The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-01-27

/ E''S0On as l. gOG the quallty ali seltled,
I went out to help poor Betsy. 1 was
sorry for her. Sioh a sight as the kitchen
was Thar vas half picked turkeys, half
killed chickens, every body rRnnin round,
and Betsy lookin Ike she vas the demon
Of cooks, Every side Of the kitchen was
hern, and she vas turnin round all sides
at Onct. Says I Betsy, honey, de- let
me help you,' Says Betsy, Law, mar, what
/ ken you DO Do pray 40 long in the
house and talk to them ladies, and keep
'eh from pryin about, but for the Lord
sake, mar, don't talk nothin lOwlife." !" j. ''
-"Well,5' says I, aBetsy, I viii try to
talk anything you want me d to. &"
Says she, s'Talk about the fashuns, and
Washington, Khar they went to last win
ter ars a-.ls -t5 =ur1 -8 a5.t
$50 1 goes I'M and says I, You all seed
any new fashions this yearY Says one
aon 'em, tholdiu up her head mighty high,
tEsRlHsys receive from our mantua.maker
and milliner the latest style.51 sWeil
nOW,' says I, Il thought you wouldn't a
spilled yourselves that way, your own
selves; an 10 and behols its that maneher-
maker woman. She sent yeu all these
outlandish iimcracks, and thoagbtlS0
didn't knUW no better.St I don't know
what made Betsy think they'd like to talk
about the fashuns, for thsy didn't; I was
cute enough to see that in q minute; so
1 tried Washington. SaysI, tYou was to
Washington last RinterP l4Says 4one,
mighty brisk, yes, We went 70 see our
uncle take his seat in Congress as an
honorable Representative A'WelB' says
l, 'if l amt clean beatt So Jake Feath-
ercod is a Congrismanl-- Well, if he ken
Jay bricks, he's a GLIDE one, But 1 don't
approve of people leavin off good trade
and takin up with what they don't know
nothin otall about. Now Jake was
mighty good briekIayer." at' 7all 5nE
j. !. AY You are mistaken, ma'aTn,' says she;
'my uncle is the Hon. jacob Feather.
cod --.
Saysf, I reckon 1 amt mistaken. Old
Jake never had but two sOas, Zeke, your
PappE an young Jake.--
Well, ifyou believe it, Betsy Was-Out of
it again--they Wus no ways anxious about
Washington; so I picked up a mighty
fine little shiny snuff box, lyin in one of
their laps, an says I, "This is new FASH
unSn1ff box. mighty pdFtyl'-- . ~4 /.
alt is not snuff box" says she, right
off short it's card case" i . a5.i.
Bless, me, I looked right up to the top
of the room, ''The Lord help your poor
souls, says I, why you amt eighteen
years old, and carryin your cards about
to play an gamble with an day long,
Says she, these are not game cards
they are visiting cards. -5y--z
gWsll," says I, edo let me see 'em1"
She showed me one; twas nothing on
the Lords yearth but piece Of white
pasteboard, with ''Miss Netty Feather
COD writ on it. .-1-A - ~
Says I, 'swhat does you do with these
thingsP 'TWant-woFth while to fetch 'em
here; We all knoW'd you. And your
niger IN uniform told ali O your names
afOre you could get a chance to tell 'em
yourselves ..--.-.-..
Says she, "When We wish to pay calls,
if We do not feel like going in ourselves,
or the persons ne are calling on are out,
or do net wish to receive company, we just
send our servant to the door with one of
these, which. is equivalent to a. visit. We
had some calls to make on the way here
this morning" a1 eal.f
'fWell5' z says + qyOu all don't Cset
much store by each others company, ef a
nigger in a solger's jacket and piece of
pastsboard does as well, and put it
down mighty softly, tbinkin 'iyeU1 U1better
make a snuff box Of iti'f.
Well, 1 tried mighty hard to entertain
for poor Betsy. / told 'em all about blue
dye and cOperas dye, and how wus the
best way to set hens an which eggs would
hatch pullets an which rOosters, an how
to keep a dog from suekin Of EN-, an all
about Betsy's baby a ,haEin the measles
an hoopin-koff, both at onst. But eff you
believe me, they meyer Lheerd a word ]
was sayin ! So | run through an let en-
alone. '- 1' ''5l' ~, ti+- = ''l f. ~ ~
gadWeiwusa al a seftin upsbehaVin-8ith all
bur might, when Betsy come to the door,
and axed 'ein alt to walk out to dinner
1t was a powerful relief all round.
-When-ws got-te- -tAe--diRReF Feom, thar
was a mighty nice 6iHnsr spread out, and
thar stood barney, an Bill and jim Jones,
ready to set down. The. quality looked
at Jim and Bill, then looked at eachEOther,
an looked for all the world like they never
had been axed to eat dinner before, an
didn't know whether to set down or not,
Barney he knoRed what they Wus arter,
but I didn't. So-says he, UIadies, take
seats an set down an help yourselves.
Bill, and Jim set down and fall to. These
gentlemen, ladies, are my friends.pr5i 81 .
Bill an Jim did set right down and fell
to, sure enough they never cared mite
eff the quality had a stood over 'em an
starred at 'em month. s''a'1 ,..1r 4, .a'
Tie quality seemed like they was a
gWine back in the hall room. But they
give anotherlOok at the dinner, an re6k-
on they Wus as hungry as bill an jim
Wus, for they sot right down, sort-o des-
prit, an got their selves hOlped,1a} i a4'I
Presently1one on EN- looked at one O
the niger gals and says, ''Girl, hand me
the celery"
dice looked at Betsy mighty hard (;
Betsy frowned at dice, and looked like
she O1tghtsr know al about it, "Han the
salt cellar"
dice handed the salt-oellar. HNo,"
says the quality gal, 81 asked for the
celery" an she looked hard right ia the
pl ate o raw shellOtes, do
dice jerked up that an handed it to
her. q .7-E i.5'.a. sF'.l ~
Them is shellotes, says Barney. ,o1l
The quality gal turned her nose right