The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05
MISCELLANY.
TATTLEwooD sEWIsG-cIRCLE.
BY MRS. s. E. DAWES.

Come, Jane, do fly round a little FASTER
here it is one o'clock, and the sewing-circle
meets here at half-past two, and it don't seem
to me as though / was half ready for EN-.
Some how or other everythings gone wrong
end foremost to-day.
There, don't fret, mother. | shall soon
have things in order. We shall be all prepar-
ed for the company, l have no doubt, by the
time they begin to arrive.
well, hope so, in all conscience. would
not have Betsey Locke git here afore I'd got
the house to rights and myself slicked up, for
no money / wonder what she'll say to these
new hosshair chairs. guess she'll open her
eyes sum, for she felt mighty proud of them
cane-seat chairs she had last fall and they
want any great shakes, Mother.
Whats that you say about the chairs,
wife?' said Mr. Woodman, entering just then.
{ / want to know if that's all the reason why
had to go without new coat this summer,
to git them chairs, cause you wanted to out
do Betsey Locke? This everlasting quarrel
between you two women will make Locke and
/ as poor as church mice before long. Idon't
see a mite of sense in it, and / should be glad
if could live to see the eend ont
Perhaps you will, father quietly remark
ed Jane, as she went round the room vigor-
ously busting the new chairs.
Il hope I shall. But howsumever, this ere
won't do for me. I've got another load O. hay
to git in afore three o'clock
There, I told We, Jane, everything went
wrong to-day. Who'd have thought your fa-
ther would have happened in just as l was a
talkin' about them chairs? Now, | shall new
er hear the last ont s'pose.
WELL mother, they say bad beginning
makes good ending, so we will console our
selves with that
Il wish was easy about things as you, but
1 amt, and never was. Now, Jane, I do hope
you'll put the best foot forward this afternoon
and evening. / hope | haint sent you two
quarters to Burrville Seminary for nothin'.
You know paid two dollars a quarter more
than Betsey Locke paid for her Miranda at
that highfalutin boardin' school, l forget the
name ont, and I'm sure you ought to have on
q ieetle more polish than she.'
Say about four dollars worth, mother.
There Jane, you have such a comical ex-
preston on once in a while, when L m talkin',
don't know whether you're maxim fun OF me
or not But there's one thing / want you to
do, and that is to treat Lawyer Pynchon lit
lie more civilly than you have done. You
know he's been buildin' that ere new house
yonder, and it Amt to be expected he'll keep
his cage long without a bird to put in it. |
think he's notion arter you. At any rate, if
you set your cap right for him, there's no
KNOWN what might happen
I'm try and treat him as politely this even
ing as you WISH mother
do, that's good girl But sakes alive,
1 don't know but them custards are all burnt
mp Run, Jane and take 'em right out of the
oven this minute
As the reader has become aware from the
above conversation, there was quarrel oflong
standing between Mrs. Locke and Mrs. Wood
man. 1t began in an idle remark made about
the latter, which was carried to the ear of the
former by the village gossips, in such distort-
ed shape, that it conveyed an entirely different
meaning from what was intended. From that
time there was a constant rivalry between the