clock-mendin

Updated: June 23, 2025

"Why," said aunt Phebe, "there was that old Simeon Spence that used to come round clock-mendin'. He was forever tellin' what his first wife used to do, an' Eben he ketched it up, an' then, when we laughed at him, he done it the more. Land o' love, Lyddy, you chokin'?" Lydia was sobbing and laughing together, and Eben turned in a panic from his talk with uncle Sim, to pound her back.

Alice Brown - Country Neighbors