The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-05-08
BETSY HAMILTON.
Betsy and Her Friends Visit New
Orleans to See the Worlds
Exposition.

Atlanta constitution.
"Wonders will never cease" as
pap said when old Arminty Pender
grass got married, and | know in
reason you'uns will say so too when
you hear that we'uns has fanted
away down here to the big show at
New Orleans.
Caledony she sot her head to
come when she fust hearn about it ;
| sol my head, too, but its easier to
sOt your head than 1t is to git the
money. l didn't know for the life
of me whar the money was to come
from. "Whar tharS a will thars a
way," inginnerly speakin', 'cept
when "the wayo means money, sbnt
| scratched aud ScIimmaged aroun',
and sold this, that and tOther, and
made the money. My dried apples
and COOLERS and ingOn buttuus, aud
chickens and aigs, fetched a good
price, but my taters was .sorter
stringy, them and my pumpkins
never fetched much, and pretty
nigh give away my shit or miss"
quilt, and my double WOve cat track
counterpin, but l let 'em go kase
WAS Obieege to have the money.
When tother gals in the settlement
hearn that we'uns was gwine,
they'd er come then or broke
trace, aud they'd al! come over to
see what we'unS was gwine to
wear aud tried to trim ther frocks
like OwI/n. Meand CaledOny bought
Own'n Otf'n the same bolt and they
let us have 1T cheaper by it; they
was orange yaller kaliker, trimmed
IN white teIpentne braid and made
jlst exactly alike; Gal she won't |
have Sunday frOck that hain't |
pine blank like niue. Aunt Nancy |
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,7 and
pears like they have, from the way
tOlks gazes at us. Some gals down
lere told us not to wear our best
)ut thar to the show, we'd get it
'mnt, but Cal lowed they was jist
/ tellin us that to keep we'uns
rom OutshiniT thern, aud Cal she
would er wore her Sunday frock
hen or died.
But L must go back, like Aunt
Nancy, and tell you from the be-
.ihnin'. When VEINS got thar to
ralladegy town we seed a sight of
trangers perusin around, aud pap
Ie gee hawed the steers up thar
Mister DIR. Vandiver's drug
tore, aud made enquirements about
rho they wos, and whar they all
Ome from, aud what it all meant,
DyhOw; and they lowed it was the
Albany press association, aud we
aus knOwed about as much then as
re did afOre. Buddy be let on like
q knOwed all aboutIt. | aud Gale
Ony aud Cousin Pink and sister
Tennysy aud pap was in
be waggin and buddy a walkin,
nd some chaps sOt in to clappin
her hands aud hollerin, "Here
ONES Betsy Hamilton Here comes
'etsy Here she cOmesT Buddy
e was a beatln aud a cussin of the
teers, aud when he hearn it he !
lrned around aud was fixIn to s
ar bis OK whip bardaciOusly out
u them little boys when pap be a
ollered out, "Bets, honey, list look
that thar steam eBgyDe with a
our name on It | that's what them d
Dung uns was a yellin about o
ounsin Pink was a gittin terrible il
ad she lowed she thought they (
as making small Of me, kase l &
as a ridin in a waggin, aud she =
lOwed l was as good rs airy one of Il
N, or any OF ther folks. a
Well, we'uns has been here to a
ew Orleans a week aud haven't B
W all, but we seed a powerful b
ght of things-we've most looked il
IT eyes out, and in OF about trOt- r
d our feet OF, and we've rid on q y
heap Of different sort of things, e.
0. First, the dummy !" hits a to
sam street kar without any FIRE N
en- the horse kar-hit's pulled by ef
e poor, little old mule, loaded VI