Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-01-21
Betsy Browns Thanksgiving.

| name Il Elizabeth, but Mr.. Brown alters calls
me Betsy "what do you say to our going ul
to uncle John Millcr's Thanksgiving? Strikes
me it would be grand chance TO introduce
our darter Sally to the society Of GrccnSyillc.' v
Now, We ,tc, John Miller was Azariah
Browns uncic, on his mothers side poor
boy i'll the flst- place. but he'd got as iich as
Crocus manufacturin' shoes, and as natural
consequence, he was prOuder than Jupiter.
The Brown tribe thought everything Of him,
because he lived in big house, and was a
Justice Of the Peace and chorus. His parlor
was fixed equal To Queen Nictolia's sitting.
room, they said carprtcd all over with a tap
cstry brussels, thrcr.ply carpet; and orna.
ncntcd with pirtcrs Of RafrlS, and MadonnaS,
and landscapes, and | don't know what! John
Miller was the big.bug omoLg the Browns and
Mi.,"rs
"Wril," scz !, "Nzariah, iii like to 90 well
cnuf, bAt I'm al,ald it would be prosperous to
intru'.r ON 'rtn at ,irh n time without an in
vie. You kuow JoSll's wife holds herself q
lcah and shoulders above common f,lkS."
There's : no med Of her doing that" seq
Az,rirl, she's tall as hay pole, materially,
Without any >t:,rAing.'
II knoV that" >.z I, "but then her mind is
h:>t4G- ~ @OoG inai,y feet above the common
'eyc', Al! if She "UrT any better t!an we are,
She htiok' she Is, and that amounts to jest the
,a:ae ;'..:.!.'
~. III II aiiillrt NH Is ,ttt of tt-t
t.c>:'nc Il ii 4 Il Llool as tie rest of us
nj! t'.oy d' say t5at her gr,at.rraHfft!TCT
VA iit-cr; and She lad fourth con>in,
Who's "ic's husband vas put i'll the State
liis II :r stealth tHo hens off from neigh
hor's r"",t! Now, there was never Il relation
of mine in Jail even; and my father and mother
was both white men"
We'll. wcl Azaiah," scz !, don't brag
""rr it. You know that's "A fact that youI
uncle john takes Il drop too much from til,
water brtt!r occa,ionaly, and accol ding to my
Nay # thinking, its about a> bad to drink as
to steal hens"
"Fudgc Bets Brown! :" scz Azariah, tartly
"tba, h"thin: All gmtlemeM drink! 1t,
silt Gown fashionable :"
sd that .tzatiah was little tCchrd, 50
d!i't stop to argue with him; but say her,
--iii.t il getting drunk is fashionable, don,
k,cr about any OF my folks. being il; the fash
ion. That's all.
1t MAS ,rttc'I that we should 90 to Greens
vile t. Thanksgiving, whether or not for
\@ai i..h = H. obstinate as Il white pine stump
an # his m:d once gets sot, it aint 10 us,
tryiu.; I" alter it.
" N"S'lb hcTTl HllT ulTlcT HaliN, anu u
Lu>hel vl baldwin apples to make us wei
CONG.
sally, if do say it, is a remarkably well
loukiiG "ir!, for ar,d headed onc aud it aim
r.rrv .irl that, got rs much ingenuity a> she
ha,. -" can knit, and sew. and slhn, auo
crochet tir =, II thread. Shes quite ccatcd,
,p"; cai r,a amd write, and cipher, and SAY
IL" multiplication table withou, Il single mis-
t'hr. -, WIS hjsiI about tcicl to death
"h"n ~. found out that We WIS bonnd for
h,, unc., Jn>..>. Ioutg folks is a,l,ls sol
up "Ilt tie i':' >prrt If sad'IiLg.
" I.rW:u. 1'o1nc.>, mother, Scz She; 81
,!a.i !iI, t" dress il my 20 to-mrrtihg pop
In ar! my gold BOSOM Ilo, every day
- -, Mus than that, stz I'm agwint
% h:! yrl y''.cr and green >i'k Gownd; =
all Il gay Eu--inon cloak aud black vel
vet b"i,n,., " itti an oyster feather on top -
l'm dct, ruined YOU shall look aS well as join
M:.i: t.alIbr. Jusophcr, and Scimy Ew!ckl
To boot. 1t takes Inc TO regulate things whcl
st oct
Well the next day | went up to Dover
and bought twenty dollars worth Of tinrry fol
= Sally: AID thcn got neck handkerchief fol
.iza'ah, and corol ring for myself Think
|, if aiut quite 50 rich as Josh'S folks,
guess III let them Know tlat amt 70 Ia
sacarcd it.
We had Mrs lIurkahack, the millincr, a
our house for II week, iiXin' things; and de
care if il that time >hr didn't tell mc NOR
| about the nrighhor's than ever hrard or his
trusted aiurc. Mrs. lluckabackS 5 all awiu
news buigrt. Azariah says that there warn
the lca>tcst need If the Atlantic paragraph
under the SEA. for if folks would just tel thri
secrets to Mrs. lluckahack, shc'd swim c!ca
across the ocean to tell en- to the BiitishcrS
Aza,iah is proits>sr ofrcgOn, but I'm sorr,
to say that he don't always connc himself Il
the truth. jest a day before he was to star
for Grcrn>yilc, Azariah sent letter to tel
Johns folks that he was coming, but he Wa
too late TO get it in the mail, and 50 he tool
and put it in his pocket and concluded to ear
~ it with him. He'd be sure he'd get thcr
sat,., he said.
Like as not they won't like 20 see u.s. Sc
when we'd got fairly set down in the car
they're stuck up set, if they are some q
Your own rrlatonablcs' ~
Nobody kcrrS whcthcrt1-cy do ornot, a." Sc
AZariah. - | want to see some Of the wonder
Of THEN big village, and if can get boar,!c'
for nothing while lin about it, it don't max
10 difference to me whether I'm welcome o
not :"
stcr!
Well, after considerable of spell of streak
ing it on the cars behind the locOluco, We n
; rived at the dycrot, and such a Slew Of rl
lers as asked me to ride in their carriages yo'
never seed. Mighty pcrlite in thcm thought
but Azariah told them as hcwas used to walk
ing, he guessed he could tramp for ii! Fo
my part, | should good deal rather have rid
for you see thar was considerable ol snow ol
the ground, and it was tu half Il mile toJosh'
house, one Of the dyc.put men said.
IlowSoncvcr, we got there at last; and
TREMENDOUS fine place it was too! Big as DO
of that Then than was the slightest of fur
bclowirg all over it that you ever hcarn tell of
1t beat Noah's ark and Hcrod's palace all t
nothing. AZariah, he stepped up to the from
door, and rnng the bell. The house was al
lighted up from top to toe, as if somebody wa
dead or narIid
A starched up, dandiiicl niggcr cum to th
door.
"My graciouS!' says Azariah, some o
Poll Millcr'S folks is here, as sure aS you live !
"Your card, sirS' says the darkey, grin
ming an" scraping.
"My card!" SEE Azariah; "who's he?
want to see Uncle Josh Miller, and the rest o
en- and by your leave, III jest walk in !"
a goShcd low sct!" scz the niggcr, look
ing at us kind of impudent, and stepping fur
th,r into the entry.
"Sav that again, you dnrncd black imp !
SCI Azarish, "and III knock you into the mid
die of next week in no time, if you are Som'