The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1880-02-27
BERNARDSVILLE.

and I'm rite sartin thet's MORN dast tn
Y expect wen | cum to think of the 'xper
I fences and turribul drane thar wuz on
| my feelins tibet day. P'raps you've heerd
: tell l was up thar last Friday. Lawful
} sakes | cuddent make up my mind fn
! two or three days, whether tn go or not
: fust, / wuz agoin Wensday, but wen
wuz a gettin reddy, got my red flannel
skeert on wrong side out and | knowed
tibet wuz most an awful sign fur bad luck,
and mite afore tn ez wuz stirrin cakes
upset the salt. so / wuz powerful glad
arter all tibet lissend tn the voice OF
Mater and staid tn hum. Wall, I'd a
cum sartin Thursday only night afore not
: wink slept I, fur lissenln tn the kim
duckters dogs how1in. Tho massy
sales if | paid 'tention tn them, I'd
never sleep day nor mite. Thar oncom~
mon pups tn bark. Wall, ez I wuz a
sayin got start fur town on Friday ]
riz arly, nigh onter five clock, got geared
up good and warm, and sot down tn watch
fur Wagon, SOS ! could ketch a ride.
If I do say it myself, l looked bout ez
good tibet mornin ez ever look. Every
time | happened afore the glass, it sort o.
!, sot me i'll a trimmer. he'd on my blue
and yaller Toured delane, SEE tn Hubby
Dulittle wen she was maxim of it, SEE T.,
low plenty O. room in the skeert Hubby,
and cut it short, tn save holdin up.
Huldy's very good bout bein told, she is.
Wall, tn continner, he'd on my red cloth
circlar cloak. | haint he'd it out of the
chist fur betterner five year, fur Veal
towners I'D never know the vally of it.
but | knowed in town they'd know what's
, what. NY bonnet Wuz a green velvet
with sum buttercups round the face,
wear them fur | alters thought they made
me look so innocent, leastways thet's
what ZelSle Hoppergrass used tn say wen
me and him sot up. Law I'd like tn
know watts become o. Zekle, sofa store
by him, but | alters blamed outsiders fur
interferin thar Wall, [ set and set by
the winder nigh onter three hours fore /
see any one | knowed (yu wouldn't
ketch me ridin with no strangely. wen
long Gums Widder Bells Oldest boy, with
Il whoppin big load on. Hold on, bub,
sez |, air yu goin tn town? Yes'm, seq
| he, and never made no sign Of holdin up
a boss; SEE ] agin, Did yu say yuwas a goin
tn town? Yes'm, sez he, and with thet
he drawed out rite and left over. both
critters he was a drivin and never made
a look behind him. TUX tibet as a
meanin he didn't banker arter my COM
pany. He needn't bin skeered, fur nv
folks wuz alters as good as hissen eny
day. | wasn't as mad ez I would bin
if hadn't just sot my eyes on yung Tom
Pettibone a comm full chozzle with
lspankin team O. greys, DRAWN most
an awful high load of grain. I he'd my /
teeth cut this time, SO SEE q DRAWN up
tn the Wagon (fUr | seen he he'd no
more notion of stoppin then tother one)
How d'y du Tomas, what yu got on this
mornin with tibet he hauled up and SEE
he, oats. Air yu goin tn the Ridge seq
H. 0, no, SEE he, terribul quick, Pm goln
rite tn town; if | was only goin round
by the Ridge I'd take yu in a minnit.
Wall, SEE Ga jampin up on the load ez
lspry ez the rumatiz I'd let me, and a
grabbin hold of the stakes don't has
lpen tn be goin thar, I'm goin tn town
myself. Law, sur but he looked black
in the face. He started off full tare, and
SEE yu needn't hammer yer bosses on
my count, fur he wuz a givn it tn them,
and mutterin summat tn himself. /
didn't keer much tn hear what twas.
Wall, settled myself comfortable ez I
could, spread out my gown, (so's wouldn't
rinkle) and hung my feet over the side
of the bags, and grabbed my carpet sack
in my left hand SOS tn be reddy tn jump
in case of axidents. The keers hedn't
(started yet, and see them train fellers
Ia latin like time, ez we cum by, and a
pintin tn the side of the Wagon; SEE l
j Tommy, air they a latin at yu? He
u didn't seem tu hear any thing just about
Il then, but | knowed they wasn't latin
at me, and what's more I didn't keer if
they wuz and as fur their pintin. / didn't
i keer nuther, fur he'd uncommon luck a
colorin stockin yarn this year. Vealtown
wasn't more'n half up as we cum thru, so
as we rid along l see Tomas didn't hev
much tn say. Wall, thinks I, if yer a.
waitin fur me, I'll be as undertainin as |
kin. But, la he didn't seem tn depre>
ciate me much, fur the more | talked the
soggier he sot, and TUX no power O. motifs
of me. Law! seq I, but yer Amt q bit
likeyer Ant Merry Ann, fur if ever eny
one he'd the gift O. CAB twas her; wus en-
eny lawyer, she was. Wall, we rid on a
spell and SEE [, nor yer amt much like
yer pap's fust brother Sanlivel, fur he wuz
dreful fond of tallkin tn wimmin and
hearing them talk. With that Tomas
turns round and SEE he tn me, sez he,
Farnal pity he wasn't cartin WI tn
town, tuday then, SEE l, Tommy now
don't lose yer patience. o, no danger,
SEE he, thar's no such good luck ez my
-patience-tuday. I didn't think
he acted over civil, but bein twas the fust
; time he opened his mouth let it go, but
, l kept thinlzin and arter awhile hit
the nail on the he'd. | know now who
yer like. Tommy, yer like yer Mammy's
5 Ant Debby. She wuz an awful soft, quiet
} kind O. critter, and bein's ez he didn't
seem tn hear, | gin him one with my elbo
atween the sholder ribs. thought then
he ment to hist me, and nlebby he would,
only low and behold, who did l see a
comm but old Squar Bummers big carry
all and Missis hummer and all the yung
Bummer's. Law I rig rite up, fur l wuz
: powerful glad tn see 'em, haint seen 'em
l since last dog days. they hauled up. tn
l talk spell, but if you'll believe it, l
; couldn't make that mule OF mine (thetI
was driving stop minnit No, sir, he
found his voice then and capped tn the
, bosses tn go on. Law felt ez tho all
O. August, and part O. July was bilin in
my yanes, end | wuz ez dumb ez bat
/, till we got tn the foot of tibet hill, goin
intu town. When all tn once he got ez
/, coaxin ez could be and SEE he III me a
/; haulin up his team, Miss Skilnpton seq
: he, Wouldn't yu pretur tn walk intu
/; town, I'm afeerd summon mite hurt yer
r teelins latin at yu on this ere load.
! Drive on, Tommy, SEE |, yer terribul
t sparin O my feelins just now amt yu2
Yer gittin MORN more ike yer Ant
: Debby. never let on smelt rat yu
see. Wall, wen we cum tn the corner,
SEE I, here's putty nice sort O. shop,
Let me down. Tomas hauled up and seq
! he, heavin 81 fro.1i his boots up, seq
p he I'm goin tn Chatham with my oats
j and amt a cummin hum this way, SO
y you'd better not wait fur me. Wall, arter
g l blowed my nuz, and straitened out my
r bonnet and pulled myself together, (fur
; the Wagon was drefful hard riding /