Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-04-16
THE OLD SETTLER.
He Rebukes Peleg. Sustains Maria
and Spins a Yarn

Little Pelc- and his grandmother had
had little Misunderstanding during
the Dag over tine doiuv 81 few chores.
His grandmother had taken the ground
- the chores -i1uld h. done and thai
shruld d0 them. while Pcle1 felt
hf< duty called him u make good
~ promise u Eilt Simmons and join
that hopeful yoath in skating bout On
the mill puud II he tarried - do the
chores the best part Of the day would
b. gone. he would miss the skating
bout. and on Monday NJ school Bal
simmons would taunt him by adapting
that dreaded distich II boyhoosI DAYS 10
suit his case and singing = az him ut
recr-S-
Pel-z PeIer poor urtle thing.
t1esi 20 his irran ainmmy's aprun string
Therefore PeIeg bad vvhimp~red and
whine'i. and saisl be- wasn't going a. do
the chores. and his grandmother had
been compelled 20 take down the pad
lie that hung behind ths. woodshed
door amt incrvass Peleg-s circulation be-
fore he cuulst b.. brought - adopt her
views IN the matter uufler discussion
An. 50, although AZ supper his grand
mother hat put two nice. fat cruIlers
by his plate instead 81 one. ami Ead
asked him II he lsint want another
dish 81 preserved ounces after h.. had
already had two. PvIeg wasn't really
vet u resume the amicable relations
that usually existed between him and
her. There was - he a meeting Of the
>oGs kid-c Clothers ur Them that's
Naked ani Feeders IL Them that's
Hungry that evening at Dominic Van
>locum 5. and after his srran,imothsr
hari gone Ia take her place A. chairman
et rhs- sOciety, Feisg. pr,'>uming su the
feeling hus grandmother generally had
toward Maria un the meeting nights Of
the CIothers an,l Fs,-,Irr,. Thought he
would please thu Old SETTLER aud at the
same time wake up a little sympathy
by throwing out a hint that h. slsIn-t
exletiy approve - Maria himself
Well >siisi b.. '-yran -nammy-S .-ur1r
over - the Cluthers and Feeder. again
- eaelSic and listen - the ret of the
odd vvomen caelSIe-~
watts that Peieve'- exclaimed III.
old SETTLER. taking his Pip out u his
mouth qui-i<iy- Pei~g booked up with
a start The olsi settlers tone wasn't
the enc he hail eSp.ct,.,E
i said that I guessed gran NANNY
hai gone over - the CIothers ant
ke,'isrs msvtin'. replied Pelcg. ulccss-
w.
Tours she has said the Old set
tier DO y s'pn=e yer gran NANNY
lau't want Ho rt.reryatiane D5sI h-ear
Y say sumPin bout her guin- ~ tn.
etathers n Fess,tsrs - c.,s.sSi,se-'
Helesy hast "a asiuit that h.. hal u,ass..
that remars-
sonny ~aisI the ObI settler. yer
wrong W-rier d1ut 10 ~ cleLsIIn-f II
she's taSin holt - the CIatherS N
tes'isrs she hahn Z sl,lin No eas.lSlin'. shes
doin Fht. erDwin-- b'.-,,hs VI -riar's s,ener-
'iy es'riS % the walk wherever She takes
holt To help run things, n tina hain't n,
gcttin round that You haiur lived
with yer gran mammy e Eou. q hev.
Pclegr-
Peisg was disappointed. but By AMI
by he mzsie another EFFORT. and renewed
the attack on different line.
Il guess gran nanny must think I'm
easy stuffed said he after a Iaur =
lence. during which ths. odd Settler had
pulled calmly At his pjpc- You know
them funny shaped things in the NOON
Well asked gran NANNY what thev
was ouee. and she ssIisi- Man in ths.
moon, eatin' cabbage with >ponn-
Huh exclaimed PeJeg. eoutemptuous-
" Man IN the moon. Jes- a, If HI.
could stuff me with man hsin- in ,h..
moousr
-Pcleg- exclaimed the Old Settler
sternly. Yer gran NANNY knows yv'at
shes t1llSin' bout, She's seen that
moon come a roIlin' up n gUin' down
more years. most. thin you hev rusut-S.
She hain't planted her garden by il. n.
stuck her peas by IT. n cut my hair b.,
IT. n picked her geese by il for 6fsv
year n better without known vv-,t;s
IN that mooH- n vat haint in il. ri
she says tha's man in Il she Lr,..vx.
~ at she talSin bout. Wat = s,,s
agiH yer gran NANNY anyhow. V.
young sarpints-
NothIn exclaimed Pelex. living
up the struggle But the skatfn- Va.
bully to-day and Bal simmons IL -
Bal Simmons hs durnedr' cried the
oid Settler Seems - II that p.~Lxv
youEg varmin. couldn't think q aothf1,
els" 10 do 80 he sets you ID 10 make
trouble 'twixt me an NI-riar. Tits lived
Ter ostteru atty year without a word
Ssosh- tePtin few. mebb~.
now n then But voH ~ n tel
Bal Simmons he can't do il. b-ro,h,
III stan By M'riar. Nab..gv .ap,. -.
up n run M'riar down n -sDeet M. b. /
Iine him ! don't keer darn wutb.-
he's bone o nv bone n flesh a. NJ
nesa- or wuther he's the spawn a rrfE-
gle o al the >inmouses tha il e,,-s,
Jan Nriar Knows wat shes raf.7,,
bout wuthsr rs the nan in. III -,
q "utner Us the nan eur'n the noon,
lou a BAL simmons mustn't com. n
~ % gir up fuss -twixt me n N-ri.-
ozush- or thau - some fu- 4vi1,
round here
wasn't
Never mind exclaimed he C,ls -.
: .-sr' in'errupsinS Peleg. and wavirg his
nand as Z % brush away the u-7Is,s-
ant subject de puffed at his ON. In I
silenee Tor a long tiIae. and P.r..,-
-ause'i bitterly On how har5l IL W. >,
o. boy His musings gver,. iu-..--7,r,-
81 - the ezt rubbing h.-rs..-f 1870. =
= 'es' and h was in the dep.h az a
scheme By vhieA ha eoEld naszre =,
-eel;enraiiy tuable pa.s IN ,h.. &c. ,
lert "a rh.s r-ss..E -