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

After LII g0i il made. went bark into The
sillia'-room. They'd cot The table II
sol. Their was lois o. cake. and biscuit
and pies. and cold meat. and 81 SORTS q
stuff. Then | went inio The pailLr. and
10 and behold. Jn Gipson's wife and Mrs
Parker bad 0ndid The bunnii. and was III.
mirin on Il wonderful rate. Jest ihsn
Mr.. and Miss Srran,um and The children
come j.. and d ar me haw pleased they
were viii the bunhil. Miss SrTanium,
she tried II on. and il fitted her 10 T..
But Susan. you'd nnehl i. seen Susan
She jumped AMI irisie,i arnnai. and didn't
hardly krow wha, q dew with herself,
she was so delighted. ~. Miss Mag.
wirr." SAYS shr. THAT beaulifai hunnil
wasa'l ior you after III, was IL! Wins, !
d ~ good woman you are IL make M
snrh q enc present. She'll look as nice
As any hois now won'i yon ma :"
They seemed wonderful pleased TO see
j. lierson. lew and Mr.. seranlum was
very clad 10 gil The paper-said il was
just what lie wanled. Well. pufly soon
The company begun 70 come, and they
come ponrin' IN thicker and fa.ier ill the
house was erammtd. The sciiin'.room
door was locked. 50 rs To k"rp 'em ouI
q there till supper WIS reajy--aud tell
We all The rest o Tie house was jest IS
full a. il could stick. The tailor and The
bali and The bed rnoms was al crowded
aud crammed. You'd a ihoughi, from
the number o. lnlks that was there. that
ihrr'd been wonderful sight o. donations
brnnghl-bni Is true as I'm liyin' criiler
that table want half full. But thcn
lher was a good many families that lelchi
one article 10 answer for The hill. For
instance. Deacon Skinner anu his wife
and four dlriers and few sons was all
lheTe--and Miss Skinner fcichi a skein o
yarn 10 knit parson Scranium some socks.
Miss Hopkins and her three har;rrs and
her son and his wife. thai was yisiiin' her,
and their three children al cOme-and
Miss Hopkins brought half a pound o.
lea. And the Runyons with their four
young ones-what. do you think they
brought, why. Miss Runyon feichl lii
tie fancy basket 10 stick on the centre IA.
BILE and put yisiiin' cards in. And the
Miss Ftses. three 90 'em. they brought
Miss StYahtnm ps,F O. rnfis. Aud oil
The Binghams. they fetch, neck ribbon
Tor Susan. And Deacon Peabody and his
tribe, Tiers as much as dozen on 'em.
they brough, a small cheese. heerd az
ierwsrd that half Of il was d donation and
t'oLher half was 10 20 for pew rent. And
Csppen Smalley and all his children was
there. lie felcht box o. raisins oul o.
his store, lher was twelve pound int, and
Susan told me afterwards that ten pound
was TO 90 towards pew rent and The rest
was a present. The Wilder Grimes and
Charity wa there, Of course. They didn't
90 nigh the donation table for some time.
and was kind o. Gurus 10 know whether
they'd brought anything, and so ! watch'd
'em, and bimehy, observed Charity go
up silly, when she thought nobody
didn't see. and lay litlle paper on the
table. | had the curiosity to see what
was in il, so as soon as got chance !
took up the paper and peeped in,o',, and
10 and behold there was lew skeins o
thread did you ever! Widder Grimes
is well of, hu, she's tew stingy 10 be dc.
cent, and Charity's jest like her. Then
there was ever 80 many belonging 10 other
denominations, that didn't bring nothing /;
they come to show their good will, TO let
folks see they want bignied and pre-.
indeed, though they did differ in reli.
gious pint o. view, aud ct their supper.
And besides them. noticed a great many
that never see belole-nobody knows
where they come from nor where they
went tew. | guess they must been
raised up for the occasion. And then
Their was an awful sight q children that
struggled in from everywhere. Doctor
ldppincolt, he was there, howin' and scra.
pin round as usual--awlully anxious Il.
bout eyerybody's health; aud his wife.
tew, as much consumed as be was--and
their promising rcd-headed boy, and in
teresiin' darier, Amy Marier, with her
six starchei skirts on--takin' up more
room than AIRY ten decent drest girls in
the room. The doctor always goes TO all
the donation parties for fifteen miles round,
10 make himself poplar. but nobndy
knows of his ever takin' anything. On
this occasion, Amy Marian took book.
mark 10 Mr.. Scrantum, with a thing on
il that looked like choppin'-knile, and a
mess o. French nonsense below il. But
the greatest part Of the performance was
the seminary gals and their donation.
Their was twenty-five on 'em, and whal
DO you suppose they fotcht! Why, the
hull XIII and cargo on 'em had conspired
together and made a rag baby for little
Adelinc Scrantum, and rugged il up in
gauze and tinsel, and they all come 10
geiher and brought that. Miss Pinchem
their teacher, want there. She was sick
o something. guess il she had a come
she'd kept 'em little s,raighler. Land
o. liberty. never see such an actin Sc
O. critters in all my born days! The,
carried on like all possesl. sec som,