The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-11
HOG KILLING 1T AUNT BeTSY'S.
Her Paw Takes Advantage of the Cold Weather
to Get Some Fresh Meat.

your beauty spot and you'll go abroad to-
morrow and handed me little piece OF
broke loCkin' glass from over the nrepoafo-
/ seen nay whole face was q sight 10 sAeer
the witches. L must have Jumped, and nay
hand was greasy Whar 1 had been q
eaten OF a spar-rib, the glass Sucked riEhC
cut of it, and broke all 10 pieces On the
hath. All hands hOnored. MaW anu aunt
Nancy 3uG Cousin AK, anu CaisNJAS'
and sister Flurrdy Tennessy all riz a yell
at once an That's bdd luck! bad luck!
bad Idck!" ana jist then pap lie lowed,
Come in MIR. Dewberry, come in Mr.. Tar
niPs5ed. Don't be alarmed, tGint no harm
done; nothing but a lookin' glass, that's
all. that ) what all the fuss ami la''-et IS
about. Bets, honey, broke it a-iooi,ins in
it. We can't keep 10 looilin' glasses htre
on account OF these us!y girls.
Eat laws, we never waited to near NTH
in he said. We gals ali scattered from
chat hath ike = passie Of black birds, and
few IN the kitchen. We knocked down
bench and two or three cheers o. the lack
entry, and when pap heard the aheacs iaA
he hollered, Not this year, gals
Pap's a sight.
Now he seed them boys a-ccmin ~ the
hill, and jist for pure meaaness wouldn't
tell US. Wen, Il was fun--Iun fOr them
we heard EN- hoiiowin and iaus nan trey
had seed Us a-runnin. 'Iwasn't no fun tor
us; We could er kilt them two toys, nj
Buddy. too, for IauShn' and pap tor not
teii.n' Us they was comm
We was sho in Iix-not spark OF fire.
In the kitchen-not drap of water w.th-
out breaking the ice 10 get *, the WIND
a-whzzin' through the kitchen cuttih'
of our years ami noses Off, and thar vie
wuz with beauX IN the house! lou@cd at
Cousin Pink br. Turnpsced hau come
TO see her. she locked at me Cap I.ewOer-
ny had come 10 see me. Saledony, she lock-
ed at both of Us, and fetched veil you
could er heard to the crossroads A5l sre
they WASN'T her beauX.
What air we to do?' says Cousin !irk.
with tears in her eyes. Il don't &c ruth
in 10 laugh at"
She broke the ice an let in ;er Wash'n
her hands-both OF us tried ID at the
smut OF. We scrubbed with soft y G soap,
and made our kuuckies bleed, rut the smut
was ground in our chapt hands, al.d Cal
she lowed Goals, taint no use % s,:"ub 20
more, wen freeze TO death IN here: hts I'D
some -four ON 'cm ami 90 long SO we
taken some nour outn the biscuit tray ana
rubbed il over our hands and face. To hiver
up ail the grease and dirt.
We didn't have no glass 70 see how - fix
1t. 50 We had TO help one another smooth
il on. Caleuony lowed: Turn around here
PINK and femme fix your face" AID give me
the wins. Cousin Pink, she helt still. plum
satisfied as IL she was looking IN q glass.
Cal flied her face 50 fIil Of Hour You
couldn't see her eyebrows; sine aho hlEeIed
up all the smut. / wish you could have
seed Pink; she bit her lips and pat On
few airs ana thought she was ali right
TAen Cal, she size cousin PINK the wink
and pitched in - nourn Of nay lace. 1
hel; SSH ami i-t her ia a. dun kce--uut
/ wasn't 50 &c tatn about co4sla Pms You
see she wanted ~ luuh GGr Prttttest D-Lute
MT. Turnlpaeed. l Wes IA ttt a. any nov
/ couldn't wash the smut or ana 1 uie-t