The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-07
a SECOND BETSEY HAMILTON.
"Pansy's" Description of Aunt Margarets
Wedding.
Econ, The Oconee Ne,rs.

From, the Oconee Ne,vs.
SAND RIDGE, S. O., Nov. 81, 1891
My Deer Co=en:: I no in resin youns' all
think never am er going to rite you
nuther line, but ne has bin so busy, fust
one thing an then er nuther, till I rally
hain't had the time ter vast. I reckin
youns is hearn of the big weddin whats
bin at our house, but I'll jist rite the par
ticulers any how.
knowed sill the time that aunt Mar
git would marry again eff she got what
she thot wood be good chance (her
idees aud mine differ mighty er long that
line.
Well you doubtless remember of me
tellin' you about that old feller in
Georgy a ritin to her and a akin of her
to be his wife; and how as soon as she
got his letter she went and bowght her 8
new black Sheoritty dress and give IS
cents yard fur it, and hired dress.
maker to fit it on her, and got her fine
hat the same day. I never wood of
knowed what was up, but I went to the
P. O., and the woman thar knowed it, and
she up and lowed as how aunt Margit
had bin gittin sum luv letters. I tell
you the old mother Eve in me riz at that,
but I never let on; but when l went
back hom I made her own up to it all.
She wus lookin for him Christmas
times and she was in powerful furry to
git her new frock dun go SIS to wear it
when be cum.
told her hit wus bad luck to marry in
black, but she sed she could rite to the
Alliance store at Anderson and get SAM
Piles and hit woodh't take long to order
her nuther one if he wus in hurry to
have the knot tied. Well, you know
that Christmas cum and went but no
man frum Georgy never put in appear.
ance. January passed away and winter
merged into spring, and still she never
hearn frum the Georgyite I could see
she was badly disappointed, but she bore
up amazin we'll, considerin' as how she
had sot her hart 80 strong on moyin' to
Georgy.
So or long in May she got er note from
a Mr.. Williams down in Anderson Coun.
t. telling of her as how she had bin
most highly recommended to him as
woman who wood make him good com.
panion and all sich stuff as that. And
then he went on to state that he was q
widower with five children, but they wus
all grown and married but one and that
he never staid at home, and that be was
a member of the Baptist Church in "good
and reg'lar standin," and that he had
good farm and er comfortable house;
besides he wuz tanner by trade and had
a lot of leather on hand that would clear
him right smart pile of money. At the
mention of the money. I riz up and voted
in favor of the wedding; and that set
tied it. She rote and appointed the
fourth of July fur him to cum and talk
the matter over.
His SOD got the letter and red hit, and
then sent it on to his paw, and he an.
swered her back that he bed thar sure
and sartin and fur her to keep her lamp
trimmed and burnin. Il don't know
what he wanted sich bright light fer, I
alters prefer a rather dim one myself,
when my feller is talkin' sweet.
She wanted it kept great secret about
his coming; you no burnt child dreds
the FIRE; and she was a feared he wood
do like the Georgy feller-not cum. But
before the day arrived, aunt Cansada and
her daughter Betsy cum over from town
to stay awhile. Now aunt Margit wus
afeared to let Betsy no anything about it,
but I knowed Betsy could keep secret
all right, SO I told 'em all er bout it jest
to tease aunt Margit. Aunt Cansada is
widder herself, and 1 knowed she
woodnt raise no objections, for fear
when she tuck a notion to do likewise
aunt Margit mite retaliate and pay her
back in the same coin.
The fourth of July cum on Saturday,
and that suited nifty we'll
Betsy, like all town gals, wus powerful
fond of wading in the creek, so as soon as
we had ct dinner We struck out for the
branch. We had cooked sum cake and
pies and things, so if be got thar fur din.
ner We wood not have much to do. We
knowed there would be no gittin aunt
Margit to help US while he wus aroun.
We'uns hadn't got no further than the
spring when we hearn aunt Cansada a
hollerin' fur US to cum back we knowed
that he had got thar.
We went back and aunt Cansada met
US at the top of the hill, and she lowed
laws gals tha's cum and thars two of EN-
and he is in fine top buggy and drivin'
the purtiest boss, aud he has got on o
Prince Albert and q white straw hat.
He hadn't bin in the house then, but she
had seen him by peepin through the
winder Bstsay aud me whirled ir and
fixed dinner.
made up sum fresh biskits and put in
lots of lard and soda and bakin' pow
ders both, fur I wanted them to be unus-
ually good.
Aunt Margit was marchin round in
her checked cheiot frock and white sack
a trying to hurry us, she thought thai
wood be so hungry. I told her folks told
me that person in luv never got hun
cry, but she gin me look as much as to
tell me that I new nuthin Of luv, so l
held my peace.
We sot the table out in the hall, but
me and Bets wus bound to hav our fun
out before we dressed up and went in to
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