Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
ON HOUSEHOLD NOTICES
che q lsation discussed ~ the Frequenes
ero OF 0 HAc-Room.

~
ers OF . Bar-RoOm.
/. ..Hyke, be yon a-takin' to putin up
them there mottors?" inquired the man
who never went home, cycling the spat-
ter-work sign, s'Peace and Prosperity"
which Mr.. Hyke had newly hung behind
the bar.
..Wal, now, it's amaxin' how fashions.
will Kit hold! They ain't house you
60 into, nor . store, neither. but what
the Golden Rule or the Commandments
is starin' you, In the face from some-
where's. Are the community livin' up
to 'em any bettern they used to, think?
It seems to me, Hyke, more like they're
kinder sneakin' out Of it In this way,
like the feller that writ his pra'rs onto
shingle SOS he could point to 'em cold
nights, N say: 'Them's my sentiments!
instid of gittin' to his knees. I've
noticed the more people ain't livin'
up to motor, the more it's
bound 70 be stuck up over their
chimbly. piece. When you 60 into =
house, m set down m read: God Bless
Our Homer you kin take big odds it's as
bad in need Of blessin' as 1t ever bin Of
white-washin'. m Love Yer Ene'
mies!' Why, bless ye, old Squire Skin.
nam, he's got one Of 'em up over his
writin' desk, n five lawsuits a-goin' on
with his neighbors. Love Yer Enc.
mies!' My goodness! that do seem the
onlikeliest of 'em all; now, don't it? II
the motor said: Leave Your Enemie'
Live; Don't Take EN- BY The Neck N
Choke The Life Out Of EN-! you mought
say that were bad enough to tackle; but
love 'em? We find it blame hard enough
to love our near relations. don't see
where our enemies is goin' to git the
ghost of a show. m Peace n Pros.
perity!' hangin' behind bar counter!
Amt that redeck'l 'lous? Still. it got
more biziness hangin' behind the bar,
that's SO. than it hev in front of 1t. II
there's any peace n prosperity goin',
they amt lavishin' themselves on the
fellers in 'front.' The man benin hes
got the best look out, in that direction "
''Well. now, you bin standin' up to
that bar, of n on, good many years, u
retorted Hyke, in an injured tone. 81
don't see as Peace n Prosperity has
neglected you so awful bad"
"Were it standin' up to the bar that
fetched 'em-think? Why, man, the
two dollars, or four, or ten. or whatever
it mought be, that are comm to me
every week from the business my wife
attends to, n that 1 kin spend as
please, would frequentin' here ever
brung it into my pocket? 1t fetch it out
fast enough, as my wife often say to me-
If the females of this town. she Otter
make the remark, were wimmin seoh
as wim1nin were intend to be, tina,
feller Hyke, n others resemblin' him,
would be heaved in duck ponds
N rid ON rails It's aston.
ishin' what sound judgment my wife
kin sometimes express! I'm jest a.
thinkin' if she could only see that sign
up there: Peace n Prosperity blame
to gracious il l don't think she grab
onto the poker n ornament that mot
tor
But a voice from the porch, convey
ing the intelligence that Joe Barnes
team was comm down the road-them
team he blew about, Saturday-caused
the man who never went home to leave
unfinished his chapter on notices. and
proceed leisurely to the door, where he
leaned to view the approaching quad
rupeds with the air of critic who is
disposed to be lenient, but who fears
that conscience will compel him to be
iust-Madeline S. Bridges, in Puck.