The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-01

lass 6ollgAse vines AWne June GpteG IN
acquaintance among some WorkMeR
who were repairing N bridge over which
her team must pa@B. She pulled up
the mule and beckoned the man to
her. he eame promptly, and stood
with hiS hand upon the mules back
while passing the compliments of tho
day.
How you do, NiS' PenningtOnT"
Oaid be. Il aim . you in q long
time"
rs tOlor'blo, was the reply. "Eou
ais WELT"
"TolOr'bl& Gwino ter town dis
mNwnihg, Mis- P@nin'touI'
Yes. HAh- / hAb some buttaP Ter
fetch in. and some groceries Ter fetch
out Pears lack dey-aEls ct homo
keeps me OOlsr'blO buSy gwiDe in IOWA
Ter groceries; bat jake a. dS chilIea
am hearty, ARd % am I; % We ought
tor DO thankful fur that. I tell 'O@."
"YooSum, dat you ought. Plenty
hGb GOT do health and do AppOtttO what
ain got do groceries, / tall yea, Mis-
POOnin'bOR. Dat doy 49,"
"DaS am O fae'," Haid Aust Juna,
giving the big BASKETS turn. "POarD
lack yoa-Nllb OOAor'blO busy boF day"
"YOWum; WOh8 trying ~ AAiah dh
hasO bridge toFdAy bskAAo We dOa'
work TER morreF. Hts George WNsh-
n'Oon'S bufdAy."
AuAt Jane StraiGht0AOd hsraAR with
Q iOrk:
VIVA dat yoa SayE Hits whose
bufdAyr
Instantly the negro assumed the
grandeur OF ealiGhtOAOr. "HiS an dc
bUfdAy ob George Washia'toO; d."
What dat yOu HayingE" demanded
AuaT June, uncertain whether TO take
ne man OoriouLy and be angry, or
whether 70 laugh ct him for . joker.
Tue man grInnOd and paEUSd the
white mules back. "Yaasum, his am
George WGAhinton'O butdAy. He
WOR-~
"Sbet upI You Fsckin I don't know
what no Wu8I Yer thiuk I ain got q
ScrOp Of sense. Telling me bout George
WHshin'tOn'S bufdSyI I cay isl"
II heOrd IL Ober in town." said tho
negro.
"DSs listen at dat, will somebody
cried AuAt Jane. "WnAt IOWA gOs
80 do VIA GSOrgO WaShin'tou, Ia LACK
tOr kMOWI Talking bout do town cay.
ing hit 'UB George WaGhiA'Oon'G Dut
aAyr
The negro broke iato O laugh.
well" AAId.. hO, 'it an do SAO' fac.
Dey cay"
''5nOt 20 mouf. 1 doa' want ter hear
mono yo' big talk 1 wonder Ct yer
GAksS me fur q fool, or q S0hGtP LsttIng
GA l don know whSn's Gslrgs Wash
In'toR'S bufdayI Hts ain ter mOrror,
/ tell yer. Ter morrer ala no mo- his
OufdGy dan ISIS mlne. / rGckin I ought
ser know when George WoGhin'ton
wuE Gavin. / reckm / wuE dAr at dc
baWnIng."
The negro broke into @ laugh 90 loud
that he fellow Workmen looked from
their work 60 smile encouraRIngly, ana
wondered what had tucked him "a. He
stumbled back TO them bent almost
dOuole, and holding his sides with both
hands, laughing until the tears chased
each other down his dark, furroWed
CoekG.
To him il was @ great joke. He sup
4 ~oaMA Aa1nk lima RmA nm mwnAw AGmnNReGA
The question In d to prove herself
not lacking in the general knowledge
of the day But when she stated, las
q clincher, he HGid Nfterward, that she
WAS there" the j IKE became - funny
that he could not cooHin hinself.
Aunt Juno gathered up her lines and
CLICKED 10 the white mule 'Git up
darI' she exclaimed. "You's gltting
eE la4y On one OF desc here town mig
gers; GAt you H."
The muIe started OF rather briSkly,
bat not too briskly % let Aunt June
hear the parting shOt from the bridge:
Look eat, foIkses; look out. Oar
goes de ol'eSt 'oQAn ia de worl'. Look
ct her we'll. You Riat gwins Aebber
nab no sOeh chance ter SeO sech q ole
oman agtn IN dis WORT. De Ol'eSt
oman in dc worl'-ef de trOof wuE all
told"
Aunt JunS'B anger had cooled some
what when she reached the store At
which she did her trading. The butter
was weighed and she began selecting
supplies ia exchange for it. If she was
SLOW the merchant Was patisas; for
! Amt Innn1n hr1tkne wna Of tina heat and