The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-10-02

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homer
Thank you, saws l: snd be began &
crook bis elbow Bat hey company al
reaiy, I added, afsot koepiug him "a ,us
peasc awhile; aud y bed. only !, wa
nobody bui jack aud las giFl. Becky Iar
ris. Now Aunt sophy he'd bin making
+ patchwork quilt, time ont Of mlad rca
Jobs trouble aud every tinc she'd git !
out she'd tell you who he'd a gowud us
this bit, aud who bed aprons of Of tha
other 50 Il was almost like q story book
/ With more ebapters than you could sbak'
a stick At. Gineradon atler gineralioI
was represented in that quilt so Ter speak
here was scrid that bed belonged tel
her great-grandmother, when calieo va.
- cyslly 50 delainr and there was scraT
OF her own baby fiOeks, aud youder !
piece of her unele's wife's sistei'si II
fact, twas a. good as a regular giuealogi
cal Tree, root aud branch and blossom
And ia bed up end Of trouble with il
myself, fur aunts eyes wis falling OF hen
aud IRA threaded one needle, he'd d
lhoasaud aud Que, and made knot.
enough an hour ter take me across the
Atlantic Ocean in week No matter
whether | was takiog OF TIC butter, skim,
ming tie milk, OF irving out lard Aunt
sophy was At my elbow with thread aud
needle ter tell the trlsih, she was that
blind she lnistook a ily on the pantry wall
for nail Que day, aud set ter work ter
hang tie milk strainer on it, The fly re-
sisted Well, Tie jobs trouble was end.
ed at last, and thought mine bed too, as
far as that quilt was concerned; but,
goodness! 1t hedn't only jest begun,
'cording ter some folks thinking, Moth
ing to do but Aunt Sophy must hey a
quiltlng, and ask the young men in the
evening ter supper and frolic. ! hedn't
nothing to say agin that, for | was as
keen after sport rs the next one, only !
ddu't mean that Elisha Ferris should
come inside our doors thai night; tho't
the sight of his ugly face would jest spile
the whole fun. However, the folks come
hlthe afternoon, and used their tongues
and fingers pretty nimbly; quilted in her
ring bone, aud gossiped about lhe good
old times, when girls weren't SO for'ard,
and butter aud eggs fetched more, and
about Miss Somebody's new fixings, aud
Mr.. Totherbody's house-rasin till it grew
dark aud supper was ready. Aunt Sophy
and ! had cooked up sight of nice things
roasted chickens, made pies and jellies
and cakes-that did yer heart good ter
look at, ifi DO say IL. And by-and-by
the young fellows began to pour in in
their Suhday-go 10 -meetin' best, and
standing dickies stifler'n a Puritan elder.
Phoebe Snelling's young man, Tom Com
stock, Jim jackson and fine crowd;
and in minute or two who should come
along home with our Jack as big as life,
but Elisha Ferris! ! jest give Jack look
that was enough to take an ordinary
mau's appetite away, but it hedn't the
least effect on him.
Well, after supper they danced awhile.
Elisha Ferris played on cornet he'd
brought along with him; and Phoebe
was gIum cause her young man
danced a fore-and-afier with me; and
Aunt Sophy sat in the corner, and lived
over her Bung days, she said. After a
time somebody proposed that we should
hev.a game Of rolling the platter with for
feits, and great frolic it made, can tell
you; and the best of it was, when Elisha
Ferris made such haste ter catch the plat
ter before il got done spinning that he
over Aunt Sophy's cricket, and
his length Oh the floor. was
that tickled couldn't keep myse If
from laughing right out, though /
i pose il wasn't maunerly. But was
giddy as windmill in them days.
Pun glad can amuse you so well, Miss
Hannah Elizabeth, said he, Citing up
very red in the face and not a whit hand
somer thun ever
Thank you, says ! you're allus obIig-
ing. But, yon see, the stumble gave
him forfeit to pay, and Ben Smelling he
was elected Judge; and he told Phgbe to
three yards Of pink ribbon with
our Jack, which jest set her young man
and Becky Harris on tentcr hooks; aud
then ter cap the climax, he sent Elisha
Ferris ter Rome with Becky, which sort
D riled Jack, and made me clap my
hands.
Pleasant journey to yon shouted Com.
stock.
Now p'r'aps you don't know what GO
ng ter Rome is Ike, since forfeits hev
gone out Of fashion considerable; but
when was a gal they was all the go.
Wei you sea, the way they went to Rome
was putty cheap III them days, though,
mercy knows, II cost Elisha Ferris dear
enough, They just locked arms together
md went round the room, aud he kissed
III the girls, aud the young men they
sissed her-ifthey could Wen, Elisha
le give bis arm ter Becky, aud Becky
.he blushed up Ike a peouy; and jest
hen got up ter look after the ERE, aud
lidu't mind how they was Citing along
u their jlurney, tiil felt some
,ody's hand on my shoulder, and looked
ip to hnd Elisha. great mouth within
ia'f an ineh 81 my cheek give such
cream thatit brought ou Amt sophy's
and old lsdy Petligrew tho'i
here wss fire: aud jerked myself oa,
II his reach and run for y closet. and be
iiier me.
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