The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-06-30
AUNT JEMIr1A WRITES.

Well Mirandy Jane you want to
hear all about our visit to Vernon
Centre, and how we came to go.
Well, tother night at supper, brother
Jehoshofat, he says, "Mirandy Jane
Allin as heow the craps are in, and
hurryin' work over lets go to Vernon,
and stay a few days. why" seys |,
"can we spar the time Jehosho-?"
"Sartin sine, we can, so get ready and
We'll go on Friday, and stay over Sun
day." says he, so l thought maybe
probably we could spar the time, for
Jehoshofat says SO, and he knows.
Well you know Simon Smiths wife
was third cousin to our granny
mother, and Simon's carter Sue she's
married and lived in Vernon, so seein
as heow they're kinder near kin folks
we stopped at her house and l must
SAYS her husband is proper nice
man and they did treat US both
mighty nice. After supper that night
they took US to the restraint and
treated US to ice cream and l deu say,
it was the very best ice cream | ever
tasted. Sues husband he said it was
speylative, whatever that means.
Satday they give US nice buggy ride,
and showed US the teown and kentry
round about. They got nice big
school house and big hotel at Yer
non and lots of business done in that
town: streets full of teams all tine
time. Saturday night we heerd the
Vernon Cornet Band play and it's
mighty nice playin' band. Jehoshofat
says so and he knows. Vernon folks
mighty proud of that band and other
folks teu. Lots of invites from other
places they get to come and play for
them. Sunday mornin' we went to
the Methody church. Herd smart
man preach a powerful good sermon.
Nice actin congregation and choir.
Then after dinner we went to the
Baptist church and it was "Childrens
Day" there. No use talkin Mirandy
Jane the world do move. What would
we have thought sixty years ago, when
we was gals of one day just for chill
dren at the church? Heow l deu
wish you'd jest been thar to seen and
heerd it all-my SUI: that church did
look awful nice: crosses kivered with
flowers and posy pots full and the
children all had flowers and most the
girls dressed in white and looked jest
like"a big flock of flowers themselves"
that's what Jehoshofat said and he
knows. One class of five little girls
put bunch of posies on the cross,
after each one had said verse about
the kind of posies she kerried, one
was of Milestone of roses, one Vio-
lets one everlastings; and SIGH &c;
then they marched back and all said
verse together. l heerd some one
say ''thats the banner class" Then
the little boys do jest think their
folks must have felt prond of 'em
they spoke so nice and looked so cute.
Then some classes of nice pretty
young girls do jest think some of
them big boys was proud of them the
way they looked at 'em. Oh yes the
choir they sung nice and acted nice
teu. Vernon ha;nt no need to be
ashamed of the choirs for they beent
no gigglin' titterin' choirs, like some
has seen some places, that litter
and whisper all through church in
most owdashous way. Church choirs
sixty years ago they'd acted SIGH a
way wouldi drummed out of
settlement. That's what Jehoshofat
says and he knows. There was one
dark-eyed modest lookin' girl spoke a
mighty poorly piece in a poorly way.
Theycalled herDdisy and her voice was
clare as bell. Well we come hum
on Monday hevin' enjied good time;
hevin' he'd feast of soul and flow of
reason, lat Vernon CENTER as the
poet says. Jehoshofat hes he'd the
Cat-K-, since we come home.
He aoOuld sit out on the porch at Yer
non and listen to that band play to
the little hours of the morning.
Now Mirandy I've telled or writ all
about our visit to Vernon so no more
from
Your Aunt,
JENNA JASON.
P. S. Mine goin' to hear Baptist
man preach next time. He's fine
speaker, they say