Smyrna times., 1859-05-19

necessary articles. The plan is we'll received,
is to be spent for charitable purposes, and on
that account everything given US will sell for
double its value
e. Well, wouldn't have believed there was
SO much wisdom lef; in the world, as TO have
conjured up that, sez l.
"''TIs even so,' said Nora. 'And what will
you give! Yon live on a farm. and farmers
produce lots Of things that would be accepta-
/ ble.'
." "WelI, | will give you two roast turkeys
and six rOast Chickens sez |, thinking that
would be as much as anybody could expect
these hard times.
"'Um! Well, what else Ills for the
church you give it, you know. Church-mem.
bers shouldn't be less anxious for their interests
than the world
"You see was a church-membc: and she
wasn't,
"' Well, I'll give you jar of peach JAM
sez I.
That will help along some. A few BUSH
els Of apples or a roast pig would be accepta-
ble'
"She was so ravenous, began to be sorry
offered her anything. Iiowsomevcr, thought
Id GO the whole hog or none, SO prom .eed the
pig and apples.
"'Ot course you VIII give US cheese, and
pies, aud cakes, and milk, aud cream, aud then
think you will have done your part Of the
glvin'. By the way, we are 10 have historical
tablcaux, aud Mrs. Amos Bruce wanted you to
take the part of the Witch of Endor. All you
have to do will be to dress to represent that
lady, aud stand perfectly still behind curtain;
and people Will pay something to see you
"Wall, is old aud ignorant and didn't know
what | was about, SO | consented. | sent them
the pig, and the turkeys, and the ch ckens and
apples, and The rest OF the things wanted, up to
the meetn' house the day before the fair.
The next day my husband tackled up his
old horse and chase to carry me to the fair
Our Old chase, somehow or other, don't look
very we'll There's hole in the top and sides,
and some of the spokes of the wheels are gone
The wheels squeak powerfully, too. Well, we
hadn't but Just got into town, when it seemed
as If all the boys cut of Jail come hCllern' and
hootin' arter US as IT they were possessed.
"' IIurra for the Witch of Endor Her cha
riot approacheth Make way for her majesty!
"' Do ask them unsightly critters 10 be civil
sez | TO my husband my patience is gone en-
tirely.
AT that he clambered out of the chaise, and
after 'tm lick ,erte-spit tight as he could leg it.
And, oh ! massy sake! he dropped the rcins on
the ground, and the old horse took a notion to
90, and he went. You see he knew the way
To the church, and put chase for it. Husband
he came hollern' whoa, whoa {! just as | was
rilln' up TO the meetin' house. The meetln-
house yard was full of folks laughin' and sta
rim as If they hadn't no respectability in um.
got out of the chaise aud made my way thro'
the crowd, and when they wouldn't make room
elbowed them right smartly. I'm desprit thin
of flesh. and when hit um they gave back as
if they'd been struck with a dagger.
"pad twenty cents to go into the church,
The tables inside did look beautiful. Nora she
explained the fXins to me. There were graf
boxes that contained hundred things wortt
one cent, and one thing worth ten, and you palC
five cents grab, and if you grabbed right you
: would get twice your moneys worth. AnC
there was ring cake. Twas divided into fif
; teen slices. You paid dollar slice, and one
slice contained a ring worth fifty cents. So hi
:. that got the right slice got the ring. And there
= were guess cakes, and ever so many such klnt
: of things too numerous 10 mention.
J oval, they drest me up to represent tn
Witch of Eudor. | never was very handsome
and they rugged me up ut such rate that
must have looked awful. | stood behind tn
curtain aud people paid a nnePence to come Il
r. and see me. Some went off mad; chlldre
n generally scared. Some went OH laushlh d
5. # they'd split evidently produced power
y full impression on all that saw me. People a
" last come to seG me faster than they could b
;. accommodated | could hear um talking aroun
ID the tables about the Witch Of Endor's pg an
70 turkeys, and cake aud | began to feel, q
:. length, dreadfulfy as though | was making
.. fool of myself | stood there feelin' desprll y
W and had lust made up fuce to cry over my Ut
a. fortunate condition, " hen, all OF sudden, dow
- came the curtain, and there | stood right atol
IN nm all! They sot up such hurraln' as neV'
o. heard before or since. | ebowed my way thr
q nm like wild fire, aud made for the gettln' OF
,ir place, and struck for home.
~ 4" Wall, | went home with all my Witch
a Endor riggin' or. When husband came TO u
oh door to let me in he was frightened that
n set the dog on me. The dog came towards IN
of orowled. and run as if he'd break his neck, a
in haven't seen him from that day to this, at Ia
no convinced my husband that was his beloV
wife. When explained il all to him, the "
- he growed was a caution.
" Wall, they raised three hundred dollars
that aboninable fair. With it they bought
. ornamental chandelier and silk pulpit cu'
II. ion, and hired carpenters TO make gIngerofe
work all over the mGetin'-house.
I'm inst of Mrs. Deacon Wares opn
at abont church fairs, am-that they are just
one wickedest swindles that orthodoxy ever tole
ted. She says they are KILN TO reHglng'
think so TOO. She says that the older chur
members think was desprltly put upon al
huu fair, and declare, don't believe but wha
ven was"
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