The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02

brokfus, dogs and I'LL. At lively
they sont, what they call hunch,
that was trays full Of perwision
cut up, and the men all cat thar,
and handed tho gals somo ut the
house and they eat, tho men bilt
fonco and the women quilted, and
! thar want but ono man ut the
house all day, and he was u Grip.
pic, lie threded the gals needles.
and talked sweet Bout tivo the
mon come up, the work dono the
quilts was out, and tho catin be
gun, thar was twenty four women
set to the first table, then the men
eat next, and they eat. it done me
good to SEQ they relishcd that
diIner, they did. 1 can't subscribe
! the seen, it was n site when that
porformin was over tho gals
slipped off to a rune, and they
sIicked up, and the men washed
thcr hands, and Uncle Siah he
piled up litcrd nots on scatlol to
make q big lite, one at the front,
and ono at the back Of the house,
and thoy begin to play sister
phyby, and they went roun the
rosemary bush time or too, when
nll in once we heard u fiddle, thcr
como in four young mon, two on
ON had fiddles and one hail ~ three
corncred piece Of iron he beat
with Il little stick bit lazy mo
you orto seed what the tother one
had, it was II thing looked like the
dady Of tho others, sorlcr like Il
cofn, and sortcr like Il tjdcI, they
called it Il base phial. we'll it was
full Of curious noise, he sawed
acros it, and / wish l may never,
it'it dident make noiS like Il bull
frog With soar throtc, and when
all begin to play together it WAS
mcllerdillious: the boys jumped up,
pulled off their coats, and every
hoy run and jerkcd IL gal onto the
fore, and then the fun begun,
none Of your bowin and scrapin, it
was jist dance as hard as th.r
shoes could come down, that is
wllnL I'Cnlr dancin ana tney kcp 1T
up till Sundy mornin, when they
all left, some to go to church and
some to bcd.to sleep. | forgot the
pound cake, it WAS hrolc in, at
twelve, and boys and gals walked
for it, and when the gun fired the
one what had tho stick got the
kait, it was kaill worth walllin
for, it was trimmed with flowers,
otlin Ant Jcrusha's wcdlin bun
nit, and holey Inns with the red
bcrrys on, and then when We laid
off the quilts wo took sum OF the
poke berris and spotted it all over,
maxim it look as purity us could be,
that is some Of the customs Of this
country. We'll Uncle Siah's fence
is bilt, Aunt Jcrusha's quilts is
done, and now the coffin fever is
ragin down here, they never had
it in these parts SO bad before,
only a fetch Of il last year, this
year it has covered ten akcrs some
places, and only two or three in
Others; but | think it will soon die
out, these parts wont do for that
disease to prcwalc, without guam.
ner, and il is Il stranger here, ncv-
or seen sich thing. | have hcarn
people talk about child Of natur,
well if these people aint natur's
childcrn, she never had none, and
l think she Was powerful ugly
old oman il her Children tuck al:
ter her, and she never !arnt nuthin
mother, jist let en- grow mp in ig.
nomus; she didcnt know much
herself, | don't reckon, and they
air mighty scacc Of prcachs in
these parts, and what is here don't
suit en-, they want II man what is
called to preach. ono what don't
cat, nor sleep, nor wear nothin,
what don't ncod no money, and
can preach out Of tho bible, and
not ofn a paper. n plain man,
what aint hook larnt; what dc
these people know about the tower
Of hcdalum, or tho construction ol
gerusalcm, or that old man what
eat grass like a horcc, that is all
latin, it is plain ingIish what is
wanted, that will tell en- to shout,
and scratch, and hollergIory halle,
luyer, do trJ' and send It's sich Il
ono he mustent wear nothin but
homspun, and wheat straw hat,
and ho must not mention money
once, you see, its tho custom OF
this fur country. Mr.. Edytur, if |
can find out any more Of their
customs lie let You now, don't git
tired a rcadin Of this, for l want
to send you another leaf out Of ny
dairy, its Gurus, l toll you, hcarn
tell Of q man y seoin tho heIcfant,
but | can sec tho monkeys and ali
any day, did you evcr.hcar tell OF
tho old woman what lost her hus.
band, sho was a standin BY the
corpse a lookin nifty troublo.liIto
and sho says, old man, now you
arc dead and laid out, you look
nifty bad, but gentlemen you haze
been q boss; that was her silly
quizzy, pore crootur,, I havo found