a the door.
snd brought 10 a batch Of lssasrs
''spoor's folks fetched them from
the once" she said. - she dumped
them 90 her masters desk. and
showc8 b. her rlanoos thai she plata.
h saw lbsi hls ale he'd besa srTlas.