The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-04-14
so could see an hear considerable o.
what was goin on. was at that end


what was goin on. | was at that end
too. OF course their table was decorated,
an themselves as much az they knowed
how. They he'd made lot o. pink pa.
per roses an stuck 'em in letters on
piece o. white paper muslin stretched
acrost the top O. the poles over the table,
an this is W hat the letterin was: Come
an buy. Well sell you cheap.
81 could see the folks laughin, "
laughed Mrs Ferret, when they looked
up, but didn't know what it was at
till bunch o. young men came along,
an Sally, she jumps up an begins pin
up somethin an talk to Mamie ut q
great rate an smirkin an pretendin she
didn't know they was there. Come
along, says one o. the fellahs, IAN I'll
introduce you Il don't want to be sold
cheap, says tho fellah, GRIMM an look
in up at the pink roses. Then they all
laughed while the other one pulled him
along by the sleeve an says: ALLOW me
TO introduce ny friend Mr.. Cad. Young
ladies, Mr. Cad; Miss Shipper, Mr.. Cnd,
Miss Startup.' An Sally an Mamie both
stood up as stiff as sawdust dolls an
made a bow, with their eyes on tho
ground all the time, an says very prim,
Mister Cad, happy to meet you'll An
he holds his hat right in front o. his
shirt buzzum an bends hisself for all the
world like BARRIERS pole an says as SOL
emn as an undertaken eyin corpse,
Miss Simper, Miss Startup, happy to
meet you.
at was for all the world like play
actin. never seen such manners. An
then they all began gigglin an foolin an
talkin the silliest stuif-enuugh to make
anybody sick. An that Cad fellah want
ed to be jockey. So what does he do but
takes up Bible that was for sale an
opens it at the first page O. the Palms
an reads out loud, The plaster of Da-
vid. >" And Mrs. Ferret looked the very
picture of disgust AS she slowly rocked
herself back and forth.
81 think it's great shame" said
Mrs. Sharp, with an aggrieved air,
'that they didn't hev benches for peo-
pie to set down on. / know lots o. peo-
pie would hev staid longer eff they'd
he'd anywheres to set. got a seat ON
soap box an held Oh to it as long as l
could. The baby was that heavy l
couldn't keep luggin him around all
the evenip. was settin near to where
they dished out the ice cream, an there
was u gang O. boys stood there watchin
them real greedy, an every time their
backs was turned they dipped their
hands right into the freezer an ct all the
I cream they wanted &c, all there was all
colors o. 'em. Did you ever hear tell the
equal O. that?"
They're dreadful, an no mistake"
assented Mrs. Ferret, ian amt sorry
the whole things over an done with.
went over this mornin to help them
clean up. took my own broom an a
basket for my dishes that loaned them.
1t was a dirty job, tell you-banana
skins, an peanut shells, IN orange peels,
an bits o. cake, scattered all over an
trod into the floor. We SWEEP up, but
they're to hev n couple o. women there
this afternoon TO scrub. draw the line
at that. My piety hain't gone that far
yet. An I'm real glad we're through
with it. don't know what's i'll q church
fair that stirs rybody's bile up so.
Religion an ilghtin seems 10 go together.
Neighbors that live peaceably all the
rest o. the year are ut loggerheads just
as soon ns il comes on fair time. don't
know whether I'll go to church tomor-
row or not. The new minister hollers so
he gives me pain in my spine. The
last ono whispered so you couldn't hear
him, an this ones so bossy-everything's
thus an so with him, But then there's
always somethin the matter with them.
So it might as well he one thing as an
other" concluded Mrs. Ferret, with a
sigh of pious resignation as she rose
from her chair and tied on her sunbon-
net. "Well, goodby," she added as she
ambled sidewise down tho stoop steps.
"Come an see me"
81 WILL" replied Mrs. Sharp, Fan
Pm real glad you came over. Come
again"
81 WILL" answered Mrs. Ferret. ian
you come an see me. Goodbye
"Goodby p'-M. O. McNoill in Col
lier's Weekly.