The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-06-20

! dinner spread out, and thar stood Barney
and Bill and Jim Jones, ready to set down
: The quality looked at Jim and Bill, and thei
looked at each other, and looked for all tn
world like they never bad been axed to ca
dinner before, and didn't know whether t
sit down or not.
Barney he knowcd what they wus arter
but din't. So says he, "Ladies take seat
and set down and help yourselves. Bill, yoI
and Jim set down and fall too. These gen
tlcmen, ladies, are my friends"
Bill aud Jim did sit right down and fal
too, sure enough; they'd never cared a mite
ef the quality had a stood over 'em and stared
at 'em a month.
The quality seemed like they wus a gNj inc
back in the hall room. But they give another
look at the dinner, and reckon they wus as
hungry as Bill and Jim wus, for they sot
right doyn, sort o desprit, and got therselves
hoped.
Presently one on 'em looked at one o the
nigger gals, and says, "Gir, hand me the
celery"
Dilce looked at Betsy mighty hard; Betsy
frowned at Dilcc, and looked ike she oaghter
know all about it, and says, "IIand the salt
cellar"
dice handed the salt-cellar. ."No," SAYS
the quality gal, 81 asked for the celery" and
she looked right hard in the plate of raw
shellotes.
"Them is shclotcs," says Barney.
The quality gal turned her nose right up
at Bctsy's shellotcs, what never done her no
harm, and says, 81 thought they were ccIe-
ry.p
I'm very sorry says poor Betsy. 81
didn't know You preferred celery to shell
lotes."
"You needn't trouble yourself to be sorry,
Wife" says Barney; eve haint got no sala-
ry, and taint your fault il they don't grow
here"
Artcr while one on 'cm had cat every
thing out of her plate right clean, and says
she, "Mr Baker, believe | will change my
plate, and take pit of that goose.'
Certainly, ma'am," says Barney, mighty
polite. so he cuts oG nice piece ,ld lays
il on his own plate, what was full of all sorts
of things, and swaps plates with Miss Fea-
thcrcod. We'll, the notionatc woman wouldn't
cat a bite Of Baney's dinner arter she got it,
and ! diln't LHaw wilat made Barney look
SO sQlam, like he was doin mischief Come
to find out, he knowcd all the time that she
wanted right clean plate to cat that piece
Of goose of 81.
Artcr they hal all made a mighty hearty /
dinner, the old lady tuck her hands and done
'em so at dice, like she wanted 'cm rubbed. I
Well, the niggcrs had been runnin round the
table all the time, and dice was bent On
showing how smart she was. So she flew
at the old souls hands aud TO mbbiR 'em
like all possessed; but Miss Feathcrcod
jerked 'em away, an says she, | wanted a
Poor Betsy, she was tuck all aback agiD.
But she's a mighty smart woman, if she is
my daughter, and don't often he put out.
She 'membeicd in minute the little porrn-
ger she keeps on the top shelf to give sick
people chicken soup in. So she had it filed
with water, and handed to Miss Feathercod.
She washed her hands in it, and all round her
mouth, aud then took mouthfBi and washed
out tbe inside Of her mouth, and spit all back
N the porringer Thinks |, you don't git
nc to cat no more chicken soup out of that
quality fingcr-basin.
The rest of the quality, when they seed
har was no more poningers comm, all washed
heir hands in their tumblers. | looked
With all my eyes TO see 'em drink the water
when they was done, and spit it back in The
umbler; but as good luck would have it,
hey didn't. | know it would a made Bar
ICY mighty mad to had TO smash up all them
lew tumblers arter the quality had used 'cm;
md fir my rart, can't see what they be-
laub their selves with everything they eat
ur, and can't git mp from the table til they
re washed. 'Twould been heap less
rouble to poor Betsy ef they had kept their
iands under the table-cloth, and let the !,
iggers fed 'em.
BY the time the dinner doins wus over it
yus purity late. We thought shure they wus
goin to stay all night. But the fust thing
re knowcd, they axcd for their hats. Chats
THAT they call them poseys they war on their
ieads.) Barney told 'cm they better stay,
hat was dangerous to ride eight miles over
hat rough road after dark.
"Oh," says one, "wc never 90 out before
ark if VIC can avoid; old Soils too ardent
cams are so ovePowcring."
"Ycs," says fnother, sand the gentle moon
ght Is 50 soft and beautiful"
"And," says another, $50 poctical and soul
Inspiring"
And says .fotbcr, "ihe tvinkling stars
boxing Ike the syer-waichful oyes Of our
uardian angels"
Barney looked ike he thought it was his
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