Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-30
Margaret Buchanan Yeates in st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.

Louis Globe-Democrat
We never had any trouble to speak
of in the ladies' aid until that ST.
Louis milliner came to Berryville, an
after that we never had nothing but
trouble until she left. Twas a shame,
too, fer the ladies' aid society of
Mount Zion church had been runnin'
along cam an peaceable ever since
things settled down in southwest
Mizzoura after the war, an old Mount
Zion got opened up again.
Then two or three years ago Jim
Chapman started up whut he called a
department store, an sent to st.
Louis after young woman to run
the millinery an dressmaking part of
it. Anybody d although it wuz
Queen Victoria if they'd seen that St.
Louis milliner when she first came
here. She said she wuz French. an
that her name was Madimysell Sara
Dutong, but the only sign ever
seen of her bein' French wuz always
st. Louis "St. Looey," like she
couldn't talk plain. Fer all the rest
she talked common Mizzoura talk
like everybody else. an | always did
mustrust that her name was nothing
but Sally Dutton, after all.
However, we all wanted to be
polite, so most of us called her
Madimysell an | never in all NV life
seen sech airs as that young woman
put on. She wuz mighty dressy, an
wore lots of jewelry an fine clothes,
an always had her front hair frizzed
up until it was a sight.
Or course Madimysell went to
church at Mount Zion-strangers al.
ways do, 1t bein' by far the leadin'
church of Berryville-an' after a
while we asked her to join the ladies
aid, but we seen right away that we
had made mistake, fer she begun to
make trouble as soon as she Joined
Fanny Lou Baker wuz one of the
leadin' girls in Mount Zion. an al,
officer in the aid. an a sweeter or a
prettier girl than Fanny Lou never
lived in Mizzoura, accordin to nv
way of thinkin'. She wuz always
mighty nice to strangers. 700. Fanny
Lou wuz, an she went out of her way
to be pleasant to that st. Louis
miliner bein', as she said. a furriner
an so fur from home.
But | noticed from the first thar
Madimysell always acted sorted dis.
agreeable whenever she wuz any.
Where near Fanny Lou-sorter stuck
up an scornful. | couldn't think
what wuz the matter until | noticed
th2t Madimysell WIZ settin' her can
Ter Fanny LOUIS beau. John Holt an
then of course the cat wuz out of the
bag.
John an Fanny Lou had been
keepin' company fer couple OF
years, an everybody wuz loollfn' for
EN- to be married pretty soon. an
everybody thought it wuz good
match John waz postmaster an q
taIi' manly fellow that all the town
folks liked, an | saw right straight
that that st, Louis milliner WI,
making a dead set at him.
sure enough, it wuzn't long before
John Holt begun to go with Madi
myself little once in a while. an
even taken her buggy ridin' two Sun
days hand runnin'. though fount
out atterward that lat wuz acct
dental, so to speak.
lwuz about that time that Madi
myself Joined the aid. an on,
troubles begun, First she wanted I,
change the name to st. Somebody
gild whatever that may be. bur W,
soon settled that. Then she wante,
us to sive up plain SEWN an let he
teach us fancy needlework, an som,
wuz in favor of it. but | said no, an
meant il, too. an. bein' as wuz pres
dent of the aid. that scheme fel
through, too Then other thing
come up, gettin' all the time more an
more disagreeable, an Madimysel
gainin' all the time more an more o
a followin' among the younger al
the weakened sisters until the al
wuz near about to split in two.
When things We're about AT tn
worst in the aid We decided to Civ
supper TO raise money fer ne,
carpet fer the church, an IL wuz
plum scandal the way some of Their
NNA "StSW ooNNN SSNtih itauN AC
that supper. an all of EN- churcl
members, too. There wuz ON
meetin'. l recollect. when, RELY be
lieve some of 'em would have fit |
they hadn't been women folks. w
had deciued to have the supper in tn
town hall. an wuz tryin' to make N
our minds whut kind of eatin' I.
have. but 1t seemed as IL we jes
couldn't agree. 1t wuz the last o
April. an mighty warm fer the tim
of the year. an good many wux Il
favor of ice-cream. but some, an