The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-27
Miscellaneous.
from lh4iAdy's Book ior Jan. 1910. u
AUNT MAGWlRE,'
Continues HER ACCOUNT OF THE
SEWING SOCIETY.
,.ady's Book Tor Jan. 1870.

oa, gevyin' Society meeIinH'. You never eco
ao,hiu' 10 beat on, III ba bound fort We
'Ss Ind few nov. A. tie first onS, NJ Squire
R,,.lsy's lhara wah twenty-five present.
al,ss Bssey had some shirts cut oul o Cap
s., s,nalIeys cloth and as fast ~ they rHuie
!. shs ,A en- To woTk---aI lsdsI she gin 'eni
"om. work, bot lber was so much lallin' tew
dew tl,er was precious lille sewln' done 90
Their tongues went good deal Eastern ther
6ngsn. did, aud ihe worst ont wna, lhoy vac
Al n Iunnln, nj ONCE 1heIn- Masa n lNsrlAAl-
ia' sight o. lalkin,' hut u did seem rs II they
waalll'nI never come 40 no deciaion Ia crea-
lion, 'fwa'nt expected wa should dew nnirh
AZ iLo 6ral naaIili moru' 10 elect tie mana
ssfs, aud make ny our minds h0Y oilen we
should meet, and begun 10 lhihk No
siouldn't do even that much, lhef was such
sight % dhseusaiD aud dispuun' about ey-
,efylhing. Sonio wns for meotiu' once week
aad some thought twas altogether too often.
some was for slAyin 10 tea aud some was OF.
.uosed tot. Some thought 'IwOuld DO good
man 10 stny aud work eyenin's aud some waa
6iop,nion 'iwoulsin'i pay, bein' an we'd hRyo
iobun 10 many candles and lainps. Itier
want notbin' Haid of tho object we'd work
6f nj ihe.frst meeiin'--lh0ughI we'd leave
that I'LL next time.
Welt no tnlked and talked aud talked, and
The upsliot out was MiAs Blraley was appoint
ed Pfesdeui- Ben Slillman. Miss DIR.
LippiDcou aud Miss Deacon FuAIick, Inunn-
Sers-POIly Maria Slllnnn Secretary, aud
IyIn Ann Bull, treasurer. Moreover We a
greed TO meet once fortnight at lew o'clock
N tho afternoon, aluy TO tea aud work I'LL
asA Whaa we'd got through with our bis-
oss. wo mad iea-quilo n plain ten. Miss
4 Hf,ly don't approve o. maxim much fiss
4 hf swin' society, because II ya dew iher'N
he some thnl'l feel ms ifilsy couldn't afford
10 have IL TO ther houses. She d'dn't give us
but QUO kiud - cake, but twas light aud good
and 90 was the bread; and we had sliced
meat aud cheese. Miss Birsley didn't say
nshiD' about H., hut she huped the rest would
follow her example. MADE 40 my mlnd
would any how, whether the rest ~ OF not
Well, the ladies' all cal M if they liked u,
aud they praised up everything at wonder.
"a rate They nepeT laid tooth to such bread
in all their lives; the butter WINS snpsr hnc;ihe
cold meat was delicious, and for the cake, IL
,nas a mystery TO them how Miss Btrsley man
aged To always have such first rate cake
Mrs Deacon Peabody declared she'd eaI such
Ihrarly supper tho was ufanred sbo should
he SICK. Alter ten Miss 10 Gibson invited us
10 meet at ther house next tune, aud then we
hent hunt While we was in the bedroom
pnlin' Oh our things. / herrd Miss Peabody
whisper 10 Miss Slllnan and say; did you ev-
born days2 No preserves nirlll never d,dF
says Miss Stllnian. III can't give 'eln bet
ter when they meet 10 QUE house III give
sf'
Web, at The next mect,n' there wns about
the san1e ouW,ber present, aud We talked np
uhatwe'd do with the money. The difficult
" was tie members oouldu't agree upon
holln'-some wanted to work for this object
and some wanted to work for that. Miss
Skinner aud some o the res, thought we'd |
ought to sew for tho missionaries, but most
on 'en opposed il cause they wanted To see |
what become o. the money. Miss StnblIes
ihot twould be n good plan 20 establish
school for The colored sect--i spose u,e pro-
lessor put he. up to',-bul nobody else didn't
eooal - be ,n ttt4sf eni; and sister Bedoti
lshe atIepdedl she said she'd neper agree To
that, twould be money lbrow'd away, ior mig |
ss"rs would be riggerE, would he nfsEersrIe~ /
whN, ye would to c.eyaln EN-. Miss FuslIek !
fSl'e come IN aud sotu spell with her things /
on-sald she couldn't siny long. Jest dropped /
N on her way To the Maternal Society meet /
M she thought we couldn't dow bcuern 10 |
give tie asnils of our TO the fSons % Tenn |
pcrnnce.' "Sons o. yer granny says LYDIA
Ann Bull, says she tyou know she aud hiss
f'istek's Tunrrettin. when sho Epokc up I
so, Miss Fusiick looked uwful mad, and got !
nr,ied round, md auys She "perhnps Miss
Bull would rather work fer the old Maids
tousofdIion Society, Tint they Talk o. farni !
~ Gond afternoon ladiesi Ind OIL she cut
alore Lydia Ann had time to answer. The |
gals all Uttered and Lydia Ann looked won
derul womblecropt. don't know but she'd |
cleared Out II Miss BrsIey hadn't asnoolil- |
eh u over in her cunnin' way: she laughed, |
snd says she, What, Miss Bull, you gals !
Gon's tnean 70 help TIE old mAsds. hope? 4
shy let 'efn lnke care O. the.nsslyesi Ixuin
Ann grinned and fuUkt quite satisfied
Well they naked and talked and talked.
Jest as they dad nj the first meetin,, to no
more purpose neither, only TO get,1Dore ryled
upthen. I, seemed ms ii every one had
particular pint to carry, and was determined
The rest should yield tot. ! tried n number
enrnes TO mike proposition III thought OH,
Va, Their was 20 many that talked louder and
la,'ern whit could, thar couldn't for the
H'e OF me get nobody to listen to INC. AT
ils'l INVENT to Miss Birsley and told her my
laea and axed her what she thought pn'i.-
Ss ~ the notion. wei sirei, yo,t proip,se 81;
sam Tor ! can't get 'em 10 listen TO rne il
uy ull doomsday.' So she spoke ouI, and
Sys she, 'LadeRp hut Their was such n rack |
g nobody duPnt hearher. So SHE tried n
gam, Ladies', lsayr hut stIit TtIey didn't pay
10 attention. Then she took the toDgs aud !
I ~ on the stove Ms loud as ever she could. |
Otaer snys she. They stopt talkin' then,
asa loolSt round to 500 what she wanted.-I
IaurS says SHE, MiSa MagMire has propos-
4 ~ NV otgcc; to- work fos that strikes mo as mn
eNoe'lent ono. She thinks we'd better raise
~'ough to repair the aieotia' house, mud for
NY part think wa couldn't do better tho .
aee1n house Is in miserable conditions; the
-. coming ofi,in, ever SO many pla-
M aad the pulpit's foriorn old thing away /
n MI NJ ~ me AIR its enough TO tresk body's
m. !" look up ut the minister, aud IL shakes