The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-07
BETSY HAMILTON.
Betsy and Her Gang at the Worlds Expo
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"Wonders will never cease," as pap
said when old Arminty Pe.Ioergrass got
married, and I know in reason you'uns
will say so too when you hear that we uns
has TAINTED away down here to the big
show at New Orleans.
Caledony she sot her head to come
when she fust hearn about It; got my
head, too, but its easier to set your head
than 1t is to get the money. I didn't
know for the life of me whar the money
was to come from. "Whar thars will
thars o way" ingennerly speakin, 'cept
when "the way" means money, but /
scratched and scrimmsged around, and
sold this, that, tother, and made the
money. MY dried apples and goobers
and ingon buttrns, and chickens and
aigs, fetched good price, but my tatera
was sorter stringy, them and my punkins
never fetched much, and I pretty nigh
give. away my chit or miss" quilt, and
my double wove cat track counterpiu,
but l let 'em go kase was obleege to
have the money. When t'cther gals in
the settlement hearn that we'uns was q
gwine, they'd er come then or broke q
trace, and they all come over to see what
we'uns was gwine to wear aud tried to
trim ther frocks like owr'n. NE aud
Caledony bought owr'n of7n the
same bolt and they let us have it
cheaper by it; they vas orange yaller
kaliker, trimmed in white terpentine
braid and made jist exactly alike; Cal
she won't have q Sunday frock that
hain't pine blank like mine. Aunt Nan.
cy she lowed, "Gals, you'uns will out
shine ever body at the show know in
reason them yaller frocks will take ever
body's eye," and pears like they have,
from the way folks gazes at US. Some
gals down here told us not to wear our
best out thar to the show, we'd git it
ruint, but Cal lowed they was jist tellin
us that to keep we'uns from out shinin'
therp, and Cal she would er wore her
Sunday frock then or died.
But must 60 back, like Aunt Nancy,
aud tell you from the beginnin'. When
we'uns got thar to Talladegy town we
seed sight of strangers perusin
around, and pap he gee hawed the steers
up thar fernent Mister DR.. Vandiver's
drug store, and mad enquirements about
who they. was, anC whar they all come
from, and what 1t all meant. anyhow /;
and they lowed it was the Albany press
much then as we did afore. Buddy he
let on like he knowed all about It. I
aud Caledony and Cousin Pink and siater
Flurridy Tennysy and pap was In the
waggin and buddy a walkin, and some
chaps sot in to clappiu ther hands and a
holierin, "Here comes Betsy Hamilton
Hero comes Betsy Here she comes p
Buddy he was beatin and cussin Of
the steers, and when he hearn it he turn.
ed around and was fixin to war his OK
whip bardaciously out on them little
boys when pap he hollered out, "Bels,
honey, jist look at that thar steam engine
with your name on it | that's what them
younguus was n yellin about" Cousin
Pink was gittin terrible mad she low.
ed she thought they was making small
of me-. kase I. was ridin in waggin,
and she knowed was as good as airy
one of 'em, or any of her folks.
Well, we'uns has been here to New
Orleans week and haven't saw ell, but
we seed powerful sight Of things-we've
most looked our eyes out, and in or about
trotted our feet off, and we've rid on
heap of different sort of things, too.
First, the dummy" hits steam street
kar without any fire; then tho horse kar
hits pulled by one poor, little old
mule, loaded down with three or four
dozen folks; then we rid on the steam
boat on the Massyssippi river, and We rid
on the electric raifroad; that's the kar
whar they use lightning instid of fire,
and we rid on the railroad out to West
End, and then ona sailboat on the lake
to Spanish Fort, and at the Exposition
we rid up stairs In the elevator, and we
rid in roller cheer showed around by
great, big, double.fisted white man that
had orter been put to plowin. So you
see that was eight different things we rid
on after we lit outn pap's OK waggin
thar at Talladegy town. They say you
can walk fifteen or twenty miles q day
out at the exposition and not know it,
but you may pend on 1t we'uns knowed
it, whsn night come, by our feet. L
pity folks that haint got no better sense
than to wear ther new tight Sunday
nh0es-and that's just what We'uns done,
and the fust night they hurt US so bad
we couldn't sEasely sleep, and while we
was bemeanin ourselves for not hayin;
no better sense, Gal she lowed: Hush,
gals, listen mizery loves company
and the crowd In tother room was
and we over hearn 'em say: II am
mighty glad to git off these new shoes.
they are hard and stiff and juat a KILN
my feet" "Come over here and put 'em
in this salt water, its hope mine G ready
"Salt water nor nothin else haint gwine
to do mine no, good, 1've walked and
walked tel they are plum blistered and
sore and II I live tel ,nornin I bound I
git me- q pair that's big enough not to
hurt oh, my head I, That old machinery
hall Ia enough to adcile a bod u,a brain -
"Don't talk that old Mexican band
is wusssr'n all that machinery put. 10.
gether." .:.a! 2 ri igi s'a8H IA
"0hil don't think SO. 4 like music, I,
"I,don't; I've been mad all day hskaso
/ couldn't find Gitteau's skeleton" n I'M,
II don't know, for the Life of me, what
you want to see mans bones for.
Wby'ns you 20 and zee them bones OF
that crittef that was 55 feet long Laws.
did yen'uns see that dog and them pat.
fidgea In that glass case and did YOU
see the burial of Cock Robbin3 Did
yon'uns let that Womsn weigh you ?''
"Yes thought she Was advertising ,he
scales, didn't You 2" "Yes, ] thought It
was free, and lit up thar and she handed
me paper with 140 pounds marked on
1t, and when I jumped down and started
of she said, mighty sweet, with her head
turned to one side, You owe me q nickle.'
And che fooled oneS or two ousn every
crowd that same way. Less all go to
sleep. ~ can'tl sleep. / am awful
tired ;sI gould dolmighty we'll If It twesn't