Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-09-21
MisreIIamenm II 8
MRS. sCRUGGINs

MOVES AMONG THE "UPPER TEN" AND IS INvIT-
ED TO A 'soRRT."
dispose, Mrs. Jones' said Mrs. Scruggins
the other evening, you hearn as how an old
Ibach'ler uncle of mine died off not long ago
and left me all his effecks l was very sorry
to hear that he'd died; but then il was a con-
Isolin' thing to one with grateful afiiction, and
there's nothin' makes people reverence the
memory of them that's gone, so much as the
idea that they have left you somethin' to re-
member 'em by. never seed my uncle but
Wunst, and then he didn't take much notice of
me-and / don't blame him now when cum
to think what a wild, sausy mink was in my
younger days. But he must have been a
dear good soul, or he woulnt have thought of
his niece way out here in Sent Louis, and left
her all his effecks. / intend to have grave
stone built TO his memory, and on it I'll have
writ:-''rected in memory of her uncle by his
incurable and unconsolable and affectionate
niece"
well, arter people heard had some prop
| erty, it's wonderful how excessive popular l
got all of suddent Feminnines as didn't
descend to hardly bow to me in the street. all
at wunst they knew me so well and shook
hands so friendly and wanted to know where
I'd KEEP myself. and what I'd been doin,' and
why had't called to see them for such dread
full long time; and all on 'em declared they
thought was livin' in the country, or they'd
have called and been right social Mr. Skink-
lie in less than week after the news was herd
told me that three middle aged bach'lers in
Strengthened circumstances, and four widder-
ers, with nuni'rous families had piled to him
for to be introduced. The 'tother night went
to the concert for Sent Johns Church, and as
Mr.. Skinkle and me walked up to'ards the
frunt heard 'em whisperin' as walked long
That's the rich widder; that's Mrs Scrug-
gins and sum of the lords made pourty loud
'sclsmations of what fine fggerP how ex-
lcessively graceful she walksl' and sich like
In course beliered everything they sed was
all humbug; but Mr.. Skinkle sed he'd no
doubt but that sum on 'em was in earnest
cause they was lookin' at me through gold
specs. It's strange-wonderfu strange-how
different person is treated when they're poor
and when they'rs rich. Even Mr.. Skinkle has
got more perliter, and believe the mans
afeard I'll bite him, he keeps at sich very
respectable distance; and when I want any
thing done he's in sich a terrifcial hurry TO be
of sarvice that two to one he don't do it right,
or spiles all in tryin' to do it too we'll The
'tother evenin' ses | to him, Mr.. Skinkle will
you jist step up stairs and bring 'Sartainly
ses he, and away he went; and arter he'd got
up stairs, he had to come down again. Ses
he: What was it Mrs. Seruggins, you'd be
pleased to haye?' 'Fiddlestick ses /, and
would you b'lieve it the man went up stairs in
my bedroom to hunt up fddlestick! I gave
him piece of my mind when he cum down.
1t hadn't been more'n ten days arter peo-
pie got wind ofmy bein' woman of proper
ty, afore I'd receipted half dozen inverta-
tons to drop in at Missus so-and-so's, or to cum
and spend quiet evenin' at Missus sich-a-
ones Then, lastweek, 1 got billet-dux from
Mrs. Wholesale Drygood, invitin' me and my
friend Mr. Skinkle to a sorry, at their house.
didn't care much about mixin' in kumpanv,
but I'd heard people talk so much about sor-
ries that | made up my mind to go, and so
told Mr.. Skinkle to make the preparation, and
to have a carriage in waiting at the door at
o'clock precisely. Well, when O'Clock cum,
was all ready and waitin' very anxious to get
off. Purity soon Mr.. Skinkle and the carriage
cum along, and was never SO 'stonishcd in
my life to see how the dear man was dressed
up. He'd bought himself new hat, and
new kravat which was wound round and round
his neck, SO tight that his face was rite red,
and told him that thought he must be in
ehokin' kondishin He wore standin' collar,
too, one side of which proped up his ear, while
'tother hid itself away under his kravat. He
bought pair of white kid gloves, which was
too small, and one on 'em had busted OPEN
Mr.. Skinkle sed he knowe'd thy were too small
when he'd got 'em, but then the store-keeper
had given his assurance that they'd stretch.
And SO they did stretch said Mr.. Skinkle,
clear OPEN Well, ,arter transferable fxin' up,
We at last got started, and when we arrived at
Mrs. Drygood's house, the kumpany had just
begun cumin' Mrs. Drygood was very glad
to see me she sed, and consid'rin' I'd never
seen her but wunst afore, she was wonderful
affectionate. Arter tux off my things we
went into the parlor. The fust person was
introduced to was a Mrs. Broker, one of the
most fashionable feminines of Sent Louis, Mrs
Drygood sed. I thought had seed people
with affected manners afore, but Mrs. Broker
beat 'em all She kept her eyes about half
shet. so that people might see how long her
Ieye-lashes was; and she was always smilin',
so they could see her teeth and obsarve her
dimples! Then she had lack-a-laisy way of
talkin'-a dIe-away tone of voice, iist for all
like long sentence was too much for her
lungs e..
Mrs Screwgins p ses she.
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