St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-26

~ house to say good
S2SN by and howdydo.
S&~, ~ She was on her re-
\> turn back home to
the Panther Creek
settlement from a pleasant trip over on
Huckleberry Ridge. She had been over
there unbeknowance to us OH little
family visitation around amongst the
Mullinses-which you recollect Dave
Mullins. he married Miss Bithy Lester.
Now from what they tell me Miss
Bithy's mother was a Newton, though
I never did find out for certain the full
degree Of kinnery between her and Aunt
Nancy. But anyhow. that dear, delight
full old soul driv three miles out of her
way and come around by our house to
tell me and mother the latest and most
freshest news from over there on Huck-
leberry Ridge.
The "I.ateo Mullins BABY.
'Don't you remember, Rufus, when
Dave Mullins and Rithy Lester got mar
ried?" says Aunt Nancy. like az if I
didn't have a blame thing to do but
keep the we6ldin records of the country.
told her / remembered the weddin
clear as bell-particular the music and
the dancin and the tremendous big in
fare dinner which followed-but to save
my life I couldn't rccollect exactly the
year and the day when it all come to
pasa
swell, it was II years ago the third
day of last November since Dave and
Rithy took to mixin clothes for better
or for WORSE" Aunt Nancy went on.
"And night before last the good Lord
blessed 'em with their firstborn baby.
and a boy baby at that. Consequentially
you understand the general circumfer-
ence OF the surroundins at their house,
and you will take my word for it when
/ tell you that the outdoinest and most
gonebyest confusionmenti in the history
of Huckleberry Ridge is now goin on
right around there in the Mullins settle
ment.
ITO be certainly the news was ruther
somewhat suddent and surprisin to me
when I first heard about it, cause it did
look to me by this time like Dave and
Bithy never would fulfill the Scrip
lures. And now, naturally of course,
70 be there and see their proud looks
and silly ways you would think it must
be the onlyest baby in the round created
world. Now jest betwixt us gals, as it
Rere, I have seen a whole passle OF
babies in my day and generation. Rufus,
and I didn't find nothin SO very extry
ind pluperfectly fine about the late and
the new and the unexpected Mullins
baby-which ut the same time it is a
right promisin boy. But yet still at
the same time it is only baby. and
about like all the rest so fur as could
see with two arms and two legs, and
two hands and two feet, and two ears
and two eyes. and the general marks nnd
mppearments. of plain American baby
hog. And at this late day if it is pleas
ant for Dave, and Bithy to take unto
theirselves the flatterin. fool notion that
they have got the onlyest baby in the
whole discovered country what's the
difference to uS?
Yet All In Wen.
"Bithy and the baby are both doin as
well as you could expect along about this
time Of the year, and in the fullness oi
time reckon Dave will recover. But
for two days and nights It did raley look
TO me like the crazy asylum was right
seriously threatened with his manly
presence" and with that Aunt Nancy
went fumblin and foolin around in hez
thanky bag after her pipe and tobacco
''Ihat night when the doctor first made
his landin with the baby Dave looked
like he didn't know which he had better
do-take wings and fly away. or faint
and fall over in it. His eyes got as big
as a pair Of cups and saucers, and bulgcd
out TIL bless gracious if you couldn't
OF took stick.and scraped 'em OIL. Ht
couldn't lie down, nor set up, nor keeE
still no way he could fix it. He was IN
a plum swivet and in everybody's way
BY daylight next mornin he was out ano
gone to the lot tendin to his stock, and t.
see him stirrin around people thai
didn't know nothin about what had
come. to pass would Of thought he wal
runnin Of a six-mule farm and had go'
three weeks behind with his work.
.Before breakfast that mornin Do<
Mipters he come over to see what wal
what and who was who. and turned il
by the lot lookin for Dave. He didn'
End Dave out there, but he found hi.
signs, and that was q gracious plenty
to tell the. whole story.
"Now what do you reckon Dave haf
went and done. Rufus? Eless thu
heavens il he didn't feed his horse OF
cotton seed and goober vines, and theI
whirl in and give the cow ten ears o1
corn and two bundles Of fodder. AMI
when Doc saw the general signs Of .tht
times all he had to do was to come OF
around to the front gate and ask wha'
it .was-a girl or . boy.
The Necessary Drinks. -,
Old man Hiram Lucas used to tell ,
mighty good one on Judge Pickins-
which you understand both Of them hay'
since then throwed their hands to th,
pack and went the common way Of Il
human flesh.
81 have saw the handwIitin Of many
sundry men. Rufus, but II there eve
wns q man that made = plum bust aus
fell down on " every time be won't 4
write. hls name wss Judgs plskias,
aid ald Fes Hiram r. g'vis ~ ~
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