The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-07-21
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AUNT JERUSHA'S VISIT.
By CONSTANCE CARLETON.

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Glad to see you; 'taint often you come,
but l s'pose its on account of your havin'
so much work to do-Draw that rock
in cheer up nearer to the winder, and
take this palm leaf fan. The weather
is agonizin' hot amt it?
I'm powerful afraid it will injure the
crops. Well, I s'pose you want to hear
all about my visit to New York city. I
know if you had been off to a forrin
country, Id be wantin' to know what
you had seen there.
went there last February and came
home about two weeks ago. was Wis
itin' my darter Martby. She married
Sohn Reynolds ye know, and he is a
powerful rich man.
They writ to me to come and see 'em,
for / had never visited 'em since they
went to New York, nigh about fifteen
years ago,
As l had never been off the farm ex-
cept to take butter and eggs to market,
for thirty three years last January, / felt
kinder timid about venturin off so far,
but they told me what keers to take,
and said would have no difficulty in
gittin there-So packed up my best
gown and caps in a trunk l had when |
was married, and started bright and
airly on Monday mornin'. Joshua took
me to the depot in the wagon. After
we got there man came up to me and
says he: Madam, will you have your
trunk checkedT 'No!' says l, 4 want
it to go on, and walked off, for l
thought he must be crazy; any one in.
theirsenses would know if l was goin'
away l would want to take my trunk too.
When the great locomotive come a
putin up l thought I should faint away,
but saw other folks get on, so l just
followed. The keer was pretty full,
but found seat opposite toppish
young feler, and a girl l afterwards
found out was his sister. you can
turn the seat over to face the other way,
if you wish to Madam, Gays the young
man. Thank ye kindly says /, but l
would rather look at you than the back
of that old mans head who is behind
me;' so l put my reticule and bandbox
on one end OF the seat and sot down on
Gother. The young lady tossed her
head and looked out of the winder. She
was dressed in brown gown which
had two skirts to it instead of one, and
was all ruflied to kill. She wore any
amount of jewelry, and her shoes were
buttoned instead of bein' laced with
strings. Her brother was fixed mighty
fine too; his clothes had been bought
out of store instead of bein' made at
hum. He had leetle bits of white hands
reckon he never saw Sich thing as a
plough in his life Bein' materially of a
sociable turn of mind, l asked 'em a
good many questions. The young man
said he was takin' his sister away to
boardin' school. Il hope says |, that
she wont larn as much as our doctors
darter who went away to school did )
she used sich long words nobody could
understand her. But l am great
friend to edication. l tell ye, there's
nothin' like it; it's the grease on the
wheels of governments it's the sun that
shines on our minds. I have consider
able larnin' myself, and know what
comfort it is. When we take our but.
ter and eggs to market, how would we
know but what people was cheatin' us,
if we had no knowledge of tigers
Nothin' pleases me so much as to see
young folks plungin' heels over head
into all kinds of flarnin', and hope that
you miss, will profit by what you larn
from looks, and make smart woman
of yerself. But don't for gracious sake
be authoress, for of all employments,
that seems to me to be the most shift
less The young woman bowed her
head and said she was obleeged for my
advice. The young man was ticlSled
with what said, and told me that my
head was right. don't know what he
meant by that, unless it was that my
bonnet was on straight.
/ travelled all the next day and in the
evenin a man behind me says, l should
think we are near the Metropolis
Whats that 2 says ], turnin' around to
look at him. 'The city of New York,
says he. 'Oh,' says l, 'ive and larn,
[ didn't know it had two Names
When we got there, the omnibus
drivers yelled at me SO loud l though
I should go crazy. Each one was de
tarmined that should go with him
John had writ that he would send the
keerage for me, but he was no where