The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, December 18, 1912, Image 8
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HONEST ABE, y.S,M|
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He Feund Where Advice Was '
Needed and Gave It. >
FARMER SCCTT GOT MARRIED. i
fU Sixty He Took a Wife of Twentytwo?He
Tried Love and Kindness, <
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His Wife Parted Over Jonah.
By M. QUAD.
[Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.]
poetry today, Abe," said the
1^1 postmaster as I started out
1 ^ the other morning to make
my trip.
"No?"
"Cut it out. They are getting jealous
of you down in Washington."
"Can I help being a poet?"
"No, but what you write for the next
two weeks send to the heathen of Africa."
I took the .tip and drove off. When
I got down to Farmer Scott's he was
HADE FOI: THE BAEX. (
nt the gate and looking1 so (lownheart- (
ed that i asked him if any of the fain- . I
ily was iii. I 1
"It's wuss than tliat, Abe, a heap j ^
wuss," he solemnly replied. "You ; *
know I was married about six months ! 1
ago." i I
"Yes."
"Sixtv rears old and went and rnnr
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rioil a gal ot" twenty-two! Folks said j
I was an old fool, but I went right ! (<
ahead. They told me that the gal had { ?
a bad temper, but 1 didn't mind it. I I
thought I could baby her up if she got j "
mad." j '
"And has anything happened, Uncle ! ^
Abe?" I 1
"Heaps of things, Abe, and I want I ?
your advice. I've tried love and kind- ! 5
ness and all that, but it won't do no !
good. Only an hour ago my wife flung (
a stick of wood at iny head. She's a (
regular wildcat, Abe. She flies mad *
about the least thing, and it's no use
for me to say a word. If I started to
jaw back she'd set the house afire.
Lord, but what a fool I was!" *
"And what do you want my advice i
about?" I asked. ^
"She's got one of her tantrums on 1
now, and I believe I ought to go in and I
box her ears, same as if she was a ?
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SUiKy CU11Q. I've Iieuiu UJtii, auiuc i
wives jest ached to be bossed and was j i
all the better for being cuffed around. <
What do you think about it?" 1
"You might try it for a change." ?
"I believe I'll do it I believe the 1
best way is to mingle love and cuffs
together. Yes, I'll go in and tell her
she's got to walk chalk or take cuffin,'
and you might hang around a few
minutes and see how it turns out." 1
Widow Incites Jealousy.
I waited, but not for long. Uncle 1
Zeb hadn't been in the house five min- 1
utes before I heard screeching, and
next minute he banged the door open
and jumped out and made for the barn.
Ilis wife, having the broom in her
hand, was close after him, and from
the sounds of thumps and whacks I
think she overhauled him in the barn i
and let him know that she was stil! i 1
boss of the roost. Two miles farther J
on, at White's Corners. I found Jim [
Blackburn. White's hired man. ami j
old mail Wilkins jawing away at a j
lively rate. Both of 'em wanted to j
tell me all about it as soon as 1 came
up. it was a case of jealousy. Hoth j
of 'em were paying attention to the j
1 Widow Skinner, and she hadn't decided ;
whi? h she would marry. "Jest think." J
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reus Jim as he kicks' the' frozen mud
ibout?"jest thihk of an old codger
vbo's had three wives and has one foot
n the grave wantin' to marry ag'in."
"And think of the impudence of the
Ikes of him darin' to look at the Wldler
Skinner.1" howls the old man as
le dances around.
"Why, he's got 'leyen children!"
"And he couldn't buy shoes for a
wife!*
"Go home and take catnip tea!"
"And you go to grass!"
By and by, when they had calmed
iown a little, I suggested that the wid>w
was the one to decide between
hem and they had 1 etter walk along
:o her house m company and have it
wer with.
"I'll go, of course," says Jim, "but
she'd never marry no old crowbait
ike him!"
"And she'll set the dog on you!" re Jiorl
thp nlri man Wilkins as he nulled
)ff his coat for about the twentieth
rime.
They didn't have to take a walk. As
'hey were still jawing each other the
cvidow come driving along in her one
lorse wagon, and it was agreed that
[ should state the case for both.
"Widow Skinner," says I as I met
ler a few rods away, "here's two men
is is ready to die for love of you."
"How beautiful!" laughs the witlcw.
"Each loves you with all his soul,
ind if you marry one the other will
ook for a mud pudd\i deep enough to
Irown himself."
"It's really romantic!" she laughs
igain. ,
"But what are you going to do about
,t? Tears te me you ought to settle
t one way or the other."
"So I will," she says, and she beck)ns
'em both forward and smilingly
told 'em she'd been married to Joe
SVheeler two weeks ago and was just
etting out the news. Then she bid
js goodby and drove away to look
>ver her shoulder and laugh, and after
i long time old man Wilkins leans
igainst the fence and says:
"Waal, by thunder!"
Then Jim Blackburn gets a brace
'or his wabbling knees and whispers:
"Who'd a-thnnk it?"
ease of the Thompsons.
And I heard later that they stood
there looking at each other without
?peaking a word for a full hour. I
Irove on, thinking of various things
connected and disconnected with the
costal laws, and had just turned into
the Two Mile read when I overtook
Ben Thompson's wife and offered her i
i lift. I saw that she had been ween- j
ng, but I asked no questions, and she j
presently said:
"Abe, I've left my old man!"
"Shoo?" says I.
"Yes. I've left him at last, and I'm
joing to stop with my sister Polly for
i few days."
"What's the matter this time?"
"Same thing. Abe: same thing that's
:een the matter for twenty long years,
['ve stood it and stood it, but my palience
is gone at last. I don't believe
my other woman on earth would have
stood it half as long as I have."
"But what burden have you been callid
upon to bear?" I asked, not having
jver heard of any trouble between
hem.
Jonah Caused Their Troubles.
"Jonah and the whale, Abe?Jonah
md the whale," she solemnly replies.
'The day we was married Ben asked
ne if I believed the whale swallowed
T Mm T rluln'f TTp Said
I UUttll. X IU1U AJAIXt 4 UiMM v. ~
le did and that 1 ought to belipve with
lim. He's kept it up ever since. He's
*ot up in the morning and asked me,
md when he comes in at noon and
light he asks me, and there has bin
lays at a time when he wouldn't speak
:o me. I'm a determined woman, Abe,
ind I never would give in that the
tvhale swallowed Jonah."
"But why not?"
"I dunno, but I jest wouldn't."
"But I'd do it if I were you."
"Do you believe that Jonah was swallowed
?"
"Can't say, but I wouldn't dispute
lbout it and break up my home. I'd go
right back and cave in."
"It would never do, Abe," she says,
with a decided shake of her head.
"But why? If you'd give in he'd say
no more about it."
"That's the trouble, Abe. There's
where the whole thing lies. If I gave
up about Jonah. Ben would laugh and
cackle for about half an hour, and then
he'd come to me with the children of
Israel crossing the Bed sea and with
Daniel in the lions' dep., and I'd never
have another minute's peace. I might
as well go now on Jonah's account as
to wait ami go on Daniel's. This is (ho
house, ami there is my sister, and I
know she'll say I've done right. (Ji oil
bv. Abo!"
o
"Ami shn!i 1 say anything to i
I meet him V" I asks.
"No?yes; you might say that I';
vi-iliinyr to admit that Jonah was throw
overboard and that the whale made
grab for him. but as for anything mo)
I'll stick out if 1 die for it. and he ca
got somebody else to make his so;
scap this year!"
Not Agreeable Husbands.
Patience?1 see it is said that fema!
spiders are much larger and more fen
cious than the males and generally d<
vour their husbands.
Patrice?I should think even the
that the husbands wouldn't agree wit
rhem.?Yonkers Statesman.
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" tax'notice"
Ohice of County Treasurer, Lexingt*
Countv, Lexington, S. C., Septemfc
20, 1912,
I will be at the places and dat
mentioned below for the collection
all taxes clue for 1912, and will thai
the taxpayers.to meet me promptly.
XjETY.
For State Purposes... 5%Mi
For Ordinary County Purposes ... 4 Mi
For Past Indebtedness .... 2 Mi
Special County . (bridges) . . lh Mi
For Koads . . . 2 Mi
For Constitutional School Tax... . 3 Mi
Totalis!* Mi
Special School Levy Dis No. l 4 Mi
Special School Levy i>is. No. 15 8 Mi
Special School Levy Dis. No. 18 8 Mi
Special School Levy Dis. No. 25 2 Mi
Special School Levy Dis. No. 34 2 Mi
Special School Kevy Dis. No. 37 2 Mi
Special School Levy Dis No. 42 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No. 75 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No. S? 6 Mi;
Special School Levy Dis. No. 83 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No. 26 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No. 35 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No. 13 2 Mil
SDecial School Levy Dis. No. 23 2 Mil
Special School Levy Die. No. 17 2 3111
Special School Levy Dis. No. 63 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dip. No. 12 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis No. 14 2 Mil
8pedal School Levy Dis No. 48 2 Mil
8pecial School Levy Dis. No. 50 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No. 84 2 Mi!
Special School Levy Dis. No. 85 2 Mil
spncihl School Levy Dis. no. 71 2 Mi
Special School Levy Dis. No. 16 2 Mi
Special School Levy Dis. No. 2S 2 Mi
Special School Levy Dis. No. 29 3 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No, 45 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis No. 76 2 Mil
Special School Levy Dis. No. 7'j z Mi
Poll Tax SI
Commutation road tax for 1912, I
dollars, is received at the same tin
as other State and county taxes.
Read instructions below befo
remitting:
According to law the County Auc
tor will add the following peualties:
On Jannar}' 1st, 191*1, 1 per cen
penalty will be added : ? those wl
have not paid. On Fetcary 1st, 191
an additional 1 per cent, will be addi
to those who have not pah!, making
per cent, penalty for February. St
an additional 5 per cent, paualty w
be added on March 1st., making 7 p
cent, penalty to be paid by those w!
have not paid by .March 1st, 1919.
Tax Books will close Mar. h, 15, 191
"When remit tin^ <*ivo each t-.wnsh
or selicol district your property is i
Give ore nanm in i'ulJ, not initials.
Verv truly,
R L. WINGAF.D,
Treasurer Lexington Co..n<y, S. <3.
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