Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-05-19
POSY HOIIER.

Beins as how it was a rainin' purt,
much all week thought would 60 nj
Co the Brook and see if they was any new
| could write your paper. Well, ! tool
a basketfnl of eggs, some hard soap, drie(
apples, rock said, an half dozen AK
handles. / wanted to get Saryan a new
frock an pair of shoes an bonnet, an
me pair of pants an hat, an as the
trade only come to 50 was in bad fix
But cousin Sam Miley spoke up an' says
"Uncle Neal, I'll trust you till harvest ;
know you will paw, You are poor but you
are hOnester than SEINE of them Heller fell
lers." tell you that raised my pride an
| Will pay him off if | baye to sell my
rabbit boxes to 40 it. After | was done
buvin' | started ont to see the Doctor an
met cousin Ed. Kronk an he give me a
Sc. check for SaryaR for blowin' wart
often his wrist. So l vert on out to the
doctors Office, AMI found dozen a
waitin' out thar fur theit tarn. tell you,
you can hardly get to see that doctor
now, he is so busy treatin' them drcpsy
cases by that new process. But | waited
my turn an he give me some salye for
Saryan's ear an | went on Gown town,
an all the news could find was that Mr..
Haussnflck moved INTO one Of Mr.
Bauserman's new houses an Mr.. Tucker
into another. Uncle Joel Borden has
taken hrs sons, Ben. an Ollie, an cousin
VIM. Keller in partnership with him in
the factory, an they are maxim things
hum bat they issued new checks 1t
keeps a man busy now to tell what kind
Of money is the best, az there IS four diff
ferent kinds Oh the Brook bnt it's all
good enough for me an Saryan. If we
only had enough Of it. Cousin Sam Miley
has painted up his house an built a new
fence around his front yard, an now has
one of che finest lookin' residences in the
place. Sammy has the ideas. Well, when
got homo Saryan said. Meal, I've been
down to cousin Hall Crabilps an cousin
Ed. Kronk's to git an OK or mule to
pillow our lot, an can't find one, so you
can rest a little an | want you to bitch
right up to the pillow an we will plOw our
lot ourselves an not he heholden to any
of them" | told Saryan | was tired an
all that, but she said, "Nsal, you vent 10
the inauguration, so you will 60 to the /
truck patch" So | told her all ri hit but
| had a little devilmCnti in my head al the
time. SO said, Saryau, If you ale goin'
to plow ne this evepin' you better have
good, strong gears So she brought ont
pair of gears made out of tar rope an odd |
ends of straps, an | said, Saryan, you
know we 60 right mp to the fence to turn I
around, in front of widow Ann Hell wigs /
house, an you know how use TO spark /
her. l guess you better put a tiff bit an
A curb on me if you drive. "Well," she |
says, "Tve got it," Aud sure enough she /
hooked me up to the old shovel plow an
l started off all right. | granted ar |
pulled like it would take two of MS to pull |
the plOw, an Saryan said she would call |
me off afere night So after while we
came to bill an thought there was
good chance, so started on a run down /
the hill with the old pillow an Saryan a |
hollerin' "woa, wOa, Neal" an the curb |
bit she had on me sipl ed down on my /
chin an then broke, so down the hill |
went with Saryan hard as | could run, /
fust she was up then she was down, till /
| came to the creek, then | started 10 I
cross the log, but lsrd, the high water had /
took it away, an into the water we went |
splash. l got tangled in the gears, which /
was all broke to pieces, but managed to |
get out somehow, but l couldn't see
Saryan anywhere. So | went back an /
fshed all around every Whar fur her till /
dark then I went home TO git some help, |
but just as got in the house Saryan come
hoppen up an caught me by the ear an
said she would slow me how to run of Z
with her agin, an her an Blla Malnda |
held me an put a ring in my nose an !
said they would make me pillow that lot or
waste some time tryin'. She said vas
a fine husband, an if she hadn't fell in a
sink hole would drowned her. | felt
right sorry; but don't You tell he'll
was sorry the hole wasn't full Of water.
She is a gittin purity unreliable au' If she
don't git better thar Will be somethn'
done. Why, she's even gone to lecturin'.
Well, l will close as she has gone out to
see cousin Tom Ridenonr how lie will vote
this year, an have to get supper and
milk. You must come down an see urs
soon Yours, in respect. NEAL BUzzARD.