Litchfield enquirer., 1835-10-08
OUR QUALITY COUSlN.

.k9>' of relations, scattered about, here and there, and some of them hold their heads up pnt- iy high in the world. There is Mrs. Joel Gibbons of Portland, and her husband is one of the first gentlemen there, for he is a merchant and lives in a fine house aud has made a glorious spec in tfse lands, down east.
 She paid us visit this summer, aud lik- ed us sD well that she staid fortnight; and I don't know how much longer she would have Slaid, if it hadn't been for a northeast storm that come up and drove her away. She is sort of cousin, iD a round about way, of Marm Peabody's; being akin to the Smiths and Jordans. up about Umba- gog. And they are cousins enough to come three miles out of their way, every time thcy go to market to Portland, just to see how we do and put up with us, all night, bag and baggage. ..s,.... .1a, ..t' ., We'll no matter how she came by it, Mrs. Gibbins is marm's cousin, and so, by that means, cousin to the wllole family And that aint all, ,--she is one of our first chop ladies. There's no mistake abOt 1t; she is the top of the pot in Portland real snperfne upper crust; and up to all man. ner of gentiIity. I tell ye what. we had to mind our p's and as when sho first come here, or we should disgraced ourselves di- rectly. Hannah, my wife, was scart out of a years growth, at the first sight of her, all dressed out in her silks and saiins. and shirt sleaves as big as meal bags. 1t was something just about hair finer than she ever see before. And even was put up to all knew, to get along through the ceF- emonies, on that grand occasion. But am an old hand at your compliments. and ! give her some samples that she didn't ex- pect to sec. f ,yess sas .bts
 Good Lordy! just to see me at the ta- ble! setting up so prim, and tmincing and taking small m.ouihfals. Hannah was like to split, and had to look to,l.er way to save laughing right out. She. declares I took two bites at bean. But minded we'll what I was about. and didn't make a sin- gle slip. Catch me wiping my chops up- on the table cloth, or picking my teeth with fork, in such campany. Thsn such apologiSing and poli,enass in pokjng the vitnals at her! Hannah says, if she didn't get elongh to cat, 1t 'wasis's my fault. And whenever the lady said "' Mr. Beelle, I'll trouble you for this thing or tl,at"-I eErEs gs Eiodgls sgPGta 1. s'fss Pss!as R gi' aafn Finally our cousin had to come out and say, that she was surprised to find '' so civ- ilized being, so far up the country" and she couldn't invent how, nor where, had picked up so much politeness, as l had never been to Portland. .t.
 Well, my lady had hardly been in the house two hours before she begun to ask me about the prospects here in tho country. .' O" says l, pretty fair. considsring.- Hay will come in short. owing tO. drouth in tho spring but the potatoes look well, and corn is going to turn out grand crop" !"
 "Mr. Beedie." says she, "l have heard before that you was a funny man. am going to look for myself" With that she claps on Marm PeabOdy's old sun-bonnet. and out she goes. dragging wiis and mo af- ter i,er, through the fields. And away she strsaked it, through bush and briar,I and over fence and stone wall 'twas neck or nothing. but no whow. And her tongue was running, all the time, as fast as her legs. every mite and graiD. Sometimes l understood what she said. and sometimes
 [ didn't. But whenl didn't understand. l made as if did ,and she was none the wiser.
 !. Mr. Besdle," says she, :" don't you l admire tine beauties of the con0try 7'' ,.t "I used to. snan'," says |. before l was married but now you know. that won't do a; all. = sld 2, -.i8gsurs beg ~ 70, yon are queer little man. always \ thinking of the girls,--I am speaking ofthe beauties of Daiure.' '' 's4@ sfl5'5s 'r h@ % oh-you mean the i,eauiies of na- ture. Sartaip. I admire the beauties Oi nature, and always did. ,15 ,s ...
 By and by we got to the top of Bareback hill, and al at once she began to play such antics that 1 thought she was stung by a bumbjs been. My stars," says she--- " what . charmiBg prospect !-beau,iful, delightful, pictorickstick! Come here, good folks. This is the spot to look from. Isn't that enchanting r Ir,t qga ]
 At <his Haanah she stretched her neck and stared all round. without saying word, for she could make nothing out, and she didn't know hoy to hide her ignorauce.- But I blarted right out Oooooi I snig- gers ]" says I, "if that don't take the rag off the bush. That bangs every thing 1t's equal to cash. l" .,a.s...s ..f
 !" l. don't see nothing Jobn." says Han nah says she, {" what is it l'' ytA gac
 Why ,l,ok, 7 says ], "can't you see wilh yOur eyes l' ssg
 |" Where. where3" '<s a1sa a4
 .Tbere, there, says !, and give a sort \ of a jupe with my bead, for couldn't point