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i/OL. XX
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSI^Y, Dv.i ' ”.8ER 26, 191Z
NO. 22
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OLD LADY SPEAKS}
By James Wfiitcomb Riley
Copyright by Janif^WiiifcofnbRiley-
Last Christmas was a yoar ago,
Says I to David, I—says—I,
“We’re goin’ to morning service, so
You hitch up r':7'rt n.v. ayj I’ji try
To tell the girl" _wLat to da
Per dinner. We’U be bnc-v by two.”
I didn’t wait to '.r v--iat he
Would more’n lii^e ' 'y hack to me„
: But banged the stable door and flew
[Back to tho'touse, jes’ plumb chilled
clirough.
Cold! Wooh! how cold It was! My—
Oh!
Frost flyin’, and the air, you know,
“Jes’ sharp
enough,” heerd
David swear,
“To shave a man
and cut his
hair!”
And blow and
blow! and snow
show!—
Where it had
drifted ’long the
fence
And ’crost , the
road — some
places though,
•Jes’ swep’ clean to tli©'gravel, so
The goin’ was as bad fer sleighs
: As 't was fer wagons—and both ways,
’Twixt snowdrifts and the bare
ground. I’ve
Jes’ wundered we got through alive;
I hain’t saw nothin’, fore er sence,
’At beat it anyv/heres, I know—
. Last Christmas was a year ago.
j And David said, as we set out,
'At Christmas services was ’bout
As cold and wuthless kind o’ love
To offer up as he know of;
And as ferbji^lie railly thought
’At the^Hl^Hpn’ up above
Would of us—as h«
All way to meet-
in’, high and
low,
Last Christmar
was a year ago:
Fer all the awfu
cold there was
A fair attendance;
meetly, though
The crowd was
’round the
stoves, you see,
Thawin’ t h (
heels
3 i r
a n o
A-stay
by
That was why
I*ve
Jes’
He’s
beau "WV a y-
cause Lide
. She’d alius take
up Perry’s, side
When David tack
led him; and so,
Last Christmas
was a year
j.., ago,—
Er ruther, ’bout a
week afore,—
David and Perry’d
quarr’l’d about
Some tom-fool argyment, you know,
And pap told him to “Jes’ git out
0’ there, and not to come no more,
Ajid, when he went out, to shet the
door.”
And as he passed the winder, we
Saw Perry, white as white could be
March past, onhitch his hoss, and
light
A see-gyar, and lope out o’ sight.
Then Lide she come to me and cried,'
And I said nothin’—was no need.
And yit, you know, that man jes’ got
Right, out o’ there’s ef he’d be’n shot,
P’tendin* he must go and feed
The stock er sompin’. Then I trie*
To git the pore gal pacified.
But’ gittin’ back to—where was we?-
Oh, yes!—where DavM lectered me^
scfougin’ TIG.
I Ef ’t 'adn c be’n fer the old squire ■
i Givin’ his seat to u'j, as in
We stomped, a-fairly perishin’, ■
: And David could ’a’ got no tire, !
I Ke’d jes’ ’a’ dropped there iu his ‘
i tracks: ' :
; A.ii'3 squire, as I wss tryln’ to yit '
j Make room for him, says, “No; the
I fac’s j
j Is, I got to git up and git |
; ’Ithout no preachin’. Jes’ goi ‘
word— I
i Trial fer life—can’t be deferred!” i
! And out he put! All way through i
The sermont—and a long one, too— j
I couldn’t help
but think o’
squire
And us changed
’round so, and
admire
His gentle ways,—
to give his warm
Bench up, and
have to face the
storm.
And when I no
ticed David, he
Was needin’ jab-
bin’—I thought best
To kind o' sort o' let him rest:
’Peared like he slep’ so peacefully!
And when 1 thought o’ home, and how
And what the ^yrls was doin’ now,
'prayed, ’way in my breast,
^d away a tear er trro ~ -
d “fiowdyed” round and
with the neighbors, must ’a'
tuck
A half hour longer: ever* one i
A-sayin’ “Christmas gift!” afore '
David er me—so we got none!
But David warmed up, more and
more,
And got so jokey-like, and had
His sperits up, and ’peared sq glad,
I whispered to him, “ ’Spose you ast
A passel of ’em come and eat
Their dinners with us. Gyrls’s got
A fuil-and-plenty fer the lot
And all their kin!” -So David passed
The invite round: and ever’ seat
In ever' wagon-bed and sleigh
Was jes’ packed, as we rode away,—
The young folks, mild er so along,
A-strikin’ up a sleighin’-song,
Tel David laughed and yelled, you
know,
And jes’ whirped up and sent the
snow
And gravel flyin’ thick and fast—
Last Christmas was a ^year ago.
’y, that-air seven-mild jant we
come—
Jes’ seven mild scant from church to
home—
didn’t ’pear, that day,- to be
Much furder railiy ’n’ ’bout three!
But I was purty squeamish by
The time home hove in sight and I
See two vehickltjs
_B .V. • • standin’ there
- All to myse’f. And
a presently
David he sobered;
and says' he,
“Hain’t that-air
Squire Hanch’s
old
Buggy,” says he,
“and claybanfe
, “mare?”
Says I, “Le’s git
out the cold—
Your company's nigh 'bout froze!” He
says,
.“Whose sleigh ’s that-air, a-standin'
there?”
Says I, “It's ;)0 odds whose—you jes
Drive to the house and let us out,
-’Cause ’re jes’ free?^in’, nifeh
about!”
Well, Davtcl swung up to the door.
And out w’e piled. And first I heerd
Jane’s voice, then Lide’s—I thought
afore
I reached that gyrl I’d je3’ die shore;
And when I reached her,, wouldn't
keered
Much if 1 had, I was so glad,
A-kissin’ her thi’ough my- green veil.
And jes’ excitln’ her so bad,
'At she broke down herself—and Jane
She cried—and we all hugged again,
^nd David? David jes’ turned pale—
Looked at the gyris, and then at me,
Then at the open
door — and
then—
'Is old Squire
Hanch , there?”
says he.
The old Squire
suddenly stood
in r
The doorway, with
a sneakin’ grin.
“Is Perry Anders
in there too?”
Says David, lim
berin’ all through, :
As Lide and me both grabbed him,
and
'Stooped and kisied Lide, and says, “I
guees
Yer mother’s much to blame as you.
Ef she kin resk him, I kin too!”
The dinner we had then hain’t no ,
Bit better’n the one today |
’At we’ll have fer ’em. Hear some ;
sleigli I
A-jinglin’ now. David, fer me, J
I wish you’d jes’ go out and see
Ef they’re in sight yit. It jes’ do^s, |
Me good to think, in times like these, !
Ude’s done so well. And David, he’s j
More tr*ctabler’n what he was— |
Last Christmas was a year ago.
!''nnio of oiir ’skUps sho'- pfl tlu'm-
pt'H'pp I'fial hproi^psa^ thp fir^' liprf
his! v.eek 'i'hi'v to help
rpifiovp gooils I'roi'.i the hunjinu
■ fiiu'l thi'patpiipd bu'l(!iii!i~ jiiid hev
ivorkwd, too, in tlip r'iitr'i’ liiip, an/J
\vhilp thoy il'il hit!:':: hipjI'
stood ai'ouud Miul shoH!'!
i;al'aiitrvi'?) liy lotti-iT 'h' 'ii (lo it
'.vitl'.oiit pvcn P'l iiiiicl. . !' irpriiitf
lo vi;lii'v(! llii'in. Cm ;I. the
phicky ■ aonicn, whi.i <t- .-■h-Mi\.s
i‘oa;id i;i the t';;ek!'Si' fighi
ill I'ViTV 'lo'.d oi'k :
Clljriattttaa OlijrBmilngg
306—Dhchiiarr slaughtered 20,000
Chri^cns.
597—St, itaptizcd / 0,000
Saxom in Ksnt.
790—O^a, /</•’ ■ cfhierJa, in battle
u;:th lv:lsh.
800—Cherlcmr-; >e crowrcJ Emperor
by F^r\', 'Leo III. in Rome.
S78—Alfred i'i.j Great defeated by
CuthTi., the Dane, at
Chip;::<:^am.
1065—Westmini) . f Ahhey cons-^cratcd
in prtii . ce cf Queen Bdgitha.
1066—Wiilicm -r.c Cci^queror crowned
at y/: ilnstcr.
1171—Ai. enierlainsd Irish
Chief':.-ns at Dttblin.
/ 190—Ric hard ■:-:d Lion Heart feasted
Casc 'rrs at Sicily.
1417—Sir !ohn , pld-^''^sile burned as
:i hereiic.
1428—True?, a.' of Orleans to
x-hze}'.", i2hjhirr.as.
1492—Cohxnihiv- 'r thip, Sr-r.ta Marict
iCrc.r.r-_‘. v.' at /-jl-.-uj.
1572—Ccriilnal.fi'' InF.ulird by
Cory revel:, ihroic^i
itco rr.^n ir.io piUon.
•Pilgrims first house at
Plymc-'h.
•Sir.Isaac Uwton born.
as a fast.day by
Engli^ii i^urilans.
-i^lel'ration prohibited
by Pc-Uoment.
■Gcn<iral \ ■ cf Massachusetts
prohih:..o ccltbraiion on pen-
WILMOTH-HAYES CLO. CO.
1620—.
16^2-
!64-i-
1647-
1659-
1720-
1773-
1773-
1776-
1777-
1785
-IVilliam '
-Tea shi-
back *
-Arnold i
sie^c .
c.hy ot -.n'.
r.s, poet, bo:n.
I" Yorfi
' imgland.
d h fonigomery at
, QuibjC,
-IVashingt.n cr-i'^scd *J:c Dela
ware ; ;• Trenton.
-JVac-hlh^ \ s armu starved at
■ //
-Shr<‘j*s iHon s-{i.ri<^ iti
^'^fco!c<f'Se.m^...
'atcr Ldfi,e
Here i.- the place to buy clothing
and Ge; ’s Furnishings. Most people
trad'? h. e because they have found
that ou- goods have merit artd the
price is : iways right,
you 'vant o new suit for the holi
days, heie is the place to get it
Big line of sample hats just l-eceiv-
ed; they '.vill go out fatt at whfelesale
prices.
* Those indebted to us on account
will pleat e call and settle before Jan
uary 1st 1913.
/Hi f
/848^^Col. LSnnipha.’i r.nd American
Vokin-t'ii^is drf:rtzd A'cxi-
ccns Tinder CV:?. Ponca dsm
Leon at Braziio.
1851—Library r-f Congress in ruins
fj.nfrc.
1860-—Coldest Craistmas in England^
1864—Union fleet and army attached
Port Pis.her, but withdrew.
/ 866—Yachi Hcrileila ended ocean
race from New York to
Cou,’P5.
# 868—President Johnson Issued procla
mation of general and un-
cond’Aional amnesty,
1871—Paris in dhtrezs ic'-'.h German
army sunoundhig city.
€^ariu fro
■i-.a
;'-es5vriii
:X
Just What He Meant,
“Your toys are very pretty, but the
prices are too high,” objected the cuB-
tonrSf.
“Why, look at that drum tor $6.48.
You c.in’t beat it at the price,” pro-
tefited the dea der.
"I bf lievo r is wha.t I intimat6<il
in my reftif.rk,” said the customer.
'I’ho tri'il of \V. F. Binii' hist
w;ipk ill (-h’l'pt'-! ;,ro ji ;■ h'j .'I'lir-
der cf (h-orfr. G- 'I'::' ;:'|).--01! V.'H-
c.i'Uciiuh.fi hV ' '1'!!!- r. ■ v p i i
.nnd rpsiilti'd j.. ISa'r's i!r<jui't>i'
.: Th ' o;i p fl'ii'->1 f.)Ui;ht, «hu' 'it-
toin.'VH heing < -".d.jypd Dii' hotli
sidpR.
mn
Moth=ilayes Clo. CO,
The Democrats in the United | make no appointmeuts when the j that, if the Democrat can prevent
'dates Senate declare that they (enns of office do not expire before i confirmation when the Republicans
j '.viU. if pos.‘^il)le, ])revent the oon-
I lirniatioii of ;uiy a)5point!ni:i ts
the expiration of his term of office,
Tlie RepubUoans in the Senate
I.I’resideiit Taft nay send to tlie i threaten to retaliate when Mr,
j They Ray they intend to j Wilson becomes President, and re-
; h.'hl thpfce places till aftnr A!arch | fii^e to confirm any of his appoint-
■'-;h for their .hungry D(-iuocratic | nients, exc'>pt Cabinet positions.
; rii'iids. Mr, 'I'aft say.s lie will 1 The Republican Senators point out
have a majority of al nit eight, it
should not be difficult for tke Re
publicans, adopting Democrntio
tactics, to prevent confirmations
after March 4th when the Dem-
crats will have a majority of not
more than two. “Pie” is the par-,
amount issue noiv in Cougress.
‘-36 ST'*"'
10 LOST!
What Far! Did You Lose?
Brown’s Average
Other Houses’ Aveiags
The Winston market sold during month of Oct her, 1912,
6,075,971 Pounds of ^robacco fer $9^0,793.58.
Brown’s soid - 2023762 Pount’S for $34227.2.64'':^
Ail other house sold 40.S2209 Pounds for $648520.9# ■
- 607597r‘ ^ $990793.58,
Difference 91* Cents per Hundred
■■■■riM-Mi- I i“ir' ~rti' • 'fTT -ri iTTTTifwtrmr'*rftwvTimafra—rrimgnnmT~T‘TTtr trr iriai“‘ *■ .
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Figure for yourself and you will see that the farmers who sold at other houses lost altogether ^36,87^i. 10. A big Icsf. for independent people to Icse. Wontyou stop losing your part of this? And bring your
tobacco to BROWN’S where you get the top every day- Breaks are not as large nov/ and you should by all means stop this; leak in your business. Come on to BROWN’S and we will see that every pile of your tobacc® goes
to the top. We sell it high every day and do not have a high sale occasionally. '
If You Want Yoair Tobaoso Ssid liigii Evsrf Day mi hm Stralgl!! Tq BlOWi’" W-AiEilOI^SE, Witistoti-Saiem, ^orth Carolina.
First Sale Days for November; Every Monjdey. Wednesday end Friday.
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