The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-05-31
LUCK OF THE ATKINsEs.
By MARGARET b. yEArEs.


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,vas "a o,;ta nrospsrous this inland Ar.
kansas town though fifty rough and
roclzv miles from the nearest railroad;
n was considered Tby the country foil,
around dashinq, stylish place. The
ladies there never went barefooted,
even in the hottest weather, and sun
bonnets were long since out Of date.
The men too wore store clothes, and
come of Them wore their coats to meet
M d,,r;ng the summer; but this inno-
vo3;oD was bv NO means popular. II
vaq i gossinv little community. as an
;solatea ,,laee must b. and its church
,rd nol;t;cal factions managed to keep
f,,i,,rs frrn staonatino. But the whole
to,yn tvas nnited mon one thinr-in
heart;lv condemnino the Atkinses.
| Even the NIethodists and the Campbell
ites agreed On that and they did not
often agree upon ANYTHING, for the
Campbellites had affirmed that they
could sing louder and faster than the
Methodists, and the boast had caused
considerable ill feeling.
The town had TO support the Atkins.
a. a surely II had the right to disap-
rrova II them Init the disapproyal wa
r,tho,. o,t of nronortioo 70 the aid they
furnished and had the position been
/ r.versad tbe Atls;nses would have had
more n eat One LADY, in the town had
i declared that she yyould never heir
..tbam 4 Atl,inses,, AGAIN. She related to d
c;ycle a svmpathizing friends that she
had ofparad sy;s, Atkins two bits 4
week an ali she could eat If sh,
would az her washing and cooking. bui
~ offer had been refused Ms. Az
iTirs said she had to stav at home ant
fake care Of her IMAM as he wa,
sm;pbtv nipb blind, and the old maj
had ioeoselv remarked that he "'lowet
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Lou,i-syu u peeh uoin o'n - Ao'e
sne d na'e 70 quit
Mr. johnson was proprietor q ,a'
only grocery store IN tne town' a.
had come from New England years pc
fore, and had opened inns store Wnel
lemons and oranges were practicail;;
unknown and white sugar weh-nigl
as hard TO obtain, by dint q keepinl
J these and similar luxuries ana seilnl
them at astonishingly high rates, am