The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-02
Seletteo Storp.
Our CraZy-0uilt.

Mis- Rugget was one of them bessid
wimmin who alters minds their own
biznis. They're skurse as hens teeth,
too, an if it hadn't a-ben fer Mis- Rug
get our church s'ci'ty would a-ben dis
ruptuated long and gone.
I" Ye see, Their was some wimmin in
tb' s'ci'ty ID been a-makin' them ther
crazy-quilts-wbich things was named
rite fer once. 1t is all riz out of Marier
Blakesley's goin' ter Boston city sum
mer afore las. Marier was alters
real sensible, hard-workin' gal, an
could make butter ter beat all creation.
An Their WANT no fault to be found
18th her till she took tibet start fer Bos-
ton city. AFTER she got back it was
talked aroun' tibet folks as wanted ter
call her by name must say Ma-ree in
stead of good, old-fashioned Marier.
Thet was tn beginnin' on it, an arter
thet nothin' wouldn't a-surprised me.
Wal, fust we knew 'mungst us, she
whips out one of them Their crazy-quilts
OUTER her Sarahtogy, an sure enough,
tn wimmin' all went crazy over it, an
every one made up her min she'd make
one of them quilts if she had ter cut up
her weddin' gownd an her husbands
rosebud patterned vest-which Mis-
Hawkins certainly done.
=" An then Marier took ter goin'
down in tn swamp lot an a-pckin' of
them worthless cat-tail flags, am fust
knew she had tibet ther big iar--th' one
Mis- Blakesley's futher, who was sea
capting, brung her from China-lilled
with them swamp cat-tails, an, SEEM
that want enough, she sticks some on
'em up onter th' wall with a piece of
good yeller ribbn tied roun' their nasty
stalks.
"'My!' SEE 1, Marier, them things'l
bust an fill tn house like dooryard-
full of seed dandylions. They're wuss
then tn mussin' of cottonwood tree, >
SEE |.
"'Oh, no, Mis- Patience, SEE she,
eff they air picked in the proper season
they never BUST
Fiddlesticks on yer proper season
sell. My boy Zeke-thet's my dead
sisters boy which lives with me-my
Zeke he was alters an eternally fetchin'
them things in, in season an out, an
| never see no difference bout their
Dustin; they all bust, fust an las till
| told Zeke I'd hide him good if he ever
brought another one of them noosances
inter my house.
d" But, as was a-telin' bout them
Their crazy-quilts, Their WANT no peace
arter them wimmin begun maxim 'em.
SEWN s'ci'ty want half attended, an
all the aprons them little heather got
outten or Dorcas SEWN Circle
wouldn't a-made head-dress for tn
| chief of thu GambOZOolians.
" But we could a-stood thet-an' |
'spose tn heather could too, bein as
they seldom wear 'em, I'm tod, ner
anythin' else fer tibet matter-but Their
begun ter be hard feelin's 'mongst tn
church folks.
" Mis- jenkins had her quilt edged
with red lace-cotton, every thread
ont, an never cost her more'n a
shillin' an twopunce yard; but tibet
made everybody mad ter think they
couldn't get no red edgin'. Ye see,
Mis- jenkins come from Saraheuse, an
sent back hum fer pretty much all her
fixin's. But when Mis- Hatchett come
out 18th her quilt all fixed roun' tn
corners 18th leetie brass rings, lookin'
fer all tn world like yaller tin, why
then they was madden than ever.
"Then they begin ter talk aroun'
how Mis- Rugget he'd bought four dol
lars worth of brand-new ribbons to
Mis- Green's millinery shop, ter make
her quilt prettier ner all th' res. Ye
see, Mis- Nugget was our minister's
wife, an sed ter have property of her
own.
" But Parson Rugget was one of yer
easy-goin' men-easy as an ole shoe,
which is never forehanded. An his
sallery was small, an times was as
close as tn bark ter tag-alder tree,
an he had ter take most on it in pota-
tiers an Vegetables in gineral, 18th now
SIGH like. So when we heard Mis-
Rugget was a spendn' four dollars on
jimcracks of ribbins, we hatchery
didn't think much ont.
"Then tn neX' thing was tibet she
was payn' ole Aunty Brown-Aunty
Brown was tn bes' nuss in the kentry
an couldn't be had 'thout payin' fer
five dollars week an board ter sew on
that ther quilt. She was right smart
with tn needle, so thot didn't seem oul
a-reason, an we all agreed tibet 'twa;
moren likely.
"Wall, sot out one day ter lool
inter it. TIL fust one | called on was
Mis- Hawkins. Mis- Hawkins sed Mis-
jenkins top her she seen Mis- Rugget
buyin' them ribbins with her own eyes
An when | went roun' ter see Mis-
jenkins she sed tibet was so. She seel
herself; an Mis- Rugget waz mighty
particular bout tn colors.
An Mis- lIatchett toll Mis- Jen
kins tibet tn way she come ter know
Aunty Brown was a-sewin' on the
quilt was because she never went the
'ithout seem her hev thimble on, an
Their want no call fer her to be Their 9th
erwise, bein' as they was all well a'
could be, tn whole raft on EN-.
"Wal, we talked it all over, an i