The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-02-16

gi.,ia' ready TO scrub our yoargcst,
noat put yourself out, so be. XII
~all ten minutes. lsst a welrs not.
Company fust, sG Mis- Sletbins, polite
~.
Well, hat there unmlligst,d hswg allied
this here iub clean TO the top, an uttd ~
every drop of hot water In the house. Mis-
sebblns bed to wash that pore younsster
By hand Ia . basin OF cold water, of course
q didpt do DO lsstln' harm, an wouldn't
mention 1t nov II that had been all Of II;
but Il wuzs't--fsr from IL.
Bafere the wesk WIZ out, every one OF
them Billin'fet--ihere wpI seven Of 'em,
hlg an i tle--h,d bed bath In our tub.
After that, II me, er Mis- stebblns, er the
children wanted hsth--sn' we he'd TO want
Il purity hard before we got up our courage
0 mske q try fer tive bed TO get up an
build fire at two 10 the morning At battle
a. hse sot to get our scrub In ahead OF
hen there Bsllin, see Ter I'll be gosh dern-
ed II Them solks didn't stay up nights to
gee II they VIZ smoke comm out'n our kit.
chen chlmbly.
AT iust, they bruug their own soap an
tosels; but, after while they jest dspen.
sed with ceremony an used our'n, until, by
gum Mis- Sietbins bed to take to lockia
our'n up.
Well sr, II got 90 after while that
there WIZ always procession Of BlIlln 'ses
comm across cur lawn, csrryin' towels
an netdib' bath. They even brupg their
dog an scrubbed him once week. They
say cleanliness is next TO godlipess, but
Z wuz mex to cussednoss with them Bill !
in'ses.
A nuisarctf Y,s, sir, 'twuz the wust
kind OF nuisance but there didn't seem to
be no way of s,oppin it. Mis- Stebbnf an
Mis- Billln's VIZ old friends, an I'm
peaceable sorter chap, anyhow. ! didn't
want any qusrrels with nobody, so Jest
took my baths down to the barber shop, at
twenty five ctnts apiece, an the rest Of my
folks doBe the best they could.
Maybe we wuzut glad when we heard
about two months sgo that the Billin'ses
v w goin' TO move Sure enough, they did
nove-from the house on The left side OF
ls to the house on our right
Oar disaI Ip'intment Wuz pitiful to see.
But, s,z Mis- Stebbins, hopeful-lke--b but
wuz groanin to think ! still he'd 'em for
lelghbors-ttere's fine big bath.tub In
hat house, an they won't trouble US no
more.
She wuz light, ina way. They didn't
lot fer four short weeks.
Wen, sir, one day q | wuz coming home
t noon, Il ere wuz drsy standin In front
i the Billn'sos door, an blamed II Eph
'illn's an plumber didn't come cut, lug
In bath. ub between 'em. They load. :,
d 1t on cay, an the plumber rode cfl
nth ii.
Hey, Billiu's stz |, what's the matter !,
nth your tub?
Oh, nothin', SCI Billin's, careless like.
ts a good enough tub but, sez he, I've
cd the drafted thing cut out on account OF
he water rates. That tub made 3 differ.
nee Of two dollars'n half every quarter
18th our water rates. I'd Jest as soon use
our q anyhow.
| wa MT feeln' real sociable Jest then so
went into the house. What did | say d
ever mind what said. | got the door p
nut before any language got out. b
Yes, them cussed Billin'sss started right 4
again the next day, but I'd got done run. c.
n' a free nstatorium. didn't say moth p
:; but done some tall thIkin'. Thls n
are's the result-Gee here comes one OF s'
lem young Billn'ses now! u
Want bath, do you, sissy? Well,here's
Ie tub, an there's the hose over there. "
ist help yourself Bsthin' In the open sir II
good fer the constitution, they say. You G
e welcome to all the baths you wan 4
~ an your brothern an sistern, your q
Nv an your nav, an the hired girl, yes, 10
: the dawg--there amt nothin stingy m
out the Stebbins But after this, sissy, vi
'u'll all have to take 'em right out here on
e Lawn. fer we amt got no tub now in to
ie. 10
Well, do feel to be mean old cuss
1t mean er not, this worms goin' to stay ri
rned till them Billin'ses die er git bath hs
b. a.