Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-12-01
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Patty Marlowe's Party.


Lizzie, did you ever hear me tell
about Patty Marlowe's party | went to,
when [ was about your age?'
"No, I never did,"
''Nor I, neither said Paul. "Do
tell us about it, Aunt Tabitha''
Aunt Tabitha said no more until she
had got into her seam-needle. She then
doubled her knitting work up, and laid
it down on her lap.
Il s'pose you known who I mean by
Patty Marlowe," she then said.
"Oh, yes" replied Lizzie. "She
married Deacon Brown, who lives over
to the Corner.
"Well, you see Patty had been on a
visit to her uncle's, Alr John Marlowe
who lived down in one Of the seaport
towns. He was as rich as Jew before
he was married, and his wife was dar-
ter to one of the richest men anywhere
around. Accordin' to Patty's account,
they lived in awful grand style. They
had so many servants, that Patty didn't
pcrtend to even get the water to wash
her hands in, but had it brought into
her chamber all the time she was there.
"Arter she came home, she was
mighty genteel and exarted herself to
the best oi her ability to pattren arter
the gentry she 'sociated with while she
was gone Sometimes, when she was
twistin', ana turnin'. and stranin' every
nerve, as twcre, to outdo the rest of the
gals in the neighborhood, and try to
come up to what she saw when she was
at ber uncle's, I couldn't help thinkin of
the frog in the fable, that tried to make
itself as big as the OK, and | didn't know
but that g'ratively speakin', she would
come off as bad
"Well artcr she'd been at home a
spell, she undertook to have large par
ty OF course, there were to be great
doin's, and so she sent for me. the day
before, to lend a hand for Tammy Gra-
vim, the gal that lived there, and helped
to do the housework, wasn't no great of
Il cook, and didn't understand preparin
delicacies, and sich like. So | did up
my white cambric gownd pink sash,
morocco shoes, and so on, that was 60
in to wear to the party, in bandanny
handkerchief, and went over in the morn
in, bright and airly.
,.Now,' says Patty, the minute I'd
took my things off, the first thing want
you to do is to make some doughnuts !;
for twill take bushel basketful Of
pound-cake, if we don't have somethin'
to exc it out with. Tammy will fry 'em,
on'y I want you to oversee her little !;
and, meantime, III make the ce-cream
" 'Ice-cream, did you say? says [.
To be sure l did, says she, with a
toss of her head.
"Why, Patty, what are you thinkin'
about 2 says l. How on airth do you
expect to make cream freeze such warm
summer mornin' as this is? | know
you've got nice cool dairy, but don't
b'lieve It is down to the freezin' pint
"Arter she'd laughed till the tears run
down her cheeks, she undertook to ex-
plain to me how it was done; but I was
lest about as much in the dark about it,
arter she'd got through, owin' to her
maxim use OF so many new-fangled words,
as [ was before. But I didn't let he:
know that I didn't understand | was
too proud-sperited for that, and kept say
in every time | had a chance, 'Sartain.
to be sure; :; so that she took it for grant
cd it was all as plain as day to me.
".You'll have to put every table to
gether you have got in the house, says
[, and then there won't be room enough
for all you'v invited to set down at once,
| why, I'm goin' to have the tel