The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-12-05

Va ~ hO sdller NOR no gnsslper. She
stayed 70 ham and took rare OF her hus-
band and children. lfanybody Was sick
or suiIerin', she MAS there 10 help EN-: buI
che seldom went out any other time. She
was good TO The poor, Irw-and divided
her mi'e with 'em. You'd q lhoughl
iolks ronldn'l find fault with her. But
they did. Some grumbled because she
want more soeiable--snd some was mad
because she want what they called an ae-
fire Chris'ian-lhal is-she want viii.
lin spend lieii Of her lime runnin' round
on missionary business and disiribilin'
tracts. and 20 forth. But trsryJ0dy was
outrageous al her. cause she tried 10 recon-
Gle l.iddy Ann Bnel and Deacon Fus>
lifk's wile--inslid y taking sides with
AIRY one Of 'em--w hen they had ihaI aw-
lul quarrel about The oslridge iralhers.
Bul lhoughi--and think yel---lhar Miss
Seranlum acted jest as Christian ought
10 acl in that bIsness. though everybody
else blamed lfeI; and Liddy Ann and Miss
Fnslick go, as mad al her IS they was a,
one another.
Pars0n Scfantum was a good man, ,ew
and smarl man-lhey didn't know
how 10 valley him here. To be sure he
went away ofhis own accOId; but ! 'spOse
il he'd wanted 10 stay. they'd druy
him OF alore long-jcsi rs ihey always
dew-ior husband said they was begin
nm to growl about payin' The salary. |
tell We. felt dreiful sorry when they
wen, away. and so did yer uncle-we sot
q great deal By EN-. And then they had
sncll nice family o. children. Susan,
The oldest. is rs nice a gal az ever
know'd. took wonderful likin' tew
her. Her mother used to let her come IN
often and sci spell with me. Twas aw-
fol lonesome after Jefferson went Off 10
study TO be doctor. Yer uncle was in
The shop biggest part o The day, and US
ed 10 be here all stark alone good deal
o. the time; and when Miss Scranium
found out how lonesome | was. she used
20 send Susan over sometimes 10 see me.
She'd fetch her SEWN or her kniiiin', and
stay an hour or lew; and sometimes she'd
fetch book and read few me, and j, us
ed 10 chirk me up wonderfully. Aud Mr..
Scranium. he used 10 come in once in a
while. and always had something good 70
say.
You said be wen, away Of his own
accord. aunt; how did il happenl"
Well, I'll tell We. When they gin him
a cal! TO settle here, they agreed TO give
him four hundred dollars year, and do
nation party every winter. Well, he
thought lie could live on that. Four humid
red dollars was purity small, 10 be sure,
but then they was very equlnomical and
industrious-didn't keep no hired help
Miss Scrsntum and Susan done all The
work themselves. And they thought the
donation party would be quite help
they never'd had none-lhey want custo-
mary where they come from. Well, they
managed to gil along through the summer
and fall. They come here in the spring
o the year, In December follerin' the
congregation gin 'em their first donation
party. | didn't go; never had ben TO
none used TO kind o. want 10 go some-
limes-bul yer uncle want willln' TO have
me-he never approved o them givin' Vi
sits. He thinks that when the people
want 10 make their minister a present,
they'd ought 10 give it in private way,
and no, go and turn his house upside down,
10 dew it. So ! didn't go TO that one.
But don't think the Scrantums thought
any the less If US for il for they know'd
we was as willin' 10 dew well BY 'em as
any o the congregation was, for yer I'M
Gle always paid his pew.rent promptly.
and that's more'n some that was richer
done. And, besides that, we often sen,
'em presents. They always looked up
on US as the best friends they had here.
Well, never heerd how the donation
party come out. Miss Scrantum never
said nothing about il, and lnever axed her
no questions; only ! know, that through
the rest O. the winter the minister's folks
seemed 10 be more pinched than ever. |
was in there quite often, and though they
didn't make no complaints, ] could see
plain enough that they had 10 scrimp and
save, and patch and turn every way, to
keep any how comfortable: for they had
house rent to pay, and six children to sup
port, and il takes considerable 10 feed SO
many. 10 say nothing o. clo,hin' and eddi.
catin' on 'em. They had good deal o
company, lew, and that costs something.
You see they had 10 entertain all the strag>
Gin agents that come along. for all sorts
q societies in creation. They'd stop
there 10 save payin' tavern bills. It's the
way they always dew, We know! Well,
they conlrived 10 live along till the nexl
winter. The time come round for anoth-
er donation party; and says 10 yer uncle
says i" Husband, want 10 go 10 that
glvm' visit" 20, shaw" says he
what do you want 10 go for!' 10"
says |, "cause | think so much O. the
minister's folks" "Well," saws he
that's the principal reason why SHOULD
want TO stay away from the givin' visi
myself; as for you-of course you eau