The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-11-27

away, hurling terrible anathemas OF
the salt maokerel, weak coffee and
cadaverous'l looking boe.cake.
SCENE THIRD.
Mrs. Jones standing disconsolate-
ly at the kitchen door, viewing with
sad eyes the rusty stove, burnt pipe,
cracked cooking utensils ETC., and
saying in weak, uncertain voice.
"Jane, you remember this is wash
day."
Jane, loftily, without even turning
her head-'I don't ha' ter be minded
or dat, | hopes, but if yor spoc's to
git washin' done ter day, yor'll ha' ter
pay somebuddy extry ter do hit-I'se
sick mysef, is."
"Well where is Sam I Have him to
make up q fire under the pot and
draw wator and III assist you to wash
a few things"
"Dar's Sam Is yer bline 7 can't
yer see him :" pointing with one stick
OF greasy charcoal to rccumb bent
figure, whose head aud neck wero en-
veloped in blanket and placed near
ly IN contact with tho stove, while the
remainder of the body was left to
frceze.
Mrs. Jones in surpriso-What's the
matter sam -
else catch n colc,' answers q voice
sca rcely audible from under the
cover. cotoh hit yesterday an nj y
hed's stopped up an my tongue
palat's down."
"What gave you a cold %
"Pulled off my shoes yistiddy
mornin, er I didn't put um on, which
is all de same"
"Why didn't you put them on ?
The weather was very pleasant all last
week while you were wearing your
shoes : What induced you to pull
them off when it became so bitterly
cold y
No response from Sam, he had said
his say. Jane answers with toss of
her head.
eve colored people don't wear
shoes 'cept when hits hot when hits
cole, hits too much trouble to put
um on"
Mrs. Jones changing the subject
-"well Jane, you must really try to
wash q little to-day"
No mum, not. if I knows hit, not al
dis we'll er limestone water-I don't
sec no sense In folks having wells dug
nohow. Mrs. Brown down here, she's
had her washin carried back ter dc
spring, she is. Aunt Colline jis swar
she want gwine to wash at dat we'll
fur nobuddy.
Mrs Jones impaticntly-TTush
your nonsense about the water being
limestone, it is the purest freestono
in the country. You only want to
get back to the spring so that you can
have company and use three times
the amount Of soap and ut last bring
up clothes that look like they had
teen washed with clay"
Jane, v,olcntly-"II;ts 'stonishin'
how much sass, we colurcd ladies do
take off poor white trash-hope YER
don't name to say, I would tako yer
soap Z"
Mrs. Jones, out of whose spirit all
pride had been completely crushed l.
swell We'll say no more about the
washing. Have you MIXED this
morning 70
"Sam said ono de calves got all de
milk an to'thcr cows lost her cud
thought as how yer wouldn't think
her milk was fittcn ter drink. Spec
ye'rl ha' ter make her another cud out.
or cotton"
Mrs. Jones turning away in disgust
-"What q couple Of ignoramuses
Talk about your tongue palate's be-
ing down and the COW losin her cud.
Could .Ethiophia itself boast of such
idiots"
SCENE FOURTH.
Katy appearing at the back door of
the house-Mama, Johnnies broke in
the pantry an turned over tho mo-
lasscs pitcher an broke the handle off
and eddie's bit all the ed 4e off one of
them cold pies an the babies got
thimble down its throat an its ohok-
ed go its eyes is poppin' out an Papa
told me to tell you there would be
two strange gentlemen hero for dinner
an you mus havo a chicken rie au'
heap o. nice things an mama, can
have n buttered biscuit with some su-
gar on it -
Mrs. Jones, clasping her hands in
an agony, exclaims with sudden iuspi-
ration.
"0h for my fathers house again