Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-01-29
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MISCELLANY.
The Quality.


ment, and have accordingly placed it there
We feel assured it must tighten up many
countenances, and throw whole house
hold into pleasant humor wherever it is
read--E1.
Il reckon, said old Mrs. Placid, whilst
making her first visit to the Edgerton cot
tage, you haint seen many of your neigh
bors yetH
NO, ma'am, said Laura, we have been
here 80 long, and none have been to see US
until you. We were beginning to feel
like unwelcome intruders. But suppose
they we're all much attached to the people
who lived here before us, and dislike seeing
strangers in the place of their old friends
'Oh, no! that amt it; they was afeard
to some"
Afraid? said Laura, surprised, afraid
of what2
well, we heard you was all quality, if
you ,cas broke, and we was afeard we would
git ourselves into the wrong box. We've
seed them elephants and knows what they
is she continued, nodding her head know
ingly
why, I did not suppose, said Laura,
smiling, that we had any thing so formid-
able 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
'Oh, we wasn't amindin the civility.-
The quality lays that on so thick one
minute till you begin to rub your eyes and
wonder who you is-lhinks sure you must
be the Pope of Rome's wife; then they
push you one side before you know it, like
as if you wasn't 6tten to tote their puppy
dog But theyse sich sight of trouble
when folks begin to have any thing to do
with 'em. Now, there's the Feathercods.
They lives eight miles off, but the quality
is sorter restless creatur that alters a
wandering about outer their range. Well,
theys mighty fine, and you see my daughter
Betsy Baker likes fine things, and took to
'em nightly. She was powerful anxious
for 'em to come to see her, so on Sunday
she seed EN- all at meetin, and axes EN- to
come take dinner the next Saturday,
Well, they all stood up there in the meetiu
house and talked power of dictionary
talk bout exceedingly an 'cxquisitely,
an interchangin Of rural hospitality /;
but whether they was a comm or no, Betsy
lowed she better be on the safe side, 81
che kept up a mighty ixin all the week
When Saturday came she had everything
as fine as bride cake, 'ceptn the dinner
Betsy lowed she wouldn't put that on til
she made sure as if they was a COMM
She had been working mighty hard all tn
morning, her and the niggers, reddin u
the house and dressin up their selves
But when levener clock come and n
quality, Betsy give em out, and they al
took off their Sunday close and went
Citing every day dinner. They tad t
hurry nightly but it was all ready arte
awhile, The hands was workin close t
the house, so Betsy jest hollored to EN- t
come to their dinner. Arter the Dime
was all over, and everything washed u
and sot to rights, an the niggers all sot
work, me and Betsy sot down in the entr
to cool an sew Bout four o'clock Bal
ney Baker he come hack from the cour
house, says he, Betsy, did them hired me
come into dinnerY Law, says Bets.
Il was so taken up expecting them Featl
ercod folks to dinner, that l forgot abol
YOU hirin Jim and Bill Jones TO split rail
and ben as theyse so fur off, reckon the
didn't hear when | called the hands in
Ididnt blow the horn. 'Confound quality
says Barney, 'theys all just qualified Il
the iunatiker sylum, and reckon you
go along with EN-, just to be with Il
quality when they go, an he jerked dow
the horn and blowed a blast; you wou
q thought oil the stages that ever run W
irwin thar at onst just then we heerd
mighty fuss in the frunt yard, and VIII
we looked, thar was fine carriage full
O. women, with horses hitched up wi
hshin seins, a cavortin about over {
yard; and one o the pulled up niggS
they had dressed up like solgers a sett
on high bench outside the carriage, "
bounced off like a injun rubber ball
Thought the orsetur might be killed, a