The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-17
From the Little Corporal.
AMONG THE RELATIONS,
BIZ A. H. POE.

B1 A. d. TOE-
I've been visiting our relations. 1
don't mean Grandma Collins folks, nor
Uncle Pettengill's, nor none of them;
it's mammals relations in Illinois. 1
went by myself, only a man, one of the
students that studies with papa, went
with me as far as Springfield. We'd
been travelling all the dsy before, and
all that night. Pretty soon after he got
of, Git wasn't quite morning yet, the
cars stopped again, and the conductor
said,
"Come, little girl; this is your sta
ton" And he helped me of, and car
ried my travelling bag into the depot
for me, and there, instead of finding
grandpa, there wasn't any one except
two men, and they wasn't very nice
looking. I was so disappointed; and 1
said to the conductor,
81 was spectlng somebody here to
meet me-
The conductor said, "Well, never
mind; sit still and wait q little while.
They'll be along presently" And he
put my travelling bag down, and went
off quick.
Twasnt much of q depot, I tell YOU.
The lights were dim, too, but they had
a good fire. / sat real still, and after a
while one of the men said:
eur to go, sissy?"
L told him I thought twas about five
miles; and then I was feeling SO un-
easy I asked, "Do you know grand
pat"
"What's his name9" said he. And I
said twas Grandpa Harvey.
co." said he, 81 reckon it's old
Squire Harvey. I've heerd him spok-
en- Of, but I amt acquainted. 1 amt
been long in these parts myself
just then 1 heard a Quick stem ont
side, and the door opened, and there
was Uncle Guy. He laughed right out
and said, "Fhis is our city girl, is it3n
hadn't seen him but once before, and
I was almost 'shamed when he took me
up in his arms and kissed me, and car
ned m out, and put me into the
spring wagon, Just as if had been no
bigger than Robby. Then he told me
to hold the lines while he got my trunk.
The horses were beautiful gray ones,
Ike papa's carriage horses, only wilder;
and they jumped and pranced as If they
wanted to run away. / was afraid, but
l wasn't going to let Uncle Guy know;
and when he came back 1 found II
needn't have been, a bit, because he
hadn't united them yet.
1t took a long time to get there.
There wasn't any houses along the road
at all, hardly, and it looked so cold:
colder than 1t was. The lanes were
long, and the ground was covered with
little spots of ice. Uncle Guy said the
horses "broke in" After awhile we
came to the woods. 1t was grandpa's
maple woods; and it looked beautiful
in October, Uncle Guy said, but Icame
a little too late. At the end of the
woods there was a white house with
green window blinds, and four front
doors; and back of that was a red one.
with white strips up ard down it. That
was the barn, bat 1 didn't know il
then. The yard was full of maple trees,
and the grass and walks were covered
with dead leaves. Uncle Guy drove up
to the hitching post, and whoaed u
loud.
We got on to the porch before n of
them saw us; and then twas Joe, first.
Joe is g boy that lives there. He came
from the poor house, and his mothers
crazy; but he's a real good boy. He
coming out of the house, but when
he saw us he a back and cried,
They've come! they've come ~
and grandpa, and grandma, and Aunt
Ollie came out and kissed and Rugged !.
me, and grandpa called me "httle ,
Irene Harvey Irene amt nv name. !
mammals; so I said, rs loud as / !
could, (because grandpa can't hear
Easy, 'My names Mignonette Collins. -
The breakfast was good, but I don't
remember much what they had, be- {
;ause / was so sleepy. After breakfast {
went to sleep on a little trundlebed I
z grandma's room. Aunt Olive said I
hey brought it down stairs on purpose t
or me. 1t was the same one mamma O
lsed to sleep in. i
WhensI woke up grandma was un-
my trunk. She said there s
wasn't anything suit'ble; and / said. n
Vasn't my new white silk nice enough? h
The asked me if 1 had any everyday v
lothes, and I showed her my blue g
nerIno, and my scarlet suit and the t
theirs, and she said: o
NCfCI 11luu, We IL manage IL. n
l asked grandpa what made him have &
fire l the wall, and he said twas to "
.eep summer all the year round. 1t Il
i'd look splendidly, and Joe kept put 9
on wood. L
Aunt Ollie's real old. She's fifteen il
nd she's Just beautiful. She makes e
les on Saturday, and mops the floor. h
think it's nice to make pies. There's d
lree uncles besides Uncle Guy; but
all got a wife, only just him, he T
asn't got any. d,
The next day | went with grandmato W
town called Pike City. 1t wasn't the Sc
ne where 1 got off the cars; it's the b,
Their way from there, and the roads b
re better. We went in the carriage, Ia
nd grandma drove her red horse. It's h,
) gentle as a be, and its names Su- hi
IN. We went into a store where q al
oman was buying some black alpaca. d.
he talked SO funny it made me- laugh. d
he man kept showing her different in
ieces, and she kept saying: nj
81 don't want crow black; I want vi
lue black. Grow black turns brown" SO
Grandma bought some flannel, two m
Inds. She said there was a little girl
her neighborhood who needed some or
flannel dresses, and she told me pr
choose; SO / chose. 1 asked her if
go and see the little girl some
me, and she said Knight. That after be
she began making one of the pc
'esses, the red one. She measured il br
me because she said the little girl re-
about my size, and they made ito su
e machine, She and Aunt Ollie. Whe tn
was done she tried It on me, and sal