The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-14
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How Aunt RhOdy Got Her Picture
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Scz she: "Mama, do oblige inc for once.
Sez l: "Efyou don't tell any one it wG'
meant for me, ! Will"
She givemea kiss and went down town
All day long there was boxes and parcel:
left at the house, and drcsSmaker camt
and measured and fitted me. Next day
the dress came home. 1t was brown SILK
and he'd about four widths in tho skirt
and 1t took pretty near all the width to &c
round my waist; and il he'd four deer
rutIlcs put on skimp, and four narrer ones
nut on iul. II he'd Il 'normOus bow OF
the back, and the ends were ruttled too
1t was ruiIlcd over the shoulders and
down To the waist-a big putt on The
sleeve, and ruflles round the wrist. -,
Scz |: "Jcrushy, what do l look like?
"SpIcndidw seq she. a.,
So does lrizly chicken whGnthe wind
blows the wrong way for its feathers there
the igca of putin ilOUnces on me.
SEE she, why not pray? .. 4,
Jerushy, I'm only five feet two, and
measure Il yard and half round. Before
wore blaCk alters got stripes TO make inc
look taller, but widths got all the differ
encc now. But I'll wear il for my picture
rs its the Glshuns you want, not me.
Then she took out Of one Of them thOrt
boxes long, bushy, black thing and SEE
she, Can yer CESS what that's torE
looked ut it and arter while seq |, VI
can't tell what airthly use that is, less yeI
ties it to tishin pole and makes tIy
brush Of it."
She laughed and shook her he'd and
takes out some things that looked like
sweet potatoes in black tights, SEE she
these are rats and mice.
Good gracious |" SEE |.
Then She took big bottle in a yaller
wrapper and seq, take oil yur cap I'm
rcddy TO commence" So she begun by
brushing and Combing, and when she gOl
done my head felt like bushcl basket.
didn't look ut II lest I'd break my promise
to Jcrushy. When she told me 10 | put
OH NV dress. Then she took out o.
another parcel long striped thing sht
called an "arab." 1t was folded, and loop
ed, and fried, and tossclcd, and tho stripes
run the wrong way, and it pinned on the
shoulder. | can imagine how | looked
but YOU can't how felt. But when sht
put one Of her rings with Handkerchief
fastened to il on one hand, anil u fan fast
encd to the other, didn't wonder that the
gals went trOtting along half bent, | fell
like I wanted 10, too.
The only ray Of consolation | had was
when Jcrushy scd, us she fastened one OF
them thar vclvit patches l writ yer about
on my head, "Why, mn, no one would
know you" Thinks |, | hope they won't,
for after the way ] writ about them l
wouldn't have bin kot with it on for five
dollars.
So We started and Duke went along to
attend to the iinnnshal department. For
Jerlshy wouldn't pay bill lest it was
sent 10 the house, Ct the clerk had to 60
along with her, with the bill in his pocket
and the money in hcrn.
take look at the specimens and see
which position you wislG here is II rustic.
A lady standing ut the foot Of flight OF
steps, see the scenery"
"Does well huff for Il slim thing like
her to be standin thar, but it would look
like was lcard to trust my wait on them.
"TruC," seq she; here is fence, you
can lean on that
{" And look rs ct I was clean tuckcrcd
out; not emmy" SCI l.
well, then, SIT on this group Of rocks"
seq she.
IAN rite" sCz |.
When our turn came we went into the
operation room. Duke tended TO gitln
tie flxins all right and set me down. Then
Il spry young man pintcd thing that
looked like Il big eye set upon legs at me
and commenced TO hollOr while he squnt'
cd Mt ME through it with cloth over his
head .... r.-.-. ...
"Hold yer chin up"
ave want Il cabinet picture OF mother"
scz Duke. ..-
AN right; higher, lower; this way"
dumped up, and SCI !, Look here, you
ieller, ef I've got to set for cabinet picter
yer needn't be so particular" l.-.-..
MADAM" SCI lie:
"YOu can't fool nc. 1t amt no differ
encC how look, so I don't look the same
way long at II time" Eg.
MADAM seq he, again, and his eyes
looked like they WINS goln to shoot rite
over the Big Eye ut me.
give seed the cabinet pictur of Lincoln,
seq |, ''and he don't look the same twict,
It's alters been marvel to me how he
could look so many ways ut onCt."
With that the teller snOrtcd out lNrtin,
and run for the pantry. Duke looked us
If he was dyin to latI, too; but Jerushy seq
That was q picture of Lmcoln's Cabinet;
we only want n cabinet size OF You. Like
this" seq she, pointing to one on the wall.
Another teller came out, and pceped
through ut me. SEE |, "Dukc, il any one
hcz to stand and squirt ut me, I'd rather
ii wood he you, and If them iGllers think
I'm gOin to sit here and bob my head
around to please them, they're mighty
much mistaken"
"Pray do rs he tells you, mama" seq
Jerushy, and her face was red MS could be,
"All right, then, il you are satisfied" seq
I, and lbObcd and twisted and turned till
the fcllar got tired and let nc alone,
Purity soon he clapped u lid on the big
eve and jCrkcd sOmcthin out of its side
and run inter tho pantry. After while
out lie comes with piece Of glass held
over his sleeve, and jcrushy and Duke
looked at it. SEE they GLOW perfect "
| looked at It, and there was the pictur Of
n colorCd pusson. 1t was black rs ink.
Sez |, ".Icrushy, nm II nigger?" why
certainly not" "DOcs that look like me y
Sez she Exactly"
] marched rite 'ovCr to what l thought
was looliin' glnSs, and found / was at
the door Of another room tACin' FIT
woman about the size Of ne. See "EX.
cusc INC, I've made u mistake" | saw
her lips lnOvc, but didn't hear her speak.
Sez !, good deal louder, Excuse me,
I've made mistake seed her lips
move again, but didn't hear hur Thinks
she must be awful deaf so fairly yelled