The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1909-11-26

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! SNH3T our house thatll be known
! lRH from the way Mary has
! ~ C been maxim me trot around
n In Squashvillc town. iudgin'
for supplies.
" Mary Ann 10 one Of them restless
eritters that cant walt minute once
she has set her mind on a thing.
"'Poleg.' she says TO mo. week
come next Wednesday. 'Pcleg you
better get started on Thanksgiyln' or
ltll be here and we will be In n fix
like Mis- Jenkins was the time she
had Ms Rll over for dinner six years
ago. ! shall never forget that dinner
To my dyin' day she says. and i'm
be- a warning for me. hope Mis-
Jenkins WAS ashamed 60 show her
face TO the ladies' aid. and she one
Of the leaders You got mo 20 agree
10 have half tho town over here. and
i'm worry me. Pelcg. until the tur'
keys bein' carved. I'm afraid yet the
pie crust'll be tough as all git out
when Mary Ann talks that way.
KNOWN her the way | do. bein' mar.
ricd a good 20 year give in, And
! don't dawdle around doin' II, either
jay Home says to me one day
Polcg.' he says. you're plain hen.
pcckcd. that's what you be-
Thursday mornin'. when ! got
through with the chores. and seen
that the woodbox was filled and the
water pail brimmin over. them boin'
things that gets on woman's nerves,
I gits loaded up with Jugs and things
and was down TO Jay Homes store
before he had the floor sprlnklod.
"'Jny.' says. ~ you have got any.
thing In this shAnty that's needed for
a bang.up Thanksgiyln' dinner. trot
'er out. aud don't stop to iigger II ~
till the whole caboodlo II wrapped mp
Expense IL nothin TO me. says. II
II costs a load Of my best meadow
hay
Jay set down his sprinkler and
went out to the back shed for tho
J broom.
Don't you cit rllod up. Polog,' he
says. or excited. Comm In ON mC
at this time OF the mornin.' he says
when my minds set ON gettin' the
prune pits and other dabrco Of the
oyonin' dobauch OF some OF thes,
y Squashyllle sports. as the Teller says.
!, he says. cleaned UP. | amt NJ I,
hggor up n Thanksgiyin' dinner. Bu
!. II you'll set down aud hold you
!. horses, he says, we'll git to II. We
~ All 10 IL.
~ Long and short Of II was, ia
didn't have half the things Mary An
y had set down. We fggered out pre-
~ well. from what he had. BI
y, DANCED II he had any cider or eve
~ cider vinegar
a Jay ! says. I'm believer I
truth. and trusted you. But when
=, read says. In the Squnshyill
" Bugle. as | did yes'day. them item
w which says jay Home has the full
. est. most complete and general stoc
w of groceries In the northwest. price
y right and good treatment" and
" come here. Ms ! hey. and find no G
a. der. or even cider vinegar. ind tina
n have been mislod. After this vii
10 read the squashylle paper with som
10 caution, let alone ordorln' you a
IN postmaster TO quit deliyorin' II TO bo
n 1884,
II "'Peleg.' says Jay. you're about In
ls dangdest fool that ever set foot In
u side my store. had that cider. n
advertised. and had that good treat
mont. and no one ever said my price
wasn't fair. but because lot Of 9th
ers has been trottln' In here for SUP
plies, let alone them that buys II b.
the glass. you git on your high horse
I like your trade. Peleg.' he says. 'bu
dang II I amt n notion 10 tell you 4
lind another place
"'Jay.' says. soein' was harsh
% we bein' members OF the Moderl
70 wOodmen Amt goin' TO hey no words
y But I hmShinkln' OF Mary Ann. She
" set her heart on real cider for then
mince pies. and you know Mary Ann
r And | was right Mary Ann pu
n hor foot down when | come into tn
n kitchen and sho see didn't hey thu
n cider
n. 80 can't help II. Pelog' she says
Il I must hey II. You1l hev 10 40 I,
Podunk for II. and to-day's as good I
r time as know. won't sleep nov
u till | cit that cider. remember poo
y Mis- Jenkins, and it's warnin.'"
"And DANCED II didn't hey TO wall
n over TO Podunk me that amt beer
n there since I got beat for constable
q And Mary Ann set down some othel
Il little things she thought OF. bein' as
n was goln' TO make the trip. When
h got home ! set down the Jug a It'll,
Q hard on the kitchen table.
4 MARY Ann | says. this idea o.
heyln' the whole dun town a.trumpin
a In here on Thanksglyin' may be al
4 right. ! amt sayin' nothin' against
q II. You1l hey your way, But they'i
got to be reform In this town. Jay
Home1l keep cider and every othei
!. article, | says, for ThankGgiyin' OF
Podunkll git my trade
. "'shet up, Peleg.' she says, and giI
some water in this pail, You never
flled II. and hey been skimpin' ever
since you started for Podunk
They amt never been no trouble
IN our family for 20 years, as | wai
sayin,' but II they is, i'm come from
ona Of these ThanksRiyin' dlnnera