The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-01-27
Ghe 4enia Sentinel
sEFHW. BROWN, EDITOR.
Friday JANUARY27, 1865.
THE QUALITY.

tOA COtldg6y you ualut e6Su many Y
EYOur neighbors yet ?" grs-,---
"No,. sma'sm," said Laura, Eve hav,
been hers- so long, and none have beer
to see Us nntiEyo1, We were beginning t,
feel Ike HnWelcome intTUders. But
suppose they were all much Attached &
the people who lived here before US
and dislike seeing strangers in the plact
Of their old friends 2 --ALC
4Oh, no that amt it, they was afearC
to come" s a-.- 7 s.-
"Afraid p said Laura, Surprised, afraic
OF what $50 s5 81 sos q,qs.,-.E ST. .a5.l
"Well, we heard you was all quality, il
you was broke, aud we was afeared VIZ
would git ourselves into the wrong box
We've seed them elephants and knows
what they is, she continued nodding hel
head knowingly,
'tWhyy | did not suppose, said Laura
smiling, SHAT We had anything SO foFmid'
able in this quiet little nook, and I an
sorry. that.sOur neighbOrs should make
such bug-bears of US, and suppose u;
wanting in CiVility to them"
sta0h, We wasn't anindin the ciFility
The quality lays that on 50 thick one min
ute til you begin-to rub your eyes and
WendeFWho you is-=thinks sureyou must
be che Pope Of Rome's wife; then they
push you one side before you know it,
like as if you wasn't ftten to tote theil
puppy dog. But theyse sich a sight Of
trouble when folks begin to have anything
to do with 'em. Now, tbars the Feath-
ereods. They lives eight miles Of, but
Inequality is a sorter restless crcetur that's
alters wanderin about outer their range.
Well, theys mighty fine, and yon see. my
daughter Betsy Baker likes fine things,
and took to 'em nightly. She was pow
erful anxious for 'em to come to see her,
so one. Sunday she seed ie1n all at meetiu,
and axes 'em to come take dinner the next
Saturday. Well, they all stood up thar
in the meetin house an talked a power of
dictionary talk about exceedingly an
'exquisitely,' an fnteFchangin of rural
hospitality; but whether they was a
comm or no, Betsy she couldn't make out.
But hOWsomeveF, Betsy lowed she better
be on the safe side, 50 ste kept up a mighty
6xia all the week. When Saturday came
she had everything as fine as a brides
cake, 'ceptin the dinner. Betsy 1oWed
she wouldn't put that on till she made
sure if they was comm. She had been
working mighty hard all the morning, her
and the niggeIs, reddin up the house
and dressin np their selves, But when.
levener clock come and no quality, Betsy
give 'em out, an they all took off their
Sunday close and went to gittin every day
dinner. They had 10 hurry nightly,
but it was all ready arter a while. The
hands was Workin close to the house, SO
Betsyjest hollered to 'em to come to their
dinner. Arter the dinner was all over,
and everything washed up and sot to
rights, an the niggers all sot to work, me
an Betsy sot down In the entry TO cool an
sew. Bout four o'clock Barney Baker
he come back from the eoatouse, says he,
Betsy, did them hired men come into din~
ner q GIzE, Gays Betsy, 4 was SO taken
up expe6tin them + Feathereod folks to din
ner, that forgot about you hirin Bill and
Jim Jones to split rails, an bein as theys
s0fuE7ofI reckon they didn't hear when
I called the hands in. I didn't blow the
horn. ,tConfound the quality, says Bar.
ney, ttheys all Jest qualified for the luna
7tikeT syluha, and 1 reckon you Il 60 along
with 'em, just to Be with the quality when
they go, an he jefked down the horn and
bloRed blast you Would.a thought all
the stages that ever run was ,Tivinathar at
Onst. Jest then we heefed Almighty fuss
in the front yard, and when we looked,
thar was fine carriage full O women, with
horses bitehed up with fshin' seins, a
cavOrtin ABOUT over the yardE7and3 3oneifo'
the pulled up niggers they had dressed up
like soiggTE; q sgttiu on a2high bench out.
side the carriage, was bounced off Ike a
injun rubber ball, I thought the -ereetur
might be killed, and run to himg but he
jumped right up an stood up before me,
and made saeha bow, you never seed the
like oft, jest like it was part Of his.mal~
ishus drill, and says he Mrs, FeathercOd
Miss Feathercod, Miss Netty and Mis-
Angelins EFea6hercod. ~ BY that time
Barney had got the hosses quiet, and says
| I, "YOu, Mr.. Flunkey, had better be 8
opnin the door. an lettin them folks out
stidder standin here maxim manner so hs
did it. It was well be told me who they
BuF, for sieha'ilookin cargo-Ii never did
see before. They had the baek.o theil
heads kiYered with artificial flowers all
fixed in little hounces, and little silk fans
in their hands they called sunshades;
reckon they want much acquainted with
athsHsup, or they Wouldn2t thought he wa
Ia Aindin them purity little things. Ther
they had founees all over their frock tails
and all over their capes, they called tai
liners !; and they was befounced from the
/ tops Of their heads to the bottom Of theil
feet, and all the heunees pinted like Windir
sheets, only heap finer. al So l,
"Betsy- had run back soon as she go
the fust glimpse, cause she had on a nigh
ty dirty froek, but she puta new whit
satin shawl all over her, and then she
looked as fine as any of EN-, and azed EN-
to walk in, and take seats, and set dowI
and be- seated. Arfar while she told ZEN
she .Fas'a lookinr for 'em all the mornin
( '0h,S says oId Miss Featharcod, we en-
gagged 5tOib be here to dinner; We never dint
before four, and it wants some minutest t,
that now, takin out her fine gold watch
tho the clock was starrin right befort
4 her Betsy looked as blank as If she'C
tHn for sheriff and didn't get vote