The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-11-27
BETSY HAMILTON.
SHE TELLS OF THE BIC
MEETING AT SWINGING
LIMB.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
l promised to tell you about that
trip we'nns all took to gran'maw's,
so I'll pitch right into it "without
prOceedin'," as old Brother Cole
says.
Gran'maw lives away up Owl
Hollow, in the Coosa river valley,
and we'uns all went to see her-me
and NAV aud pap aud buddy and
CouSin Saleny aud Sister FIurridy
Tennysy. We chilluns was all'lit-
tie fellows then, and never had
beon nowhars in my life 'cept Tai
ledega town one time. Nav she
packed US all in the Ox-waggin' aud
pap he drove and it tuck us up.
wards of three days to git ther.
We camped out two nights on the
road. We mought have got thar
quicker if we'd had sich mules as
Buddy has got now; mules, you
know, is so good to keep the road,
even If they run away; but we
driv old Buck aud Brindle (thcm's
our steers). Aud if you don't know
steers, they are sOrter like flee
dog, gwIne anywhars; they winds
about all over the road, and makes
two miles out'n one. Old Brindle
in partickIer is so headstrOng you
can't gee-haw him be puts me in
mind of pap when he is tight
never wants 10 keep the road, gifts
his legs tangled and goes "cata-
wampus" here and thar across the
road. fust on one side and then the
other.
Gran'maw's house is n double
log cabin, with a chimbley at each
eend aud a piazzer betwix, loft
overhead, and two shed rooms back.
1t is sOt right at the foot of Big
later Mountpin, that is so high it
is most dinner time fore the sun
has riz, and you wouldn't know
when day come it you didn't hear
gran'pap a-callin' of his hogs aud
u.yellin' at the goats. They've got
some good river. bottom iand
that makes 'em a plenty; they
raise everything they eat aud wear,
card aud spin and weave their own
own clolb, aud don't git no bought |
truck 'cept ''leetle grain of sugar |
and coffee to keep for sickness.
But it's a powerful benighted set.
tlement, grammar lowed. They /
was the most idlesome aud dO-less
set over thar back of her ever she
SOt eyes on, and was raisin' of Their
chlllnn like a passel OF mountain
goats, without auy sort of larnin'
'cept devilment. It was summer
time, aud Uncle (they call their
preachers nuclei EasterwoOd had
gin out last meetiu' day that
they would have a pertracled meet
IN at Swingin' Limb meetinfhouse
70 begin ou Saturday fore the
.hird Sunday ia August craps
would be layed by then, aud they
must all come aud fetch diaHer, so
Is to have two sarmOnts. The
louse amt big enough TO hold all
he folks big meetinf times, 50 they
made a bush aFboF outside, driv
lOwn stobs, and laid down planks
lcross for benches, and kivered
he ground with straw, and lit il
lp at night with pine light'OOd
Tres on stands. UHcle EasterWOOd
lowed a new preacher named
Brother jeremiah Cole was comiu',
nd be begged everybody to come
nd fetch Their friends, aud all chill
m be never said anything about
0Qs, but they 'peaTed 10 take part ,
{ the invite to themselves, never
eed the like of dogs at meetin'
fore m ny life all sorts aud sizes,
ON fiop yeared honnds d0an to
enoh legged Gee, and they yelped
round al day. Somebody would q