Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-10-16

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est darter The deacon was a widder.)-
She and me were great cronies, can tell ye,
and the way we used to 60 it when we got
together was 4 caution. Jerusha had the
heft of the work to do; so the day afore the
huskiu she sent for me to come over and
help her fix. was tickled to death to 60,
so put on my new calico dress there, how
well 1 do remember that dress. 1t was a
red and yaller stripe, with a sprig of roses
every now and then on to it. 1t was made
with short sleeves, and I put on my long
sleeved spencer; it was afore these ere basket
waists cum in fashion, we didn't have no
such foolish names in them good old times ;
we'll, I put on my long sleeved spencer to
keep my gown clean, and gay as peacock,
l went over to the deacons:
'Law-a-massy.sa sake sich a cluttered up
place as that kitchen was never did see.-
They had been churning, there sot the churn,
half full of buttermilk, rite in the middle OF
the floor and the dinner dishes wasn't wash
cd, aud the cat was actilly up in the sink
smellin of the butter ladle. Poor Jerusha
her face was redder than June pincy, and
her eyes looked like two holes burntin red
blanket. She was into the suds up to her
elbows, washin table cloths for the great ca
sion, and her little sister, Huldah, was out
piekin up chips to make the fire kindle.
wall, Jerusha, seq 1, 'now jest tell us
what you want done and here's the gal that's
ready to propel.
LET me See,' sez she, there's the attic
beds to make, and the fore room to sweep,
and the dishes to wash, and two cracked
puddin dishes to sew together, and the cof-
fee to grind, and the knives to scour, and
; then there's the cookin; let me think; |
baked the gingerbread and fried the turn
overs yesterday, and this forenoon l made
the punkin pies, so all we'll have to do will
be to make the apple and mincc pies, we
shall want two dozen of each kind, and then
there's the doughnuts and the -four bread tc
fix.
WALL. went into the work, hammer and
tongs, as Shakespeare says, and the way things
had to stand round was astonishin. made
all the beds and washed the dishes, and then
7 went to cookin Sakes alive! Sich a
master sight of spice and sugar as it did
take. But Jerusha was determined to have
things real nice sFor,' sez she, 'fatbcr has
gin some of the Punkin City fellcrs an invite,
and l want them to know that there's some
folks in the world besides them
This was like adding dry hcm'ock wood
to the fire of my smartness, and flew round
till my feet hardly teched the floor. BY
sunset everything was rcddy. The biggest
pewter platter was secured and put in the
best room for in them days it was the FASH
ion after the corn was husked to rejourn to
the fore room and spend IN hour or two in
plays; and rolling the plate, was one of the
best plays VIC had. Why, that night, Mica
jah and but there, I'm gettin before my
story. I sot all the pies on the great meal
chest in the rough roow to cool and smash
in lot there were of 'em I can tell ye.--
'Twould have made yer mouth water to have
seen 'em with the rich, spicy steam curliu'
out through their haky kivers. by aud by
the deacon and his men camein to luncheon.
The deacon, he complimeuted me ou my
rosy cheeks; said they looked like two great
Baldwin apples. The deacon Was very
poetical man, the deacon was. Wall, putty
soon the husking folks begun to arrive The
men they all went straight to the barn, and
the girls came into the house to fix up lit
tie. There was Debby Bean, and Becky
Derbon, and Sally Wadewood, and Poll Ham
merton, aud Kitty Blake, and Anna Grudge,
and lots of others, as the pothecares say of
their medicines, 'too numerous to mention.
We went out to the barn after we'd smooth
ed our hair a little and was soon as busy as
the busiest. Everybody, that is, all the boys,
was trying to find red ear of corn, and
jokes few around lively I kind OF cast
sleeps eyes around on the ordinance, and
saw good many strange faces that sus-
pected cum from Punkin City. Somehow I
took quite likin toa feller that sot opposite
to me, he looked so pert and spry.
Il saw him huskiu away like all possessed,
and byme by he up and halloed-'Tve got
red ear! hooray! now, gals, look out And
tell you he did flourish round there among
the gals to an awful rate. DO believe he
kissed Poll Hammerton full dozen times.
I never could see what there was 80 extract
! in about that gal, but all the fellers was al
lers a trailin after her.
Il felt quite jellus of her, but my jelosy
was all compelled when he cum up to me-
Laws-a-massy, sez l, I never can let you
60 away now. airt in favor of such do
ins. But he never paid the least attention
to me, but kissed me full as many times as
he had Poll. (How mad she was.) My
face was all in blaze. I was actilly asham-
ed. He sot down and broke off the hard
cobs for me, and talked in such polite way
to me that I soon forgot how shaller he had
acted with Poll.
Wall, arter while the great barn floor
was cleared, and the yaller corn lay bright
and shining in big heaps by the hay mows
Then all hands started for supper. The men
went to the pump and secured up their hands
and faces, and We put supper on the table.
Twas we'll that we baked dozen more
pies than we calculated on, for the way the
vittels disappeared was alarming. I began
to fear that Joe Hammerton (Pnll's hrotherl