Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-12-03
AUNT kEZIA SMALL VISITS TIE
STATE EAIE.

"Did you ever 20 to Fair? No?--
Well now, that's curis. Most everybody
goes, some lime Or other, and each one,
when he siis back. has more to tell than
aEy ybody that's been afore bin. Strange
how every body alters sees the most. Now
there's Tom sates's wife--she knows
more than the original Iujuhs, and the
President, aud al! OF bis bobiDe,. You'd
think Sockratatus hi.self had come on and
made ye a visit. You cant mention q
single thing on this spear bat she's hurd
o: IT, and knows every little pariicular.-
She can tell you all .ne terosophy o! the
Atlantic paragraph, and the whole 'casion
II the thing not talking As they expect
ed ,would jest name the u ole to her.
aud i2Ld sakes! Moses h5seIf would b.
struck with the Spanish nildew, t, hear
her expletorase Clean from Geneserat to
Revolutions. she knows the entire story.
Parson Grimshaw cant hole candle To
her. She uses the biggest words, too,
tia. ever any body thought o., you ought
10 have dlctatorrite IN your pocket to
understand her. ! was ia there the other
day. aud | declare IL | could keep from
lariin' rite III her iace TO hear her talk to
her children.
-. ashing;on y poleon." sez she, dis
tingUisn lhal ire immediately. 1t is too
recsssteiy warm, with the mercury as 30
digits, 10 remit vi blaze 10 the greater
syreua JeDale, lie that book Oh the side,
and 60 and inform your pa that the noon
day repast is on the board. Mrs. Small,
do remove your b,nnet and shawl, and
dinner with Is.
Than you" sez !. I've dlnn-sed.'
!, is not only one day, but she S jest 50
Lighaown all the time aud poor saiter
looks - it he'd been drawn through a
Knot hole. It's iai. the a.tieultur.is had
. fair in Dover, and Mrs Sal.er deter
mined to 20. Sine sent Washington over
to see if | would company her. called
lcbabod IN And asked bm If he'd 60 with
US to tquart US; for, ys see. Mrs. Salter
said, only day aiore, that 1t wasn't pro
porous Tor any unpartt cted woman to 60
anywhere without + bired OF the ye us
home, to her heels. asked her what che
meant by that and sue said man. To
tell you the truth thought she meant
bag OF homiay. SaIler's folks are great
hands Tor ii, and | did ut know bu, she
thought anybody ought to carry some with
them all the time.
Wall, iehabod said he iidt know but
hed go; would il he thought hV could git
the barn took kecr of time enough to 90
to the kcars. After a while he said he
would 20 al, how, and Isent word back 10
Mr.. SaIter that meet her the next day
at the depot.
" The pinled day cum-jus. as fair and
handsome a one as ever you seed. Twas
in October, and IT was poet, could
tell you sight about the gold skies, aud
the enerel grass, and the campfire clouds,
but rs amt, I'd better let it alone. Mrs
Salter was fixed uif the iuoslsr. She's IA
powerful critler ior dress, and she fairly
expelled herself this time. Such rain
bow as she was-all iuTbellows and flu
madiddles. felt kinder mean beside her,
with my gray gown and my green sun
bonnet. Ichabod he was spanked up in
his go to- o-meetingables, gray irouserloons.
black coat and red waisicoat. lie parsded
US to the kears, and gave our tickets to
the pro3Ictor. Ichaboi is tight after Mr..
Salter's Syrena, but he shan't have her ii
| can help it. don't want darter Of
mine to do nothin' but read novels aud
drink pop beer. Syrena is up to that the
bull time.
lchabod. the ongrnieful boy, paid ~
much agin tention to Mrs. Sal,er as he
did to me, irving 10 git her good will, ye
see. He helped her on with her shawl
and carried her sna,chel bag for her, as
easy and keertul as il it had been hens
nest. There MAS an orfal jam in the
ksArs--everybo body IVES snshin' to git the
best place A red.hsadsd man, with =
bosom pin in his shirt. got his elbow shot
right through the winder, and got my
gown ript half yard, by poke from
An old womAns umbireller. gave her .
knock y pay far il. and sen. her bouncin
right into the face and eyes of old Doctor
prat. The DOCTORS spscs were all stove
TO smash, aud one OF The womans erin.
nerlines run clear ,aroaah the top Of his
stove pipe ha. ! thought be SAID, Tar
nation take the women bul he vowed ha
didn't il was, Accident will happen"
be psrteaded. Ths doctor. per'its