Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-06-22

CHOW amt that strange? thought I'd
told every body about it, to be sure! La!
wall, twill be news for you, then ! You
know. Nora Thorndale, Judge Thorndale's
darter. She came over to our house and
said our congregation was goin' to have d
fair in the village meetin house
Dui tell, says 1. Who's goin to
'''OI + said she, mighty smilin', 'we
amt goit' to have preachin' ; few young
persons In the congregation, who seem to
take deeper interest in the church's vel
fare than the members themselves, desire
TO purchase few indispensable articles for
the meetin' house; and we thought if all
the church would present US with cakes
and pies, and meats, and such things, we
would appoint a night to sell them in the
Vestry of the church, and take the pro-
ceeds to buy the necessary things. The
plan is well received, especially by the
young. You know the money is to be
spent for charitable purposes, and on that
account, everything given us will sell for
double its value
"'Wall, | wouldn't have believed that
there was SO much wisdom left in the
world, to have conjured up that, SUI l.
s't1Tis even So said Nora And
what will you give? You live on farm,
and farmers ought to produce lots of things
that would be acceptable
q Wall, [ will give two roast turkeys
and SIX roast chickens, SUI I, thinking that
would be as much as any body could expect
these hard times.
g I'm? wall, what else? IT'S for the
church you give it you know. Church
members shouldn't be less anxious for their
interests than the world
e You see [ was church member, and
she want.
az Wall, I'll give jar of peach jam,
SUI l.
''' That will help along some A few
bushels of apples, or roast pig, would be
acceptable =
g She was so ravenous that 7 BEGAN to
be sorry had offered her anything. How
somever [ thought I would 90 the whole
hog OF none, so promised the pig and APP
pies.
go Of course you will give us cheese,
and pies, and cake, and milk, and cream,
and then think you will have done your
part at giving. BY the way, we are to have
historical tab}ea1u, and Mrs. Amos Bruce
wanted | should ask you to take the part
OF the Witch Of Endor All that YOU
Will have to do will be to dress to repre-
sent that lady, and stand perfectly still be-
hind the curtain, and people will pay some
thing to see youn
g." Wall, Use old and ignorant, and didn't
know what Use about, and so / consented
II sent them the pigs and turkeys
and chickens and apples, and the rest of
the things wanted, up to the meetin-house
the day before the fair.
:" The next day, husband tackled up his
horse and chaise to carry me to the fair
Our old chaise, somehow or other, don't
look very well, There's hole in the top
and side, and some of the spokes of the
wheels are gone. The wheels squeak pow
ertully, too. WALL we hadn't but Just got
INTO towu, when it seemed as if all the
boys out of Jail came hollcrin' and hootin'
arter US as if they were possessed.
"s Hurra for the Witch of Endor! Her
chariot approached! Make way for her
majesty !" they kept squallin' at the top
Of their lungs
:. DO ask them unsightly creeters to be
civil, SUI | to my husband-my patience
gone entirely.
eat, that he clambercd out of the chaise,
ard after 'em, lick erte split, tight as he
could leg it. And oh MASSEY 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
and put chase for it. Husband, he came
holerin' whoa whoa = just as | was ridin'
up to the meetin' house The meetin'
house yard was full of folks laughin' and
starln' as if they hadn't got no repectabili-
ty IN EN-. got out of the chaise, and
made my way through tho crowd, and,
when they wouldn't make room, elbowed
them right smartly. Pm desput thin of
flesh, and my elbows awful sharp, and
when | hit EN-, they gave back as if they
had been struck by a dagger.
paid twenty cents to 90 into the
church. The tables inside did look beauti-
full. Nora, she explained the fxeu's to me.
There were grab-boxes that contained an
hundred things worth one cent, and one
worth ten; and they paid five cents to
grab, and ifyou grabbed right you would get
twice your moneys worth. And there
was a ring cake, Twas divided into
fifteen slises. You paid dollar a slice,
and one slice contained ring worth fifty
cents: So he that got the right slice had
a ring. And there were guess cakes and
ever so many such kind of things, too
numerous to mention.
''Wall, they dressed me up to represent
the Witch of Endor. l never was very
handsome, and they rugged me up at such
a rate that | know l must have looked
awful. I stood behind a curtain, and pee
pie paid ninepence to come in and see me-
Some went off mad children generally
scared. Some went off laughin' as if
they'd split. l evidently produced a pow
erFul impression on all who saw me-
People, at last. began to come to see me
faster than could be Accommodated 1
could hear 'em talking around the tables
about the Witch of Endor, and the Witch
of Endor's pig, and turkeys, and cake;
and | began at length to feel dreadfuly,
as though was making fool of myself
stood there feelin' desputly, and had just
made up face to cry over my unfortunit
condition, when all of sudden down come
the curtin and thnrn T stood r;b+ .o,,4