River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
GOOD STAYERS.
How Cousin Jabez Put in An the
limo There Was.


Time There Was.
There's one thing about it, said
Aunt Hannah Parsons. If Cousin
.Iabez Thayer comes down from Berl5-
shire To stay over we shan't have no
place fur i'm 10 sleep lie weighs two
hundred and fifty If he does pound.
an II takes an uuornary bed ter hold
i'm; an he SHORES I've heard is wife.
that wuz. say-like a hurrowed bear,
soft he has ter hey hull room ter his
self. With Uncle E.yal follses aeon
in. an al .iie rest. don know how I
were goin' ter work ter lodge m
We've made up extra beds a'reidy in the
back chamber an the summer dairy,
an
.'Oh its easy enough to get along
with Jabez. Aunt Hannah" said Aaron
TAYLOR. who had Just dropped into the
old tavern long kitchen. '-Jabe Will
set up all night If ne hes some one ter
talk to. tie beats all for Settin' mp.
shouldn't wonder if he'dnever say moth
in about guin- ter bed If nobudy said
nOthin' ter him. ! should like ter see
II tried I'll agree ter cum over an
give him a pull till midnight. an the
boys here ken git up along. one at a
time. ter keep i'm company. an he
ueverl think what time lis till break
fast's reddy."
~ big er hand ter hold on. Jabez IS,
a. old Billy Barthburne used To be. :"
said Uncle Tom Knowlton. bracing one
Of his broad shoulders against the cas-
ing IF the kitchen door lie used ter
live mp Moose Mcdderway. an he never
knew when-ter-come nor when-ter-go.
One orful rough Janurwary night. fun
outer o'clock. I heard a hell-upon-
airth Of a gee-up an gee-whOa-in' right
out in my dOor-yard- ! iletched up er
candle an held il above my eyes an
opened the suth'ari door an peeked
out. When Their light he'd insinocated
its way thru the mist a little. what
should ] see but Uncle Billy with three
yok er cattle right Their i'm the chip
yard Twas rainin' like swill. an er
frcezin a. fast Is 10 fell. hut he stopped
his team ont Their by the well sumwhers.
an cum along up ter Their door.
Thought I'd drop in, IS long Is I was
down this way. he SEED. sez he. md !
darsu't leave them burned critters in
the road for fear they'd cut n run n
e. hum N leave me ter foot II. Ny
t.. zses vy-ud be scairt ter death ter hev
Their team cum liUm without me
'Cum in So j. an he cum in.
Real oli-.a,hioned Iannerwary
thaw. sez n. b. rinnin' ter take off two
ar three t. almost coats Their wind
blow Mt ETHER nOrtbermost corner er
suu-ris.n' enough ter cut ar man in few
an he sot down. an Their e sot n SAT.
There was "a pitcher. an pepper an
cider a-brcwin' ON the hairth. an ! told
i'm ter help hisself, n he help hisself
till the tears ran down his cheels.
'Amazin warmth ter ther stomach
he'd say once i'm er while. an Their he
sut n the old clocl struck ten an
after considerable of q spell hour er
so-it struck 'leven- The cider wuz al
gone, N didn't offer ter git no none,
n my wife begun ter kiver the back
loo. n ne begun ter put un his top-a-
most coats--n' the clock struck twelve
afore his hcll-upou-airth Of gce-up an
gce-whoaiu' WIZ over Their hill an outer
hearin' an ne three mild frum hum
then
'-YiS. ne rfz master hand to stay.
said Uncle Ben Dennis-wh no came in tn
light his pipe with a coal from the open
fire-''but he couldn't come up ter Ly-
sander Hull. One time when I was
SCISSOR. an the time wuz about up fur
'em ter come ter swear ter their list.
some or the farmers that allus wait till
the old eat Is near about dead afore
they come up ter the scratch. come
draggin' along the very last arter-
noon and cvenin There was William
Hcuucrv CrOcbcr an Linus Briggs an
little Tom Upton. an they all had
syvorc so-hclp-me-and-so-fo an gone.
an my wife said. Well. its nine o'clock.
an they must bc the end ont Not by
long chalk, SAYS I. .Lvsauder Hull
allus brings up the rear. - she put
thcr buckwhcat> a-risiu' for breakfast
an went of ter bed. en- I tipped my
chair back in the corner n waited till
after ten. ] kept "a liStenin' an after a
spell I heerd "a pair Of old cow-hide
boots comm along ON the frozen
ground stomp. clump, tromp. scrape-
an in come LySand. and Sot down and
began To tell the news. am / didn't saw
nuthen. but Just watched the clock.
Byme by il struck leven, an he
talked and talked an the long
hand crawled and crawled. an
bymc tn I said. Its cen a most to
morrer, an this i the last hour. an the
last half, an the last quarter of It ter
day If you've got any QarticlerleI
business afore the honorable board 81
SCISSORS for fhis year. its high time twas
tended tew.' Ter be sure, Ter h
sure, thankee,' said Lysand, and he
Strengthened up-he was a master tall
man. an held up his right hand. an
when he got through he SIT down agin.
he did. I swan. an the clock struck
twelve. an he Sot an he talked an the
clock struck one. and he kept ON settin
an kept n taISin'. an / swan re ed
clock -gH dorm You see twas or one
day at a time wooden 'raugement. an
] allus wound IL the last thing afore !
went ser bed, 80 / got mp and wound
the cloe.z and kivered mp. the fire an
lighted nm extra candle an said lest a
polite as / knew how: Mr. Hull We
should be pleased ter have You spend
the night with Us. an he III up upon
that. an SCI he; No. thanlSee. much
obleeged, must be- agoin'. and OFT HI
went. an I heerd the old cow-hides
Eoin' scrape trOmp. elump. stomp over
the frozen ground I never heerd tbs
belt1r that an If Jalez can beat il
hope you'l let i'm jist fur the sake o.
the story
When lived lp ter Their north part
CT Their town we was highest Majors
quarter of a mile er 50, to Cap'n Dieh
Pearl 5, said Uncle Nat DiHOclz. whC
had been attracted kiteheny ard by the
chorus of laughter that followed the
es-aSSessor's story. AN he'd come over
On some arrant. airly candle lightin,
= @Ay he couldn't stay = mint. an