Litchfield enquirer., 1850-01-10

you looked every bit as old then as you
 dew new; but how do you feel about these days?' 'Feelp says she, pricking up her ears, I feel as well as common i why shouldn't I?' Excuse me- says Jeff, I only axed because didn't know but you felt ruther non 7lussed, put tot 1 for bisness as it were, Squire Fuller got married. old feller's occerpation's s gone now 'spose, as Shakespeare says. Grachious how mad Charity was She brustled up like setting hen, and, says she-'Jeff Magwire, don't care a straw ifor what Shakespeare nor none of the rest 1 of your rowdy aequaintances says about me. I'm above 1t but whoever he is, I you may tell him he's an imperdent pup py for calling young tady an old teEter; and you're another for telling ont. So she got up and ftounced out into tho hall. fhe folks all giggI*d and seemed won .derful ;tickled; but Jeff, he looked round |.astonished as could be, aud says he Il ssWonder what alls Miss Grimes. 1 tho't for the life of me she was gwine to snap my ears, as she used to when l was yo1ng!' was vexed at Jeff, and took him to task as soon as l got chance i; but he declared 'twant old telter' he sad, but something else; however, it sounded jest like it, any way.
 t Just then the door was thrown open, and we was invited out to supper. So we went squeezing and crowding into the sitting room. Some of the folks pushed and lamnsd as if they was afraid they lshouldRt get the best chance. Glery IA Ana BilliKs gat at one end of the table g kpourip coffse, and Jo GipsdAf wife at I tothaasnd pouring tea; andH tell ye Efwas as much as they could dew to pour fast enough. Jeff, he flew round and helped the ladies. For my part, didn't feel like eating much. was jammed up again the wall and couldn't stir hand nor foot. So I told Jeff to fetch me a cup of tea and nut-cake, and he did ; and took 'em, and managed to eat the nutcake, but somebody nit my elbow and made me spill the heft of the tea; SO stood and held my empty cup. and look ed on to see the performance. l say fort if 'twant worth seeing, I'm mista- ken, Why, if I was starving te death, shouldn't be willing to act as some of them folks did. They pushed, and el-
 bowed, and pulled, and hauled, and grabbed like cracy critters. Twas anu sing to see 'em put down the yittals-Id gin a sixpenes Nancy. to had you thers 'twould ben fun for you to look on and see the deWins. You'd tho't that the biggest part of the company hadn't had nothing to eat since the last donation party. and didn't expect to have nothing more til the next one. The wimmin, as a general thing, took tea, and eat the cake and pie, and so forth. And the men, they let into tue coffee, and biscuit, and cheessand cold meat,
 and such like. l actlally see Deacon Skinner drink six cups of cofe, and eat in proportion. And Dr. Lippincott, my grief! twas perfectly astonishing to me n. that one mortal body could hold as much as that man put in-no wonder he's so fat--they say he gets the heft of his liv- in away from home, contrives to get to one patient's house jest as dinners ready, and to another's jest at tea-time, and so eats with 'sm. And I wish you'd aseen the Wilder Grimes. Gran1many how the critter did stuff I took particular notice of her, and see she had an aw Eful great work bag on her arm, and ev- cry little while she'd contrive to tuck a piece into't when she thought nobody want a looking. As soon as l got a ! chance I hnnched Jeff, and says l; For pity's sake, Jeff, dew observe the Widder Grimes, So Jeff, he watched her a spell By Georgep seys he, if that ain't rich!' I tell ye, 'twas fun for Jeff. Bymeby-after she'd got her bag purity
 well filled, says Jeff to me, says be; now
 mother, may I stir her up little ? I don't care, says I. So he reached for
 rard and hollered across the table tew
 her, loud enough for everybody to. hear ]; E'Miss Grimes, may come to your par Ety?' My party 9 says she; what do
 you mean ?'' Why says Jeff, says he,
 I reckonel from the size of your bag,
 and the quantity of provisions you was a
 Playing in, that you are a calculating to
 makaa party, thought I'd like to come,
 Everybody looked at Miss Grimes and,
 I tell ye. She. looked as if she'd like to
 crawl into some knot hole--and l don't
 know but what she did-for she made
 her disappearance amazing soon after.
 And, then, them siminary gals-gra-
 cious how they did eat Ispose they
 were half>starved at Miss Pinehem's.
 Afors long the table was purty well
 cleared, and Miss Scrsntum had to go to the buttry and bring on all twas left. l guess everything in the house that could
 be eat, without stopping to cook it. was made way with that night. When the siminary gals had eat all they wanted