The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-04-02
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tage' you haint seen many Of your neigh
bors yet q. '' ,'la ..'a.. - - o!
"No, ma'am," said Laura, ave have been
here so lcng, and none have been to see us
until you. We were beginning to feel like
unwe!come intruders. But suppose they
were so much attached to the people who
lived here before us, and dislike SEEING strau
gers in the place of their old friends" $50
=" Oh, no! that amt it they were afraid
to come" .-. '...a 'g.. = -... ..-.,
Afraid I" said Laura, surprised, "afraid
Of what?" .....t
?" Well, we heard you was all quality, if
you 'cas broke, and we was afraid we would
git ourselves into the wrong box. We've
seed them elephants, and knows what tbey
is," she continued, nodding her head know
ingly. '.. ..'....' ....s
Why, did not suppose" said Laura
smiling, that we had anything SO formida
BILE in this quiet little nook, and am sorry
that our neighbors should make such bug
bears of US, and suppose us wanting in civil
ity to them" ... > 0.Il
"Oh, we wasn't amindin the ciyility.
The quality lays that on so thick one min
ute Till you begin to rub your eyes and
wonder who you is-thnks sure you must
be the Pope of Rome's wife; and they push
you one side before you know it. like a. if
you wasn't fitten to tote their puppy dog.
But theyse sich a sight of trouble when
folks begin to have anything to do with 'em.
Now, thars the Feathercods. Tbey lives
eight miles of, but the quality is sor,er
restless creeter that's alters a wanderin abou,
outer their range. Well, theys mighty fine,
and you see my daughter, Betsy Baker. likes
fine things, and took 10 'em nightly. She
was powerful anxious for 'em to come to see
her, so one Sunday she seed 'em all at meet
IN, and axes 'em to come take dinner the
next Saturday. Well, they all stood up thar
in the meetin house and talked mower Of
dictionary talk bout exceedingly an sex.
quisitely,' and 'inierchangin of rural hos.
pitality;' but whether they was n comm or
no, Betsy she couldn't make out. But.
however, Betsy lowed she better be on the
safe side, SO she kept up mighty fixin all
the week. When Saturday came she had
everything rs fine as brides cake. 'cep,in
the dinner. Betsy lowed she wouldn't put
that on till she made sure if they was com
in. She had been workin hard all the
morning, her and the niggers, reddin up
the house and dressin up their sleeves, but
when levener clock come and no quality.
BETSY give EN- out, m they took off their
Sunday close an went to gettin everyday din.
ner. They had to hurry nightly, but il
was all ready arter a while. The hands
was workin close 20 the house, SO Betsy lest
hollered to 'em to come to their dinner
Arter the dinner was oil over, and every
thing washed up and sot to rights, an the
niggers all sot to work, me an Betsy sot
down in the entry to cool and SOW. Bout
fourier clock Barney Baker he come back
from the coatouse, he says, Betsy, did them
hired men come in to dinner = Law . saws
Betsy, i was so taken up expectin them
Feathercod folks to dinner, that forgot all
about your hirin Bill and Jim Jones TO spIit
rails, and bein as theyse so fur off, reckon
they didn't hear when called the hands in :;
didn't blow the horn.' 'Confound the
quality says Barney, 'theyse all Jest quail
lied fur the ;iunatiker sylnm, an I reckon
you'll GO along with 'em Jest to be with the
quality when they CO. an he jerked down
the horn an blowed blast, and you would
thought all the stages that ever run was
irwin thar at onst. Jest then we heerd
NIFTY fuss in the front yard, and when we
looked, thar wus fine carriage full o. wo
men, with horses hitched up with fishin
seins, eavortin about over the yard an
one O. the pulled up niggers they bad dress.
ed up like sogers, settin on a high bench
outside the carriage, was bounced off like q
inlin rubber ball. thought the creeter
might be killed, and run to him, but he
jumped right up and stood up before me,
An made sich bow, you n ever seed the ike
OF It, jest like it was part of his malisllus
drill, and says he, MRS. Feathercod, Miss
teathercod, Miss Netty and Miss Angeline
teathercod.' BY that time Barney had got
the HOSES quiet, and saysI, You, Mr..
Flunkey. had better be opinin the door an
etlin them folks ont. stidder stsudiu there
maxim manners SO he did it. II is well he
told me who they wur, for such a lookin
cargo never did see before. They had the
backs of their heads kiyered with artificial
flowers all fixed in little hounees, and little
silk fans in their hands they called sun
shades; reckon they warnt much acquaint-
ed with the sun, or they wouldn't thought
he was a mindin tbsm purity little things.
Then they had founcss all over their froek
tails, and all, over. their capes,. they called
ta!rners;' and they was .beHounced from
the tops VI their beads to the bottom Of their
feet, and all the founces pinted like windin