The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-23
NEIGHBORS.
EY H. H. RExFoRD.

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who's that = comm up the path7
Run, Betsy Jane, an seel
IN bet it's hateful old Misc JonsS
A comm here to tea
Miss Perkins, is it2 DeAFy NELL
ia ruther hear it thuRderl
Shes 6lIns round q tattlfn's
What brought her here, ] Won6eT7
I hone she's only come to cal.
Don't ask her, dear, to stay
For ef we urged her hard enough
She'd TlspeT go away.
Of All the tattlin' set know,
Miss Perkins bents 'en hoHers
Shes comm hear to spy afonnGs
IN bet silver dollar.
She's got that old silk O1,nnit ON
It's older than the hills,
An really looks ridlcn1OtsS-
All ruffies, tucks and tT2hs
food rracious me she's gof heE WoEkS
I'll hev TO git my knfttln
I s'pose YOU knew Bill Smith bad give
Her darter Ann the mTtten
E1oue in! Miss Perkins, a. that you
I'M des prit glad you've come,
For as 1 sed to Betsy Jane,
The house seems awful dumb.
Miss Perkins take the roek1n '-GAeefr
An, Betsy, take her bnnnt-
Be sure YOU put II where the hias
An dust won't git nponit-
Sez I. not half an hour ago,
SeZ to Betsy Jane,
7 wonder where Miss Perkins IS =
Here Betsy, hand that skein-
Sez l. hope she'll come to-day,
If nothin's up to hindey.
She's comm now, seq Betsy Jane,
A lookin' out the Winder.
Miss Perkins, take pinch o. nua,
An fell me all the news;
i haven't heerd 'em in so long
I've almost had the blues-
Miss Johnson's got new silk dress2
Miss Perkins wall, never
wonder if she really thinks
Her money II last for ever7
Miss Perkins, yes. WAS at church
Now, WANT you glad to hear
the preacher preach - plain on dress
It hit some folks 50 clear.
Miss Primrose colored like beet
You knew she wore q feather
An Sary Grimes was aSfiJ mad.
It hit 'em both together
/ wonder if Squire Pettibone
HAin't got brAn'-new wig
I really do dislike that man
He feels so awful big!
You see him walkin' t'other night
Along with Eathrine Snyder
Miss Perkins, thatH maze match,
III bet q pint o. cider.
The deacon's son is waitin' on
Miss Grimes cousin hose
Why, no hadn't heard o that.
What for, do you suppose7
/ hardly think he'll marry her;
His father won't be williE'-
Shes jest poor rs poor can be
She isn't worth Q shill2n.
The doctors wife has got boys
Wall. row, that's suthin' new.
I s'pose she'll name it arter him.
/ should, an shouldn't you I?
9E course you knew Mariar Smith
Had named her darter Lilly
I'd name her Ca boa ge Holly hock3
That ain't one bit more sIAyf
1Iiss Perkins, what AIiss Blodgett lets
Her girls play plays an dance!
Well, declare, that takes 2He down.
An beats the whole q France!
I know one thipg-Iny Betsy Jane
Don't help 'enn in their doinfs.
might as well jest pint her to
The nArrer read to ruin.
Miss Perkins, hey you heard about
That fuss with Peleg Brown
You hain't Why, goodness gracious me!
It's all about the town.
They think he cheats his customers
A seiiin' saleratus
An say they ketchei his Youngest son
A stealin' green tomatoes.
OF course you've heerd the talk that's round
About the Widow Hatch?
They say she's after Thomas Sweet,
An that twill b7 match.
Her husban' hat been dead six months,
An now she wants another.
Shed never be my dorter-in-IaW
If WAS Thomas mother!
Hev heerd of the weddin'2 No.
Who, underneath the sun?
John Wait aud Huldy Robinson?
Miss Perkins, you're in fun
Why. he's as much as fifty-two,
An Huldy isn't twenty;
But then-we know the reason why
The old FOOLS cash is plenty
Miss Perkins, lay your work aside
An hev a cup o. tea.
This cake of BetseY James is nice;
Jest try piece ans
I used to like to cook an bake,
An knew how to 6u it.
An Betsy Jane shall larn 1t tn
III eddicate her through it.
Miss Perkins, are you goin' now?
One thing I'd like to know
Go bring her bunnit, Betsy Jane
That's why you hurry SO.
Your bunnit's jest as nice as new;
I swan, it's right in fashioni
Them ruffies an these gethers here
Are really vCry dashin'.
Oh. yes. Miss Perkins, shall come.
You must come down agini
You haven't been here in SO long,
1t really is sin.
Good arternoon-yes. Betsy Jane
Shall come an see your darter.
There has she gomez I really hope
She got what she WAS arteri
In all my life never did
See sich a tattIin' critter.
They'd ought to call her Scandalbones;
I'm sure the name 'ud fit her.
s'pose 1 must return her call;
But WANT sociable at all