, 1875-08-01

s'Vesn amt got no blackberry cordial ter paas
'roun MD dat dar poun'- cake =" she said.
Well, don't pester me, Amt Cindy; jas sen'
to Brother Phiilpotts' or somewhere alse toz
anything We haven't got"
i Amy no hosses lef' in de- bavn ter sen Ter
muffin else dey's al of bor'rin'."
ar Then sen one OF the negroes aioot."
!" Ato't no ni;sgers nusheF ter ssn': ds1s all
"Wel, manage it JUS Is you lihe. +" esid Mrs.
Bnrgiss b]andly.
"Humph!" !" ejaculated Amt cindy, turning
away. she came back. immediately: Law.
snmmer6al' an lisa Susan Wesley-ain's fl1 up
. speck. Yer mus cit fx up, bonels:: L."
didn't you-sll knov we-airs gwyne ter hab fon'
pnzzidnn' eldnz tar dinner? Go put on ron l.
shoes an stockin's an you' new caliker frocka."
.11ine's dirty" said Susan Wesley.
"aIiue's tore, " ssil Mary Sumuaertaeid~
As it WIS scarcely practicable to borrow dresses
for tlese ladies'. Susan Wesley VAS set down TO
meud Mary Summerfefd's calico dress, ard Mary
Summertield Was sent with Susan Wea}ey's TO
the sprine, wbere biack Polly MSS washing out
some articles which would be in demand At the
"Delllav! Miss Ritby!" said Amt Gndy. reap,
pea1ing after few minutes, dat Tony an Alfred
mus be hx up an sot at de- from gate ter take de
fou' puzziduu' eiduz' hosses, an ter tote nm 70
da bsxn; an Nervy u1ua' ba fixed up ter Keep de
tiles often dat tabnl-"
All this wss desirable, but whsn they came to
the point Of fixing up the Burgiss retainers they
came upuu problem. After much aearch and
consultation it was decided as last resort to hem
up the legs Of Mr. Burgiss' winter pantaloons
dun eldnz hosses to the haup." Then . reverend
swaslow-tailed coat was added to Alfred's ward
robe. the cufs being turned back aud the
long waist buttoned to the chin, Touy,
Yh0 WAS aualler and had clean shlrt>
Was more comfortsbIe bus less satisfied
figures they were, Is VAS httle Nervy in 4 dress
which she stepped Oh in walking. and which ne-
cessi.ated = ceaseless hitcoins up OF the shout
ders to prevent its slipping OF the wea-er.
But bow can hope to pictufe Aunt ClndTs
kitchen as the battle thickoned? Great logs
! were rosr11g and blazing ia The broad fireplace.
Hanging before this vas the pig. roasting en-
tire. Then came huge tin reflector, With its
buggy-ljke top cleaning in the freight ana 70
tecting it's heat on the rows OF beaten biscuits
| thus baking Over half the dirt floor patches Of
Goals had been drawn from the fireplace snd On
these beds we're oveus and akillets and pots and
| tr,yetB and gridirons in bewiderinR num-
ber and confusion. Outside the kitchen-shed,
! sasted ON the ground. Hera negro 6ohllaren, boys
| and girls huskine green corn, pairing potatoes.
! pairing cymlins peeling tomatoes, ETC., efe
| Neryy vas sheling narlowfats, and the little
! black baby Was eating them Then there we're
three women assistants in the kitchen that
!. hepderad rnoren they he'ped," according to
I the head-cook. Cindy herself was moving about
| in her elephantine wsy, ordering the assistants,
boxing the children, basting the Kissing pls,
stirring the cun:azds, shifting An oven
| an the coa,s to insure "a even
bake transferring shovel OF Goals IRON
the chimney-plsce to kettle on the outskirts OF
her lines searching the la1nhs md a'eepers foE
GONE condiment or cloth; renewing the tire, CALI
| ing for water, ETC., etc. And all the while there
was such hissing and sputserinY and bubbhos
and steaming and sizzling a. Mould have beer
entirely worthy Of four tunes foa' puzadnn
| elduz."
Merry barring finished her peg shellug, VIE
prsncing back and forth over the brown stass,
admiring over her shoulder tbs effect Of hel
sweeping train when she perceived up The lane
great cloud OF dust and heard Tcny CALI 'Dey
er comm dar dey u: Den lou pnzzana
elduz Is or comm !"
Nervy repeated the CRY; then somebody els'
did The same; then another, till the wnoie plan
! tst,ou rapg With IL Then there Vas genera
ruah from said llantatlon. Even Airs. DnIs4a
-but:oniue her dress IS she rushed ~
the front window. Aunt Cindy deserted ne
dinner. and, with lour-sifser in her hand, went
blowing like porpoise and Ette ewing the sifie'
flour ~ she went, to the side-yard to witness IN
| important arrival. Little black faeea and b't
black faces xare pressed against cracks IN tn
/ naltnpA ~%SAAs@A~J
and around house~corners, while the nspp5, I'M
/ port.ut, and envied Tony aud Alfred ran TO thea
posts at the gate to take the hoIse8 aud "tote
them to the barn- ,,,.-
Mr, Burgiss WIS on hand giving bustdn
and noisy gseetng 70 hls sue4s Meenme t,,A
s:yeIcome to the hospitaltles OF my humble roof
AZ tnnr A Brother Burglse has cr1s' OF Gavin
bread bell share it with a brother Aethodlat.
They wore conducted 10 the house, aud seate
in the open passage fo1 coolneas, for the alk va
+. sultry. There was that inertia aud hush III tn
atmnspharn that precedes thundesnto1mr an
II dark-eray clouds were banking in tho southHes
;. II see you take the Ladies' Repository
Brother Burriss," aaid one Of the E!dei
ID the course OF conversation, open'n
tha magazine aud turning to an engraving
= .,The Ladies' Repository" exclaimed HEosne
Bureiae With energetic enthusiasm, "is Il,
rret1iesr book in America ;" aud he brought b.
leg ringing slap with bus open pen palm p .ay
emphasizing his remark; Inc ~ pre.sies M oTp ~
in America" Again he elappea nus ,eg. e. o,ha,
| Nrothar Faiconer. As to Its matter, place
among the classics = and ha turned to anosnt
~ the Elders-..in the from rank Of the classlct
Hsotner Pur1yne. There are but two books !
the worr that outrspk it, brother aae 9naes"ooo'
.And what a1e those I" asked Eldar undas
wood. hls eyea twinkling 1t this axEfsordlnas
| announcement.
=. :" 1.-THE Aetho1hs' Oiscapfne and the baoae, - II
! swered Brother Burgess courageousiy. IN
| Methods Discipline il tbs moat Wonaertul ooo
ID The civilized language mos superior NJ
: ;nanred book that WAS ever extant,-tna mo
s,1tarior book, may say, the universe sver sa7
Wa'ra a wonderful people. my dear 1rosner,.,
| wonderful people, wa Methodlsts' we Keep 70
! vorl' movin." 1..,
"We help to do II, b1otasr roate& no'1e"A1
NV dear Brother Foster, ne move th
!. worl'-ua move it, Mr. Burgiss reitetaee<
bringing his bands together with
rinrlng spat,-<s the religious worF, 70
nnderstan'. Who's doia' anything. f
INSTANCE. to take tnis district to glory a1cept
; "The Presbyterfans hare established SON
| hourishing churches in this neighborhood, mi
gested Elder Purzyus. o..,
THE Presbyteriana!" exclaimed III. Burgu
| with impetuous scoln. wouldn't give that
and be snapped his finger with = flourish
"for ali the good they'll do at br1oean, a'nne
down. The PresbyteIians are bemnders-1
Mathodists are leadio' the adTauce;. We
Christ's vanguard. Presbyteriaus can't ho
a candle to US. We can ouk-nunber them
We eau on1-preach them; Ee can on
.. sing them; Nc can outrp1ay them; we @
ontcahous them. Religion would die ont-d
mt from the 1aoe OF the lyin' earth, Broth
Pur,yne-but fox the Methods Church, but II
our protrac,ed meetin's our class~meesin's, Of
, caup~maas,n's, cur lovs-feasts, cur revival