Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21

| critters tudt can NtlN ~ ihihN'N
| she has set her mind on thing.
"'Peleg.' she says to me. week
come next Wednesday. 'Peleg, you
better get started on Thanksgivin' or
1 i'm be here and We will be in fix
| like Mis- Jenkins was the time she
had us all over for dinner six years
/ ago. | shall never forget that dinner
20 my dyin' day. she says, and III
be a warning for me. hope Mis-
| jenkins was ashamed to show her
face TO the ladies' aid. and she one
] OF the leaders. You got me to agree
, TO have half the town over here. and
| it1l worry me. Peleg. until the tur-
keys bein' carved. I'm afraid yet the
| pie crust1l be tough a. all git out.
when Mary Ann talks that way.
| KNOWN her the way | do. bein mar
! ried good 20 year. ] give in. And
| don't dawdle around doin' II. either.
Jay Home says to me one day,
| 'Peleg.' he says. you're plain hen
pecked. that's what you be
Thursday mornin. when got
| through with the chores. and seen
| that the woodbox was filed and the
water pail brimmin' over. them bein
( things that gets on woman's nerves.
| gifts loaded up with jugs and things
! and was down to Jay Homes store
| before he had the floor sprinkled.
jay, says. IL you have got any
1 thing in this shanty that's needed Tor
| bang-up Thanksgivin' dinner, trot
'er out. and don't stop to figger II mp
| till the whole csboodle is wrapped up.
| Expense is nothin' TO me- | says, IL
1 il costs a load of my best meadow
hay
| law set down his sprinkler and
went out to the back shed for the
| broom.
| Don't you git riled up, Peleg,' he
says. or excited Comm In on me
at this time of the mornin. he says.
| when my minds set on gettin' the
| prune pits and other dabree or the
| evenin debauch of some OF these
1 Squashyile sports. as the feiler says
| he says, cleaned up. amt ut TO
/ figger up Thanksgivin' dinner. But
II You'll set down and hold your
| horses. he says, well git to II, Wen
| git To it.
Long and short OF II was, Jay
| didn't have half the things Mary Ann
| had set down. We figgered out pref
ty we'll. from what he had. But
DANCED IL he had any cider or even
cider vinegar.
Jay I says. I'm believer In
truth. and trusted you. But when
read says. in the Squashville
| Bugle. as | did yes'day. them items
which says Jay Home has the full
est. most complete and general stock
of groceries in the northwest, prices
right and good treatment" and |
come here. as hev. and find no CT
der. or even cider vinegar. find that
| have been misied. After this ] will
read the Squashville paper with some
caution. let alone orderin' you as
/, postmaster to quit deliverin' it to box
19s'
~'Peleg.' says Jay. you're about the
/ dansdest fool that ever set foot in-
! side nv store I had that cider. as
l advertised. and had that good treat
ment. and no one ever said my prices
wasn't fair. But because lot OF 9th
1 ers has been trottin' In here for sup
plies. let alone them that buys II by
the glass. you git on your high horse
! like your trade. Peleg.' he says. but
i dang il I amt a notion to tell you to
find another place.
| Jay says. seem I was harsh.
we helm members OF the Modern
| Woodmcn amt goin' TO hev no words.
\ Ruf | am thinkin' of Mary Ann. She's
set her heart on real cider for them
mince pies, and you know Mary Ann.
And was right. Mary Ann put
1 her foot down when come into the
kitchen and she see I didn't hey the
cider.
- can't help It. Peles. she says
4 4 must hev IT. You'll hev TO 70 20
podunk for IL. and to-day's as good q
| time a. know. ] won't sleep now
| till git that cider. remember poor
Mis- Jenkins. and its a wsrnin.'"
And DANCED II didn't hev TO walk
/ over 10 Podunk. me that Amt been
| there since got beat for constable.
\ And Mary Ann set down some other
! little things she thought Of. b.iE' as
vas goin' to make the trip. When
90: home set down the jug q little
hard on the kitchen table.
| Wary Ann ! says. this idea Of
hsvin' the whole dun town s-trumpin'
in here on Thanksgivin' may be al
rixht. amt ssyin' no,hin' agains;
II. You'll hev your way. But tbey's
| got to be reform in this town. jay
Homeu keep cider and every other
article says. for Thsnkssivin' or
PodunkU git my trade
shot ND. Peieg.' she says. aud git
some water in this pail. You never
I Allied n. and I hev been sk.mp:r ever