The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-06-02
A ausaul OF POTATOES.


RoclssrA weAitefbee looked ilse peach
grown on ibe tunby s'de Of The tree. Her
father had dim i5,G--shen b. ihousht
any,hitg tboat ,he alI! hat hehsd bare.
/ ~ discarded bibs Ne wtsa lb'i'iy ma
leanirg 10 The side o. siirgiress- OF tie
minor diyo;tioss q No. silAs l,yd good
sorg well surg. Agsba' Blglo iAi spr-
piled the forg rn macy On tecnisn.
sllAs was lliling cue ,veuiig upon The
upper rail q bic doofysrd fence, Al soout
the yard patch q chs OF white psiuaias
thImmer,d Apd baak m ,tts made qaISef-
ing blots over thtm o9t Of the oder
thlekt, lsomed Agabus bigio with h3
baylD,
III, there, Az shouted silas. Cone long
an give u, a ehnue.
IOslead OF implying, Agabus fell Toto
afgumCnt.
See 'ere, Sic, b. said 10 mild dissent
I'm pore, pore IS black eyed pas, ard
low ei good square ehune Is ulb Listen
leg to It oushtls BE- wuth shu kim GU q
rlaa fer, wtull you gimme, sil.f ~
sing reasonable
wul, III swear, AZ You reckon I'm
goin' to pay out money to set yere az iii-
ten at yer httle Old pie pan bsrjr an yer
Old Kentucky Hcmt' I ee frogs ard
crlckets dou't charge nothiu'. Reckon
they'll do me.
Hold on, slle ion't ny up creek | wasn't
fygerIL on plubks, reasoned Agatus per
,uaslv ". Gimme beans, er tqlswshes, q
ta.ert gimme tatcrs now you got 'em an
| ain't. How msny taters you give ftr
batch Of good old fooes
Silas smok and considered fjr fy4 sill
ent n utes.
Ill give you later gong, be then ar
nounceG-not pee : more. Them Island
Pearls OF mines vulb money. NJ, paid
s5 fer disbpan full o. seed once In The
spring, an The old woman Ike TO ca. every
pottercd one she lowed they was better
than Ice cream. They're new Inv nted.
You don't get but tAtCr sogg.
Agsbus fcrSmbl,d d upon the ielce, twirl-
ed his bsl jl intop po isiop, ard that old song
that seems always TO dip soft southern
ffsgrarce ard TO ripple out The melody ofI
trai quill watSrs A wed ilto the damp, soft
cleaning
away down upon tie Sa8aree liver,
Far, far away
| OLD Silas smoked, with closed eyes, bis
wife rocked plseidly In the shadow OF the
porch ard r cksena, 81 tirg upon the
steps, cssped her tanned hands and intalid
the music
Garry he Back to Ole Vireilpyn Thrill
cd and cbbed, and bliihe "Nellie BLY," FOL.
lowed, bringiog her broom alorg Then
Sias lid ST fil3 from The ferce and shook
his pipe ash into tuft OF wet clover. Sana,
he called to hls daughter, get Az three tat.
ers. I'm goin' to bsd.
Rooksena brought the three lsrees. pC-
tatoes she could ii d, and Agabus slowed
them into his pockets.
When Agabus had sung away bushel
OF potatoes from Silas Wealherbeo he ask
ed the old man to throw in his daughter
Roeksena for good measure.
Agabus Blglo, directed Sllas, you shoul.
der yer rotten old bar an cut stlcks.
But, Uncle Sllas, the-
Cut sticks, repeated Silas sternly, an
n,ver pint yer tees dosn this holler agip,
or III th'ow you 10 The crock.
When The bunter's moon piled silver |
shesyea under the trces Sil4s WestheTbce
snd tis wife cat alone on tbeir hop groEn
porch. Agabus, the hai and the potators
were gone--ard Roebsata Silas smoked
grimly He missed the Cd Kentucky |
Home" and the SuEanee Rysr." His
~ifa knit sphi'leaaly. She misred the
girl.
II. The sptirg cane the great freshet,
when G)oso creek arose with flow, vicious
h'ssrgs and plunged, foaming, over Ia
banks. lts high tide mark II nlutcd, ard,
ike hungry beast, PLACED coir6sld, truck
garden snd potato patch The sluggish
b'ood d old farmers set to worF, v mat
ter Of fact patisrce, rfplanting. Sila'
weG.hcrhee az d Ike Goose creek. Every |,
darncd Pearl tsier In the county licked up
By that p1ttertd / he rosrsd gotta
pant any old kind Of 'a'ers this time,
AID orce sgain G )oge creek aro'e With
destructive sppeite. A Juue f 'cd came
aid the Iepaated a slds were as bare as
desert.
A dr., ugh flllo7 ed Ia H. latter part of
simmer, a d au umn I d scanly il-
ga.leilag u q bps O.e late autumn dsy
slas weathe,b c drove ever to sec his bro.
thef Simeon a. Grab Hollow. smton was
cutlirg sorshum cllc. Gotta i've mostly
on sorsl "a lassCs Ibis in.tr oae thing
- het'.e 90 and hli,g, be phll 1sophIz
ed
Go. auy taterif aikGd 5 las
Not tatoE; G5ose cretk cat Fm oil.
AIM ytuf
Nav Mftla aonan's PLAN plnin' away
fer -giuia' gait ani pre- es het.
rinz
j. 'cre, sic. co a mgle. Fail SIN
cor caA't ysu see hut ihe whp,o e,uily
klf You Ole aomA eia's dyla' fer tat.
ere, sh-A al "a Ter %
Ia tAitrs fsii suas obs,inately.
lie S ne, vowed SIN %, with ,qlsl OBJ
s,lascy, Why, lock y'ere, you crarfll,ul
ole mortal, Az Biglos g1t titers; Why, b.
sell. I'm, sn' hes ,Cms bihd an' roasted
eds, al he's good to sent-Ilxhly good /
And you be,n srurlia. yer nose s' in over {
an oye
Az rilau.ii. At I'm gan Il ha qgla,s 1
. tyc dosu my hllirr Or ny gAl ~ aii
my talers.
snas tu'rtd II asa Up efetk sut l. {
ged iloaly hemsTtfd. he was hsHilg &
TO tao Iruer iees ! ha e. gHeni. y hieh
,..d ~ a dmA ysfFr a. -tsHvA Ese haas II Z