The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-06
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DAY. ] A u UAsRsY 6, 1861. se s

3 aoa lthearest o your rowdy uaintsnces says
about me, Ism above it; but whoever he is,
you may tell him he IS an Impudent puppy,
3 for caltn' al ydaaas lady an old Jeltey--aand
q isodsre apother.for teliin, on 't'' she got
4 npand founced out into the hail. The folks
4 all giggled and seemed wonderful tiekled ) but
q JEFF, he looked round as astonished as he
s : could be, and says he-aI wonder what ails
Miss Crimes II thought for the life O. me
4 sl1eowas a. gwine to.snap my ears. as she used
4 towhel I was yoaag. I.was sysxeda at JEFF,
4 and took him to task as soon as Fgot a
4 chance but: he declared 'twa'n't old Jezlsr''
he said, but solnethin nI,else--however. it
sounded jest likeit, any way.
h j ustthen the,deor was thrown lepens and
4 We was, invited out to- supper So we went
Il Esqueezin' ard croN the sittin'-
l7Some o, the folks pushed and jananaed as #
they We're afeared they shouldent gitathe best
chance Glory Ann ,Billins sot at one end o
the table a pourin' coffee, and 10 Gipson's
ffwife at'the 't765ther erd pourins tea; and
tell We, twas as much as ever they could dew
to pour it fast enonsh. JEFF, he few rou-d
and helped the ladies. For my part 1 did
ent feel ike eatin'smuch-I was jammed up
agins the wall and eoudent stir hand nor foot
So told JEFF to fetch me a cup o. tea and
nut,egkensbst, ssmel.ady hitS my elbow and
made mespillsthe hsft-o',the tea; 50 I stood
and held my empty cup, and looked don to see
ttBe performance. l say for 't if Il twa,n't
worth seeih',, I'M mistaken. Why, if L was
starvin, to DEATH shopldent be willin' to act
as some. o. them sfplksodid si1Theys pushed,
and elbowed, and pulled !, and, hauled, and
,grabbeddfke crazy critters: -'T was arnusin'
|, to see sem ssputdown.the, yittals--Isd aginsa
sixpenee, Nancy to, you oauthere }. stWould
a ben fun for you to lool. on and see the dew
1 ins.i Yoa d a.thought the biggest part o. the
4 corppsny hadeta had ,nothin' to eat since the
last donati66 party. and ldfdents exp e pect 1o
have nothin' more till heinext one. : - si1r
The wimmin, as general thing, took tea
and eat the cakes ard PIES, and so forth
4 And the men, they let into theecoffee, apd
hisenit, andsoheese, ard solid meat and such
like aetillyss see Deacon Skinner drink
sig cups osscofee, and eat IN proportiou4 =
aAad Dr.. Lippincottl ysgrfef twas ,petfeesr
Observation-Disclosures that one mortal body
could hold as much as chairman eputsinl-ne
wonder he's -theytsay he gifts the hef
Of his liyin' n, away from home -contrives &c
git to one patients house Jest as dinner.
: ready, and: toaanetheris jest at tea time, ant
tcoa to ~ T p
, the Widder Gnia1es.r sGramnlany how the
ceitter did sttlffiss.I s. took parfickler notice d
her, and Ilsee she had an awful great work;
bag onthe arm, and every ittlepwhile slie1e
cohtfive TO trck piece into It; when ssht
Thought Hobody, Wa,n,st a, loekin'. As soor
as | got chance, l hunched JEFF, and say.
4 L" For pitty's sake JEFF, do aobsarve tn,
i Widder Grimes.,sas So JEFF, he watched her.
spell. ssssBy George !''asaBs. he t.sif .tha
ssaiH,t ricilsl'=I tell e, fun for r
BimebFTa Tafter she d .sother bag purity wei
filed says j eff to me, says he" Now, moth
er, may | stir her up little ?'' al dom
4teare,'' says E. So he reached forrard ali,
khollered across the table few her, loud enousl
ior every oooy 10 near ~ tsS OrlIneS, ma,
coIae to your party ?'' Ny party n say
she 'what do you mean ?'' "Why,nesay
j JEFF, says he, # reckonsd, from the. size o
your bag, and the quantity O. provisions yol
was a layin i'll, that you was a calculatin' t,
make party, and I thought I ID like t,
come" Every body looked at Miss zGifffhies
j and, tell We, she looked as if.she'd like t
crawl into some knot hole--andI don't knos
: but what She did, for she made her disap
l5apearanees aamazifr lseeif after. And, tber
.. them seminary gals gracious ) how they di,
eat! T s'pose they was halfEstaryed at Mis-
+ Pncheni'sSa Afore long the table was p,ilt
: well cleareds and Miss Scrantum had to go t
= the bnttry and bring onean 't.was left.
guess every thing in the house that could i
eai, without stoppin, to cook it. was mad
:. swayswith that night. When the Ssemifar
.4egals hadseatall they wantedg they amuse
" thsmselyes a s'throwin hunks. o.. cheese Jan
butteFed1 biscuit at the young. me men. .Afts
most OF the other eatables hats been dispose
I. of, Dave Runganse great gump! went into til
buttry and, brought out thebox o. raisins ths
was to 60 toward Cappeh smalley's, ,pswR.-ffssni
-. and handed .,em round: i. Every body gra5bet
especially fhe seminary. gals, and childrea
{ till YAer Want. one leftsin the box Whe
;. supper was about finished, Jane Elizy Fnstic
(she s always tryin' to dew something eur
!. MIN she went into the store-Foem and got
chain o sassages that DID, Miss Crock,
}. brought, and come along Silly and throw
Il itreund Liph Peabody's Shoulders: s.Liph,
, was standin' by the tea board al drink in's
{ cup o coffee. When he felt thes sassag
- come ffoppin' qrohnd his neck, he vas, sk ali
a. and ~hiskedround suddenly and hit the te
hoard, and knocked it off onto.the floor, sar
: smash went every thing on ith 5W.aat ma
(. ii it more aggrayatin' was. ther was dozen eh
s. ny cups and sarceTs on it that Miss .Scfsntu
. had fetcht cut aftcs the folks come out to su
. per. They was some that she sot great de
p by q her mdthet Civ 'em tsw her, and h
E mother was dead. She dident bring 'em
at first, for fear they d git broke. She sot
: all her common crockery, and borrowed
satgeod dealaat eSuialley'y Store. calculatin'
d any on y was broke to pay for It. Butwh,
L. she see so many folks come crowdin, out, 81
1 was afeared ther .wopldent) be cups sehods
r SO she fetcht out her mothers chany cups Al
u sot,iem ON the. tea-beard. But. GlorysaAi
a.: got along without iusin Fem, and there th,
y sol, and when the teasboard .fell,s they e
.a ttew!t and every one ON 1em was broke