The Penn's Grove record., 1895-12-06


undertaken to close a path that had
been free for a generation, and the old
settlers who met at the store to talk 1t
over were not 50 sympathetic as they
might have been.
"Aain't nothin' so bad, but 1t could
be wus, Isaac" asserted Cap'n Pomer-
oy, who was deaf and dogmatic. 'eThe
boss might "a missed that air fence"
he argued. with the confidence of one
who is seldom contradicted. HE might
"a slowed into the main road m tramp
ed on q young one, whereas, you bein'
selec'man, he's saved you n Pilsbury
the job Of havin' the fence took down,
consequently
THAT don't pay me for ten bushelso'
corn" the storekeeper yentured to sug
gest.
"Hey?'
'"Ten bushel o. cornw the s%torekeeper
repeated. Then, as Cap'n Pomeroy
snarled disapproval, and the others
seemed equally ready to question his
public spirit he fastened to add: "Oh,
Pm glad 8 you be that the fence Is
down; l don't begredge the corn. not
any to speak of. / amt a-goin' to say
I'm qlad 7 lost II tbourb. can't axnact
me tew, can YET"
"Heyf"
a,Tildv Peters would bev another
neaker mt in. He had entered so
quietly that the storekeeper jumped
aside. surprised. and thereby gave him
an opening to the most coveted corner,
close to he cracker-barrel II was n
nIaca that the storaleenar found n
safer In reserve for a toothIess nm
tr,a rob but sinca tha thing was done h
made the best of Il
"Wbat.s that about Tidy. Uncle
aaron ?, he incurred,
sob. III, mint no great Of a story
about her II wux her ein,ral disnoai.
fion. "a We might say. that made ma
sneak mn, oTbankfuI sTYIdv. evervbodv
called herr
.sha n, her man lived ovar IN rho old
Rascom place lived tbere I'm some.
where's ,hout ,80, n, then thew moved
ont west m, last I heard NJ ,em sim
Ifonnd a gold mine m thew waz big ns
,anv toads in the middle. I s,nicion gold
mines must Law on TOP O. the ground
out in that country. sim never would a,
dug fer one-not In his right mind. he
wouldn't.
"Lazier m Sam Hill, he wuz, afays
plannin' out ways to save work, m
iettin' things go while he iggered on
'em. Didn't hev no downright bad
habits, We know. Jest plain lazy wuz
what allied him. His part o. the place
looked like Poorhouse Corner. Hers
wuz different mind We, m SO was she.
Never no hens roasted on her while
she wuz inventin' a aig-gatherer. bate
We!
o a .nousnt sneo worrleu
Sims Dem 20 easy goin' put ye
cant teii hotnih ABOUT women-ioiks
tor an sne wuz 50 spry, hooouy ever
neerd ner nna .aule ~ wu1 an .otner
way: ~ ne uiu uiun ~
sometnih-tna stirrea up q Inuss, sne
arrays hsheo rounu uh sne iounu .
piessln IN ~ .a,.,
m / guess t wuz the only time, that
sim did somethin' like work. 'Twixt
o thing m another, he KEEP 1t up for
nigh a fortnit. Fust 1t wuz to git rid OF
u.,s.sro,r tha+ h.X o-owad mn fond
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snrth,rs with n,sson In q sim tried
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