Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-07-15
THE STORY TELLER.
From the Boston Cultivator.
Betsey's Visit to the City.

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How surprisin' It's that some people have
such strange notions,' said Aunt Deborah, as
she seated herself in her easy chair, and delib-
erately took pinch of snuff, why they seem
to think they're better than everybody else be-
cause they happen 10 have little more money
and they give themselves great many airs
There's them city ladies that are visiting at
| Squire Bolton 's-they act as if the ground
isn't good enough for them to walk on, and
they turn up their noses nightly at Us country
folks, but they don't know any better, that's
all. For my part, / consider myself as good
as the best as long as behave well,' and she
drew herself up with much dignity.
g Did you ever visit the city, Aunt Debby. =
asked |, anxious to divert her attention from
the new corners, who, saw, stood not very
high in her estimation.
mo, never did, she replied, sbut nv sis
ter Betsey has been to New York, and she
told me all about it, and that was quite enough
for me. Id no desire TO go, after that; be-
leve never told you about Betseys visit, and
so you'll just hand me my knitting work, will
give you slight history of it,.
gladly sprung for the work, and Aunt Deb
by commenced knitting vigorously. l seated
myself upon low chair near he., and she
began. -.- -sa e4l Su..i .r.... ls4 d.
'Well, you see, father had sister who mar
ried spruce yonng man and went to live in
New York, where they kept small grocery
store, and by prudence and good management,
got quite beforehanded, as the saying is. So
Joseph Warren tnrned dry goods merchant,
and his wife suddenly turned into lady, at
least, she tried very hard to be genteel, and
keep up with the fashions. They had only one
child, my cousin Matilda; her mother was
very anxious that she should be accomplished
and fashionable, and hold up her head as high
as anybody. Aunt Warren was very careful
! not TO let Matilda know that her grandfather
was poor shoemaker, and her father once sold
Goldfish and cheese in little dark shop, and so
she grew up with very aristocratic notions -
She used, however, TO come down TO see US in
the summer, for it was very fashionable to 'ru-
ralize in the country as she called it, and
sometimes she would stay six weeks at time
We all felt it quite an honor to receive onr fine
lady cousins visits. She always sent us word
week before she came, and such a time as
we had getting ready for her. The best cham
ber WAS set anart far her use and siStar R.d
sey and scrubbed the floor until it was white
as chalk, and then We put while curtains up at
the windows, aud looped Them with ribbons,
and filled the fireplace with evergreens, and
hung fesloons of flowers all over the room.-
Everything in the house was put in fine order
for her, She always seemed 10 enjoy her Wis
lis. She said the fresh air gave her an appe-
lite, and SO you would have thought, if you
could have seen her eat my moiher's new bread
and sweet butter, and the strawberries and
cream. We gathered strawberries every morn
ing for her-she was too languid generally TO
| pick them herself-and she always thanked us
| very sweetly, so we felt repaid for our trouble.
ludeed, we thought it a pleasure to do things for
cousin Matilda When her visit was over, and
her fathers carriage came to carry her back to
New York, she was veryProfuse in her invi-
tations to US to come and see her in the city
Oh, she would be SO delighted if she could see
Betsey and there-noihing would give her
more pleasure Of course we believed all she
said. We could not think her capable of de-
ceit. At last | thought, as had never seen
the city, that would go and spend few days
at Uncle Warren's; SO wrote as polite let
ter as could, and told them when would be
there. The next mail brought us an answer
from Matilda. She felt extremely sorry
she said, but she was just going to leave the
city for month or SO, and wished Inc TO de-
fer my visit for the present. She regretted il
very much, for my company would be exceed
ingly agreeable, &c. We thought it very
strange, for Matilda had always told us tha
she never left home on long visits in the win
ter. However, couldn't think that it was on
ly an excuse, because she did not want to see
me. Oh, no. she asked me twenty times Il
visit her.
Well, the next winter, Betsey concluded
that she would go to New York and spend
few days as father had some business there
and she could ride down with him Just as wei
as not. Mother thought that it would be ;
very good plan for Betsey TO see little of thu
world, as she had never been away from home
and was awkward enough. Such a, time al
we had fixing her.off! Her Leghorn bonne
had TO be bleached and trimmed Miss Wig
gins, the milliner, undertook to do it in he
best style. 1t did look very smart when j
came back, only Miss Virgins had rather to,
much taste for variety of colors. 1t wa
trimmed on the outside with deep pink ribbon
and large bunch of blue and white flowers
and it had blue lining and orange colore,
blossoms inside, and the strings were of diff
ferent color still. .,sa h..l- r.s
Betsey thonght her striped silk 1T wa
mothers wedding gpwn-would answer with
out much altering though the waist was rath
er short and out of fashion. She said she dil
not care a fig about the fashion, and ''Tild
would be Jest as glad to see her in that dress a
any other. Betsey always talked very broa
aud ,old-fashioned. Mother never could brea
her oft She used to stay, when she was
child, with grandmother, and she learned t
talk exactly like her. Well, at last everythin
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