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Sewing Circle.


Sewing Circle.
L" The Christian ladies of this congregation
are invited to meet, Thursday evening, at the
residence of Mrs. Sniveler, to form a Sewing
Society. A full attendance is requested"
Such, My dear hearers, reads a notice | find
on my sacred desk this morning, and l read it
! in hopes you will profit thereby.
We will now sing Psalm lS1, first two STAN
zas:
Ny heart not haughty is, o Lord
Mine eyes not lofty be;
Nor do ] deal in matters great,
Or things too high for me!
| surely have myself behav'd
With great spirit, and mild
AZ n child of mother weaned; my soul
Is like weaned child.
All sing
Says /, q Bully Not in bully spirit, but
with a sort Of Puritancal meaning, aud con-
cluded to 90. Mrs Snivcler-livel in large
white house, in a stone patch under the hill,
down by her husbands button shop. Mrs
! Sniveller was a leading horse, so called in the
team of benevolence at Buttonvile. She had
q little peaked red nose, about right to open
CLAIMS with a nervous jerk to her head, spiral
euticers and with waterfall the size Of a plum
pudding but filled with more Ingredients
Deacon Sniveler passed the plate on Sabbaths,
and took the fund home to count. Mrs. Sni-
weller always gave with lberality on the next
Sunday!
wanted to 90. l borrowed hoops, skirts,
waterfalls and etceteras. l pufed my front
hair slung my waterfall on my bump Of obsti-
macy, hoisted an onion into the riticule carried
on the left arm, shoudered a green cotton um-
brella, took piece Of red flannel to make
shirt for some little innocent bud on the tree of
Abolitionsm, and sailed forth as the Yankee
clock struck two.
Mrs Sniveller was in. The front parlorand
the middle parlor were full of noble women,
Willie the best bedroom was full of bonnets,
green umbrellas and riticules, in which to car
~ home sweetcakes, tarts and buiscuits, plum
pits. apple cores and little things, syly slipped
from Mrs. Sniveller's table
Mrs Sniveller didn't know me. | told her
that was little Salie Squiggle, as what lived
there ten years before, and had been South
teachin' skule
"Loddy, massy so it is Why, how natural
YOU DO look now it all comes to me agn u
Bless me Let me kiss my dear Sally, who has
escaped from the wretches."
And angelic bIys Sniveller came near put
tno, NV ,igbt eve 6ors n, combat with the end
Of her nosei
7 was introduced. Nineteen women were
Glad 70 sec me. and kissed their dear little Sally
till my waterfall skewed clear around under
my left ear. and began to feel a rising sensa-
ton in my throat from the hugging then and
there given. or words to that effect
After I had been so afTectonately gone
through. went to the bedroom to reconstruct
Gfaciousl Nv waterfall bad got under my left
ear. making me look as if some ugly man of
sin had lifted me one with brass knuckles and
forgot to take it home with him, while my
beautiful front hair rescmbled garden full of
pea vines after a hurricane. But | retained
NV co,I,roslro and went ont TO become the cen
Ter of attraction.
Nv dear SALLY "
"Procions Sally -
"Jjtte Sally Souirrle. sure enoughw
stSo dad Won cum bumw
"Neow dow tell rs all abeoutitp
Mrs S,';vollor was made chairman. and The
f,IIo,ri-c, rosai,t;ons yvero o1onted
PesoJJl5 That tbis shall be called the But
tonyiIa Rc3ovoley,t Babv Association.
Reqo,rcJ That Mrs Sniyeller be. and hereby
arc o,,r pros;1o,t
5ceo,ysd Tbat orr aim Is 70 helm the down
troIdo, ond boi- -ri5dan dauobters Of Ham now
- g .i,ot ,,;o ,oonIo ond ~ tls
a,,S - 4la p n aoIo ono
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sboIi ,.,iI',,.' .aiI - I',,'s ~ "'' '
p PssoleJ u tn TEot 5'v wa now omen and close our
society with praver