Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-15
HIS Artistic
Minnie
BY CLAIRE SMITH.


Copyright. 1921 Western Newspaper Unio
Yes, maam. We can board you 0
the farm if you don't mind eatin
r with iii and me and the hired mar
Six dollars a week, that's our price
You thought it was nine7 II used &
be nine, ma'am. but that was whei
Linborough used TO be artistic, anC
when folks wants art, they have L
pay for it.
D How did We stop being artistic
That's quite story, ma am. Our be-
Ing artistic came on US quite Ike a
fash, ma'am. One summer we was
just folks, same as we are now, and
the next We was artistic.
Mrs. Higginbolham ran that art col
ony up on the hill-the big barn that's
falling TO ruin. No. we haven't been
artistic for three or four years now.
and the colony has moved to Green
field.
'Minniel oh. Minnle's our daugh-
ter. Sort Of a fine girl, hi and |
thought her, and that's why we sent
her to college. Sam Bum, the plumb
err was sweet on her, and Hi and | |
hoped they would hitch up together
when she come home. for Sans a |
nice. quiet sort OF fellow, and always
was saving.
Wei, ma'am, Minnie came home
from college, and HI and I noticed
she sort Of shifted the first evening.
Father said Minnie, now thar
am home | am going TO improve things
q little
We'll, that suited HI and me first
rate, for we naturally thought she
meant that she was going to help US
old folks out with the chores.
shed got to Re fast friends with
that Higginbotham woman, and next
Jay she broke the news to us that
'hey'd rented the old Hops place for
N art colony and some fifty students t
II both sexes was coming B
The townspeople was glad. for h
hings were bit dull In Linborough. I
The first shock come when Minnie v
lad the house repapered. Il
The next thing was the furnishings 6
'ur furniture, which you can see. "
anne from HIS grandmother. But t.
iinnie and some OF the lady students IL
orrowed our woodshed, and the first d
hing we knew, the furniture was nm In
J the garrett, and we had some new HI
hairs and tables-all rough wood, cl
'ith brass nails sticking out. After ID
lat hi moved into the garnet and W
pent his evenings there. rg.s'ysrsg--
Il don't think he'd have stood for BY
much longer. only we put up our
rce from six dollars to nine, and ne
got quite superior class Of sum- al
er boarders. 1ezGif -.ss,s. GU
Now | was telling you about Sam b'
unn. He'd always admired Minnie RI
ld though she hadn't treated him 81
ell, ne still hankered after her. so III
and some other young men come al
TO talk 1t over with Hi, and the 81
suit was Society for the Promo ,n'
IN Of Being Artistic 1t was beating m
RS. Higginbotham at her own game. III
ut began when she found the frost &c
a burst her pipes. and sent for Sam. ="
IN listened respectfully. W.
Tn sorry. Mrs. Higginbotham,' he
vs.. when she gets through. but I've
ned our new Society for the Promo
N Of Being Artistic. and l can't fix Sis
a. ma
Why notT asks Mrs. Hlgginboth. ten
/. her
Pipes amt artistic answers Sam.
NY wells an old oaken buckets is rig
istic' No, ma'am. | can't fx EN-, tne
Nen' since Sam was the only Ii
mber In town, she had to send over ing
Greenfield. pai
Ihen there was Ed Kegs. the ger
cher. He wanted business. but he
lted Mabel Cough more, and Mabel
artistic. So he had Joined the en-. The
y, and he wouldn't sell lamb chops meL
Tbs. g,
Chops aint artistic, Mrs. Higgln- una
lam,' he explained. What is ar are
c Is barbecues. I'll sell 6ou a sup'
lie OK TO roast upon spit. Splits IL
ighly artistic, well
IS ior jim Saunders. the grocer,
wouldn't sell anything but herbs.
said canned goods was vulgar. And
the roof was leaking, and there Fr
az nobody knew how TO thatch War
Mrs HlggInbotham gave up the Stat,
and left. toms
es. II did pay us. being artistic in d
we don't envy Deerneld. And. as club
avs, he don't want to be artistic bee
IS his armchair and pipe goes ton.
" youn
'nnie' on' shes been Mrs. Bum first
TWO years past. They've got a ter Z
new cottage up Nobscott way. ne
p'an"a ana Two babies and end.
doing well In the plumbing the
ess' SO, 80 ! was saying, It's down
SIX dollars again. but you1l have IKE