Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-16

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 Life ant what it's cracked up to be on the old farm. T have got the breakfast started and while the taters are boiling will take my pen in hand to write a few lines fore Hancy Ann or some one else hollers for Ma. There she goes now:
 "1Ia! what time it itg"s
 Time you got up an peeled them taters! Get right up now. cos Pas in a hurry for breakfast He wants ter get them oats down an sin the barn fore night. an he's got. to go an. get somebody to help him"
 them taters ain't most done Nal Here. comes man with wooden leg!"
 Ma! He don't want to sell any | thing: he wants somethtns to eatF
 -Good mornin'. lady. I'm looking for worki" 4.s- a,s,
 My landl Is it possible anybody has ter look fer work? We'll. this Is 1t; take off your hat an coat an stay spell Ever york on. farm g'
 Yes. lady, that's me cailin." Like it?' Yes, lady, it's such free an easy life some of the hap piest hours of me life, was spent son de farm lady. What'rl do first ?"
 Well. them cats has got ter be craddIcd an cured an got into the | barn fore night, and as likes as not 4 we'll have thunder shower fore night, an that pile fo' wood you see sawed and split. an when you get them done come an I'll tell yer what ] else. You can go down an saw that l apple tree wood while pas eatin', an then start in on them oats" | "Hancy- Ann, go an tell the tramp 1 In on them oats"
 Say Ma, he ain't there. and he ain't sawed no wood, neither. but I see this note on the saw-horse."
 Let's see what 1t says, Hancy Ann Well, if that ain't the beater' All 1t says Is GOOD NIGHT"
 Now Pas got to skive round and find somebody else. That feller don't know what he does want. He says he's lookin' fer work, an when he finds 1t he don't know it.
 Ma! Pa wants ter know if you fed them calves. He says there're hol- lerin' an the hens don't act as if they'd
 been fed. an the dog Is hollerin:n' you hollerin'. Tell him I'll feed 'em l right way"
 "Hancy Ann you better slick up the front roorS a little mite cuz no
 knowin' who'll pop in this time O year;
 them city folks gets the back-ter-the-
 land fever"
 Say. Ma! Here comes an auto
 mobile up the turnpfke!"
 Land O love. hope 'tain't nobody
 commin' here. Look and see. Looks as if they was some pumpkins, too"
 Land O Goshen: they are comin'
 nhere an my hair ain't combed. an
 the house looks like sixty, an that l beau of yourn ct up ali that company
 cake slast night Get me that clean l apron, quick. an squizzle some O that
 dirt behind the door. an run up
 stairs an fix yourself "a little. Oh,
 mercy What'n do."
 ;"HeEcy AnnI Hancy Ann! Pa says fer us to get into the well. it's } we're gone away an won't ba to home fore tomorrow. Git down, quick! , Therei Just in time to hear Pa say" How do -dew Miss Sky Scraper, the to home fore tomorrow. Wont you git out an stretch your leEs?" Ma. We've waited long Enough an I don't hear 'en; guess they've gone Let's get out! We can't stay here al day!"
 5 %AIl right, Hancy AnnI" s~r |. "Oh, furyls How dos you do, Mrs 2 Wheat. thought you had gone away!' , Well Pa thought we had, but WI
 ain't goin' fore tomorrow. We're aw, e fuI glad ter see yer; a sight O you fl a good fer sore eyes. Come right in an a stay ter dinner"
 dI Good hay weather. and oats, tn, Il folks has been complainin' bout tn, e water tastin' bad an, it's kept m r pretty busy maxim root beer all tn, d the we'll an see if I couldn't find y toad or somethin'."
 e You run up in the garden, Hanc, Q Ann an got some nice tender. swee e corn, an squash. Kinder try tn - squash with yer nail so's ter to SC
 if it's tender. An dig a few O then
 early rose taters an we'll git 'er
 right on, sos they'll have time to gi Icold'
 'TIl take a little butter an ut in tn
 spider an put some chopped ohio n in an fry ct 'till it just begins te .r turn, then put the cold taters in 1
 cup up fine. There're great that wa,
 Our folks most bust eatin' 'em. D
 scrapped7 Oh. I forgot. You @kee b help? Then fix fish nice. I. put. u few slices O pork to freshen on top ( .o the taters that are put on ter boi
 When freshened. fry, and in the fs Id fry few onions then salt cod. an
 lastly put in the taters an nix.7 ye Ma! Pas hollerin' ter you. H ly sex he found a guinea hens nest 1
 the oats with bout forty 'leven egs l. in it, an says ter bring e basket ( 1. | Sometn1n 70 put em Tn, an says e
 bring basket or somethin' to pl
 'em in; an he says there Is gutnc
 rooster hollerfn' on stump down
 the medder an' one over in Mrs. Bu
 Anses' lot on a. rock; an he says ts
 hunt fer them nests right away. e s- it's gettin' pretty late ter hate
 chickens. an 1t takes four weeks f lo guineas." Ef TX S"All right. Hancy Ann! You te him I'll be right down Sorry, Mi, a Skyscrapper, but things has ter l ol tended to on farm cos we can't 'fol ,. ter Jet nothin'J 90 ter waste" L. n "Hancy. Ann. you get the stereoscop so views. an the post card album f 2. Miss Shyscraper an the girls ter loc Nl at while we're gone, an show 'em u n- watch chain give Pa for his birtl or day. an the peach stone basket char :. Hiram made fer it." l
 "Hancy Ann's got a feller and h
 name is Hiram. He's a real nice fe rs Ter. He ain't got no bad habits. H .. folks is some pumpkins. They con nts over in the Mayfiower. They have ,S =. coat of arms framed. Seems ter D SS the Mayfiower must "a been an awf -. big boat or else made forty lev, on trips Now if they'll 'acuse us ju
 O minute we'll be right back" ve "Weii. Mis- SlSyscraper. I've got son