Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-08-01

I'VE was afraid He'd couldn't stand
the pressure. and il he yielded an inch
he was lost II only he could be got
out from that everlas ting nagging I'M
I'll he got more self-as sertion-
why not send him to the legisla-
tureT asked my wife
why. he don't know the first thing
about politics. ser I. I'VE want some
body 70 do credit 70 the town Hold
hain't been out to town meetin' since
he took the freeman's oath, twenty odd
year ago
But wife said things couldn't 60 50
badly 70 rack and rum At the state
house as they was going at Tick Ridge,
even if he did vote the wrong way, and
the only thing that would really help
Hold was To show Mrs Lurvey that
some folks respected hisopinsons, IL she
didn't.
IT would be more credit 70 Brod-
lex to save Hold Lurvey than to send
the smartest man in town seq she,
and we couldn't disagree with her.
We'll. we talked it up one side and
down the other at the caucus Rafe
" lAAfNa " u.s. AAhaA AEtA
for five years. and Of course expected
70 be again. said he 'nuff sight ruther
Iiod should have it. and would work
for him There was no danger but we
could carry the town easy enough
There warn't a man. far nor near. but
would give all his old hats to get even
with Mrs Lurvey
"Hod dill not know what was up. but
l made him promise to 20 down and
vote He said he would come over,
cross lots. and ~ down with me. When
! went out 70 the harm that morning
who should I see but Hod coming up
the hill with his old clothes on. and
looking as meaching a. a whipped dog
&c she suspected ! was going to the
village to-day and got tearing mad
sex he she locked my store clothes
up and put the key in her pocket aud
told me 20 b. lively about the chores.
for We was going to pick geese to-day.
fed around. then made tracks for
here guess might as well give up
fust a. last Il viii have 70 come
don't believe that man lives who could
stand mp against her hen she gets In
a rage
90 You're tired and hungry sex /;
come IN ~ breakfast, then well talk
things over.
Il don't suppose l was as sympathef-
ic a. might have been for IL there's
anything under the sun that rifles me
il Is 20 have a man under a yoman's
thumb
1t took some argufying - screw his
courage up to the pint Of buying a sec
ond suit Of clothes. hut he done it. and
there yvaru't a sprucer locking man al
town meeting that day than Hosea
Lurvey- We had acree ed u stop calling
him Hold and 20 call him Hosea or Mr.
Lurvey. 20 see Il that wouldn't prop
Up his seif-resPect little
He voted tne straight ticket
through till they come 70 town repre-
sentative; then his name was proposed
AMI was greeted with snch cheer that
the moderator said it was = waste Of
time 10 ballot and we'd elect him
by acciamatiou- Then we escorted
him home in mue stvIe-
Mrs Lurvey come to the door all
priuesi and loaded 10 give him a
Scotch blessing. and was son. took
hack % see 80 many of rs Col HOOK
er stepped forward and sex. SCI he.
Allow me- madam. 10 introduce 70
We our new representative. Hosea Lur-
vey. of Brosiick Esq
You see the colonel was fiusteresi-
he'd ruther face caun0uade than an
angry woman. and Mr.. Lurvey's face
Wa As black a. thunder cloud
You've hit i right for once. she
answered. If there's an E-s-q. any
where IL amt He'd Lurxey that deserves
the title and I amt overly sure that
Brudic< does. either. Il it, made such
a fool % ITSELF Wal. Mr. Lurvev. OF
BrodleA. ESQ making him mock
ing bow .ye better bid your friends
good night and come in I've got a
little account 70 settle with ye-'
Thank Sc kindly. but promised to
20 down To the eolonel's 10 supper. seq
he We only come up to tell We the
news Then how We cheered for our
new representative.
That night the hall town turned
out "a serenade him. and on one pre-
text or another he warn't alone much
for the next few days
He hired Nathan simpson to run
[ the farm whilst he was gone. and
F told HIM what To do and how 10 do IL
Mrs Lurvey might as well have tried
- drive mule as - make Nate 20
ayin Hosea's orders There was differ.
ent works AZ Tick Ridge from tina.
time
You never see how Hosea improved
+ when once he had chance lie took
right holt OF politics as though he had
+ BEEN brought up 70 EN- all his life and
F II 'varn't long before he had the rep
CREATION Of being about a. shreyvd a.
they make en-
We SnoNed- " hen We met him a,
the post Office. on his way home tbs
faSt time that our experiment had
succeeded. and he was going home 4
rule the roost Mrs Lurvey seed il
too. and give up trying 70 hold her
own agin him lie has been to IN.
legislature every other term since. ".
send Rafe Wiley other times Thi
year he IS first seIectman and owerseel
] o. the poor
He has got one Of the finest stool
farms in the state. and has things in .
different style from any Rrodiek ha,
ever had afore- He's maxim money
Eastern anv other man at Tick Ridg,
and spends more too That i wherl
his independence shows itself most, 70
Mrs Lurvey Is tighter than the bari
to tree, and keeps saying they will b
on the town yet Well. II they b..
we Il help en- out with deal bette
grace than II Hod had never prove,
himself man. The boys have grown
up tine, STEADY young men, and the ga
Is one 70 be proud of
You must 20 over 70 Tick Ridge
but warn you that Mrs Lurvey vii
introduce bin TO sc a. the colonel Ii,
that night. Hosea Lurvey, of BrodieA
Esq. " Y. Herald