The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-04
0vER THE BACK FENCE.
How One Woman Retails the Gossip
to Her Next Neighbor.

To" SHe woman EetS!lS the GOSSIP
to Her Next Neighbor.
CEEMS nice to see the sun out once
- more. after three days rain,
doesn't it?....Yes. it does so.
Still. we needed the rain. Everything
was dried up so. And dusty! Ten
minutes after you'd busted you could
write your name OH anything in the
house....No amt been myself. but
my sister went and she liked the play
real well. Said it was real exciting....
This is her fourth. isn't it? And the
last n isn't more than a year old. l
think that she has had all four Of
them in six years.. Well, she's got
her hands full. ..Gargling the throat
well with real hot water with just q
touch. Of salt in it is good in the be-
ginning of Il sore throat. IL never
put any sugar in my ketchup. Some
DO, but l DON'T. II think four eggs
are enough. If you use more it's ant
to taste Of the egg. And amt eggs
high! paid forty-eight cents a dozen
yesterday and two of them was bad
....She thinks she's too old to wear
her hair in a braid any longer and
she's teasing ME to make her new
dress away below her shoe tops. mo
girl of mine would be on the street
much as she is; but. la, they never
had no control Of her. They say that
they're engaged, but neither Of them
will own up to it'll paid twenty
eight cents a pound the last chicken l
bought. and then it was tough, al
though | parboiled it two or three
hours. -. Mrs. Smith told me that If
they raised the rent on them she
should move. Thirty dollars a month
and no bath is a good deal. Think
of 4 woman of her age wearing a hat
like that. all red feathers and the hat
itself blue!.. They think it was caus-
ed by sewer gas, but l guess they don't
know. She got above ninety in all
OF her marks last month";. told her
that it was because she put off putting
on her winter f1annels so late. Girls
are so careless about their health... 80.
They say it will be one of the biggest
weddings ever known in town. No.
they won't tell any one where they
are going on their honeymoon. I ex-
pect they'll get no end of presents. 80.
He amt worked a day in a year that
any n knows Of. How they live is
a mystery. When the children come
over here l give them something to
eat. they look so hungry. No, 1
didn't 60. l meant to. but when night
come I was too tired out. 49,. We think
we are going to like him real we'll, but
I don't think he's as good a preacher
as our other minister was. "A little
lard or vaseline with black pepper
mixed with it and rubbed all over the
chest would help him. mo, l never
put them up pound for pound. It
makes them too sweet and rich....
She's left him twice already and come
back when he crooked his finger. If I
left a mar once it would take more
than a crook of the finger to bring me
back. DO you think so? Well. I
never knew either of them to speak
of. If he had a nan stenographcr
there wouldn't of been no trouble. -.
He likes his coffee fairly rcny with
sugar. l tell him it is one reason he
has so much headache. lawful sad.
amt it? Three deaths in one year in
n family is Il good deal....I tell
her that one dance q week is enough
for any girl to go to....A girl Of six
teen has no business having beauX
hanging around. That dog goes ev-
cry place she goes. She took it to q
funeral the other day. l wouldn't
thank her to bring her dog to my
funeral. ~ got some bread in the
wen l got to see to-. And l haven't
finished up my breakfast dishes yet.
run in soon....I will. DO.
Max Merryman in Puck.