The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-05-05
Correspondence of the Ledger.
GRASSY CREEK, YUNyoN KoUSrY, }
May, 1900 and 81. {

gray guse quill tn rite yu how We are bin
doin lit!y. Accordin to pintmcnt, the gals
all met at aunt Huldy's and had a rcglar quill
tin, 1t war sumtime aforc tha Good side
how to make the quilt. Sum wanted Clay,
and sum wanted Old Zack, and few want
ed Polk quilted in the scnter; but Sue sis
ted to have your Moody hat put rite in the
senter. She scd gals ort not TO have any
thing to say bout mems fashuns, but she
ralely bleived that Moody's hats ort to b.
couraged more than these oulandish rowdy
hats and Kow-soup hats with big bu, klcs |
and oyster frthers. She sed your hat had |
bin in use ten years and il war just rs good |
as ever, and besides it woold be a sort of res |
pect shone to yu, as we would have yu in
membrance every time we seed it.
Thar war nothin of importance at the
qulten ceptin Aunt Hubby kilt the ole ften
gobler fur dinner and your bunty ruseter tn,
he war uncommun tuff, but howsomdevcr
we got satisfied on the grav, fur he wur ma
zin fat. When dinner war over and the things
clered we cluded to have fishin spree that
evenin. So we all got reddy and whu shoold
cum along but Lawyer CLANCY, and we made
him go along with us. lie helped the times
good dele by telling his antic jokes to the
gals. We went on till we cum to uncle
Drew Moggins' mill pcn, and some of the
gals wur afrade to go in the battow, but
Lawyer CLANCY swaded 'em to go in. Thur
war Sue, and me, Big Poll, 1--WE cawl hur
| pom fur ahnrf \ onl Sl;r,rny o,,l ID -.
, Bet, and CLANCY, tho he war married, he TUX
, keer Of Bet. The rest Of EN-, ole folks in
: cluded, sale on the bank. Well W. fshed
about up and down the pom fur an owr or
9 tu, and no boldly cotchcd fish but Sue, and
. at last it begun to thunder away in the west
D and the gals didn't want tn git wet Milt.
r that is, the Lawyer, sed not tn be larmed, il
G wood'nt cum up less it wer lost cloud. for
? scs he, it never rancs here like anv where
e else; and scs he. spekin Of thunder puts me
Y in mnde of n joke I kno on old Simmons
, the Jew who had store good while ago
3 "Well. what is it ?" scs Sue. Lets have
n it." ses Bet. Well N1lt begun, This ole
: Simmons" ses he, didn't like thunder at all
f he didn't; so wun Saturday thur war a 2 davs
e metin at the ole Broom Chirch, and the oil,
: man went over and didn't cum hoam till Suu
n day evenin. Well, while he was gone, n
t thunder storm cum up and struck n tree in
| the fcldc afore the dore and sot il on fer
: and 1t was burnin when he cum hoam Sun.
I dry, and the fier in the house wus dcd ont
SO the ole Jew scs to his boy" Shon, 90
| and Drinn Ernr e. l.
goes to the thunder struck tree and gifts
the litcnin fier, but when he got to the door
} the ole man met him and holered ms loud os
ne coold,-" Take that away, Shon, it is not
: guide tirer, it IL hell firer WI cant pring il in
r my hous. Take it away it is he'll frer. Go
70 Mr. Prumes git guide frer," and dede, and
aH'", John "'"nt mrl" =" and got flor
fur the Jew.
3 Well declar it tcklcd Roarin Bet so
, much she cooldnt kepe hur balance, she haw
= hawed so loud and jumped from side to side
1 in the batto and accidentally THROWN hur
a fete out, that gloricd in n number IL, she
1 whurld rite over and went chu-dug in the
water; and when she went over her fut struck
e Slimmy co-whop in his breast and spite his
! linnen. Sue saw that nobody Good save
r hur but me-she screamed out, Hosher
3 jump after hur, do now quick I'll hold the
E paddle" Well, cant swim much but down
| throws the paddler and punges rite after
hur. / was afeerd to let hur git a hold on
me, but tride to grasp her red he'd and pull
hur out by the auburn tresses.' (Shakespore.)
Emmy how, got her out safe, but she was
mortally skeered, and declared she woold not
venter on wotter any more till she larnt how
to swim. After the skere got over thay all
joked me bout ketchn fish. The LAWYER
sorter winked and sez he, "Well Kosher what
sorter of II fish did yu kotch? War it trout
or pike :" WELL" ses !, II dun no-I
reckon, tho, she is a sparmacitty fish," LA
me" ses Pop, what is that -and what will
yu du with yer fish p Al will make Macad-
emized candles out of her." ses I. well,
we'll" ses Sue, "You ar an unmannerly set
to laff at anyboddy's mishaps."
Bet locked little dIspleased and we hush.
ed and went hum willin to fish no more that
day.
Dere KUHN, Promised to say a wird
abeout the rodes, but can't this time as I
am in CRATE hurry to carry lode of shin
giles to Col. Hooie's.
do wish we had plank rode tho for tina
say wun hoss kin pull as much as tn and I'm
snr' that wood suite me ceedingly.
reckin lie rite no more till the faul off
yere, but ! will think of you everlastinly,
HosHER SroRRIss.