3 p.m.
The paper was a bit uneven in appearance next morning , but when Patsy came down to breakfast she found both Uncle John and the major roaring with laughter over Hetty 's locals . The first item stated that `` Mrs. Thorne took tea at Sam Cotting 's last evening , '' -LRB- the Cottings being notoriously inhospitable -RRB- and the picture showed Mrs. Thorne , a sour-faced woman , departing from the store with a package of tea . Then came the announcement that `` Eph Hildreth got shot at West 's hardware store , '' and there was a picture of West weighing out a pound of buckshot for his customer . The next item said : `` Our distinguished fellow citizen , Marshall Peggy McNutt , was discovered unconscious on his front porch at 3 p.m. '' The drawing of McNutt was one of the best of the series . It was his habit to `` snooze '' in an easy chair on his porch every afternoon , and Hetty depicted the little man with both feet -- meat and wood -- on the rail , his mouth open and eyes shut , while lusty snores were indicated by radiating lines and exclamation points . The Widow Clark 's cow occupied the next square , being tethered to a stake while Skim approached the animal with pail and milking-stool . Below the drawing were the words : `` Mr. Skimton Clark , cowward . ''