The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-02
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To Nh. PoRTER-DEaR SIN, Ever
sense ndd Ihsl paees ID yUur papss.
shsr lou sed Yen aould salk hunis,d
milss iusi % sl,sks hshds ~ilh me. I've
been monstfnas anxious 10 gis qusinsed
With ycu Bot it's sieh irrrisle long
says 70 Mes York, and On lrn.s down
% low. ! doni much think I'M ever have
ne pi.asu'e ol seein you 10 this ~o,Id.
bui ueie.s me e0nsolaion we literary
mfn's goi oser cDn,ncn reopls, and Tia,
u, ne can form 'quainlanees AID frisnd-
ships by our sniiis without ever seem
one another. aud BEN % some of % amt
no great besaiies. perhaps it's 80 good
way - emmy. I'm hold yowr mon
sifous crate long, gandef legged fsllsr.
snd you may be 'tom,nalion ugly fcr Ill
know; but this one hing I'm reriain u
-you must be smart man. end ! nan
Of hrsi-rsie taste. OF you wouldn't Ike n,y
fi.ins 80 much. | aould rit you lener
before. bur The fact 10. sense last Febua-
". ! hsint had much lime for n0ihing.
The baby's been cross ss The mischief
with The hives, and Mary. shes been al
I'm eooddea', and il.en yon knuw this
Tine Of year we planters 10 all bissy fixin
for The crop.
Nothing uHeon mon haint tack rlaee
down here lately. ouly iother day D
caiasierfy happened in our family that
come monsraus high putin eend 10 lie
shole generalion Of Us. never ~as so
near skeered out OF nv senses aIore in
nv born days, and | dont bliess old
Miss S,allins ever will gil oser IL. If she
was 10 lie . thousand years. Bot Ill
tell you all sbou. IL.
Last Monday mnrnin all OF Us rot up
we'll aud hearty a. could be, and sol in
our room with Mary, and played with The
baby tIll breakfast ,lme. little ,hinkin wha.
was gwine TO hsppen 50 soon. The lit
lie frlIrr was iuinpin and erwin 50
couldn't hardly hold him In nv arms. and
spreadin bic l.itle month and laughin JOS,
like he know'd every hing &c srd 10 HIM.
Bimcby out Plissy come TO tell rs brock
fust was reddy. and we oil went into 10th.
er room 10 eat, 'cep. sister Kesiah. who
said she wouil s,sy and take care of lit
lie Henry Clay. Ill we was done. Ma.
rvs 80 careful she won't true, The baby
with none IL The niggers single mint.
and shes always desdful uneasy when
Kesish's 60, IL. shes so Wild and 30 care.
less.
"Weil. we all sot DOWN 10 breakfast.
and Kesish, she scampeied up stairs 10
her room with the baby. jumpin II up. and
kissin IL, and takin 10 il as hard as she
could. ~
Nov sis. do be csreful Of my pre-
cious little darlin." ses Mary, loud as she
could TO her. when she was gwine up
stairs.
"0h, "a, your breakfast, child. and
don't be so t.rfied bon, the baby" ses
old Miss Siallins-" you DON. low your
self minit's peace when it's out Of your
sight"
"Thats . faci," ses sister Calline,
"she won't lei nobody DO nothing for lit.
lie Henry but herself. know would
be So crazy bout no child OF mine"
"Well. bn, you know sister Ky. is so
careless, I'm always so frard she'll lei il
swsller something, or git fill. some
way" a
tut, tu,." ses the old won an, /" they
aint no sense i'm bein all the time scared
10 de,h bon, no,hin. Peoples co,
enough 10 do in this world 10 bear the
trouble when il GENES. 'ihout sndayin il
up. Take some of them good hot corn
mullins" ses she, "they'smighty NICE"
We was all ea,in slong--,he old wo-
man was ,aikIn 'bout>her gsrdin and the
ftos,, and | was jes: rasin my coffee cup
10 my mouth whenl heard Kesish scream
out" Oh my Lord! The baby! the baby"
and whsp il come rite down stairs onto
The door. L'gh,nm couldn't Knocked one
of my seat quicker-down went The cof-
lee. and over went the table with all the
vi,tles-Mary screamed and old Miss Stall
Inns tainted rite away in her cheer-l was
20 blind couldn't hardly see, bit | never
brethed breath til grabbed il Up in my
arms snd run round The house two or
three times, fore had The hart TO look
at the poor little Thing 10 see il il was
ded. @@" @* *#
BY this tine The gals was holt. of me
hollerin" April Pool! April Fool!" as hard
as they could. and when come to look.
| had no,hin in my arms but bundle Of
rags with lille Henry Clsy's clothes on.
shuck all over like had ager. and
f.l, nonsuous sigh, more like cussin
than laughin. April Fool, d,euation!"
ses T." fun's fun; but I'm dad blamed il
there's any fun in any SIGH doins;" and |
was jest gwine to blow cut liule, when
| heard Mary screamin for me to come 10
her mother. 49, $3.50
When We got in the linin room. thar
The old woman was keeled over in her
cheer, with her eyes 60, in her head end
a corn muffin stckin in her mouth. Ma.
~ was taken on at terrible rate. and ell
she could do was. jess 10 clap her hands
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