The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22
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BETSY HkMILTON,S LETTER.
A Dark Cloud Causes FfurrIdy TenDysy Il
Got Scared.
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not leayin' so much as a ash-hoppcr or a
chicken-coop in ther track; and its got
the women folks about here skeered so
bad they can't do no work, They geth.
ers in gangs at one anotker's houses and
talks abou, the Judgment day end the
world comm u cend, and some OF
'em is skeercd all but into fits putty nigh
Right smart sprinkle Of EN- has dug 'em
holes to run in when they hear them
harry-cancs comm. Pap and buddy
has dug one under the shedroom for
weuns, and all we've got to do is TO histe
plank aud slide in. Flurridy Tennysy
gifts in ever time she sees cloud q risin'.
Nav she believes in maxim Use Of ever.
thing, so she turned i'm and sot her last
bar'l of saf soap down thar That was
while Flurridy was at Aunt Narcy's, and
when she come home here tother night,
time that big wind riz jist about dark,
she was tkeered SO bad she riz the plank
and slid right down spang kerdab in that
bar'l of lye soap and fetched yell you'd
o thought the Judgment day had come,
or the si-clome bad struck her. Cap
Dewbcrry was settin' up a cOurten' er
me in tother house, aud me and him flew
in thar like the house was fire, and
Nav she was'a tryin' to pull Flurridy
out 7nd droppin' her back, and yellin'
for Pap, and here come Pap and buddy
and belwixt 'em all they got her out, and
OF all the sights ever you seed she was
the outdaci0usest lookin'. Nav she
fused aud rarred turrible about Iosin
all that saf soap, and Flurrdy she had
as hard time gittin' shet of the soap
rs Tom Davis did the 'lasses of'n his
head.
The rain .iz the creek smack up into
ole Miss Strong's house that night, and
she thought il was the flood and that
her time had come, and she sot in to
prayin' louG and callin' On the Lord aud
old man Noey to fetch his ark and she
prayed and shouted so loud they hearn
her spang to Miss Lof,iscs and Jake he
taken the canoe and padded up thar
and tuck her out. He lowed she was a
prayin' loud Us she could holcr and
fessin' up her sins in hurry. cob,
Lord, jist let me live to gitmy foot once't
more Oh dry ground and lay I'll sarve
you all my life, and lay i never sarves
the devil no more, and never sell, no
I'll alters hereafter gin good measur, on
sells, aud lay, if don't drown and
I'll try to sarye the Lord and shame tn:
devil from this day out" don't know
MS Jake WIS lynn or no, but he lowed
that prayin' and shoutin' thai quick as
he landed her on the ground she ketched
her breath fast, and said: "Daru the rain;
l wouldn't cr been skeerad so bad for Nil
I'm wuth," aud right then know in
reaaon hamper basket wonld cr holt
ever dud she had in ier h0iisc.
Some of 'em grumblcs powerful about
the rain. Old Miss Green lows she's
ateard to say anything agin it--skccred
God-a-hIighty mought send some kind
Of cuss on her.. She thinks II rained
jist bcknse she hung up snake, "IIit
wasn't nothin' but little bitty old chick.
en- snake" Gays she, "but be bound I
never hangs up nairy nother'D."l
Last Friday mo and F'lurridy sot in To
warp piece of cloth. Friday is as lucky
rs airy other day. Miss Freshours slept
in and looked skeered. Laws. Betsy"
says she, 'cf you haint stnr:n' piece
of work and this Friday. It's turriblo
bad luck, it's sign you'll die fore it's
wore out. alters begins mine OF
Thursday if it haint but stitch or two"
| was tickled to death kase everybody
knows old Miss Freshours don'. kill her.
self startin' work no day. She ia as idle.
some and do-less one day as tother, and
rally does more Sunday than airy day
in the week. "Yes," says /, IL knowed
1t was Friday but 1t reads in the book
some'rs six days was made to work and
Sunday forrest and don't keep no day
cept Sunday, and don't git much res.
them" for thought about how she alters
como and fetched gang er chilun to
spend the day. "WrIl," says she, 1--WE
alters hearn 'em cay il was oulucky day,
and has enough bad luck th'out startins
work on Friday, and know in reason Ia
have. u power more IL it wasn't for my
horse-ahoe oSer my door, and my rabbits
. foot in my pocket; and when ! sees
rabbit run ncrcas the road I alters turns
my pocket inside out'ards, and he alters
turns his hat upside down'ards; and
shore as fergits and has to 90 back after
anything, makes a cross mark and spits
ia 81; and !-sEeT saaassroas veil these
here blood beads has KEEP my nose from
bleedin'', .apda thia here Brass ring: On my
middle finger has KEEP down the rheume.
tiz. know some folks don't believe In
signs, but I've, tuck notice, and, when
ever dreams of losiE' tooth some of
my ::olks dies" Thinks / to myself,
sight of 'em must or died, for thar haiit
but one or two old snsggle teeth left in
her mouth.
"And I've tuck notice." says she, r"lhat
] alters dreams; of, a., wsddin' afore
anybody dies" And I never wondered
ut her dreamin' of weddin', kase she ,
eternally q medlin' about somebody q
marryin'. She's got q dream and sign
ready for everything.
Ole Mics Strong aud ole Miss Green
was both here that evenin, and Nav she
was mighty besot about the hawks
ks:Sa!s' ser eh;cksas. aTaey':s .a.k
nil but two of old 'Bunty's} and old
'Dominick's.' aud ,au but one of old
'Efizzleis, aud haiht left old Top Knot
nair'n,o ,oBays Nav. Miss Green lowed nhe.
alters KEEP flint rocks in the fire 10 keen
tho hawks Off her'n. Old Miss Sirong \
spit out big quid er terbackef and /
lowed I've tried that aud it mover dene
nairy grain Of ,good-not tho fust smig.
gin: odd Mics Freshours spit Oh tho
hath and tuck another dip OF enufr and
lowed /: Sister Strong, you shorely never
done it right. You had orter take three
big flint rocks the same size and rhy chi
In the middle of your fireplace; put 'em
right whar you kivers your chunk, the
over night and ynever lot 'em git ,oold,
and lay a,bawk'il never scome . nigh
.tThe best thing evsr tried" says old
Miss Strong, .r.ammin' another quid of
terbacker. in her mouth, "is to take the
for'ardest lookin' chicken of the fnst litter
that's hatched ont In the spring and
make you q hfeshIpile ,idna lay It on t,.t,
nd onft a. a 5G~A ~ y W. * 4.