Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-09-20

"0A', o*cH W Aia". we went soon SO as
to hep Malindy Jane fix, and bless you
when we got thar thehouse and yard was
plum full. Iwon't be sartinbut, but /
think that everybody that come fetched
baby and bench-legged fee and flop
yeared hound. We'uns alters fastens
"Old Scrcuge" and "Trip" and never
let's 'em foller.
After l ext the artifcials in the fashion
Oh Ialindy Jane's head and lent her my
neck-ribbin OTIS good luck to marry in
snmp'n borrid), why 1 taken peep in the
settin' room to see who all was thar, and
behold thar sot the Simmonses big as
who but they, and know in reason they
wasn't axed nor wanted; and who should
be hiked up OF bench oil in row, but
them tore-down Freshours' chillum
grand as you please, and still for the
fust time in they lives, and their faces
was rally SO clean didn't skascly know
'em. They had shorely been put to soak
the night afore. Their skin was shiny
and slick as apeeled ingon, and ther har
| plastered down tight with saff soap, and
they looked plum satisfied.
Over in the corner sat the three Ole
maids, Miss Bunch Beasley, Miss
Patience Potter and ole Arminty Pen
dergrass. Miss Bunch is as broad as
she's long, and as good as she's broad.
Miss Patience is as long as bean pole,
and as good as she's long, and is funny
enough to make dog kill hissef
laughin'. She weers a short frock to
try to make her look short, and all the
colors of the rainbow to make her look
young. Pap lows she looks like
Joseph's coat. Ole Arminty was settin'
right side of 'em. Now thar was three
old maids as different as the elephant
and the monkey and the tiger. So folks
needn't say old maids is all alike. And
widde1f ho4 Ashsp of bein' all alike
too The "~iddef Comings wes thar,
and sbuRop1dnt have .knowed she was
a viddaS. BIT the wiiddzr: .McAllister
played ishin' for love, and put on sight
oGairs-~ She tuck Leerto le. everybody
know she picked the turkey and baked
the tater custards aud half moon pies.
Jake he was the last one to come. He
had his head dripping with lard and
| scented with CINNAMON .draps, and his
new shoes was 50 tight he couldn't
skasely walk. I wonder if feller ever
got married without havin' on tight
boots or shoes?
Some town boys was out in the entry
gigglin'. Cal lowed if she'd been
Malindy Jane they shouldn't er been
axcd, one of 'em in pertickler, I disre-
member his name. She lowed he
! thought kase he lived in town that was
all he needed. He had the enshorance
to laugh at country boys with their
home made jeans, and all he was fitten
fur was to wear fine sunday clothes that
wasn't paid for. He strutted around
mighty bigoty, and smoked and chawed
terbacker, and took his sweetened dram,
tied his cravat in the fashion, pulled his
moustache, and played with his watch
chain, and when he laughed at them
boys he laughed ct his bctters. One
ooo, honest b,ra.,ro,,<;, conntrv bov
hk, Ukv Roberson Can Dewberrv or
Jake LOFTS is worth enoncb Of his sort
10 huili a fence from here to town.
Yes, everybody knowed when Jake
c.t ,har NV the c;nnamon drans
r,otb.r Cola wos ox.d ,,orrv ,en and
40 NAVY oor,,,os os ba hoe ;o;nea be
l,n't know hi. n;oee. bo had 70 raad i
and tbev holt cond,s and dr;nt the
..sl,ar-an ;a.,, tb;cl q, tba no, old man 3
sr,,t-.,.eve .ra 4nen af,sr al, ha came
-; n;-ao.A.-:x,,axss w, ,ha rrono novoes
sF fizSe1inny-- -..nd Ikv Robertson stood
y tosesSatlh esalh her. and ,Isend Cap Dewberry. and
wheini. d. i we .ssfnGs .,aux. stnnds. Malindv
Shane Ala odtn f6 hsr Ger6.Jake. and
u Brother ColA he Nir1r4 ~ i,snsncks and
fI6k4 in To raad;nf s,,,fssavell;n, ont his