The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-10

Aunt Nicely" has removed the cloth
Cliff is beating muittd tattoo on the
table with his knucklc., humn!iug 81 low
tune. 81 beg pardon, said be, suddenly
running his naud in hio pocket, II came
bv the postoliice and brough, "A letter from
Cousin Betsy, and by your permission
we will see what she has to say abou.
her
TRIP TO TALLADEGA.
H1LLABEE, TALLApEGA Co, ALA,
March, 1884 DER Cousia: Mex morn
in by daylight Pap he riz and fetched a
veil that walked the whole camp. Then
old man Simpson be gin "hat they call
the Indian war wh0op, and we'un. All rz
The boys had flung on hickry log ani
light'oGd knots and kep up good tire all
night, SO We mighty quick gni our break
fast and pitched out ior town. The rode
was strobe plum full Of waggius, and
ther was q big drove OF Us a waikin'. Its
so hard on the critters 10 pull the wag-
gins y . hill I'd druther walk "a to ride.
Old Miss Strong driy her own steer
that day. lie is "a old one eyed, nuley
steer, and turriby hard headed and on.
ruly, he KEEP tuidy or Pap one or t"thcr
watchin' Oi him all the time. Oncc't we
hearn somebody hoIItr, and looked back
and 10 and behold old Muley had s!r,
the yoke and was jist ,chrn' through
the woods hard ~ ne could slaYc, and
thar got old Mis-, strong hiEcd up Oh her
waggin yeiin ike she was burnt. Buddy
lowed if he hadn't seen what WAS the
matter he'd swurc she WAS Il shDutin',
for she squcaicd pine blank like she done
in mcctln' sunday. Right smart Of
folks oycr,uck us fore we got to Ialla-
Gcgv, and il made sich Il strlEg oi way
gins, and ther was 20 much hOller!n' aDl
gcc-hawin a gwiDc Oh Pap he lowed it
minded him Oi when he WAS Il boy, tine
his folks all moved to Texas in wnggirs,
and it tuck 'cm up'ards OF siX weeks 10
git thar. That WAS fore 20 many rel.
roads was made, and jl,t 10 think now
you can 60 10 Texas 30 quick, rs Buck
Simpson says, like you wa, shot out Of \
gun. Cousin Pink had never been TO
town in her life. Calc,!nuy had been
thar right smart OF times, and 50 Cousin
Pink and me loved we'd watch Calcdony
and see how she done. mind mighty
well the fust time went, Pap tuck me
longer him, and | was skeered 20 bad |
pinned my hankercher under my belt
time. l don't know what I'd done if
her went cyerwhars, and we got SO tired
atraipsin around we set down on Miss
Wilmans steps to rest, and folks gazcd
at us like they never had SAW nubody
afore. Pap lie bought Us II whole passcl
of ginger-cakes, aud we went all over
town chnwin' of 'cm and totin' red
apple in our hands. And Calcduny she
hope Inc pick out II Sunday -go-to-ncet-
in caliker frock that day. Nav she had
told me to git blue un and you mought
bile it and it wouldn't fade, but sot my
eye on a red un. The store man ne cut
US off whole passcl Of scrops to sec if
they'd fade. Some highialu,in school
gals was q standin' thar talkin' and gig.
glin' longer the clerk, and says to Gale.
dony, says |, See here, Cal, chaw this
here rag and see if it will fade" and
when She spit in her hand it was as blue
IS indiger, 40 | tuck the red IN; and
them gals liken to took fit. Cal
lowed she didn't kecr, she was jist rs
good or better'n airy town gal herself.
That was long time ago when | was
little gal, and lotbcr day when we went
to town we lowed to go thar to Miss
Wilman's agin and git us some more
ginger-cakes. We had hcarn about the
new A. & A. railroad. and we crossed
the track Of it fernent Bozzles, and when
We driv in town what should we see sot
right thar whar Miss Wilmnr's old cake
shop used to he but great big line house
the a. IL A. depot. II putty nigh fetched
tho tears to my eyes when thought about
the time me aud Cal sot on the steps and
rested and ct our cakes. Pap he WAS
tryin' to stop old Lou-i-zy and old Ball,
and hollerin' 50 loud you could hear him
oil over town, "Whna, come here, Bal!
gee -fo-iio tell you. iiia.t
my buttons ef ever try to work II old
blind mar longer q hard headed steer
agin. Woo-ho Look here Timothy"
says he TO buddy, II know hant drunk,
1 haint seed drnp, but it pears to me
the town or me one or. t'other is turned
around wrong side foremost, or mebbc
we've tuck the wrong road and come in
at t'other eend of town, for wisht may
hang eff that ar mint whar we alters got
our ginger bread"
Nav she axed In minute who liYel
thar, and old Miss Strong she pinted at
the Court House and axed who lived
thar.
tell you the new depot is fine. I
hearn oman say it ensembles q
"Chinese gopada," and reckon it do. I
never have saw one.
The railroad is sorter like them ciclome
harrycRnes, it tars everything outn lis
way. 1t tore off the ecnd of Miss Hnv.
denses garden, and tore down Miss ns.
ker's hen 'ouse, and tore down them bic
planks that had all them show pictures
on 'em, too, to let 1t through town, but
they are all monssrous proud Of it, and
they are tiSin' to run another'n i.um
thar TO Newman, Georgy, that will blaZa
right through our tater patch. THEY'D a
done made it fore now, but two Of the
men got to quarrelin' about which one of
'em thought of it fust, nnd 30 now they
are gwine to run two roads one right
spang side of t'othcr. Caledony hone
Nav sell her chickens and aigs and
things but she was mighty besot about
her ssT soap. 1t never fetched much.
Nav she wanted we'uns 10 stick close to.
gether feared son.c of us mought ri.
LOST.
Old Miss Stroaf c,rever got two inches
from Nav, and JOY Ann Crabtree kep
up with US all d. luggin' her yearlin'
baby on her hip all over town and hit q
squallin' loud rs it could bawl. She gin
it gingc.-cake, and she gin it apple, and
she gin it water, and she most kiyered i,
with brown sugar and sot it up on the
counter, and still 1t yelled and kicked
and thar stood Crabtrce with his hands
crammed down in bis brceches pockets
aud never hopo her nuss it minute. Old
Miss Strong lowed, (and he hcarn her
too,) says she, I lay If hit was my young'n
he'd lIss Ii or il would 20 on-Dussed." !"
Nav she was tradin' Off her safr soar
money for bale of spun truck and pa,