The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-06-02

Witch of Endor. All you will have t
do will be to dress to represent that lad :
aod stand perfectly still behind curtain
atd people will pay something TO see you!
wall. l'se old and ignorant. and didn'
know what Is about, so | consented.
sent EN- the pig and the turkeys, and tn,
chickens and apples. and the rest of The
things wanted, up to the meetin' house
the day before the fair
The next day my husband tackled NJ
bis old horse and chase to carry me tc
the fair Our old chase. somehow OF
other, don't look very we'll. There's q
hole in the top and sides, and some Of
the spokes of the wheels are gone. The
wheels squeak powerfully, too. Wall
We hadn't but jist got into town, when i!
seemed as if all the boys out of jail come
a hollerin and hootn' arter US, as if the J
was possessed.
'Hurrah for the Witch Of Endor Her
chariot approacheth Make way for bel
majesty /"
DO ask them onsightly critters to be
civil see 10 husband-'my patience is
gone entirely
AT that he clan bered ont of the ch ase
ana after en- lick -erte- spit and oh, mas
sy sake he dropped the reins on the
ground, and the old horse took notion
/ to go-and he went. You see he knew
the way to the church, aud put chase for
it. Husband he come holern' whoa
whoa 7 jist as | was ridin' up to the meet.
in' house. The mcctiu' house yard was
full OF folks latin aud starin as if the =
hadn't DO rcspcctabiiity in um. | got
out of the chaise aud made my way thro'
the crowd, and when they wouldn't make
room, clbow"d 'em right smartly. i'm
desput thin OF flesh, when bit nm they
give back as if they'd been struck with a
| dagger.
Paid twenty cents to 60 into the
church. The tables inside did look beau
tiful. Nora, sbe explained the fxins to
ne. There was grab bags that contain
cd hundred things worth one cent, and
one thing worth ten, and you paid five
cents grab, and if you grabbed right
you would get twice your moneys worth.
And there ia. ring cake. Twas dis-
ded into fifteen slices. You paid dollar
slice, and oue slice contained a ring
worth City cents. So that be that got
the right slice got ring. And there
was guess cakes and ever SO mapy sich
kind of things, tCo numerous to mention.
wall, they drest nc up to represent
the Witch of Endor. never was very
handsome, and they riggcd me up at such
a rate that must have looked awful |
stood behind the curtain, aud people paid
a niDepeuce to come in aud see me-
| Some went off mad; children generally
scared; some went off laffin' as if they q
split. | evidently produced powerful
impression on all that saw ne. People
at last come to see me faster than they
could be accommod ated | could hear
un talking around the tables about the
Witch Of Endor's pig, and turkeys, aud
cake; and | begun to feel at length,
dreadfully as though | was making fool
of myself. / stood there, feelin' desputly,
and had ju-t made up face to cry over
wy unfortunate condition, when, all of a
sudden, down come the curtain, and there
| stood ri. bt afore um all They sot
up sich hurrain as | never heard be-
fore or since. elbowed my way through
um like wildfre, and made for the gcttin
out place and struck for home.
Wal, | went home with all my Witch
/ Of Eudor riggin' on. When husband
come to :be door to let me in, he was SO
frightened that he set the dog on me-
The dos come towards me, growled and
run as il he'd break bis neck, and | bav-
en't seen him from that day to this. ]
at last convinced my husband that | wa:
bis beloved wife When | explained i,
all to him, the way be growled WAS 9
caution.
wall, they raised $500 at that abom
Unable fair. With it they bought an orna
mental chandelier and silk pulpit cush
ion, and hired carpenters to ID axe ginger
bread work all over the mcctin' house.
I'm just Of Mrs. Deacon Wares opin
ion about church affairs, am-tbat they
are Just the wickedest swiDdlers that or
tbodoxy ever tolerated. She says tha
the older church members think ] wa
dcsputly put upon at the fair. aud. de
clare, | don't believe but what | was"