Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-11
IT WAS BRUppER CoNsonAsHUN wHrTE.

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years ago and has now spread all over
Gle land. Out O. cherry hundred Guild
folks in any community you will find
ninety-fve libin beyand der means
and de odder five mad bekase dey can't
do de same.
"In my time a caliker dress was
thought good huff fur any Guild wom-
an to wear anywhar's, and de Guild
man who had on clean shirt was
dressed fur Sunday Today de GUILD
woman who would appear on de street
wild caliker on would lose her standin'
In society widin two minutes, and de
Guild man who went to a weddin' or
prayer meetin' in his shirt sleeves
would be thrown out on his head.
81 don't want to be personal in dis
matter, but want to refer to Brudder
Giveadam Jones fur mint. Brudder
Jones am a jaintor in a public buildin'
His pay am $12 per week, and he has q
wife and three chillen. If Brudder
Jones would cuddle right down and lib
sensibly he might be happy, but he
won't do it. He wants his plug hat and
cane. He wants patent leather shoes
and diamond pin. His wife wants
silks and satins and ten dollar hats.
His chillen want bikes and dey want
circus tickets. De result is dat de Jones
family am constantly on de verge Of
bankruptcy and whicheber way dey
turn dey behold yawnin chasm In
front Of 'em. If Brudder Jones was
suddenly called upon to pay back de
So he owes me be would fall in a fit
and be no good fur de next two hours.
He am putin on style, but am he TAX
In comfort? 1t has brought him gray
hairs at thirty-fve, and l don't believe
he finds de game with de candle.
II was passin' Samuel Sims cabin
Gle odder day when his wife called me
in to see If de baby was gwine to have
de measles. decided dat he was not,
but how I cher got out Of dat cabin
alive is a mystery to me. Oar was
eight day clocks, rugs, vases, pictures,
lookin' glasses, gilt cheers, green sofas
and lace curtains, and Mrs. Shin sat
dar In red dress and blue slippers and
bossed q hired gal around. Brudder
Shin Arms $13 per week. How he man
ages to live in SIGH luxury on dat sal
airy am beyond me, but jest as shore as
we lib a calamity am gwine to hit him
plump between de eyes some day and
knock him into de middle Of next year.
He can't keep it up. Eben if he had
a dozen hencoops to draw on he couldn't
keep it up.
''One night two or three weeks ago
Trustee Pullback come ober to my
cabin at midnight and woke me up and
axed me fur de loan Of a dollar. Next
day he was borrowin' money of Elder
Toots. Three days later he was pawn
in a rug l didn't know what 1t all
meant till l heard later on dat he had
giben party to de elite of de town.
Yes, sir, he had gone at it and giben a
party and had Ice cream and angels
food to pass around. Trustee Pullback
jobs around and Arms about 81 per
week, but his wife must have her gold
watch, and he must have his plug hat
and dey must glib parties same as If
dey had millyon dollars. Oar am
gwine to be a result to- dis. Some sum-
mer day when dar hain't a cloud in de
sky and de birds am singin' DER songs
dar am q crash comm, and arter de
dust has settled down you will find de
Pullback family scattered ober sixteen
acres Of ground.
Zone night not long since l was
aroused from my sleep by what 1
thought was de wailin' of q cat under
de winder. / got up to throw club
at her and diskibered dat it was Brud-
der C4nsolashun White on de doah-
steps. He was weepin' and lamentin'
and calm hisself all sorts O. names.
l invited him in and lit de candle, and
den he told me dat he was behind in
his rent; dat his chillen hadn't shoes;
dat his wife needed medicine; dat he
owed de grocer and butcher; dat he
had gone dat day and pawned a feath-
er bed. l felt sorry fur Brudder White