The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-03
BETSY HAMILTON,S LETTER.
CAMPING OUT.
.itlnHtd Constitution.

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home from school candy pulling j,
on hand, in which "Aunt Nicely" i.
chief cook. The large brass kettle is or
The kitchen stove steaming with the boil
ing syrup; ana with eager impatience
and show of helping to make the candy
the children are standing around in the
old darkcy's way. "Ef biles desc yer
lasscs." said Aunt Nicely, pokng the fire,
"look lack orter hab sheer or de
candy" "Of course Aunt Nicely" said
Eva. "Iou chil'en is too thick in here
Il can't hardly turn roun-don't you
know watch pot never biles? Desc yer
lasses set here and set here, and cook aud
cook and cook but dey not gwne turn to
no candy while you looks at EN-" "Why
not, Aunt Nicely" ?" "Lislen pear lack
l hear old Miss call you chillun--dar !
don't you hear dat ?" and the credulous
little ones believing she had really called,
also that the molasses wouldn't candy
while they looked a, it, scampered out of
Aunt Meely's way, and into grandma's 5
room to hear her read about
CAMPING OUT.
| Dtar toHs;n Zap told Mo 10 TX You
whst Confederick money was gwiue at.
| Hes got five he's been savip' ever
sense the 'S;render; lie KEEP II hearir' it
was gwne 10 be good ngin, aud he's
saved and saved it tel it's putty nigh
wore into Il frazzle. l lowed I'd set thai
down fore it s!ipt my mine but I flung
on piece Ct light'ood and taken my pen
in hand mainly to tell you about the
time we'uns all went to Talladegy longer
Pap when he went to sell his bag of cot.
ton. We'uns had all been thar 'cept
Maw-and she never had saw town.
Aunt Haly, she taken Flurrdy Ten
nysy when she was little thing, longer
her once long time ago, but when she
fetched her home she lowed cf tho Lord
would jes forgive her she'd never take
another young'n that fur away from its
nanny agiu long rs she lived, for she
fretted and cried, and she had her to tote,
and she pestered and tormented her life
out'n her SO she forgotten her bale of spun
truck and her bottle OF snuff the main
thing she went after, and old Miss
Green's cotton cards. Pap he had been
layin' of all tho year to let us ali go
when the crap was gethered. 1t was like
movin' of the house to git Nav of. She
tust said she'd go, then she is declnr'd
she didn't see no how 'pon the ye,h she
could leave when 'o!d Bunty," aud "old
Speck," and cold Domneck" was all
iixin' to hatch, and "old Frzzc" had
been q whippin' "old Top Knot" on'n
her nest and she knowed in reason all
aigs was ruint-and she was afeerd she'd
lose more'n she'd make by gwine. If it
wasn't that she wanted to sell her tbinps
herself she wouldn'; bulge NARY siep,
but shc knowed they could cheat pap's
eye balls outn him and he mought git
80 tight he'd lose some of 'em. She had
aimed to git her honey comb counterpin
wove out agin SADLY on account of put.
TIM i'll that ar piece of blue jeens for bud.
dy's breeches-he was spang out at the
knees n needin' Of 'em-but if she STAYED
at home tel everything was ready for her
to 60, she'd never git off, so she included
to go. She had bari of good strong
lye saf soap two year old, she made it in
the light Of the moon in March-they
say that's the best time to make lit
thickens then and don't all bile away
and she had pillar slip of dried apples
apples in one eend and peaches in t'other
with string tied in the middle, and a
little poke Of the swee.est dried pars ever
went do@n your t!.ote, and bucket of
honey, and pound of the vhitest butter
you ever seed, and big gourd of aigs,
and passel Of chickens to sell--yes and
three yards Of gray jeens, for "Mr.
What-you-may-call-him's" brceches,
disremember his name, b. sent her word
to weave it for him for he druther have
it as store bought The Simpsons and
Robersons tuck ther cotton to town the
same day, and old Miss Strong got wind
of it that Nav was gwipe and nothin'
would do her but she must go too, SO
there was a whole drove of US in the road.
Cousin Prisil!a Princetta Pretty Pink
Tetch-one-not, that's Uncle Jackson
Corbin's oldest gal by his second wife,
had come to our house to stay while 80
she went too, and Caledony was along go
We had power of fun. know in reason
you think Cousin Pink has got name
enough to kill her but she goes by the
name Of Pink for short-and some calls
her ISIS"
One Of our steers took the holler horn
and we was afeared we couldn't git off,
but Pap hitched old Lou-i-zy, his ridin'
nag, longer old Ball, his off steer, and we
met oman and man in buggy and
over hearn her say "a steer and horse,
it matches about like boot on one foot
and shoe on t'other." Nav she rid
most all the way, Pap lie walked up all
the hills. aud ky Roberso. walked
together right smart Of the way. The
roads is monsterous rocky and hilly tel
You git to Porter's gap and strike the
| Chandler's Springs road. Pap lowed il
we'd whip up we mought git to Riddles
mills by night, and If We women folks
WAS mind to We mought stay all night