The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-08-22
THE COUNTRY
POST OFFICE
BY MAY ISABEL FISK,

ny Mn lD4Nbl~b AsANf
In "Womans Home Companion"
Well. land o. Twin, il faint Mis-
Libby | amt seen you in month o
Sundays. How's all the folks up to
your house? Still havin' them
spells, is he; Queer he don't get over
'em-onc way or 'tother. Why don't
YOU try some o. this newfangled bone
less surgery? Mis- Lambs Kittys al
ways goin' in for all kinds o new doc
TORN. an she says she's sure it's goin'
to do her a lot o good, it's so drettul
painful.
Amt never heard OF it; Well. its
s'prisin what some folks don't never
| hear about Oh, no, she
amt sick nonc-leastwavs their own
doctor couldn't find noth:n' the matter
with her, so she says she felt pizcn
sure she had some hidden, eternal
trouble that hadn't come out, an she'd
/ heard these here doctors was din runt
an could find somethin' wrong with
you when nobody else can. You see
they say. Il understand 1.-THE troubles
ali in your Jints. They amt put to-
gethcr right-some's too loose an
some amt tight enough" So they pull
'cm out or push 'em in, as the case
seems TO be
Yes i does seem to be inquirin' too
deep into the unscrutinzin' ways OF
! Providence. but. Kitty, she's sot on it,
| an she says any one can learn It IN
! few lessons. an she's goin to take a
course She saws she thinks there's
more IN it than dressmakin', an peo-
! pie can't send back II they amt suited.
! She says you amt any idea how
solid you're hitched together till you
| get one o them oysterpath doctors
alter yuu She was fastened together
! ~ wrong; the doctor gave her TO un-
| dcr,tand the whole job was botchcd
/ one day he showed her skeleton 5
head down 20 the Office, an an image
| ui a loot She said you amt any idea
/ how urdrcsscd YOU look IN your bones.
: Well IT,, kccpn' up with the times, |
/ s'po,c.
Them piece goods, Vel now, |
/ amt rccummcudin' none % them goods
10 you They amt all they's repre-
] scented Nou know Mis- Smell she
, bought drc,, - that grccn-an' purple
plaid with the fine line q yellow run
min through !; -drciiul handsome pat
trcn Well. she hadn't wore that dress
but three years lore she made it over
into sort o party dress for the
church ,ociablcS-she put a wide green
satin felt on it an bunch o make
believe forget mc-nots pinned on the
shoudcr-it touched il up wonderful.
don't Ike her. but she knows how
t. look drcssy. One night Lem HUI
lick split lemonade all down the front
oi ii. So she took the back brcadths--
they was kind o. narrow-an made
Johnny a real cute pair o pants. You
mghn't believe 1t. but first time he
set down hard in en- they all busted
ont No. it amt real strong goods as
II should be can't recommend It for
wcar-but il you want somethln Just
To- look Al. you'll go far lore you'll
find ANYTHING near So pretty. Yes
you'd better wait-thc falls goods will
be comm IN soon
Terrible how near Ms Bccks come
Ia losin little Bijah. You'd think she'd
know all about children. hayin' buried
six. You didn't hear, She's
80 rarc'c,s Why. they took him "a
the camp mectiu' over to Swamp Lake
an while they was havin' the special
service ipr the salvation oi children
Rljah got too near the edge. an tel
IN an would never have gotten over
the drowndin. il it hadn't been for the
artificial pcrspiration they worked on
HIM. oh. yes. il spilled the
day Tor specially after they
found they had laid him too near tn,
lunch basket. an the victuals was al
water soaked
My land. but I'm just about tuckerc,
out II .hcm city boardcrs up to Mis-
Bnncy', don't stop gcttin' So many q
them picture postal cards from turrti
parts I'm goin To- quit! Amt no in
trc.tin' rcadin' on EN-. neither. An
not one oi 'cm what stops to think o
me. ,tandin here by the hour stampin
, them 'tarnal things. I'm they ain
curtrnt with that but come rampagir
/, down here at all hours q the day an
, AWAY, wantiu' somcthin' ! amt GO