Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-22

possible and without hearing her enumeration OF the
strong points Of her law case Srohs '"'o 'ne mouse
and craving forth our paper
| "Takne The census, ma ami qnoth We
Gan veil! YES bless your soul, honey, take seat
Now Go! Are you the gentleman Una. VT, van buren,
has sent TO take The sensis9 wonder! WELL good LORD
look down; how ,cas mir Van Buren, and family when
you seed him: A.,
did mt uknow HIM from side OF sole iea'hef and We
had been written to, TO take the census.
| "Wel, now, thar agin Love your soui WeIi'
| snose Mr Van buren, lcrit you letter, dld he: No
Well, ! suppose OF his olfceis zone "Ioess my
soul Well God be praised, there's mlgnty little hero
TO take down-times 10 haIo' Oou WI, :. uone wv
looks like people can't git their jest rights IN this coun
trv and The law is all for the rich and none for The
moor praise the Lord Did you ever hear tell Of that
case my boys has got agn old simpson LOOKS IKE
they ne yer will git to the eend on III glory " ri name
The children will suffer, I'm mighty aedrd Lord give
US grace Did you ever see Judge B.? ,es' Well,
the Lord preserve u.s. Did you ever hear h'n what
he was gwine do IN the boys case ag'h simpson
No: Good Lord Well, squire, 1ctit you az him the
next time YOU see him. and write me woro ard tell hnl
what cav I'm nothing but poor widow, and my
hoys has got no larnin and old Simpson lux EN- in -
They ought to have had good start all on EN-; but,
God bless you that old man has USED em up TIL they
amt able 10 buy creetur TO plough WIN mighty
hard case, and the will oughl "e'e' - oeh ofohe'
Here we in,erposed and told the old lady, that our
time precious, that we wished TO laKe down inc
number OF her family, and the produce lasd by her
last wear and be off After good deal oil toube, We
got through with the descriptions OF the Numbers oil
her family and the 'Satlsca table as Iaas the ar
licle ecloth"
"How many yards of cotton cloth d'o your weave IN
l540 maam'
"Wen now The Lord have mercy less see !!
You know Sally Higgins, that used TO live down in
the Smith settlement poor thing, hef oaidy dru'
her off on the count of her havIn little IN, poor
. reetur!-poor gal she could nj heip rs are say
4 Well Sally she come 10 stay long WI me, when tie
old man druy her away: and she was powerful good
b.nd to weave and did think che helped me, power.
WELL arter she d hin here awhile, her baby hit took
sick and old Miss S,ringer she undertuk to elp it,
she's a powerful good hand, old Miss SlrInler, on
roots and yearbs and SIGH like Well, the Lad look
down from above She made sort of tea, as | was
g and she gin Sallys baby but 1t go, vuss-
The poor creeur and she gin il tea and gin 1t lei, and,
s looked like, the more she GIN it tea, the more--
. "My dear madam, am in hurry-pease I'll me
how many yards of cotton cloth you wove IN la0! =
want to get through with you and go on !
"WelI we'll the Lord mercy who'd 1h'ught
r you d bin snappish Well, as was sym ,
d Say's child, hit kept gitten wuss, and OLD MISS
S,rnger she KEEP, gvn it the yearb tea, telat las;
il the child hit looked like hit aooud die any how And
Il bout the time the child was at It's wust, old DADDY
Sykes he along, and he said if we'd ct some
=" night shed berries and stew em with little cream
and some hogs lad-now old daddy Sykes ID mighty
o fine old man, and he gin the boys heap of mighty
IS good counsel about that case-boys, says he, II tell
;, you what you do; you GO
ala Gods name, old lady," said we, "te about
your CLOTH and let the sick child and Miss Sringef,
Daddy Sykes, the boys, and the law suit, go the
IF Devil; I'm in hurry.
II "Gracous bless your dear SOUL don gil aggravated;
u was just ten' you how 1t come did mt weave DO
}. cloth last year.
"Oh, well, you didn't weave any cloth last year
}. Good. we II 90 10 the next article.
eyes you see, the child hit begun to swell an turn
yclier, and hit kept oHin its eyes, and molnln,
5 and knowed-'
'Never mind about the child-just tell ME the value
l. Of the poultry your raised last year.
n "Oh, well-yes-the chickens, you mean! why, The
a Lord love your poor SOUL reckon you never IN you
born days poor ceetur have the luck that lid
and looks like shall have good luck aglin
for old Simpson Tux that up to The C1ar
" Never mind The case let's hear about the chickens
e if you please"
u "God bless you, honey, the oc's destroyed in ant
" about the best half what | did raise. Every blessed
d night the Lord sent they'd and set the comf
of the house, and hoo hoohoo; and night particular
lie remember had st got up TO the night shed salve Il
i'd mint the gal with"
"Wel, well, what was the value of what you die
s 2"
h. "The Lord above, look down They got so bad
.e the owls did-,bat they tux the old hens we'll:
Of the young chickens The night was telling bout.
X hearn somethln SQUALL !sQUALL and, says I'll be
te that's old Speck, that nasty oudacous owl &C., o'
lr her gn roost with her chickens up IN ''e
* Miss slrnger slecpn and. says |, Hiss Slunger
oh Miss Sringer !-Surss you're born, thai
E. stinkin owls got old Speck ont'n the plum tree
Well, old Aiss S,rnger-she turned pom he side
Ike and, says she, "What did you say, Mrs Stokes =
g and says -"
We began to get very tired, and sgnihed the same
10 the old lady, and begged she would answer IS di
'e rectly, and without crcumlocutIon.
H. 1.-THE Lord Almighty, love your dear heart h,ney
80 I'm telln you fast as kin. The owls they GO
and worse; after they had swept old Spec and
all her gang they went 10 work tothers; and Byan
- CHATS one OF my boys0 he lowed he d shoot The pes
:, ersome creeturs-and night arier tina, wt
Il hearn one hoer, and Bryant, he tux the old miske
and went out aud sure enough, there OOley,,s he
thoughts setn on the comb of the house. SO he Ilazf
:, away and down come-what alrlh, did come Gown
=, do ynu reckon, when Bryant shot''
: "The owl, | suppose 3"
-, "No SIGH thing! SIGH! the owl warnt uar.-
= Teas my old house cat come tumblin down sp tin
', sputterin, and scratchn and the FUR fyin' ver,
- time she jumpd like you'd busted a ea Their bed open
Bryant he said the way he shoot the cat
e OF the owl, he eeed something white"
=, "For Heavens sake, Mrs Stokes give me he
\, lue OF your poultry, or sag you acH not. d. one
- thing or the other.
ooh well, dear love your heart, reckon l h:i las
= year nigh about the same as I've got this"
ar "Then tell me how many dollars worth yor have
re- now, and the thing s settled
" I'll let you see for YOURSELF" said The widow Sokes
and taking an ear of corn out of crack brt The
n logs OF the cabin, and Smelling of handful, shecom
menced scattering the grain, all the while screaming
', rather screeching "chick-chck-c hick-chick ee-
II chck.ee-chick ee-ee?"
re ---- Here they came, roosers, and hens and
pnlle's and le Understanding, cackling, cnrp-
n ing flying and fntering beds chars, and
ianlcs-slghling on The old woman's head and shtuld
o ers, nerng against he. Sides peckng al her hands
e and creating DIN and confusion altogether indecrl
habe. The old lady seemed delighted thus TO EXHIBIT
herfeathered "s'ock, and would occasionally excliim
A nice PAssEL !-"Ant they a nice passed. = But she
never would say what they were worth No persuas on
could bring her TO the point; and papers at Wash
i Ingon contain no estimate of the value Of the widow
Stokes poultry, though, she said herself she bud
;, "a MIGHTY PAssEL."
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