Litchfield enquirer., 1850-01-10

young ones what do you think they
 blbueht? why, Miss RunyOn fetcht [ litll, fancy basket to stick on the centre cable and but visiting cardsin. And the Miss Footes, three on 'em, they brought Miss Sc.antum pair of cuffs. And all the Bnghams, they fetcht neck ribbin for Susan. And Deacon Peabody and his tribe, there's as much as dozen on 'em, they brought 2 small cheese. l heard afterwards that half ont was do- nation and t'other half ont was to go for pew rent. And Cappen Smalley and all his children was there, He feteht a box of raisens out of his store, therswaS twelve pounds in it, and Susan told me afterwards that ten pounds was to go towards pew-reHt anl the rest was prsseat., The Wilder Grimes and Char
 My vas there, of ofcourse. They didn't go; nSch the donation table for some time, and I was kind of curus to know wheths- CT they'd brought anything, sol watched
 'em, and bymeby, l observed Charity ggo sGly up. when she thought nobody didn'I
 see what was in it, SO as soon as ] gota chance I took up the paper and peeked
 into't, and To and behold there was tew
 skeins of thread did you ever Widde'
 Crimes is well of, but she's tew stingy
 to be. decent. and Charity's jest like her.
 And then there were so many belong
 inc to other denominations, that did mt bring nothing j. they come to show their good will, to let folks see that they want bigotted and prejudiced, though they did differ in religious pint of view, and to k git ,thsir supper. And hesides them. noticed a great many that l never see be, Rre- nobody knpws where they. come from nor where they went teW. guess they must have ben specially raised up fol the occasion. And then there was an awful sight of children that struggled ln from everywhere, pr. Lippincott, he was there, lowing and scraping round as sual-awfully anxious about every bodys health; and his wife, tew, was as much onS..ned as he was-and .heir promising red headed bcy and interestin' darter, An nv Mariah, with her six starched skirts on -t,kin up more room than any ten de- cept!y dressed girls in the room. The doctor always goes to all the donation parties for fifteen miles round, to make himself poplar, but nobody knows of his ever takin anything. On this occasion, Amy Mariah took bookmork to MT. scrantum. with thing on it that looked < 1 like choppin- knsts, and mess of French nonsense below it. But the greatest part of the performance was the seminary gals and their donation ? Ther was twenty
 five on 'em, and what do you 'spose they
 fctcht? Why, the hull kit and cargo on
 'em had conspired together and made
 rag baby for little Adeline Scrantum and risged it up in gauge and tinsel, and t6ey S all come togethsa and brought ttat. Miss Pinchem, their teacher, want thele. She was sick or something. l guess if she sad a come, she'd kept 'em'a little straiter Land of liberty! never see such an acting set of critters in all my born days! They carried on like all pos, sess | see some on 'ene fourishing round JefNAe's always ready for scrape, you knowL-and ! was afeard he'd g't to ear, rying on with 'em, and ! wouldn't 9 had Kim for anything, so l gin him a caution. Jeff says, !, you let them seminary rals alone :. they're wild set; taint proper to cut up so in the minister's house Jeff promised to keep clear en 'em-he generally does as ! want h,m tew. I'll say that much for Jefferson he was always good about mindin.' But It went hard with him to dew 1t then he was ripe for fun, and determined to f iefF off the steam some way or other. DO he looks round and he, sees Charity GTiraes stuck up. on the settee 'tothef side of the room. Stiff as poker and prim as a peapod-you know what a starched up affected old critter she is' Jeff went to school tew her when he was little. and she snapped his ears and cuf- fed him round, so he's always hated her ike pizen ever since, She's been trying this twenty year to, git married and cant make it out. She'd chased after Squire Fulles ever since his wife died. Squire Fuller got married about a month afore that-and yer uncle says he verify be- ieyes he did it in self defence. jest to gl' rid of Charity Grimes-=she bothered him to death !; he couldn't go out in Qompa. ny but what she'd contrlve to nook onto him. Hes very perlite man, the squire is. and he didn't want to be rude tew her. but he couldn't bear her. though she tried to, make out he was her beau At last he got married, quite suddenly, to young woman in Chenang County and yer unsse says he don't believe he a done it, if it>hadnt a been to git rid oi , Charity Grimes; for his wife had been dead five year, and he seemed to be on common cotented for Q sgiddiw'r. But
 1 was gwine to tellye what Jeff done IT, cno Nt.n .sA~, n rafksnr thnrA a trVlnU