The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-11-07
BETSY HAMILTON.
A Sketch Of Lie In the Back
Woods.

Atlanta Constitution.
The sugar-cane was ripe and 1t
was laSes bilin' time, aud Jake
Loftis that married Malindy Jane
Trotran had Il truck patch tull OF
sorghum cane and hauled il over TO
Squire Robersous to git it ground
in his sorghum mill aud billed In his
kettles. They lowed 1t would be
towards the shank cr the night fore
il got done, and so them and the
Robersons axed we'uns 10 come
over aud less have u candy pullin'.
W,'uns had had apple peelln'
and axed them, aud We axcd them 10
our cotton pickin',a ,anl give 'em mon
slrous goou dinners both times, and
the R0bersous is folks that baint
u gwine to let you Outdo 'cm IN
beih' clever, aud Miss Goo,en is
the same way, ii you do anything
Tor airy one OF them women they
rickerlecks it, and ii ever you glt
in a push for work, you can count
on airy one of 'em u heppin' you
out, aud ii you git sick they'll set
by you plum tel the chickens crows
for broad open daylight aud not
blink ther eyes. Que day NAV
lows, says she, "lm Il thousand
times obleege to YOU Sister Good.
en-" and Miss Goo,len lows: "Oh!
shet your mouth with your 'bleeg.
tums', reckiu' zone good turn de
sarves another, haint you hope me
many and many's the time when |
was in a pinch ~ Nav told her
she wasn't like old Miss Simmons.
'.Et that oman has ever done u
hands turn for any OF we'uns," says
NAV, 81 disremelnber when it was,
aud / know in reason | wouldn't
er forgot it nutber, and ever time
she sends to borry (liitle Sal iugin-
neraly comes) Sal lows 'mammy
she lowed. tell how rs how one
good turn deserves another"
"And SO | spose as how" says Miss
Gooden, "ef you does old Miss
Simmons a good turn you've got to
turn in aud do her anothern r.
Well, the Robersons thought II
we'uns could gin irolicks aud AK
them, they mought gin -one an AK
we'uns. So they axed us all to the
''sorghum stretcbin',' as ky calls
It, and we'uns all went, even to pap,
and when we got thar a hour by
sun, lky's little bobtail mule WAS a
windin' mp the job of grindin' the
caue, and they had sot the juice a
bilin' IN the big iron kittles, and
Miss Robertson she had tuck her
wash pot and sot some to bilin' for
the candy. The old women lowed
they'd tend TO the maxim of the
candy and the young folks could
pull it.
The big pine torch stand could
be seen for miles around and the
red light made the gals look pretty,
Caled0ny and Cousin Pink was the
pretliest girls on the ground, but
little Jackson Gates couldn't keep
his eyes ofi'n me. We'uns knowed
In reason them mischeevous boys
would be dead sho to string lasses
candy all over us, and SO me and
and Flurridy Tennysy
aud Cousin Pink all wore our blue
aud coperas check homespun frocks
that Aunt Nancy wove on the same
bolt, kese we didn't want to git our
Sunday riggin' ruint with lasses
but bless you some oil the gals tried
to wear all they had, most Of 'em
had on ther Sunday. 10 to.meetin'
frocks, and Becky Haskins looked
pine blank like she was a.gwine to
4 weddin'; her pokeberry muslin
frock had faded most white, and
she had "artiticials" III her har; nnd
them Freshours gals aud old Miss
Greeu's gals aud the Simps0nes all
had tber heads dikcd out in merry