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

their ftockitails, and over their cnpcs, they
called "inlmcrs;" and they was beaounced
from the tops Of their heads to the bottom
of their feet, opd all the Ilounces pinted like
windln sheets. only heap finer.
Betsy had run back soon MS she got the
fust glimpse, cause she had on mighty
dirty trock, but she put now white satin
shawl over her. and then she looked MS fine
ne any Of 'erh, and a&ed 'em to walk in, and
take seats, and SET down, ond be seated. -
Arler wniSc she told en- she was a lookin
for 'cm all the mornin. "Oh," SAYS old
Miss Feathcrcode. eve engaged TO be here
10 dinner; we never dine before four, and
it waats some, minutes TO that now" tnkin
ont her fine gold watch, tho the clock was
sttrrin right before Der Betsy looked as
blank as if she'd run, for sheriff and didn't
get vote. But she run rigbtin the kitch-
en, and the way she hollercd up DiIce, and
Alec, and Dina. and the whole tuckn of 'em
from The tat"r patch and the wash tub, and
The i'onin board, and all quarters, want
slow.
"Soon as got the quality all settled.
Went out to help poor Brtscya was sorry
former. Sich a sight as the kitchen was,
Thar was half picked turkeys. half,kined
chickens, everybody rmnin round, and Bet
sy Iookin like she was the demon of cooks.
Every side of the kitchen WINS hern, and she
was turnin round all sides AT onct. Saws ],
'Bctscy, honey, do let me- help YOU" SAYS
Betsy, Claw, mar, what ken YOU do? Do
pray go long in the house and talk TO them
ladies, and keep 'cu from pryin about: but
for The Lord sake, mar, don'Ltalk nothin low
life"
!" Well" says I, "Bctscy, / will try to
talk anything you want me to-" Savsshe,
"Ealk about the fashuns, and Washington,
whnr they went 10 last winter"
2. SO goes in, and SAYS ], "You all seed
any new fashuns this ycar?" Says one on
EN-, holdin up her head mighty high 1--WE
always receive from our mnntua- maker and
milliner the latest styles" "Wcll now"
says !, u thought you wouldn't spilled
yourselves that way, Your own selves an
10 and behole its that mnnchcrmaker woman
She sent .youall these.outlandish iimcracks,
and thought YOU didn't know no better
don't know what made Betsy think they'd
like to talk about the fashuns, for they didn't,
was cute enough to see that in min
ute; so Itried Washington Says L, you
was to Washington last winter q Says
one, mighty brisk, Yes. we went to see
our uncle take his scat in Congress as an
honorable Representatives 'Well,' says /,
'if aint clean beat So Jake Feathercode
is a Congris man Well. if he ken make
speeches as fast as he ken lay bricks, he's a
glib one. But I don't approve of people
leavin of good trade an takin up with
what they don't know nolhin tall about
Now Jake was a mighty good brick layer"
You are mistaken, maam" says she
"my uncle is the Hon. jacob Fcathercode. ("
Says I, al reckon administration. Old
Jake never had but two sons, Zcke, your
pappy an young Jake"
Well. if you believe it, Betsy was ont Of
it ogain-thoy wus no ways anxious bout
Washington so picked up mighty fine
little shiny snuff box, lyin' in one of their
laps, an says: "Ths is new fashun snuff
box; mighty purity"
!" 1t is not a snuff box" says she, right
off short; "t is card cese."
Bless me. looked right up to the top of
The room, "The Lord help your poor souls,
says l., why you aint cightecn years old
and cnmyin your cards about to play an
gamble with, all day long"
Says she, "tbcse are not game cards, they
are visiting cards" sr
"W Yell, says | "do let me see EN- -
She showed me one; twas noihin' onthe
Lord s yearth but pcice of white paste.
board, with "Miss Netty Feathercode" writ
on it.
I SaysI, "What does You do with these
things? Wwant worth while IN fetch 'em
here; we all knowed you. And your ng-
germ the uniform told all O. your names
aIore You could get chance to tell 'cm
yourselves"
Says she, "Whcn we wish to pay c~lls il
we do not feel like going in ourselves, the
persons we are calling on are out. or do not
wish to receive company, We just send our
servant 10 the door with one OF these, which
is equivalent to visit. We had some calls
to make on the way here this morning"
"W"ll, says |, "you all don't set much
store by each others company, ef nigger
in solgcrs jacket an piece of pnsteboard
does as we'll" and put it GOWN mighty
softly, athinkin you better make snuff
box OF H."
Well. I tried mighty hard TO entertain for
poor Betscy. | told email about bloe dive
an copperas dve, an how was the bcst way
10 set hens, an which aigs would hatch pni.
lets an which ROSTERS md how 10 keep a
dog froma suckin' Of EN-, an all about
BetEey's baby hapin' the measles an hoop.
in cough, both at onct. Butcfyou believe
me. they meyer heerd word WINS a sayih'