Telegram-herald., 1890-01-07
THE SANE MRS DAY.
How she Worried the Life oar oS
Poor Hi Perkins

a rsStars II Coaatry Lie whlch Is ks2l.
49, Eaoagh - satisfy ghe uoss F>s-
uasas C.rPsr Commercial Assh-
ads N tas CoCatFg store
Peoele who contena that al things
have become nss should, according T. a
Nea Nors sa1 maa. t2ks their slzad ia
fsont q the village store-the same yll-
izse store q thirsy years ago where You
.fil md ou sac hne elalty - \ ..
taolasses ana TIE very best makes of
srostsrs aaa c1llcOes. 4 woman drives
90 fra an ol3-fAshlonei buggy, after al
oI8-fashioned D05blR, slips the bride
q bis head. ties aim % post with
rooe and then enters the store 70 say.
GOOD morning, Mr. Perkins. WHAT'S
sgps ana butter worth today"
~B4rter Is down, yo4 know"
"Pshzwl
.sCan't give bat sixteen Tor butter and
fifteen for eggs"
-Sakes alive, but IL take 'om home
frst. Peddler offered me twenty for
butter and eighteen Tor eggs only yes
terdsy
yes; but you had 10 take IL IN tin
ware, you know. In giving the going
price; might say half cent more on
the butter. being as YOU made II.
well. / s'pose III have 70 take it;
but that's awful Bring it in"
There's nine pounds of butter and
eleven dozen eggs and she figures with
him 70 be sure its right.
Cant get over the low price on eggs"
she observes as the sum total agrees on
both sheets Of paper. Sure you didn't
mean eighteen centsY'
I'm a little steep even at fifteen, be-
cause know you mant trade. What is
IL to-day
Got bed-ticking?"
Yes"
How much?"
Thirty cents for the best"
Thirty centsl It's amazing! got a
letter from my sister down in Ohio yes
terday, and she specially mentioned
that the very best ticking was only
twenty-eight. We are thinking OF nov
ing down there"
Isn't that fne?" be queried as he
flung down bolt
Dunno. So many cheats nowadays
that you can't be sure Of any thing |
bought tick Of you sixteen years ago
come March, and it's giving away a
ready. Warrant the cOlors fast?"
"Oh, yes"
Looks to me as il the feathers would
work through as soon as the starch got
out"
"I'u warrant it."
She wet a pieco with her tongue.
worked IL vigorously between her fin
gers, and after holding it up to the light
remarked:
Il spec't I've got TO chance it. You
may cut me of nine yards"
Ten is the rule, Mrs. Day"
II don't keer. ! can narrow il in a
little. Nobody sleeping on bed knows
whether there are nine or ten yards in
the tick. I've got a piece around the
house any way, and III work it in some
where. You throw in the thread, Of
course?"
Il suppose I'll have to- Any thing
else?"
Il spec't I've got to get a calico dress
for Cousin Martha, who's living with Us
now"
Ten yards?"
"Ten land-o'-daysl Seven is big
plenty for Martha. She's slim and poor
and she don't want to carry any thing
extra around. Six and half mightdo."
"Why, Martha is as big as Mrs. Per
kins, and she always takes ten"
Then she's extravagant III say
eight, but know I'll have a hunk Of
cloth left. Do you warrant this fast
color?"
Il do"
''No starch?"
Just enough to glaze it."
"And you throw in the hooks and
eyes, buttons and paper of needles"
"Oh, I couldn't do that"
'Mr. Perkins. she continues ~ she
retreats step, we've been trading with
you for twenty-five long years. and
we've allus settled our bill the last OF
each year"
Il know it,"
ana now you want % De sJngF WIN
US. | guess III drive on TO Strongs-
Vile
well, I'll throw EN- in. but il takes
al she profit OF Any thing clse?"
Some nutmegs, guess. Sell EN- two
~ cent now?'
Good gracious, no! Nutmegs are FIVE
cents apiece"
I'll never pay It, I'll wait until Mr..
Day is going down to Strongsville. I've
been told they we're two for five there"
They cost that. However, I've got
broken one in the jar, and I'll throw
that in. Now, what else?"
Nothing. I guess I've got 70 run
around 10 Hannah joys 20 give her
cure for rheumatism in the elbow. and
while an gone you can empty my crock
and basket. put the parcels in tho buggy.