The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-12-18
92lisCellauentuE.
ADVENTURES OF THE HAMILTON
FAMILY.
Ehcy Visit the Lone star State They
Get Acquainted with the Slack Fam
ly-Hetsy Tells OF Travelling
Difficulties.

Atlanta Constitution.
When weuns was tiXin' to leave New
Orleans after we had done seed all them
sights thar at the exposition, and found out
we could git tickets to Texas so cheap, pap
he was q tclln' of it around and struck up
longer n teller name Christopher Columbus
Slack, n huntin' somebody gwinc towards
Texas, SO as to send his nanny with 'cm
Pap he had borried some money from Cousin
jake and felt SO rich, he was ready to prom
Use anybody anything.
eyes, fetch her along" says he a running
Of both hands deep down in his britchcs
pockets, fetch her along, wc'uns ken take
keer of her, fetch her along" Next morn
ing she was thar at the depot ready to go,
her and her two little chillun, and hand
satchel, and bag and basket and quilt
and Il little flee dog the baby Grover Ccve-
land asleep in her arms and sweatin' like a
dish rag under his little pink calker sun.
bonnet; her little gal Say Ann jerlin' of her
by the apron, whinin', "a hicll. a-kicl-a-
hey, wants ginger cake Out'n the warlet
| does, so | do, hick.a, hick-a-hey," and the
little dog switchin' 0fhis tail and baCkin
of his years when the basket was opened.
Little dogs will follow po' folks, and how
they alters comes in like one of the chillun
for Their sheer of the vittles Her son, tail
colt-legged Teller riz and made us acquainted
with his nav. square Hamilton" says he,
"let me make you acquainted longer nanny
Nanny this here's Square HamiltOn-Square
Hamilton this here's nanny"
We'uns was feelin' monstrous bad, we
had jist told Culedony and tothers good bye !:
the 'omans eyes was red too and sWeled
from cryin'-pap's alters full of his MISCHIEF
vious-ness, so he slept up and shucll hands
ht,
that fetched a laugh, and it never tuck us no
time to git acquainted. The little dogs
name was pest" There are some pests that
folks is jest oblege to have. Them folks
would as soon er thought of leaving Grover
Cleveland at home or Say Ann airy one as
Pest. Pest was one of the Slack family. He
mought have been pest to tothcr folks, but
not to the Stacks, they needed him; they need
ed him to pet, and they needed him to scold
they needed him to kick, and to whistle back,
and to feed and to pull his tail and his years and
the baby needed him to play with and so
Pest had to go longer tothers to Texas.
He was slack sort of a little dog and did
not keer much whar he went, so he was lon.
ger the Stacks. Hit was a slack family by
name and by mater. Miss Slack was slack
and the little Stacks was Stacker. Po' little
Say Ann had lost her bonnet and her coat
didn't fit her, and she looded pine black like
she had tuck notion to come after her
nanny got off, and had run and overtucl1
her.
We'uns had to stay thar at the depot Il
right smart bit, paps alters head of time,
and we seed a heap Of kuse folks maxim of a
heap of fuss, some talkin' French, some
Dutch and some dog Latin" some selin'
fruit and FLOWERS and pies and things. One
old oman favored old Miss Fresshours sold
us some bananas. "One dozen bonan-for
one ey-nice-goody bonan-teck 'em
Teddy" and | tuck 'em, for they was cheaper
an any had saw.
Weuns had to cross the river in u steam
boat fore we taken the kars for Texas, and
me and Cousin Pink nary one hadn't never
saw no steamboat afore in our life, and we
was plum-skeered. had the trimblcs bad,
but wasn't n gwne to let none Of 'em know
it. We stood up in the eend of the boat
whar we could look away yander on the
water and see the vessels and over in the
city and see the houses. Cousin Pink she
shot her eyes plum tight she alters shets her
eyes when she's a gwine over water. | tell
you don't, for | want to sec what's gwine
on. The Massysip is wide, and deep and
skeery thar at New Orleans-and some folks
on the boat was sayin' how dangerous it
city and some of these times hit was gwne
to bust loose and run into all them houses.
"What a pity" says Miss Slack "Why
it would ruint all of ther nice bed clothes
the creek rz one time and run in my house
wunst and wet all my beds-and-"
I'D like to know" says Cousin Pink, with
her eyes still shot, I'D like 10 know who'd
be studyin about beds and bed clothes if
they was gittin drown't in all this here
water"
Jist about that time somebody hollered
"look at that alligator See! Look at that
big alligator" and she opened her eyes quick
and grabbed at Cousin Jake and pap, and
fetched yell that skeered Miss Stacks little
Cleveland mighty nigh into fits. He kicked
one of his little shoes spang into the river,
and run his big toe in hole in his red fan.
mel, and wiggled and squealed, and little Say
Ann whined and cried and thought it was
good time to beg for another ginger cake,
and a hard billed aig, and the little dog be-
gun to wag his tail, and when Miss Sack
come to look tor her wallet of vittes TO- and
behold 1t wasn't thar, she had left it in the
depot.
Thar now !" says she "Ev-ree aig, an ev.
rec biscuit, and ev-ree 'lasses cake is in that
ar wallet, ev-ree smidgn Of bread is in that
ar bag, and hits on tolher slider the river
| what on the yeth am ! a gwne to do for
sump'n t'eat-gracious only knows for thar
haint II thing in this here basket but billed
ham, and two smothered chickens, and a
guinea hen and a skovy duck" why,
! you'll jist starve," says pap, you'll starve to
death, thar hain't no help for it." "You'uns
needn't laugh," says she, "for can't eat nary
| mouthful of meat ih'ouL breod--aud eyre.