River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SkRIMP'S INVESTMENT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
.IHTHAT did the hogs fetch. since
wv Mrs. Shrimp asked her husband

,IHTHAT did the hogs fetch. since"
wv Mrs. SHRIMP asked her husband
on his return from driving the fatted
hogs to market
''Six hundred an seventy-five dol
lars" Simon Shrimp replied. rubbing
his hands and smiling contentedly. 1T
was er good price got. Liza, an never
see hogs weigh up better'n they did.
They brought at least 500 mOre'n ex-
pected. An then | got the money
right of. struck it just right in sellin'
when ] did"
I'm glad YOU did. Sine"
In co'se were an glad 70 do the best
we kin"
'Yes. o course. What yer goin' ter
do with Their money!"
Il hain't fairly settled il in my own
min VII. jest what will do with it,
I'm sorter haltin' atwixt buyin' of that
timbered 20 OF old Mike Allen. and
loauin' il TO them Herringtons.
kain't well make up my min as tOwhich
er Their two 'ud be Their best"
"You hain't no use fer the timbered
20, slime, seem es how you have more
waste Ian now than is profitable. an
81 you buy il, you'll Jest hey that mucn
more to pay taxes on fer nothing"
..Yas, that's so. I hain't no pertic'lar
Use fer it, out it's down cheap at $500,
an | dunno eff il wouldn't be er
good speculation ter buy it. But at
Their same time 1 Kin loan Their money
40 Bob Harrington for ten per cent,
al s'pose that mout be about es good
or thing Is ! kin do"
ut pears ter me. Slime. like 'sif you've
let them HerringtOns heV enough money
Already"
They owe me nigh Almost $1,000.
it's true, but what's the difference,
sIong's we git the intrust2''
but hey you got the intrust?"
mo, | hain't never got it in money,
but get their notes for il, an it'll only
be all the more when it's paid; an es
we don't need it. hedn't it es well be a
drawiu' of more intrust?"
Yes, / s'pose il he'd. but someway 1
feel es If il hain't best TO let that money
out TO them spectators. You hain't
got no kin o security, IS kin see,
'ceptin' that one ov 'em goes security
for t'other, an s'pose they wus ter bust
up, then how'd you git yer money
from emf"
"'Tain't no wise likely es they'll bust
up. s'long's they've got thousands o
acres Of the fines Ian in Their county.
Other peoples monty willin' ter trust
'em. an / reckon / needn't be scarf
about Ioanin' To 'em. Besides, | don
see whut else kin 10 with Their money,
Ter rs yer say. Mikes 20 is somethin'
We don't need, and I've pondered over
the matter several days an KANT tgger
out nuthin' else that 'ud be profitable
ter invest IN. We don want no more
stock"
mo, we don want no more stock, ner
no more land. fer 1t keeps you an Their
boys a-diggin' from mornin' till night
&c keep up with " hut We hev."
Then whut am I goin' ter do with
rher money il / don loan it?'
For moment Mrs. SHRIMP was silent.
ard ylied her needle with unwouted
rdpidIty. = faint flush came to her pa le.
faded, care-furrowed cheeks. Then
with a tmid. hslf-scared air she looked
Up and said
..Sime. miEhtn't we buy the girls a
piauer? You know the Aliens have one.
aud the Smiths are goin' ter git one. an
cur gals air iist crazy for one, too. II
looks like paying out lots o money. but
I've been thinking over il o late. an il
pears like it 'ud ouly be Whut's right
towards EN-. We've got as much as Al
len or smith. an kin Jest e well afford
a piauer fer our gals IS they kin fer
thern."
YES. we could. but Jest because Al
len an Smith want 10 go an waste
money in fOOlishuesS. IL don't foller that
We have ter do H. \ pianer don do no
work. an IL don draw no intrust. an
when a thing hain't no profit it is =
clear waste o money ter buy il. an
haiu't goin' ter throw erway no a oney
in sech or manner"
The gals worked bard. 81 ne, an
denied themselves an along. an feel
as IL orter do someihin' fer EN-. In
course. If we couldn't erford 1t. II
wouldn't be right: bat we Kin erford
& pianer an never miss Their money.
YES. : reckon We could eTfoTd. IL we
wus 50 a mind: but I low we won't
Money cones too hard 10 be given oui
for sech trash. an Is fer humoriI' theI
gals. its an bosh. Il 'ud jest be the
Epihn' oy EN- for work. They don have
NJ need Nv no piaHer. aa they won't get
none"
Mrs SHRIMP saw that il was useless
10 argue with Slime. 50 she refTaiued
from saying more. and the next morn
ing early he rode over 10 Bob Herring
tons 10 loan the money he received for
the hogs.
Simon SHRIMP was we'll TO do, and
every year he reaped rich haryCsts from
his many broad acres Of productive
LAND But so far As his family was con
cerTed he might as we'll have been the
poorest man in the settlement m,
never had any money to spare for tn,
purchase Of Injuries. and even the lit
lie that went for absolute ueccssarie'
went 50 rrudgingly as 10 make il pain
full HIS wife felt herself fortunate !
she possessed print gown fl TO weal
In church. and the boys and girls ha'
long since ceased TO go oRt in com
many for want Of decent apparel At
Skrimp's money went for more iand
or into the hands OF the Herringtons-
Six months had passed since Skriml