The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-06-05
AUNT JERUsHA ABROAD.
BIZ CONSTANCE CARLETON.

You recollect told you I bought 1
bunnet when was in New York, but
never could bear the little mess of satint
and lace, SO determined to wear the ont
l bought fourteen year ago last Novem
ber. 1t mayn't be in the latest style
but l feel at home in it, and that:
enough. whats that Sairy Ann? You
don't s'pose Mr.. Mackley cares what kinC
of a 6rnnet 1 wore7 Well, now, who:
tellin this story? Don't they always
tell in novels presactly how the heroine
is dressed y
| l was afeared the locomotive would
bust up, or that we'd fall through 6
bridge and be wrecked on desert island
like Mr.. Crusoe, so 1 stuffed my green
cotton ridicuIe as full as it would hold o.
doughnuts. When we got in the keers
I took off my things and prepared tc
make myself comfortable, but found that
I must put my bunnet on agin, for the
dust and cinder was nigh about ruinatin'
my clean cap.
| Dick wanted me to get off at Chillico
| the for dinner, but no money could a
| hired me done it, for didn't know but
what if the conductor'd once get US of
| he'd start his train right off and leave US.
There'd be several dollars clear gain for
him, besides the seats we occupied. ]
says,
mo, Dick; we'll stay here and let sich
git out as want to run the risk of bein'
imposed on."I
"Well, Aunt if you're not hungry I
am,' says he, and away he went afore l
had time to speak.
Purity soon he come to the winder with
a cup of coffee, some sandwiches and
pie, and says:
Here auntie, you eat this, while go
and get my dinner" and off he went,
quick as fash
l couldn't eat with bit of peace
s'posin the keers would start leavin'
Dick there; what would do7
Besides that, them eatin' house folks
might accuse me of stealth the cup and
sasser, and foller me to Cincinnater to
take me up for it.
waited awhile in the greatest ankle
ty-tude, then leanin' out of the winder,
l looked in every direction, but no Dick
could l see
After a while a good-natured lookin'
young fellow passed along, and 1 give
him punch on the back of the head
with my umbreller. He turned around
as quick as if he'd been shot.
II ak parding," says 1, "but 1 wish
you'd tell my nephew Dick Wilson to
hurry. He's eatin' his dinner, and I'm
afeared he'll be left"
He looked at his watch and says:
'Gipe yourself no uneasiness, madam
1t will be seven minutes before the train
starts He will be along in time, I've no
doubt"
81 don't know" Says I, "its OWN to
what they've got for dinner, Dicks fail
in is chicken pie and if they've got that
knOs0 he'll be left
The young man took spell of cough
in and says:
"I'll go in and see if they have the edi-
BILE you speak of; if so, 1 will tell the
walters to put it out of his reach"
"Lor," says 1, you needn't go to all
that trouble; but you'll obleege me if
you'll take this cup and sasser back. l
| don't want to be arrested for stealth at
this late day"
He took 'em from my hand, and said
he'd do it with pleasure
Dick wasn't left after all, though 1 give
him good scoldin' for the oneasinesa
he'd caused me.
When we arrove to the city, Dick took
his verlice and my ridicule, Il carried
umbreller myself l didn't know what
minute it might rain and says Dick
Aunt Jerusha what in the name OF
sense have you got in this old poke that
makes it SO confounded heavy ?"
Them's doughnuts," says L
"Doughnuts," he says, "why there
must be peck, at least. Did you think
we intended to camp out p
Young men of your age" says I, ''are
always ready to laugh at everything
S'posin Cincinnater would be besieged
like Paris was? think you d rather eat
doughnuts than roasted dogs, though
you do turn up your nose at 'em now"
Cincinnati under siege r says Dick
laughin'. do you think we are going to
stay there until war is declared, siege
commenced, and the inhabitants reduced
to starvation p
II don't know, and don't care" says
/. l don't think it's very becomin in
you, Dick, to laugh at your elders
"Be keerful how you swing that ridi
cule, you'll break the strings"
Pardon me" says he. Il treat you
with the tenderest concern, oh ridicule
unmindful of the ridicuie you cause me,
and he carried it in his arms like baby
Now" says l, "I feel safe, (this was
after we'd got inter the omnerbus,) "fol
l know there is nothin' about this con
sarn that can bust up or explore"
ats dangerous to be safe" says Dick
lookin' serious. "You forget, auntie, tina
there is a coal-oil lamp in this bus"
"Well, it amt lit. Whose afraid Of {
lamp in the daytime?
We put up at the Burnet House, ii
can't be compared to the tavern staiC
ut in New York the first night wa
there and the next mornin we starteC
out bright and arly to buy goods ex
amined every piece keerfully, and II
ventur' to say that you can't find any
. where's, sich good calicoes, delaines anc
lawns as there is in George Wilson