The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-08
gntelligeaser.
BETSY HAMILTON,s LETTER.
betsy sick-old Miss Green Again.
Atlanta Chrl.titniioil.

Aaantq C1n.tiutioii.
HrLLABEE, TALLADEGA Co., Ala
Dec. C5usin / was 80 upset in my mine
about Nav and flanted around so in the
wind endurin' of her rspell that quick as she
riz was tuck down with the in'ard fever
and sore thote, and mizry in my head,
and what should Nav do unbeknownst
to me but send after ole Miss Green.
She come putfu' and BLOWN and
her waller brogan shoes screakin' every
step like new side saddle and thought
nv head would shoreIy bust. She weighs
up'ards of two hundred, and shakes the
house as she moves. Nav had stepped
20 the kitchen to fix bite 10 eat. |
axed Miss Green to set down, and she
taken the wrong cheer and it fell thu
with her, and she hollered 60 loud you
could have hearn her spapg to old Miss
Freshourses, and when she riz and scram.
bled up she split all her yarb truck out'n
her ridicue. She rammicked around
thar pickin' of it up, and upset another
cheer and Knocked over the churn er
milk a turnin BY the fire, broke the jar
all to filters, and split all the milk Nav
had been savin' for week. | axed
her to set down and be seated on that ar
three-legged stool. knowed it was the
oulyest thing in the house that would
hold her bekase our cheers was all C.
gittin' rickety. had to yell to make
her hear me she had her years tied up
with homespun rag lowed she had
tuck cold endurin' Of that snow and
hadn't hearn good out'n her left year
sense. Our yaller dog sot up sich q bark
at her ridin' critter, and drug his block
and KEEP sich e. racket Nav she went out
and fastened him up in the smoke'ousc,
and he howlcd wusser'n ever, and the
chickins ard geese let in to cacklin,' and
the turkeys gobbled, and the guineas
pot-racked. and ! thought in my soul
my po' head would split wide open sfore
she'd ever git back.
never seed sich time in all my life.
And to head it all Flurridy Tennysy
come from the spring with a bucket of
door Lei GeWu sine fell, bucket, wate-,
ole Miss Green hollered, and here come
Nav a runnn' TO see what was the mat.
ter, and when she seed her bran new
milk jar broke all to fiatter ralters she
fetched scream like the house was afire,
and they all stood there and mira,ed jes
like / never had no head. Nav she
mighty quick wiped that greasy milk oh7n
her clean secured floor, and ole Miss
Green drawed the stool up fore the fire
and gin gruut and sot down. was
thankful she never tuck nairy mother
cheer, for If she'd er fell agin think l
should er died. She omitted her ridcule
and tuck out her old pocket-knife she
cuts her terbacker with, and let in to
cuttin' up roots and YARDS to make me
some tea. She had power of one truck
and aDother-white warnut bark, Samp.
cons snake root, the DEVILS shoe string,
life evcrlastin', wild cherry bark, calamus
root, and pine rosum and sight moro.
I layed thar and let her fix 1t, but
knowed nary drap of 1t wasn't gwine
down my neck. She sot it q drawin' by
the fire then turned in and filled her ole
cob pipe, run it in the ashes and sot in
20 smoE:a'; then she up and spit on the
hath whar my bowl er chicken soup was
warmin'. / had beer awful hongry,
but that upset me so l didn't keer If |
never seed no more soup. told Flurridy
to dash it out, didn't want it. The ole
'nman lowed: "Do pray, don't fling out
nothin' that's to eat; fetch 1t here and
I'll drink it." That was the feather that
broke the cows back. 1 layed thar and
prayed to die if had to go thu with
much more. She flung back her head
and drunk it all down, and turned TO
Furridy and lowed: "Git one of your
Pap's ole socks to tie round Betsy's neck;
hits the best thing in the world for the
infiuanzy Of the tunsils. I've had infor.
nation in my thote fore now and tied
q stockin' on 1t the over night, and by
mornin' hit was we'll. alters tie on one
CT Ue own, kase his'n is too full Of grit
after he plows all dav. Now, gimme q
couple er yarn strings to tie round her
wrists. Hits the best thing in the world
to keep up the vibration of the blood"
Jis then ole Miss Fresbours slept in
with her mouth all atickia' full snuff,
barred the door wide open right ternent
my head, and hollered like she was in
Betsy9" Then ole Miss Green lnyed
herself out to tell her what was the
matter with me, and upon my word if all
she said had er been 80, I'd er been dead
fore night. "I'll tell you, sister Fresh.
ours," says she, putting her pipe, "Betsy
thar is monsterous bad off she has got
q implication of ailments; YOU SEQ she
tuck cold in the .unsils Of her thote and
hits flew to her head and fetched about
ell that information. You can see for
yourself how red her Jaws is. Wal, that's
81! .he occasion Of IN ARD fever THAT'S flew
TO her sate, nnd hit's ali riz from the
infiunnzy of the tunsils snd allegory of
her thote, and hits fetched on the new.
ralligy aud mineral jetus In the spina of
her back, and hits fast workin' of it's
waw to'ards the inmate al fever; and If
1t should happen to tnrn into the old
fashioned tyforward fever that's raidin'
now, why hit would kill her shore. lis
tole her Nav hit was tarnaital blessin'
she sont after me in time"
Then ole Miss Freshours spit out her
snuff and lowed: II tole 'em all knowed
Betsy or some Of 'em over here was gwipe
TO be sick, for no longer'n night afore
las l dreamp Of seein' Flurridy Tennysy
marry, and seed her as plain as see
my hand afore me-" was a gittin'
sicker and sicker every minute, and when
she let In TO tell about how sick ole man
Virgins was with the white swellin' and
couldn't git nothsn' to lay on his stomach
fol. week, and what allied THAN and
that'n and tother'n l reckin It would er
kilt me; but jes then Nav she stepped
to the door and lowed "Come in tother
house, sister Green, you and sister Fresh.
ours, and git bite to eat; we'ers all 80
ailyfied to-day ] never fixed much, but
sich as it it's clean, and you're Welcome
to it." And the minute they landed out
rig and buttoned the door, and ierked
off Pap's old sock and them strines and
flung on o piece of light'aod, and hustled
into my duds in hurry, skeered If got