The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-17

But l don't know as Aunt Betsy die
DO exac'ly ly right, for she took Mrs. Orms
by's preserves 10 put on the table, anG
they was all eat that night, and l s'post
that put her ont some.
Well, as I was sayin', the second yeal
come round, and it was read out il
meetin', that the donation party would
be given the next Friday.
Mr. Ormsby read the notice, ana then
he looked all around and cleared his
throat two or three times, as il he had
somethin' pertickIer TO say, bat after
waitin' minute he changed his mind
and sat down.
thought he acted kinder queer, but l
was quite taken up with noticin' Miss
/ Ormsby. She got as red SIS could be,
and when metin was dismissed she jest
hurried out as if she didn't want any
one to speak to her.
Well, Friday came, and by three
O'Clock We wera rnostlyzsit the parsonage.
Nfr. 0rnsby looked dfe5dfui s6ber, more
as if it was a funeral than merry-makin',
must say but his wife was awful.
She was Jest as huffy and short a9 she
could he with everyone, and she went
and locked the study door and put the
key in her pocket right before us ALL as
if she was afraid we'd touch some of Mr..
! Ormsby' papers or books.
Bimeby we began TO think about set
ting the table 50 Aunt Betsy, Mandy
Jones and me went out in the kitchen
to unpack the contributions. There wes
some pertaters and turnips Chem we put
in the sulier), piece OF corned beef
two or three billed hams, a pot Of butter
some apple sass, = big cheese, and such a
lot of biscuits it would have taken all
night to count.
/ / began to be scarf when VIC took out
painful after painful of biscuits. and no
cake to speak Of At last we came TO
Miss Jones basket, and there we found
lection cake, as well as a great batch Of
molasses cookies.
was glad enough I'd sent Poundcake
and crullers; but somehow when TIE
table was ready, there was more biscuits
on it than anything else, though we did
the best we could
Mr.. johnson sent tea and coffee from
his store, besides sugar and crackers; and
Amos Hull he brought bag of nuts and
some apples for the young folks after
supper, he said.
There was 20 many there that we had
to divide 'em into three lots, the dinin'-
room bein' small and it was most seven /
O'Clock when they got through eatin'.
Aunt Betsy staid with me to clear up
some and l thought I never should get /
all the biscuits put away, for they most I
filed the pantry.
For all there had been so many eaten, !
yet there was piles and piles left, and, as
Aunt Betsy said, they wouldn't need to /
bake for month TO come.
1t happened 50 that 1 didn't go ont (
: ;2ssseh the week after the donation party. /
gsleyN''e secOna Sunday .sss-z., ----.-.l 1
Oh good aa,1 early for church, and as I I
turned the cornel by~the parsonage, + I
saw something that most tNok nv breath 1
away. Every one OF them sA.rn.nointed /
pickets round the house and garden. had .
q good biscuit stuck right atop o. it,
Yes, Miss Harwood, Jest rs sure as YOU
live, there was Aunt Betsy's nice raised
biscuits-I could tell them by the shape
and Miss HuITs rusks, and Miss Stiles's /
soda biscuit, and every one of 'em wasted /
IN that shameful way.
Well, l stood and looked hadn't
the strength to move-and pretty soon /
some of the ladies came along and lined /
me; and there we all stood till the last
bell began TO ring, talkin' the matter
over, and leelin' pretty. mad, ! Ican tell .
you.
Mr.. Ormsby had a good sermon that
day, but / could hardly hear a word, my
mind was 50 fan of the biscuits.
Miss Ormsby warn't there, and as soon
as the last hymn was sung, he got up and
said that he had a call from church in
the far west, and that he had made up
his mind that it was his duty to accept
it. He went Ola to say that he would
like 10 go that same week, and then.
without 50 much as teilin' us that he
was sorry to leave Us, or oaerin' to wait
until we could get some one else, he gave
the benediction and dismissed US.
/ can tell you there was talk enough
Then we got out that mornin and some
Jf the folks thought we ought to pint
l committee to ask Miss Ormsby about 1
t, but brother Ralph said no if they
vas goin', let 'em go peaceable !; so they
Ill agreed to say nothin' at all
Weheard afterward from little Johnny
Hall, who was playin' near the parsonage
ate on Saturday afternoon, that Mr.. [
)rmsby ne brought the biscuits out in {
big basket and then Mrs Ormsby she /
.elped him 10 stick them en The pickets, g
nd she laughed all the time as if it was ,
good joke.
l don't want to judge anybody, but [
never did think that woman was fit for /
minister's wife, and I don't think so t
ow. L
" Well, they moved off bag and bag i
age, on Wednesday of that week, and b
eve never heard from Mr. Ormsby L
nee, and l don't know as we want to, i
sein' he hurt our feelin' so, though O
eve never found as good preacher as I
e was, and never viii" s
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