Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-08

the music. lookt as if they wished Miss San
son Savage was furder.
But it's plain to be seer, with all her pre-
tensions she feels onesy and oncomfortabl
the hull time. I've noticed that yer COLTS
9entility always dew. She knows she ain
the ginniuine article, and so she tries t,
make up fort in brass and buster. If any
thing goes on without her bein' head man
she always tries to put it down. She wa
gone journey when the sewin' society wa
started, and s'pose she was awful mad t
think we darst-to git up such thing with
out consultin' her. Miss Birsley called Oh
her when she got hum and axed her to jine
But she said she wouldn't--she despisei
sewin' societies, diGent want nothin' to dev
with EN-. Miss Birsley dident tell nobod,
what she said but me; she know'd 'twoul,
make some o. the wimmin mad and scare tht
rest-but we both know'd 'twouldent b.
long ere she'd be pokin' her n)se in among
US.
Well, as said afore. she came marchin
into the room where we all sot. She's
great, tall, raw-boned woman, and she stepl
off like trainer. She had on dirty pinl
sun-bunnit, and an old ragged blue calrice
open gown (wat JEFF calls shelal) over he'
dress. She dident so much as say allow.
de-dew," to nobody, but strammed righ
across the room and sot down; then she hu,
her old sun-bunnit onto the floor, and draw
a long breath, and says she: "Well, | vow
I'm tired-ben round a shoppin' and shop
pins no small bisiness with me. | don't &C
into shop and STAN an hour, and make the
clerks haul down all ther goods, and then
buy tew cents worth, as some folks dew -
here she lookt round at Miss Grimes and
Charity-"when | trade, trade to some
amount, and no mistake. was ruther tired
afore left hum-and company to dinner
dident think O. comm here when | come
out" Caroline GIpson thought she was
gwine to apologize for her dress, SO says
she, "Oh no apologies necessary--'twas jest
as wei! to come in as you was" "What!'
says she, 81 hope ye don't think I'D dress
ed up If had knew'd | was comm here
not l. l don't believe in riggin' up to come
to Sc vim mee,n', as some folks dew''--
(here she squinted at the Sknners--they
had on new plain dresses;--"but faint
everybody that can afford to wear an old
double gownd says to Poll. my waitin'-
maid, POLL says L, 'go to the lumber-room
and git my sun-bunnit and my blue calicer
double gownd; I'm gwine out 'Massy
sakesr' says Polly says she, 'does Missa
Savage know't the blue double gownd has
got one sleeve almost ripped out, and the
linin's all tore soft it hangs down below the
outside round the bottomr sPoIl,' says l,
'if 'twan't that you've jest come out Of Penn
sylvany woods, and don't kno. nothin'
abou. manners yet, I'D discharge ye on the
spot for darin' to question me, or make any
about wLat 1 order. I'll forgive ye
this time on account o. yer ignor.nce, but
ii ever you dew it agin you'll git your walkiin'
ticket on short order, ss sure as my names
Miss Samson Savage. Now start yer stumps,
and fetch them things quick meeter.' So
she fetcht 'em and went and done my shop
PIN. o. my way hum, it struck me that
you was to meet here today, SO thinks me,
I'll jest step in and see what they',e up
tew." "Will you take some sewin'r' says
Miss Birsley. "Not L." says she, "till l
know what I'm scwin' for. What do ye
calculate to dew with the money We raise.'
awe thought" says Miss Birsley, "that
is, the majority of US thought 'tw ould be a
god idea to arm enough to repair the meet
in'-house and build new pulpit" "Mur-
der" says Miss Savage; swell, Ivow if that
wouldent be Dorthy object $50 you
don't approve ont, hey" says Miss Birsley.
ga p, ,,rove on't!' says she; "no not l."
"No more don't me and Polly Mariar,"
says Miss Stllman. Miss Savage went on:
..I'd look purity, wouldent l, workin' to fix
up that meetin' house for Tuttle to preach
in!" So you don't like Mr.. Tuttle, hey."
says Miss Birsley. Like himp says she;
"not |. He don't know nothin'-can't
preach no more'n that stove-pipe"--(she
hates Parson Tuttle cause he han't never
paid no more attention to her than he has
to the rest O. the congregation)-"he's as
green as grass and as flat as pancake -
s.That's Jest what mar and me thinks" says
Polly Marian Stlllman. Miss Savage went
on: He don't know from broomstck. nor
bran when the bags open" "Thal's jest
what think" says Miss Stilman. 81 says
to Mr.. Stillman last Sabbath, as we was a
comm from meetin', "Mr. St:llman," says
but what twas she said to Mr.. Still
man dear knows, for Miss Savage dident let
her go on. 81 say" says she, "I'd look
beautiful comm to SEWN society and
workin' the eends o. my fingers off to build
a pulpit for Tuttle to be poked up in Sab
bath after Sabbath, and preach off jest what
he's mind tew. No-ye ketch me takin'
a stitch for such on object. dspise Tuttle,
and I'll tell him so tew his face when git
a chance. Ye don't ketch me slanderin'
folks behind their backs and then soft-soa2-
in 'em to their faces. as some folks dew"-
(here she lookt at Miss Stillman and Polly
Mariar.) "And where's his wife, I'd like to
know? Why amt she here to work to-day!
A purity piece of bisiness, l must say, for
you all to be here diggin' away to fix up
Tutte's meetin' house, when she's to hum
a playin' lady," "Miss Tuttle amt very
WE'LL" says |. "That's likely Story" says
Miss Tuttle Savage; and from that she went
on and bazed away about Miss Tuttle at a
terrible rate. Miss Stillman and Polly Ma
riar, and a number more o. the wimmin sot
tew and helped whenever they could git q
word in edgeways; and such haulin' over
as Miss Tuitle and the parson got, never
heerd afore in all the days o. my life.
While they was in the midst ont, Miss
Gipson come to the door and axed us ts
walk out to tea-she'd ben out all the after.
noon gittin' it reddy--so we put up our
work and went out. We don't have the tea
handed round at our meetlns as a general
thing, we have the things sot on long ia.
BILE; The woman O. the house pours tea a,
one eend, and we all STAN round and help
ourselves. It's very convenient, especially
where they don't keep no help. Well We
all took hold, aud for a while Parson Tuttlt
and his wife and every body else had Il rostin
spell, for even Miss Samson Savage hat
other use for her tongue. She believes il