The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-03-27
From Meals Saturday Gazette.
THE WIDOW BEDOTT
WRITES TO HER DAUGHTER, Mrs. JUPITER
SMITH.

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SMITH.
DEAR MELISSA Il now take my pen In
hand to tell you that ruther guess you'll be
considerably asionished when you read what
set down to rite. I've got some news to tell
that YOU can't guess if you try till next never,
so YOU may as well give it up first as last afore
Won begin And YOU amt to let on word a.
bout it only to Jupiter and kler and Seilny-
! Come TO think, don't care if you tell Sam
Penderqrasses wife, bein' as how she's par
tickler friend 6'mine. But don't you open yer
head about it TO no other individual-for |
want to surprise the Wiggletown folks, and
make 'em open their eyes a little. Come to
consider | guess you'd better not tell Miss
Pendercraes, for I'm afeard she can't keep II
TO herself She might let it out TO the hen-
ines. and they'd tell the Crosbys they'd carry
if strait to Major Coon's wife, and she'd be
SIRE 10 tell old Dawson's wife, (the wIdder
,Jinkins that was-she twas Poll Blngham,)
and she's the very undentical person want TO
keen il from till it bursts upon her all OF
suddinr, like a thunder clap. guess Ill lei
her know't can hold my head rs high as her
in future, for who did she git but discIlppid
old buno head that she wouldn't a had If she
could a got any body else. l guess on the
hull YOU hadn't better say nothing about 1t to
Kier;s wife, for fear she'll tell her folks, and
they'll sartinly devulgate it all round. If you
do tell her, YOU make her promise she won't
hint a syllable about it 10 her stepmother-she
twas Kesier WinKle-nOr nobody else lou
must keep it profound secret I'LL come II
nothing happens to prevent, we shall be I'D
Wionletown next week Saturday, on our
bridal tower. A Sunday morning we calkIlate
to 90 to meetin' long a you and Jupiter and
in the afternoon we shall tend the baptist meet
ing. l tell We, won't Their be some starin' III
Wirpletown that dav. guess they'll ind out
tina: I'm as good as any on 'cm If not little
better ! shant hev on none o the things
they've ever seen me wear. My riggin' IS to
be entirely new Your uncle Magwire has
made me a present of n bansome green mer-
no dress, and yer aunt Magwre has GIN me a
new brown velvet bunnit, and yer cousin jet
ferson has presented me nelegant Plad
shawl and calkilate to come out IN en- all III
Wiggletown.
Speaking o. my new wardrobes, REMINDS
me TO tell you that if Jabe Clarke comes
your way a peddlin, not TO trade cenVs
worth will him. You remember how ne
! come il over me about the shoes CONT ye =
Well IFS amazin should ever he such fool
| as 10 De LOOK III ny
He come along here a spell ago, and sarved
me the awfullest trick you ever heard on.
was alone in the house-yer aunt had went
10 a sick nabor's--and tie way he che; ted me
was perfectly dreadful. My bind biles now
a thinkln ont. He pretended he'd expert
enced religion, and lamented over the way
he used to cheat and lie and as true as J
live and breathe, actilly got round me sol
he persuaded me TO swap away a nelegan:
stun colored silk that cost me dollar
ward, for a miserable slaZy striped consarn.
that he said was all the fashion now-cailed
orody flewry"-and what made Il more ag-
ravatin, made me pay tew dollars 10 boot
But that want the worst ont, for come to IN
roll it, we found that three or four yards
awav at toiher eend ont was all dammidged
and stained up-twnni III for nothing. Yer
aunt was mad at me for bein so took IN, and
yer uncle no Iafft and hectored me, and went
on about I-you know what crIlIer lie l.
10 bother a boldly. AT last ] busted out a
cryin, and went of and shut myself up IN
my room, and staid there till tea Time, and
when come down, 10 and behold yer uncle
slept up and handed me new green merI-
no dress-he'd been off 10 the store and
bought il purpose for me, fringe and but
ions and everything 10 trim il with, and I'VE
got it made up, and it sells like dandy-and
ime gwine 10 be married in 1t But can'I
help leelin awfully ganed about the silk.
took it 10 Parker and Pettibone's and swappi
il for some things wanted. They wouldn't
allow me but eighteen pence yard, am
twas all twas worth,-Jabe made mt
take couple O. handkerchers tew, Tor del
lar piece-said he'd stake his deportation
ont they want half coiton-and no more
thew want, Tor come TO do EN- up, they show
ed out plain ei.uf that they were all cotior
did YOU ever? He got round the elder
too-mad him pay five dollars for ouzzun
pin-said twas iopiz sot in gold, and i turn
ed out 10 be yallar glass with PincnoacF
rim round IL. was clear out O. pashenc'
with the elder for bein 50 green-bui s''iVa
ted as | was couldn't say noihln ye know
If ever come acrost Jsbe Clark agin, II NJ
don't kelch il no Matter. But Ime wonderiui
bizzy about these day sand so no more al
present from your affectionaie mother
PRrscILLA P. BEDoTT.
P.S. Give nv love to Jupiter. line graf
flied that The baby il so lorrard. What do
YOU calkilate to call him? hope it twoM
be Jupier-for somehow don't egZacily
like The name, tho itsounds well Tor a man
But don't in all favor name him arter yer
par. Hezekiers an awful name Hog DO
We like Shadrack? That's the name Of ms
Grandfather that's 10 be. Yer uncle and aunt
| and JEFF sends love. J.. l. D.
P. s. Yer cousin jeff axed permission t.
read this letter. and he says hain't toid yo'
who line a gwine 10 be married iew' no.
when the weddIn's 10 be, nor nothing, Bu'
taiu'I TO he wondered at that iorgoi, Tor I've
got such numerous number o things TO
hi K on now.-My futOre companion is th'
! Baprist Minister Of this place-by the name
! Of Elder Snifies The way we become &C
ouainted was quite singular. You see | tool
10 atendip his meeting, because the Presby-
{ ,crian minister is such small po,aiers that