Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05
.,7ur MlLLY AT THE SHOW.
,e Went With the Old Man to See
INV the Exposition.

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10" 49, the Exposition.
.1,ush dat,rackit dar, chillun; amt
Inn bin tell yer afore to hole yer
.anucs while yer bctters is a talkin'P
r IIar out en- de house de las n OBJ you
AVID don't you en- no wise poke yer
,'n.5s in dis door TIL 1 pintedly calls
clar to de goodness when a
.,,,n is got a house full of chillun it
mighty nigh runs her %'stracted.
.s.Well, Brudder JEFF, as 1 was a tell
,na vou, me and de ole man thought as
%av we would 60 to de Exerposltion
AND take u Judy along wild us.
When a1h | fus' mention de subject to Bob
", ms scratch his head and say as
NV ~ It pears like foolishncss to spen'
l a;rb INTO twenty dollars JUS acase de
.,.Lite folks dun bin dun it, but / tells
h;m as how we is dun sot up for quail
;tT folks and can't in no wise leave dis
mnonportunity pass widout seeing all
dem big sights which u Judy dun bin
read about"
..Dar you'se right, Sister Milly,"
aid Jeff. 81 knows dat ting from
.nerience. You can't in no wise 90
lack on yer principles, and if YOU car
RE, a high head you is boun' to tote a
stiff neck, too,
.,Jes so, Brudder, and when [ brings
do ole man to dat 'pinion we starts out
according to de Exerposition, but
when | gets dar bres God. de people
an lam so thick and dey buz, buz like
% many bees ill mighty nigh dun
broke my head. Br1dder JEFF, dat big
camp meeting what we dun bin had
lat yeah whar de people was so thick
YOU coulnd't hardly stick a pin atwcen
EN- wasn't noting pared to de folks at
dat Exerposition."
You amt tell me so, sister? 1t
pears like to me as how de people
would sutfocate if dey wus packed in
any cluser den dey wus at dat meet
..Brudder jeff, you ANTI seed moth
mo-. De folks at dat Exerposition wus
a sight to behole. Well, de ole man he
* de ticket man if as how we could
30 in dar and do JUS like de white
folks, ans dat sorter rifles ME and says
/: Bob, don't make a fool outen yer
self. I lays ole Milly knows how to
act alongside de quality folks De
Young gemman JUS laf' and says he:
Walk in, die lady, and have it all
YOUR own way Brudder jeff, when
cts in dat house / looks and looks,
and fore de Lord I could a looked till
dis blessed day and not seed all dere
WIS to see. Oar amt nothing what
sou can call for what amt right dar,
and you sees right dar things what
you amt nebber seed afore and what
YOU nebber will see agen. aspect 1
stands dar till I looks right foolish.
case | hear a red-haired, ill-mannercd
white boy say to a nudder chap: Il say,
Harry, do look at datole culled oman;
She dun got her jaws propped open,
and | clar to goodness her eyes are
a-gwine to pop outen her head Den
SAYS l.: Young men. you tink you is
mighty wise, butsole Milly is dun bin
u>el to all desc sights afore you was
born Judy, she says as how der per-
liccman don't low no fussing, and we
move along. Right afore me l sees a
pretty red man, a-holding out a siggar
10 me; den l makes him a curtsy and
says l tank you, massa; l don't smoke,
but my ole man is more'n apt to take it.
Den Bob he takes often his hat and says
tanky sir, but he cotched hold of de sig
yar red man hold it right tight and
de folks latf like dey was 'stracted.
Den says l, len is poor manners, but
Judy says as how dat amt no sure
mutf man and she wished we would
not make the p%eoplelaff at us. Den as
was going along l picked up al apple
ies' for TO see how big it was, but law
sakes alive dat white man wild de star
on his coat cotched hold of my arm,
and says he: Hold on, honey, not so
last White man. says /, I amt in
no more trying to steal your apples
and if is culled I don't low no gem
men to call me honey but my ole man
Bob
Oar you got him, Sister Milly,
says jeff. In course he couldn't argy
that pint
"'Move on, ole lady, said he; and
ahearn him tell a lady as how we
rulled people couldn't held from steal
llng to sabe our libes. De idear! AFTER
Ills feels sorter tired, and I claps my
self sortcr down in de fus cheer 1 seed;
out, Dress God, afore I dun sot down
DE cheer dun bus and down I cum ca
Dash Oh de floor, and den de folks cum
rtnaing like dey is wild. And man
he mighty nigh dun shake de life outen
me, and when 1 tells him as how |
thought de cheers was put dar to set
IN he jus rar aroun' and says as l dun
owe him twenty-five dollars, and when
! say twenty-five tiddlesticks! de folks
lust holler and laf, and dey crowd
aroun' SO thick dat 1 jas slipped ahind
Ge people, and amt no more seen dat
fellow since, but l amt care to set
"own no more day day.
Den arter awhile l seed de prettiest
mhite oman right afore me, and she
look so hard at me dat / make a curtsy
anu say how do you do, nam. She
an t speak, and says l. Mlstis, can't
you let de old niger pass? but she still
S,all dar in de way, and l gin her a
push' and, fore de Lord, she tumble
aown cabash on de floor and de people
10y holler and dey laff like dey is going
" ouss open. Den one man he says as
1 lDo" dun knocked his wife down and
nnsui her, but my Judy tells him as
now 1t amt no sure huff oman and he
oaghter hab more manners dan to pose