Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-20
Mostly Personal
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clar OF the pesliy flies an muskccters,
Sallfe had sorter shooed me out of tho
house arter dinncr-as she always
does i'll summer timc-so she can git
the house dark TO keep out the in.
sects; an so they follcrs me right out
in the yard. sometimes wonder what
lilies an muskeetcrs was made fer.
Squire Picket said us how he knowcd
that muskectcrs was made fer ter
make folks think better of flies. an
come ter think about 1t, he may he
right
ralkin' about Squire Picket, calls ter
mind a thing that happened when he
WAS fust elected squire, an showed
that lie was man of good, common
sense eff he want SO well posted on
the law books. Common sense mixed
up with law knowledge Is fine. Com
mon sense without much knowledge
OF the law will do right well, but dc.
liver me from Il man that's got ali
law an no common sense
IL sortcr happened this way: Tom
Sawyer was mighty fond of pcrsim.
mons, an he agreed ter give Dick
Todd. who was mighty fine fcler fer
whistlin'. twenty-five cents Of he'd xii
him half peck of nice, ripe ones.
Dick got an carried them ter Tom,
but Tom wouldn't pay him, an swore
out warrant from Squire Picket an
l was thar when the trial took place.
Dick an all his witnesses allowed
that Inc pcrsimmons was ripe, that 1t
was time fer them ter be ripe, an that
thar mad been good frost on 'cm
an 1t did look like Tom would have
the bag ter hold, but he got sortcr
mad. an always shutters when he gifts
excited
He jumped UP an SCI. SCI he: "J.I-.J-
Judge. I-I-l'll tc-tell yer wh-wh-what
iii dido, cf-ef D-D-Dick wi-wi-will
e-eat ff-four of th-th-thcm (taking q
handful from his puckeD an th-thcn
whi-wh-whistlc cole D-Dan TT
Tack-Tucker,' I-I-rll pay f-f-fcr th.th
th-them"
That's fair enough said the squire
Fer thatll prove 1t sartain, fer
knows Of them pcrsimm0ns is green
the man what eats them can't whistle
right straight afterwards"
DICK acted like he didn't want tc,
do 1t. but the squire told him Of h,
didn't. that he'd decide in Toms favor.
He took them an cat all four, an
Tom agin jumped up an pintin' his
finger at him, said: "N-N-Nuw viii.
whiwhstlc"
to quicker his lips, an the crowd haw.
haw-cd
or course, Tom won, an that's what
call common sense.
well. was settin in the shade try.
In terkccp cool. when up comes little
chap from the poStoficc ON n bysiclilI
with one of these letters that you pay
TWO cents an ten cents on when you
start it, an they will send il ter your
house. Sallic was fixin'. so carried il
in ter her an tolc the boy thar want
no answer.
Talkin about bysicilcs, was
mighty anxious ter ride on them. an
tried Ter sometime but it seemed ms
an the bySiCklc wasn't cut ont fcl
partners. Once when thought was
sittin along fine, it rarcd up an flung
me III the ditch, an the last time,
was going fustratc, a plagucy little dog
run right under the front wheel, an
down we went, me at the bottom. The
dog want killed, but I've been watchiu
fer him ever since.
That reminds me of the time when
they used to have them bysickles with
great big wheel In front an a little
one behind. Ole Miss Simmons. who
mad never seen Il bysickle, was stan
din at her gate one day, when a mar
on one of them big wheels jest scoot
ed by, nearly takin' her breath AWAY
In little while here comes n man in
wagon an Sez'. SEE he: "Ma'am ha.
you seen bysicklc go by herc?"
Mister SCI ole Miss Simmons
sorter sol .mn.lil;n, Il haint seed nc
kind of sickle, but | jest seed a wa
gon wheel 'unniu' Gway with n man
You nccdn'f blcevc it, fer worltn';
CT hadn't seed it with my own eyes.
Eff thars one thing in this lun,i q
the Twin, that Sniiic is afcarei OF, its
thunder and lighlnin'. I've knuwcti
her ter shut the house up tigh5 in q
storm, an set down on feather bed
on the floor in the middle of The big
room. An then agin. eff she was nj
the meetin' an hea"., it thunder, hc;
sit up Mt once an Go>homc.
But she amt nigh SD bad as she use,
ter be, an think twas on account
Of what happened one night
was scttn down rcadin, an sal
lie was knittin'. when one 0f thcs.
enick storms riz. anG thar wa, Il ire
mcnions crash an fash. Snllio
jumped up, her knittin' went ny:l.', an
the fust thing | knOwed, back she come
with four glass sau:cis which she PIT
ono under each char t. ;, near tho win
dow. then pulling on ner iDjy-rubbaI
shoes. she jumped ia that chair. an
c.Tn cnccd ringin' - dinner bell like
she as clean goEc crazy
: e.abbcd her anh SCI. scX /; Sal
lie. fer goodness sa;;c, what is you -.
il
She SEE; I'm kecpin off the light.
MIN" +
We'll, she did look so comical that /