The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-05-05
nY REQUEST.
Aunt Kizzy"-Again.

'"i 'iC'epA HIeHu taxes OHencc NJ our
commencing her to the winning graces Of
old "Fa,her Gripe," and takes us to task
for 1t, and also for our general recommeu-
dat'ons in favor Of matrinony. 1t will be
seen she is great on scOta-and oh how
she ISLANDERS our ladies Of the presen, day.
Ep. AGE.
MISTER PRISrEn--Im surprised at
your i,nposiu' on pore lone widders fee
Inns, AS you did in lryin' to set that close
listed ole widderer "Father Gripe," after
me. | be bound ha's some mean, slinrv
old thing; but ii he comes after ,ne. I
be bound he goes away with flee in his
ear. Id ike TO see him. howsomever,
Jest to hear how he'd ,a|k-but you nee
dent tell him SO. May be he amt so
mighty mean and ugly ater all.
But rally, I'm surprised to hear men
talk as you do Always urging the boys
to get 'em wives--to marry-mary-
marry Telling 'em many wonderful
things about faithful companions, smoo
thing cares 'Sown' on shirt butlous,'-
and | don't know what all. I say it,
# things were like they used to be, then
they might talk. In my raisin could
git wife what was n wife But here
amt Il gal now a days, in my whole kno
win, that is fit for wife! How on ar,h
can they be fit to get married, wheh they
never done nothln' in creation but be an
expense They never did, nor they don,
know how to DO anything hu, sleep I'll.
breakfast ; g, up and flint AMI f,unce
and quarrel about cooking; eat, lie down
on the sOfy, rub snuff, read nove'I and
receive calls. Receive calls indeed =
This is wha. ;hey call it now days, when
boy goes to see n gal. In the good
old times, they called IT bv its righ, name
-goin sparkin'. But I'll be bounl il
was "a boy never would marry one on
'em. Aud | kno" If the boys know'd
how no count they are; aud how smar,
the gals ust to be, and how nasty aud
filthy they are, they never would either.
For only do think, To see "A gal with a
mob big enough to black shoes with era.
med in her mouth, making her jaw stick
out like she had An egg in 1t, while the
nasty spi,tle is running oat both sides OF
her mouth-lookiug for all the world
jest like soft soap running out Of the lea
kin soap kag my NANNY used to have
to see them draw back their heads
and daub away with great gaum o.
stuff, enougLto make the ,doss sick, and
take their hankerchers, right c,ean AID
white, and smearit all over trying 10 get
the filth Oft their pretty mouths! say
to see all this-oh, dear, hardly know
how | feel: for have sean their hauker
chers looked jest like an old newspaper
after layin' on a grog floor for month,
all smeared from end to end. Ard mercy
on us they think nothiu' OF spittn' their
nastiness right on the hath And upon
my word, I've seen 'em 60 to spit out
doors and let it fall right slap on the floor.
And if ever you did see sight, here was
one. And o, jest lie. boy come. How
they will slip and hide their old brushes,
run for water wipe their mouths or their
hankerchers, and cram them, spit filth and
all, in their pockets, and then set jes, like
butter wouldn't melt in their mouths
And then, dear me, how they will twis,
their mouths, double up their tongues,
iiih their heads about, and roll their eyes
Jest like I've seen sick calf do. And
then the novel they have just red is so
nice--so divine Such and such one
is such interesting character Another
is so liielike' O, they were so interest.
el! Mercy on me, interested with such
low-life stutt-ihiugs that never did nor
hardly ever could happen Dear me,
how things have changed. When John
ny use te come 10 see me we had other
things to talk about We read good
books, and studied about things that were
some account. I'll he bound he never
come and ketched the usin' snuff, or lyin'
on the sofv, or readiu' a novel. NJ, in.
deed, ] had other business to tend to-
| had to spin, and weave, and help cook.
And / was some count, too was heal
thy didn't look like skeleton dressed
up in clothes, bu, was rosy.red, aud had
flesh enough to look like human. And Of
eveuins, when | was done spinnin', John
ny used to hold the broach while | reel.
ed my thread. iecoiect 10 this day ho "
sly he used 10 look at me, and how lie
used to slip in word when the old folks
couldn't hear. But, oh me, there is no
use in talkin'-such days are gone. II
the boys only bad such gals to court and
marry these days, as WAS in my days,
then they might marry. But save me !;
il they do marry these slim, waspwsisted,
snuff eatin', noveI.readin', sofy- sleepin',
absent minded, cross grained, afiectioned
things that now grow up, don't know
what will become of 'em, for they are jus:
as much fit for wives rs calf is for p
judge.