Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-30

selves hoped.
Presently one on 'em looked at one O. the
niggcr gals and says, "GrI, hand me the
celery" NF
Dilce looked at Betscy mighty hard :;
Betsy frowncd Mt Dilcc. an looked like she
oughtcr know all,about it, an says, "Han
the salt. cellar"
dice handed the salt cellar NO" says
the quality gal. al asked Tor the celery," an ;
she looked hight in the plate o. raw shell.
Totes.
dice jerked up that an handed il 10 her.
"Thcm is Shellotes," says Barney.
The quality gal turned her nose right up
at Betsy's shellotes, what never done her
no harm, an says, 81 thought they were
celery"
4" I'm very sorry" says poor Betsy, al
didn't know you preferred salary to shcl.
lotes." .t- ..->..4.
'Nou needn't trouble yourself to be sor
ry, wife" said Barney, 1--WE haint got no
salary. an 'aint your fault they don't grow
here"
Artcr while one on em had eat every.
thing out o her plate right clean, an says
she, "Mr. Baker, | believe will change my
plate. and take a bit of that goose"
Certainly, man." says Barney, mighty
polite. SO he cuts OFF a nice piece aud LAYS
iton his own plate, what was full o all
sorts o things, an swaps plates with Miss
feathercode. Well, the notionate woman
wouldn't eat a-bit OF Barney's dinner arter
sho got it, an didn't know whatmade Bar
ncy looked SO solam like he was adoir gnis
chief, Comet to find out, he knowed all
the time that she wanted right clean
plate to eat that piece o goose off er.
After they had all made mighty hear.
ty dinner, Che old lady tuck her Hands an
done EN- so at Dilcc like she wanted 'em
rubbed Wcl, the niggers had been run
min round the table all the time, and Dilce
was bent on shown how smart she vas.-
SO she flew at the old souls hands an set
to rubin cm like aii possessed but Miss
Feathercodc jerkcd 'em away, an says she,
81 wanted a finger basin"
Poor Betsy, she was tuck all aback agin.
But she is mighty smart oman, eff she is
my daughter and don't often be put out.
She remembered in minute he little
porringer she keeps on the top shelf to give
sick people chicken soup in, So she had
filled with water, an handed to Miss Feath
ercod. She washed her hands in it, an all
around hcrmouth, and then tuck mouth.
ful and washed out the inside o her mouth
aud spit it all back in the porringcr.-
Thinks !, You "don't git.me to eat no more
chicken soup out of that qnality finger ba-
sin''
The rest o the quality when they seed
thar was no moro porringcrs comm, all
washed thar hands in their tutnblcrs.
looked with all my eyes TO see 'em drink
the water when they was done an spit it
back in the tumbler; but as good luck
would hayCit they didn't; | know it,would
made Barney mighty mad to had to
smash up all them new tumbers arter the
quality had used en-: an fur my part,
can't sec what they bedaub their selves with
everything they eat fur, and can't git up
| from the table tell they are washed.-
! 'Iwould been u heap less trouble to poor
Betsy Of they had keptthcir hands under
the table cloth, and let the niggers fed
| EN-. @
/, Byihc time tho dinner doins wus over
it wns purity late. We thought shore they
was gwine TO stay all night. Bnt fust
thing we knowel, they axed for their hats.
! CThats what they call them poseys they
war on their heads) Barney told 'cm they
better stay, that twas daugerousto ride
eight miles over that rough road after dark.
"Oh" says one, g we never 90 ont before
dark If we can avoid it; Old Soils too ar
dent beams are so overpowering"
Yes" says another, and the gentle
| moonlight is so soft and beautiful"
And, says another, $50 poetical and
soul inspiring. q
!. And, says fothcr, "the twinkling stars
looking like the ever watchru eyes Of our
| guardian angels"
Barneyooked ike he thoughts it was his
to warn 'em an to AK 'ep to, stay all night,
I but seemed nightly relieved when thev
wouldn't be warned. He told 'em thofe
wasn't no moon, but they said iihein an
! their Goodman an bosses an carriage was
all use 10 rdin about at night so they, fix
ed on their head gear and took their little
sun fans aud started.
Poor Betsy wus hard at wolk to the iasL
/ gttin their supper, for she was bound to
have that in time
"Well, wife," says Barney, az don't know
which looks the jadedest, you.or my par of
old oxen that Ben Gill has been working
most 10 Death"
:" don't think, Mr.. Baker" says Betsy,
you lave much respect for your wife, to
compare her 10 your old oxen"
Says he, "Whether | have respect for
her or no, am gwine to take care of her.
nm you've got to let them quality folks
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