New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-27

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six hundred an seventy-fve dol
lars" Simon Shrimp replied at the
same time rubbing his hands togeth-
er and smiling contentedly. 'sItwas
a good price I got, Liza, an | never
See hogs weigh up better than they
did. They brought at least a hun
dred dollars morn l expected they
would. An then got their money
right off. I struck it just right in
selling when I did,
'Tm glad you did, SINE"
Gin co.'s we're all glad to do the
best we kim
eyes O. course. What yer goin
ter do with Their money!"
II hain't fairly settled in my own
min yit, just what [ will do with it.
I'm sorter haltin' atwixt buyin' Of
that rendered twenty acres of old
Mike Allen, and loanin' it to them
Herringtons. kant well make up
my min as to whether er Their two'ud
be Their best''
"You hain't no use for the timber
ed twenty, Sine, SEM es how you
have more Ian now than is profita-
bic an if you buy it, you'll jest have
that much more to pay taxes on for
nothing
"Yas, that's so. I hain>t no par
tic'lar use for it, but it's down cheap
at five hundred, an I dunno if it
would be er good speculation ter buy
it. But at the same time I kin lend
Their money to Rob Harrington for
ten per cents, an I suppose that
mout be as good er thing es kin
do"
cit 'peres to me, Sine, like 'sif
you've let them Herrington's have
enough money, already"
'sThey owe me nigh Almost two
thousand dollars, it's true, but
what's the difference s 'long es we get
the intrust?"
"But have you got the intrust??''
"No, Ihain' t never got itin money,
but get Their notes for it, an it'll
only be all the more when it's paid;
and es we don't need it, hedn't it es
we'll be drawing of more intrust?"
eyes, Is'pose it had. But some
way I feel es if it hain't best to let
that money out to them spectators.
You hain't got no kin O. security, es
I kin see, 'ceptin' that one ov 'em
goes security for tother, and 'spose
they wuz ter bust up, then how'd
you get yer money from emp
'"Tain't no wise likely es they'll
burst up, s'long's they've got thou
sands O. acres of the fine lands in
ther country. Other peoples monty
Willin' ter trust 'em and I rekon [
needn't be scarf about loaning to
'em. Asides, I don't see whut else
kin do with Their money, fer es yer
say, Mikes twenty is something we
don't need, and I've pondered over
the matter several days an KANT
fgger out nothin' else that 'ud be
profitable ter invest in. We don't
want any more stock"
''No, we don't want any more
stock, ner land fer it keeps you o ther
boys a diegin' from mornin' till
night to keep up with whut we hay
''Then whut am Igoing ter do with
Their money if don't loan it?'
For a moment Mrs. Shrimp was
silent and she piled her needle with
unwonted rapidity. A faint flush
came to her pale face, faded, care
furroWed cheeks. Then witha timid,
half-scared air she came up and said:
ssSime, mightn' t we buy the girls a
pianer? You know the Aliens have
one, an our gals air jist crazy fer
one, too. It looks like paying out
lots OF money, but. Eve been think
ing over it o'late, an it pears like it
'ud only be just right toards EN-.
We've got as much as Allen or Smith,
and can just as well afford pianer
fer our girls es they kin fer thern. =
Yes, we could, but les because Al
len an Smith wants to go an waste
money in foolishness, it don foller
that we have ter do it.
A pianer don't do work an itdon't
draw no interest, an when a thing
hain't no profit, it's clear waste O.
money ter buy it, an I han t goin'
ter throw erWay money III such a
manner
The gals worked hard, Slime, an
denied themselves right along, an I
feel as if I orter do somethin' fer EN-.
Ii course, if we couldn't eford it, it
wouldn't be right, but we kin eford a
pianer an never miss the money. !,
Yes, recken we could eford, if VIC.
was SO 9 mind. but low we won t..