Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-06-17
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Az AMUSING STORY.

AN AMUSING STORY.
"I reckon,' said old Mrs. Placide, whilst
making her first visit to the old Edgarton cot
tage, ssyou haint seen many of yorr neighbors
yet?'
"No ma'am'' said Laura sswe have been
here so long, and none have been to see US un-
I'll you. We were beginning to feel like un-
welcome intruders. But I suppose they were
much attached to the people who lived here
before us, and dislike seeing strangers in the
place of their old friends.''
ssOh no! that amt it they was afeard to
come.''
ssAfraid - said Laura, surprised s.afrad
Of what 20
''Well, We have heard you was all quality, if
you iGas broke, and afeard we would get our
selves in the wrong box. We've seed them
elephants and knows what they is" she con-
tinued nodding her head knowingly.
'Why, did not suppose" said Laura, smi-
ling, s'that we had anything so formidable in
this quiet little nook, and l am sorry that our
neighbors should make such bug bears of US,
and suppose US wanting in civility to them.''
ssOh, We wasn't aminding the civility. The
quoiity tudt OL So tlilCh one ullUutc Ilii
you begin to rub your eyes and wonder who
You is-thinks sure you must be the Pope of
Rome's wife; then they push you one side be-
fore you know it, like as if you wasn't fitten to
to tote their puppy dog. But they's sich
sight O trouble when folks begin TO have any
thing to do with 'em. Now, thar's the Feath-
ercords. They lives eight miles off, but the
&c n tbot Ill
wanderin' about outer their range. Well ,they's
mighty fine, and you see my daughter Betsy
Baker likes fine things, and took to 'em Nigh
tily. She was powerful anxious for 'em to
come and see her, so one Sunday she seed 'em
all at meetin', and axes 'em to come and take
dinner the next Saturday. Well, they all stood
up thar in the meetin' house and talked pow
er of dictionary talk about ssexceedingly,' - ard
scxqusitely,' an ssinterchangin' of rural hos
pitality ~ but whether they was a comin' in or
no, Betsy she couldn't make out. But how
somever, Betsy Flowed she had better be OH
the safe side, so kept up mighty fxin' all
the week. When Saturday came she had ev-
erything as fine as BRIDE cake, 'cepting the
dinner. Betsy lowed she wouldn't put that
She had been working hard all the morning,
her and the niggers, reddin' up the house
and dressin' up their sleeves. But when the
le~ener clock come and no quality. Betsy
give 'em out, and they all took off their Sum
day clothes and went to gittin' every day din
ner. They had to hurry nightly, but it was
ready arter q willie. The hands was workin'
close to the house, SO Betsy just hollered to
'em 10 come to their dinner. Arter the din
ner was all over, and every thing sot to rights
an the niggers sot to work, me and Betsy sot
down to cool and sew. Bout four o'clock Bar
ney Baker he come back from the courthouse,
says he, eBetsy, did them hired men come in
to dinner ~ ssLaw,' says Betsy, 81 was so ta-
Ken up expecting them Feathercord folks to
dinner that forgot all about your hirin' jim
and Bill Jones 10 split rails. and bein' as they S
70 far off, l reckon L didn't blow the horn. -
ssConfound the quality says Barney, s'they' IS
ali lust qualified for the lunerticker sylum ,and
reckon you will go along with 'em just to be
with the quality when they co." an he jerked
down the horn and he blowed blast you wo'd
sthought all the stages that ever run was ri
ven thar at onst. Just then we heard nigh
ty fuss in the front yard, and when we locked
thar was a fine carriage full O. women, with
horses hitched up with fishin' seins, cavortin'
about over the yard; and one o. the puffed up
niggers they had dressed up like soldgers, a
settin, ON a bench outside the carriage, was
bounced off like an injin rubber ball. l tho't
the creeter was killed, and run to him, but he
jumped right up before me, and MADE sich
bow, You meyer seed the like of it, jest like 1t
was part of his milishus drill, and says he
s.Mrs. Feathercord, Miss Feathercord, MISS
Netty and Miss Angeline Feathercord. by
that time Barney had got the horses quiet,and
says /, ssYou Mr.Flunkey had better open the
door and lettin them folks out, stidder stand
in here maxim pnanners," so he did 1t. lis
well he told me who they wur, for such car
go of folks never did see before. They had
the back o. their heads kiyered with artificial
flowers all fixed in little founces, and little
silk fans in their hands they called sunshades
reckon they want much acquainted with