The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-11-03
A Fly PAPER.

n TIL FAHEKt
81 think flies is sociable, do. For
my part, I'm glad to be back where they
be. Nobody never need to excuse their
flies to me. If they'd a been where
there want no flies, as Il have, and
where the poor critters was jest a-hunt-
cd and a-gone-at from morning till
night, they d never lift their hands agin
'em as long as they drawed the breath
o life
Miss Semanthy Simmons remark
seemed to be understood by her audi
ence, notwithstanding the fact that she
had her ''twster," two side-combs and
some hair-pins in her N outh. Semanthy
was spending the afternoon at a neigh
boris, her first call since her return from
the city, and, for fear that some one
would call to detain her, had srest taken
her hands out o. the dish water, put on
aclean apron and scootedn This was
the lady's apology for nothaving dressed
her hair at home.
Yes, do mean to say that flies don't
have no privileges where I've been.
Cousin Gusty will as good as faint away
if she catches sight O one. They've got
blinds and shutters and screens andlace
cuttings and swing doors, and every
hired gal has feather buster three yards
long, and sticks with frizzled paper
stuck to 'em, and little pop-guns that
they put sneezing powder into and blow
at EN-, and rally believe that if a hun
dred OF two of them unfortinit critters
should git in unbeknownst to 'em they'd
order out the militia Oh, it's easy to
say: 'Oh, Semanthyr but if you had un-
derwent what have from their thrash
ing and shooting and DISCRIMINATING the
air, don't know what you'd do. You
know in this house, if anybody knows,
that don't git much chance to sew
when I'm to hum, and so SEE to my
self: I'll jet take my crazy bed-quilt
to Cousin Gustys, and as they never
will let me wash dishes or putter round
any, why, it stands to reason | can Git
lot done Did Ip No, didn't. That
quilt is crazier than when l took it
away; for, what with jumping up every
other minute to see if couldn't get a
crack O light so that could tell yaller
from green, and blue from cinnament
brown, the hull thing is in that state
that 'twould make lunatic of any,
body who'd ever try to git it to-
gether. s.
Gould have shelter open if was
a mind TOP Didn't / tell you that l
couldn't? My cousin Gusty is pious
woman, and amt going ter say to the
contrary, but believe she'd ruther / d
a broke five out of ten of the command
ments than to took out one o. her
screens. You don't think it speaks
very well for her piety? Well, / don't
know. Folks is about as they're made,
I've diskivered, in New York as well
as in Vairmount. You know in this
house, too, that never set my heart on
tlimmydiddles, but didn skasely know
myself in regards to that crazy quilt, /
did banker SO to git it along. Why I've
craned my neck till I've had the neu-
ralagy for week trying to tell which
was luther of my silks. I've got up in
cheer and lit the gas continuance that
hung down from the wall-lor sakes!
'twould go off like pistol every time,
and scare me een-a' most out out o. my
wits-and there I'd stand, and iab at
the eye O. my needle for all the world
as if l was spearing for cells, like a
pesky fool, till my knees would tremble
as if had the ager. Why didn't say
that I'd brung work with me and
wanted to do itP So | did more'n a
hundred times. AS quick as I'd say
that, cousin'd say: Come down to the
sewing-room, Cousin Semanthy, and
let the seamstress help you,' Gracious
sakes! amt a-fishing round for help.
seq /; / amt no cripple. The only
thing that's lacking, Cousin Gusty. is
light enough to see to thread my needle.
I - 2 AZ 4
but being nothing but poor human
bat, amt able to see through all them
thicknesses that's up to my winder.'
What would she say9 Oh, she'd
smile kinder amused like, and that
would be the eend of it. One day
Jest spoke my mind about them screens
and things. I'd clum up to the gas,
and I'd clum up to the winder, and I'd
squiuted and twisted my neck till was
as full of cricks and kinks as a egg il
o. meat hadn't been rally riled til
then, and then my dander was clean
up. SEE /, Cousin Gusty, whatever is
the matter with you about fiiesP'
About flies, said she; i don't under.
III I7fd you, Semanthy.' 'Wa'al, sale
III should think that anybody that hae
both cold and billing water let into EN-
through the wall, and wash-tubs anc
rubbing boards ready to their hands
wouldn't be quite so pertikeler about
slling their things. Why, seq /, Z
could cIear-starch them cuttings anc
all the rest of the fiummery in this room
in no time. For PHYS sake, seq |
Cousin Gusty, do let me cast aside
some of that superfiumsiness of kiver
lids, and allow the light o day to shin,
il ppCl my tray quilt and upon you