The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-04
SCARED COUNTRY AUNT.
AMUSING ADVENTURES OF A
DAY IN CHICAGO.
she Visits Nephew siIs and Ms Dumb Wife
aad = Shocked II what She Sees and
Hssrs--Tsrrors VI the Cable
Co.'s Homo Disgusted.


her. but said no. twas agin' scriptur
Thea he tried 70 get her TO elope with
him. but she told mo what he was up
70, and he went of In n hun. saying
sho had too much talk TO suit him, and
the next we heard he had married
deaf and dumb girl. and he sent us
word he preferred that sort. guess
nobody was hurt much. for Cinthy got
q forehanded man right of
Sile was making 1t hum In Chicago.
and according TO his tale ''liyed In a
fve-story house by beautiful river
drove his own team In the park and
ate his dinner there once week. see
ing all the parades." He drove out TO
our house on the prairie TO coax his
mother TO go back with him and see
Tor herself how an expressman could
entertain. She nor hadn't ever been
before the fire. and We had been afraid
TO go since. Mehitabel said her rl.eu-
matiz was better nussed ut home than
abroad and set in for me 70 go in her
stead.
Well, II IL hadn't OF been for the pill
low put behind my back would have
clean give out before / got half way.
We rode and rode and rode miles and
miles and miles after Sile told me we
was In Chicago. but houses was as
scarce as chickens teeth and no streets
as far as could see. At last they got
thicker and streets TO match till we
fetched up 10 his five-story house. IL
turned out 10 have five families In IL.
and Silas lived on the top floor. The
Lord placed me on the ground floor and
don't believe In soaring up in the sky
till I'm called for good. BY the time ]
had climbed up TO his roost ! hadn't a
breath to say how be youp to Phoebe.
Sile and she twisted their fingers at
each other till l thought L should
screech. 1t was SO funny! Phoebe
smiled and shook hands like other
folks, and as far as 1 could jedge her
bed and vittles were good. and her
bread riz the same as what mine did,
but. oh, IL was awful quiet and solemn.
Sile shut up too as tight as a drum
when he got home but his tongue did
wonders when he came TO eat.
watched all night for fires i
didn't dare to undress and may be lose
my best gown. Right after breakfast
put on my bunnit and me and Sile
went out together. Ho said he was GO
ing to show me "a crib" / thanked
him kindly, but told him didn't care
TO waste my time that way. Crib
indeedl Just as II | couldn't look Mt his
old one any dayD Then he proposed
a visit TO the board OF trade, but had
a shed full OF 'em ut home awaitin' my
own figure. and been used to lumber
all my life. bein' n native OF Maine. |
said didn't care TO go there. either
What do you think he proposed noxtp
II makes me mad to remember the
invite! Let us go TO the stock yards.
says Sile. land see how many critters
can be killed In mint" Think OF itl
Me. that always stuck my fingers In my
ears and shet TO the door whenever
chickens neck had TO be rungl felt
real hurt and 1 know Silas wasn't
pleased with mo. was kind OF home
sick and unhappy. / was kind OF
trembly. too. from the cable show In
the morning.
was bound not 10 ask n question;
II Sile was dumb 1 would be dummerl
For. i had rode on tho Erie Canal
whom ! was a girl coming from York
State. and i allowed that this cable
might DO little better than the line
boats. may be as good as the packets.
with their three horses and bugle
Any fool knows that cable ropes and
line 10 one and tho same thing the
world over. and I expected to SEQ
enough clean water 20 float us, but
there We stood In the road. no water.
no tow-path. not hoof nor hair OF
n mule 70 draw. but great juggernaut
coming down like mad upon us. To
this mint don't know how we ever
got set down inside iti / didn't forget
my manners II was discom federated.
for / turned round and asked the
people that set behind to excuse my
back. and / said 'good-morning" TO
all that set near. but not word come
out OF their heads. A load OF dunn
mics out for an airing. thought !.
We spun along OF ourselves at
great speed. and powerful as II was.
any man. weman or child could stop
the whole thing from tho roadside by
mat hoiding nm ono hand IL u.a