Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-03-09
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WHeH tley DOugHL mat SILK. / always
knowd that Parker and Pettibone warnt
no judges o goods. The fact is, them
New York merchants puts off their old
onsailable articles onto 'em, and makes
'em think they'r ginteel and desirable.
Tell We. wilder, We got most consarfiidly
took in when ye bought that silk. Ye
won! wear it three times afore it'll crack
out at the elbows, and fray out round the
bottom
We'll, haint Zen suited with il none.
o. the time-shouldn't got il if Sister
Mcguire hadn't a dingdong'd me into it.
Their was blue one Their liked great
deal BETTER
Il tell We. widder, ii rally hurts my fee
Inns TO think o your standin' up alongside,
o. Elder Sniffies with such a consarnid
lookin thing on
20 shaw !--stop yer hectorin' about the
Elder. | amt obleeged to hev every body
that's after me-
'Wal. know that--only such chances
as Elder Sniffles amt 10 be sneezed at We
know: But speakin' o. that silk-iftwant
for standin' in my own light so Consumed
ly, I'll be darned if wouldn't offer to
swop for a small matter O. boot
Boot ! that's .wuss than the shoes -
Spose I'D go TO givin' boot to get rid ont
after payin' such an awful sight o money
fort in the fust place.
'WaI, twould be ruther aggrava,in' if
you'd got full pattern-you haint but
twelve yards. Ofcourse ye didn't calki.
late to hev no trimmin's or ye'd got
more.' -.
Il thought shouldn't trim It, consid.
erin
Yes, understand-considerinl' twas
for minister's wife,
Git out, Jabe-I didn't say So -.
L tell we, wilder, you're too particler
ministers wives is as dressy as anybo-
dy. The Reverend Doctor Fogo's wife
had hern made up with three wide cross,
grained pieces round the skirt. JingoE
they set it off slick. These ere stripid
silks look fust rate with cross grained trim?
min'-seems to go windin' round and
round. and looks SO graceful, kinder. /
seen lots on 'em in the city. How them
city ladies would larf at such dress as
yourn But out here in the country, folks
don't know nothin'
'If I'd trusted TO my own taste,
shouldn't a got it. wish to massey hadn't
been governed by Sister Mcguire
lingo wouldn't it be quite. an idee for
you to be the fustin Scrabble Hall to come
out in 'grody flewry.' Them colors
would be wonderful becomin' to you. Jest
let me hold it up to ye, and ye stand up
and look in the glass. lingo! its be conf
ner than l though" twould be. l tell ye.
wilder, we must hev that silk, and no mis-
take
Dear me! l wish I could afford To-
swop. What's it worth? p
Wal. l can't expect to git the full worth
ont I'll sell it tew we as low as feel as
if | could. It's high priced silk, bein'
as its SO fashionable now; Til tell you,
Miss Bedott-though I wouldn't tell eve
rybody-the fact is, got that silk at a
bargain, and of course / can afford to it
go for considerable less than | could if I'd
a paid fill price. Ye see, the marchant |
took it of was on the pint O. failin', and
glad to sell out for any money. He didn't
AK but dollar yard. There's fourteen
yards left, as you can see by the folds
and you may have it for fourteen dollars,
just what it cost me. tell we, widder,'
it's bargain
Land O. liberty fourteen dollars l
can't think ont
Wal, then, I'll dew still better by yes'
[ want ye should hev this silk-so spozenI
| take yourn off yer hands, and you take
this. and jest pay me the balance. Nab
by could sell that to some distressed old
quaker woman that wants an everyday
frock-and what if conldn't, | should
hev the satisfaction O. dewin you favor,
any how. What dye say to thatl'
'Lemme see-the balance-.hat would
be tew dollars. I've paid twelve for to.
Their already. don't know about spend
in so much money-don't know what Sis
ter Mcguire d say TO it. She's gone over
to see old aunt Betsey Crocket-aunt Bet
sey's sick. Sister Mcguire hates striped
silk, and pedlars tew-wont never trade
with 'em-'
lingo come to think ont. I'm tar;
nal goose to be wiIln' to stand in my own
light jest for the sake of accommodatin'.
the wimmin folks-taint no object TO me-
(He folds up the silky
Stop minnit, Jabe. I'll resk it. It's
time was my own mistress, any how.
know sister Maguire'll say its tew gay
for me, and call it famberc asted, but 1
don't care
Gay! wish to massey she could see a
dress that Elder Coles wife, out east, has
got-eniirely red-the reddest kind O. red
tew-stripes as wide as my hand that's
rather hambergasted for minister's wife:
So ye think yell take it-hey 2
'Donno but wilton the hull
wal. spose I'd orter stand to my Of
ie'-but | tell ye wilder, it's bargain