The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-04-26
COMMUNICATION.

PAHRASAGAT WALLET. April 20, 1890.
Mr.. Editer: | said some time ago
we was agoing to hear from sister Sue.
Sure enough we have, and I'm duly
elected uncle by general reclamation.
It's Sue's baby done the job for me and
it's boy looking for all the world like
Shorty, for its got his turn up nose and
is bound to have freckles like his'n after
| a while.
Of course under the circumstances Sue
forgave the twins, and the way mother
| and the girls have been carrying on
round Shortys house, is caution.
They've had more pots and kettles on
the stove cooking grub than would sup
ply company of soldiers; besides there
are all kinds of little articles of dress
| airing and drying than man would
know what to do with. Shorty looks as
if he'd grown foot taller, and he had to
post off to Hike for a demijohn of vale
tan, which he passed round until he be-
gan to go round himself, even to offer
ing some of it to his old brindle cow, but
l suppose she know'd there was some.
thing wrong, for she lifted her tail and
scooted in quick order. just as if it was
fly time again.
don't think Shorty will be that fly
when he gets whole house full of chill
dren, but will be counting them to see
if there is enough grub to go round.
What in thunder people have to be in
such hurry in getting big family for
| don't know. One child every other
year ought to be good enough to suit
any body in my humble opinion, for l
don't think it fair to be making uncles
and aunts of us all before we've cut our
wisdom teeth. Here's poor Bob an uncle
and its liable to retard his groth, if
nothing worse. Of course Bet don't
think of anything but the new baby,
though in the course of human events
she's likely to have crooked back from
packing it around.
As for dad he says he begins to recg-
nize the fact that he ought to have made
lots more money so that he could will
some of it to his'n, and his'n his'n.
The event came on SO sudden on
mother she didn't have time to finish
pin cushion, with "Welcome little stran-
ger" on it, getting stuck at "Well' and
making some kind of remark about bless.
ing her SOUL The invalide mother is in
continual fidget if the baby is out of
her sight for two minutes, making more
fuss than hen with one chick.
| don't believe she knows or cares
wether Shorty is alive or dead, so that
his nose is quite out of joint. The twins
have been taking turns in mounting
guard over the sick chamber, and they
look that fierce there haint man in the
outfit dare open his mouth to say Bo to
goose. It's leaked out the youngster
is going to be called Ebeneezer Brigham.
| | don't know where the Ebeneezer comes
in, unless some relation of Shorty's was
an chemist. OF course the Brigham is
easily accounted for as the people down
here have such great respect for his
saintship. Dads in such a stew, he
says: what with ploughing, pulverizing.
planting and the new troubles, I'll have
to quit writing to you, so I'll bid you
good by for time Mr.. Editer and re-
main, Yours truly
Bill Smithers.
P. s. When l got home to day !
found brother Bill trying to play "Baby
Mine" ON his fiddle, but if the baby lives
long enough its bound to get played like
the rest Of us without his assistance