The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-08-27
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1859


/ Afuaietegawny, aud he was wonderfully
interested in her. In short, they got
engaged about 4 week after they first
saw each other. He was to sail I'm q
few weeks, and Ann Eliza came home
i to make preparations for lcayin !.
Idcclare / couldn't help laughin' toll
see how hard she tried to look dignifiedi
and solemn. called to see her a Few
days after she got home. jeff went
with me; lie and she was old cr0nies;
they'd had many frolic together. She
was wonderful stately to us, had her
face drawd down about half a-yard
long. 1. FL a.5... Il. 4.
SO Ann Eliza, says JEFF, sit seems
4 you're @ II II for Muliietegawiiyl
Ies, says she, with q dolcful kind
IEof a lock, I'm about to enlist4in the
cause Of missions. Oh, JeiFersoni how
!, rejoiced | should be II you'd become a
|, missionary 81.
sShollR says JEFF, says he, tdo You
i think | could cut out Mr.. Simpson,
Ann Eliza skrowed the corners Of
!, her mouth and tried to look dignifder
than ever, but she had hard work TO
make it cut. e.
III I've notion to try, says JEFF, 4
/ cockin' up his eye. You hold on d
I spell and give me q chance
Ann II liza sniekered out, and saws
she, Git along, JEFF Magwire! you
] make me laugh In spite Of myself.
The next day Deacon peabody's
! wife come to our house and told me
4 that the congregation was gwine to-
+ make up boxof clothin for Ann
! Eliza, and said she s'posed I'd esteem
lit d privilege to eontribbit my share
towards it. Well, i didn't view ii as
3 any great privilege 70 be sure, hut II
8 thought ia ought to give sornethin',
q so j said I'D send d piece 81 bleached
4 muslin. Miss Peabody said that Ann
ii Eliza had received d good many pres
at cuts. articles for housekeepin, and &
At Forth, from her friends in q ainb let6 own
s- and she hoped there'd Be. enough con
ae tribbitted IN Scrabble Hill to make III
III her outfit. She said that the iadie
ae4 that wished to avail themselves of TIL
al privilege Of assistin' in this great Oh
ID ject would meet at Deacon Fustick' IS th
ID next Friday afternoon and sew for AM
Eliza; of course j wouldn't miss o
IS comm and ! might Fetch my contri
II button along. I told her I'd come if
8 could. And she went home
q I'D gin up attendin, the SEWN societ,
"a since Parson Tuttle was sent off, 70
III "a made up my mind there was NOR
III hurt than good come Of 'eln. i hel,
To q meetin' at home, alone by myself
Is went into committee Of the hull, an,
d past a unanimous resolution Of DISCUS
a at sewin' societies Id gineral, and til,
Scrabble Hill SEWN society in par
So tic'lar, and determined never to attend
IL it agin. L: ...2 II HI.
Is But after Miss Peabody went ava,
he I thought it over, and concluded to 20
ld for 'tWa'n't q regular meetin' of Tic
ed society, and, to: tell the truth, / hat
of some curiosity to see what would b
L. done. So when Friday came, II takes
or my piece Of muslin and starts Off FOL
ra Deacon Fustick IS. / told Mr.. Mag.
= wire to come after me In the evenin'
s, hut he said he'd be hanged IL Iii
rs would; so jeff axed if he mightn'
In come. you may If you'll promise Il
jto behave, says L. t0f course I'll d,
III. that, says he. s.z
.ad When got there, I found quite ;
Try number Of ladies collected, old an,
err young The old ones was knittin
stoekiI's for Mr.. Simpson, and tn
ass Young ones was maxim all sorts o
to- things for Ann EIiza---capes, collars
md cuffs, and what not. The SINNERS wa
ca Workin' pair Of footstools with woost
i've ed. Liddy Ann Bull was maxim
Of fancy headdress. Polly Marian Still
Of man was embrawderin a mornin' CAT
nm 10 Gipson's wife and Miss BreWste
was SEWN lace on to a number Q
liza pocket han'kerchers. Anna Maria
vas Lippincott Was workin' pair OF slip
pers for Mr.. Simpson. Gloriann Bill
lf- Inns was maxim him green yelye
O. smokin' cap, fgurin' it all over wit
be- gilt cord. And Ann Eliza herself wa
Ter, workin' him a pair OF fancy suspend
Axe ers. The Peabody girls was maxim
vas blue muslin sack. -
ny. Miss Samson Savage was there, to,
ac- piekin' her teeth, and exercisin'
was gineral supervision over the rest, O
) of derin' this one and commandin' tina
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