The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-04

| ~ "'*ii' IAlNlh maze motion to rails
HiX hundred dollars and give the ministe
a donation TO make up the other hundred
mat i1nder paciticd all round, am
thcy agreed to meet at the vcstrv tn,
next Thursday evening and riyo Tin
minister and his wife n rousing donatiol
and surpFse party. They took pains {,
invite everybody, old and young, anc
when Thursday evening came there wa
1 big crowd ! Can tell you. Squire I,v
mansgave the word to start, and lust n!
we.got to the door we al commenced t.
sing Praise God from whom all bless
ings ilow.' a.rr.
The minister and his wife both came
to the door, and they dM look surprised
enough but somehow they didn't lool
30 cheerful as you would expect. But
they was dreadflllly SURPRISED; they
didn't even think to aals us in but We
ftialat Wait f9r an 5as S.ssa5fl
/ ctQwdin 10, and the miniBtcr and hil
wife kept backin'. back It'll the house
was full up stairs and down. Squire
Lyman's wife and me and some Others
went out into the kitchen to look after
the Victuals and other things that was
donated and such sight as twas.
Deacon Bates brought bushel Of
| potatoes, and Squire Lyman a neck oi
onions, Levi Morse brought a hull keg
Of pork; to be sure Parsoa Noble or hiS
wife. mover eat any, but then il showed
Mr.. Morse sg0od will Then Mrs. Prentis
brought them chrome Of bare-headed
girl picktn' flowers You see Mr.. Noble
preached a sermon one Sunday about
folks making home attractive for the
children said they ought to have books
and pictures and all such things. / s'pose
Mrs. Prentis thought twould please him,
and | think she was very thoughtEul-y
don't y0u2 Somebody brought d nice
Bible. Bibles, you know, are always ap-
propriate to give u minister"
re \ should think n minister was the
last person who would need Bible" in
teTupted Miss Prudy. Miss Betsey did
not notice the interruption, but con-
tinued ~ n ~ ..
"Then there was n peck of apples and
some soft soap, foHr loves ofbrcad, a pan
of doughnuts, two loves of cake, couple
Of mince-pies, and loaf of gingerbread
that / made myself The victuals, Of
course, was for attachments, for every
body expects something to cat at dona:
tion party But there was one. thing.
it did seem as if everybody had agreed
upon, for ! should think that everybody
that came must have brought u few
links of sausages such pile Of 'em = we
just sat down and laughed; we couldn't
help ii when we saw 'em. ~u
81 OF course we helped ourselves to ten
and sugar and such little things we
knew Mrs Noble would be glad to
furnish 'cm; then nobody thought to
bring any preserves So we called Mrs.
Noble out and asked her what we should
do about 1t, She said she had Jar Of
ounce sauce we might have. Mrs.
Pierce disied it out, and she said it
Wouldn' t 60 half round she asked me If
she'd better get two OF three cans open;
but | told her 'twould make more
trouble, and twasn't no matter If the
children didn't have anys SO we made
u 90 as far as 'twould; but it did look
kinder stingy."
" Well, j never heard Of anything |
equal 10 thatw cried Miss Purdy slash
ing away at the cloth before her as If
she had q gnldge against it,
Bless my soull what are you doingP |
exclaimed Miss Betsey. You've snoiled |
that Sleeve, and didn't get but nine
yards; twou' tdo TO waste any Well, |
as | was saying, we s'poged everybody |
had had something when Mrs. Lyman |
came out and said there hadn't been n |
thing passed in the library. So we
hunted round and found a loaf Of |
&c &c
cake, and some pies that Mrs. Noble had |
baked up for company. You see she |
was expecting minister to stay over
Sunday. Twas real fortunate, for she |
might not have had anything in the
house but for that; and she had all the |
next day to bake in, so westhdught IL |
dd no hurt to. take il. Mrs. |
Jones said that she found pan Of seed
cakes Afterwards that Mrs Noble had
hid away. we felt real worked up |
about it, children think so much of seed |
6a akesg yon know; and Mrs Jones said
Z chat she thought 1t looked pretty small |
when We was givini 'em such d atlonation1 |
But maybe twas just as well, for some
Of the boys threw cake At each other,
and it got trod into. the carpet at times,
and / don't believe il having things
wasted, Use up the pieces if yoil can,
Miss Purdy, and leave the hull piece for
new sieeTesa aE
HThcre was one thing ! was surprised |
to bear; the children got to fooling UP. /
stairs and KNOCKED oyer. q pitcher Of |
water and broke.it twas a pity, for'it
belonged to, a chamber set Mrs. Noble
had given her when she was married, |
aud ssag PAINTED nv hand. And Mrs.
a dams said when Mrs Noble hoard Of II
she Looked real mad. Such an example
60 sot before children-and minister's
wife tool Children will be, children,
YOU know, Miss Purdy."
"The place for children is At home
evenings, think, said the dressinaker
sharply
Wen, ! dunno as twas any worse
than what Mr.. Lum did; he'was leaning I
ob tho fefnory and tie glass brpkfin .
minute. Bat then, accidents will hap.
pen, and twas different being donation
paftY.p fFFE Ks
"0f course" acquiesced tile aittle
iressmalygEsT #ER-N6zh
aThell ifMas real Jimmy scqntiriged
Miss Betsoy, " the way they worked AZ.
I GU see the ministers folks go home
-eal lsearly- Abeing eertain, ! reckon they
thought sc would follow their example,
lut law sakcs alive no; why before we
sob Though with eating thingssand "-
Then you had all the dishes to !
Ensh putin Mrs. Puray.
aBless yout no; If w6 had attempted |
q xaslt he dishes u knQw Mrs Noble
veald have stoppsd ~, end besides it
golild haye taken Us half the night, and |
Il course she didn't expect it. But as |
sas saying, they kept staying, and it /
gas past midnight before theytall got
way.
q Well. the mex Sunday We all thought
he pastor would hayo IN extra sermon.
.nd make some acknowledgment Of the
Iaaation hesides, and Of course every