The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-21

always uentsrfui knilier. and he rs !
smokia he Eas master hand II smoke.
lihnngh IL doclnrs lsfl 10 ieil Lin he'd
u btilfr 81 10 IT iubacoo alone when
lie was vel. hs lssd ID take his pipe and
smoke awhile afier led col he Choir !
done n. and II lie aa'ns vel. II used II
lsmoke lie biggest pr: of The line,-well.
be iOnk his pipe ont o. his mouth snd
turned towards mel krow'd s0meihin'
VS. e0min'. 81 II had peculiar way D.
looking round when he VAS gMine 10 say
anyghin' nromnon-WEll. says he 10 me.
says he. Siliy.' lmy name was prisrilly
naturally, bul lie generally called ne Sill
II II, Cause Twas handy, you know well.
says be II ne. SAYS II, Silly and he
looked rreiiy solemn. | tel you-he Ind
> solemn cOunltnanee naturally - ailer
he'd got III he ! deacon twas more 20.
but since LED lost lis isallh lie appeared
solemner iiian overland certainly you
wonldn'i wonder II il If you know'd how
much lie underwent. lie was troubled
with a wonderful pain in the chest. and
amazin' weakness in tie spine Of his
hack. besides the pleurisy in his side, and
having The ager considerable part Of the
iiine, and hein' broke O. his resi- o. nights,
cause lie was sn put IN Il fnr breath y hen
he laid dnwn. Why, lis an onaccounia.
bic fact that when tie man died he hadn't
seen a well day in fifteen years. though
when he was married and for five or six
years after. shouldn't desire to see rug
geder man than lie was. But the time
am speakin' of. he had been ont o. health
nigh upon ten years. and, nh ltar sakss,
how he had altered since Tire FIRST time |
see him! That was al quiitin' ii Squire
Smiths a spell afare Sally was married.
I'd no idea of thai Sal Pendergrass. Well,
that was The first time ever saw my hus-
band, and If any hody'd told me that !
should marry him. should have said
but law sakes! | most forgot, was
gwine 10 tell You what he said that even
IN. and whena body begins 10 tell thing.
| believe in fiuishm' ont some time or
other. Some folks has a-strange way Of
talkin' round for ever, and never cnmin'
TO the pint, and taking twenty words TO
say what might be told in i've. "a.
Now, there's Miss jenkins, she was
Poll Bingham, aGer she was married.
she is just the teinstest individual TO tell a
story that ever see in all my born days !;
bu, I was gwine 10 tell you what my hus.
band said. lie says TO me, says he, Sill
ly.'--says I.whal!' | didn't say what,
Hezekiah.' for ! diln', like the name;
The first lime ! heard il, nearly killed
myself latin. sHezekIer Bedou,' says
|, well I'd give il up il | had such a
name but then had no more idea o
marryin' the feller than you have this mi
mute o. marryin' the Governor. sup
pose you think il curious that we should
a named our eldest son HezeSier. Well
we done il to please father and mother
Bedou; it's father Redot's name, and he
and mother Bedott used 10 think thai
names ought to go down from jincration
To iineration. But we always call him
Kier--he's blessin', aint he? and | amt
/ The only one thinks SO, | guess. Now.
don't you never tell any body that ] said
so, but between you and me, | guess if
Keziah Wrinkle thinks she's gwine 10
ketch Bedott, she is little out o. her reck-
onin'. Bu, was gwine 10 tell you what
husband said-he says to me. says he,
Silly he'd kept on sayin' Silly from
time TO eternity, cause you know he
wanted me TO pay particular attention 10
him, and generally did; the woman was
never more attentive 10 her husband than
| was. Well. he says 10 me, says he,
.SilIy'-says |. .what!' though Id no
idea what he was gwine TO say--dIdn
know bu, twas somethin' about his suf-
ferings, though he want apt 10 complain,
but he frequently use to remark that he
wouldn't wish his worst enemy to suffer
one mint as he did all the time. but thai
can't be called grumbliu-thlnk it can
WHY, I've seen him in siiirva,ions when
you'd 4 thought no mortal could helped
! grumblin', but he didn't. He and me
went--but was gwine to tell you thai
conversation o. hisen. Says he TO me
says he. Silly'--ti could see by the ligh
O. the fire--there didn't happen to be
candle hurnin', If | don't disremember
though my memory is sometimes forget
|, ful, but know we want apt 10 burn can
dies exceptin' we had company--l coul'
see by The light O. the fire tina, his mini
, was uncommon solemnized)--he says II
, me, says he, 'Silly'--says |. "whal
Says he 10 me, says he--'Ue are al
D poor creatures
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