The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-02-12

now, ses ], yer'oe dun II, yer broke eroclssry
ware, yer is. @Oh, no." ses the Major, sthas
wos bell that people ring when they cum" /"
tell yer, Kuzen Stukely, you mustn't holier
nor mock neether when yu 60 to see this
house; jist pull that simblin andit tells the
muse all over the house; and then smart
little sarvant cumes and looks at your feet
and eff they are clene he'll tell yer to walk in !;
but Of They're muddy, he'll say nothing, but
60 back in the house, and leave yer thar. So
when you 60 You look on the end of the steps
and you'll see thing made of iron to scrape
yer feet on.
We next went up stairs, and the stairs all
the way up was kivered with that lie cloth 1
told yer ov. Thar war n heap of rooms up
stairs with high beds, and purity quilts, and
purity curtains in the windoes, snd the fore
was kvered with butiful coppet. Icould'nt
tell You haf / seed A dore in the side Of the
wall that led to. the scoop below" on the top
of the house; but we didn't go up thar, We
didn't We went down stairs into the Bes.
tivulc, and then we goes into the room which
thought was the "Parley-voo" room, for
thar was no bed in it, and the Peanner was
thar with nice blanket over il, and the fore
war kivcrcd with nice coppct, and on the
mantle peace thar war clock that had glass
shade over 1t, like soap bubble, and it kept
runnin for 81 dasc without winding up--you
know that beats daddy's clock all holler for
yer might wind and wind till yer got tired, and
then it would take whole day to run haf
an our.
Well, l hadn't seed all yit, thar was on the
north side ofthis room,a big double dore that
led into the Farley VOC room. The Major
cotched hold Of the handle and clack, il went
and then with n military sling he gin it push
and l hcerd sumthin go squ-ec-ee-k like it run
on wheels, and looked to sec whsr the door
was, and the Jeru.soap-suds, ef it didn't 90
back into the wall like n tarrypin's he'd when
he swollers hisself, and then he TUX the side
and gin it push and it went ker-slap into
the wall like the other, looked in and the
only thing seed for minits was pare of
eyes ritc aforc me, coold'nt pom the ycth
tell whar was nor what it was that seed
until the Major ses cum in, then l moved,
and would yer believe that them eyes war
mine, shining in a looking glass with n goold
frame, on the tother side Of the parley Then
the Major axcd me to set down, and | sot
down on the Sophia, which is long seat
made of hogony wood, and kivcred with Mo-
ses' hare 'on springs. When sot down, it
went down, and jumped rite up and it ris
arter me, and may Jimmy Johnson squeeze
me If nocd what was rong. Then the Ma
jOr ses try yon seat; it war most like the So
phia, only more squarer. Well down sot
on II and it went down like the other, but l
sot still and crossed my legs and axcd the
name Of this seat, and he said it was called
the "Divine Ann" used in the East for n So
shil chat between tu persons. It was jist
big enuf for tn. i thot it was ritely named,
for ! felt Ike divincsthe whole time sot on
it Them Ne axea ITO set on big easy
cheer withfsckers, sot on IL and rocked
till got sleepy. It was heap easier than
our rocking cheer that daddy made when big
Sis was born, you know he borried tu
slaves from Uncle Josh's beer barrel for the
rockers you ,kno, never could sleep on il
nor sleep when any body else was n rockin.
Next looked Mt the sentry table that had n
marbel top ike toom stone, any more nor
1t wasn't shaped like it, and on it was few
choice books and candle stick and the pur
tiest little silver cup you ever seed it belong
ed to the M.jors wife and had her name on
it. l shall alters like the Majors Lady for
her name is Susan and that is my sweet
hearts name, 'xactly it is.
The last thing seed was the Jerry on
dools' on the mantel peace, to hold candles.
they looked Ike goold. And the windor
fixins was h@d by goold lookin thing
called eorndishes.
II was male day, as sed afore, so /
seed enuffo this time. bid the Major and
his lady good bye, and told EN- I'd rite to
You.
No moe till the next time.