Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-02-13

"fifts-n ceut- for the small lire and =
quarter for the largest. made - block tin
and warranted not to rust out"
whats sheep pelts a-fetchin"
"sisty CENTS Zoe big one"
"wAll, II you hin give me Is cents Tor q
pslt and put that big washdish down Ia ~
cents. msbbs We Kin trade. You po,ldlsr-
are gittin o. h. the worst skinhint- In this
hull ksntryf'
The pslt would invariably be small one,
,hon clo-- of it, wool anil having ,wo or
thru. bad cuts In II, and the p.'idlers high.
est offer would not b. over t5 c.nts lie
would al-o refuse TO come dow. on the
price % hi. wsshdi.h. aud after an hours
haggling he would drive on and Uncle Abe
would sauntsr Unto th. Kitchen and observe.
Aunt let. I don't know what this 'ere
world I. comm 90, but II folks oontinsr "a
grow mean thar's -ure tO D. an awful bust
up. A tin peddler jist cum mighty nigh
ehestin me out u q shillin's, and ! dunno
but IL. my duty ~ an honest man to hey
him put b-hind the bars"
About 10 days b,fore q certain -. Valen-
tine. day two events " considerable I'm.
tortAne. occurred la the life Of Uncle Ab..
A lawyer who attended to lot Of business
Tor him sent In . bill for tl0 lie wOald
have charged any one else 81, anil that
would have b.en considered q reasonable
fee small a. the sun was, II made Uncle
ABB almost faint away with surprise and
indignation. lie hal fgur-l la bis own
mind on about tl, and when he realized
that T. hal been added be fairly iumpoi
ox.r nj. chair a. lie shoutsl!
"IIy the great horn spoon, but Ill never
pay it-nsyer-neyer-n That stingy,
ssindlln, rObbin lawyer Kin sue me aud h.
hanged 20 him, but I'll aght the osss
from ban 20 IIeshsba AMI back aginl just
think % Il, Aunt Det-slO fur jest puttsrin
around fur . day or twol Why, be never
even had his coat or
LANDS u mAs.y. but harvest 10 3D. will
bs wantin 10 shillings day next We know
off, exclaimed Aunt Ist as she rolled her
eye- To the csiling
but, after declaring for the hundredth
time that he would never pay the bill, Un-
Gle Abe settled 10. lie knew be would lie
sued II he didn't, and he knew that the
lawyer was SURF u verdict and the de
fsndant would have 10 pay the costs. The
other event was q call from poor widow
living q few miles away. She had sou ~
year. Of aye who was promised work II he
could g.t down to . certain place la Tr,As
She had no money 10 help him, and some
boiy. probably for q Joke, advised her to
APPEAL To Uncle Abe for gift % a., which
was TO be return-i In the swse, by and by
When the old man found that she didn't
want to mortgage her land nor give q chat
tel mortgage on her yoke of oxen. and that
abe didn't know two Or thr,e -olid farmers
Who would indorse note u hand At ~ pr
cent interest, he was greatly put out.
LEND money without any ..curityf' be
shouted at her. "Why. you and that boy
had both better 90 oil to some IDIOT sylumi
r,. ban beat out of millJons of dollsrS by
tryin To help folks along. but noboiy can't
bsat me aginf'
1T would H. casting br,ad upon the va
ters." urged the widow.
.wAtsrs be darnciF' snarled the old
man. II hain't the oastin Kind. hsin'ti !
wouldn't give ye cent over ~ II you
wanted to mortgige them oxenf'
Uncle Ab<, however. agreed to take the
matter under aivl-ement, or at least the
widow asked him To - she departed Tor
home. The day before 81 Vslentine's be
rvceiv~d two letters One inclo-ed 80
greenhsek from debtor and the other was
from the widow. asking u be had concluded
TO advance the money. Before the letters
came the old man hal done considerable
thinking. and III. chunks" resulted In bis
sayin. 10 his wife;
"Iook a-hsr. Aunt Bet, that lawyer
playssi q mean trick on me and want %
Nv, even ~ith him. I guess I'll -end him
q comic valentine suthin thatu make
him di.gustsd with himself
Aunt i,~t thought Il would be all right,
and the old man po~t-i on TO town and
bought 3 csut oaricature, got his mall at
the po.toffice and rvtuned home Then he
eat down and wrote the widow few lines,
falling her that he must have good security
90 he could not advance tue money, anu nc },
also folded mp the valentine and addrrs.ei
it TO the lawyer. Everybody Who met un.
Gle Abs that day remarked that they had
never sen him 10 gooi natured. lie ehuc.
klssi, grinnesi and laughed and be moved
about rubbing his hands together like q
man applauding himself for doing some
thing smart. lie even went into the kitoh'
su after dinner and said TO his wife. who
Vas stringing apples TO dry
.Auns llst, what's The vsry, very cheap
~ yvu ssuld git woolsa shawl faf"