The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-03-03
SAMANTHA ALLEN AT THE w. c
T. U. ENTERTAINMENT.

L. u. ENTERTAINMENTS.
The following amusing Experience
was written by one of the members of
the Astoria w. c. T. u. who took tine.
liberty of borrowing for the evening of
the w. c. T. U. entertainment, Febru-
ary %, the style and name of the fa-
nous Samantha Allen;
Jonesville, Feb. l, 1894.
My Friends and Pardners of the W.
c.. t. u: was just relating to good
Miss Deacon Charnick that 1 wuz to-
our female wimmin's meeting, and II
wuz pretty arduous meeting that day.
1t came this way, and almost took my
breath back when Miss Deacon Henzy
| (she that married the second cousin of
iosiah's aunt on his mothers side) rose
20 stern-like and said: There's no
more than 10 cents in our treasury
(she always keeps the money, cause she.
is so meek-like) and we ought to be.
| for having fair or some camera OBJ
scura' to get some money for our fe-
male society"
And, as / wuz a-saying, 1t wuz an ar
duous meeting, for we waxed warm
over the camera obscura.' etc., especi-
ally the etc, and guess we would have
waxed yet if good Sister Submit Tewks-
bury, from Loontown, hadn't a-riz in
the midst and told us about the "expe
rience meeting" they had in Loontown.
}'You see." sez she. leach sister must
earn so cents, and then get up in pub
| lie and tell right out before everybody
! just how she earned it, AS we wuz
middling tired discussing the matter,
| we decided sure and quick on the Eek
periehce meeting" Howsomever, went
! home immediately from that meeting a
feeling pretty dlIbersome, fur l was
skaired that Sister Serena Fogg m light
be tempted to sell butter on the sly.
CThey say her husband, Elder Iogg, is
awful mean an stingy with her WI len
she wants any money for the meetii ig-
house or charity worlS) And uz
feard Miss Ciphers, she that is iit st
dead with the rheumatic. wonld Kill he r
self a contogling old dresses for son lie
one for the sake of our female society.
But she is a good contogler and a goo ID
Christian. But l was most dubersom,
about my own (Samantha Allen's) 80
cents. l never earned so much in nay
hull life. though have been Josiah AL
lens faithful pardner for well nigh %
years. thought pro and con, specially
con, how l might. touch the tender cords
of Josiah's heart and get him 10 pay me
90 cents for something l could do par
ticular and special for him, such as re-
seating his trous ers Che wears them out
pretty fast; he always goes horseback
20 Loontown to see that the wimmen
more specially | mlgnr toucn his nearL
IL 1 kept my Ia ole up win good vlttles
Ind alwaSs had things snowy and clean
and had his slippers ready and warn,
by cneerIul lire when he got the
chores done and a-feeding the stock I
Josiah likes good vittles, and he lixes,I
me. Some days he likes me better than |
others. The better vittles get, the bet
ter he likes me. But this is exisodin. |
and to resume. Well. / told my paro-
ner about our female wimmin's "expe-
rience meeting" and how much / want
ed to do somthing to earn so cents, and
ne looAed serene-like for morn a quar-
ter of minute.
Well, l managed to keep a good
stream Of vittles before him for three
days (hough ] was awful busy finish
ing the rag carpet for the spare room
gainst his brother-in-law's second cous-
in should come to see us. 1t is mostly
Josiah's relation that come 10 see u.s.
Well, in the third night 1 heard him
groan like it was in his sleep, only
more so. / thought Of the 50 cents, and
how maybe he would like TO have a fire
made and some catnip tea SO / slept
and snored- specially snored- for morn
a quarter Of minute till heard Jo-
siah in endearin axcents: Samantha,
are you goin' TO sleep there and me a.
dying. Can't you get me some catnip
tea?7 got the tea-but didn't get
the so cents.
It cured him quick and sure. but II
did not cure the trouble what wuz agi-
tating OF my mind. lay there revo-
iuting the money question that the late I
congress spent two months an more
over, and a getting their money all the
time.
1t took me no morn two hours to
revolute the money question
The next day Josiah WIZ affecting
pretty megum after that catnip tea.
ana / had made four loaves Of bread.
seven pies and scrubbed and swept the
hull house ard gone over 70 Deacon
Henzy's 70 get some campfire for J0-
siah's head. and got him good vlttIes.
and made a big pan Of doughnuts tfor
] was a-spectIng his relation the nerf