The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-17
VISIT OF Pa AND MA.
By Becky Ann Jones.


I don't reckin any body ever enjoy
ed themselves any better than pa an
ma did tother week when they wuz in
Newberry.
They got here on Saturday even
ing, an as pa STEPPED frum the trane,
West End band struck up Dixie, an
played it awl through the huggin,
kissin, an handshakin. I shore wuz
much obleeged to en- fur shown pa
an ma SIGH CRATE homer. I expect to
treet them boys awl bi myself, when
I git rich-if not sooner
Sunday we had so much cumpany
that Jeems called me out to won side
an axed if he hadn't better go out
summers an borry sum cheers. But
/ told him it wood never do to borry
on Sunday, an fur him to jest bring
in the wash bench, milkin stool an
a few boxes an set EN- in the parler,
an I thought we could make out all
rite, and we did.
Won day We awl Toasted at MI.
Cecil Thomases, an Jeems ct till he
bursted the top button often his
britches. Them at bad to waite tawlk-
ed about gittin fence rales to prize the
rest up frum the label. After We had
ct till We couldn't, we wuz made to
git outside of a big slice of cake an a
sasser Of ice GREEN, fur fear it wood
melt later on!
We went through the same perfor-
nance down at Mr.. B. P. Murray's
at Mollyhorn, an pa ct ice cream fur
ma, till she sed she had enuf an beg
. ged him to stop. Mrs. Murray shore
set a fine table fur us-but I'll bet
her hart aked before it wuz over
with!
We intended to spend a our or too
with Mrs. John Darby, but she WIZ
gone off to a weddin summers. I tuck
dinner with her Won Sunday-so did
Jeems, an We shore injoyed it.
AS we went down to Mollyhorn, we
stopped in the ice facktery. an Mr.,
Wicker showed US awl over the hull
thing, an explained the histories Of
ice maxim. He made snow fur US,
too, an treated US mitey nice. III not
fergit that pleasant trip soon. When
we started, I 'explaned to him that we
wuz tryin to show pa an ma awl the
good things in town, an thanked him
fur his curtesy. He ansered: "Well,
Mis- Becky Ann, I'm glad you awl cum
to see me. You air worth sumthin
to the town-any body is, who takes a
interest In boomin a good thing"
s AS we started out, there wuz a Wag-
in standin at the dore loded with ice,
an hitched to the biggest gentleman
cow T ever seen. MI, Wicker LATED
an sed if his carridge wuzen't loded
he'd take us to ride. We told him
we'd take the will fur the deed that
pop, and see him later!
We had anuther big feast at W. M.
Thomases on Thursday, where Jeems
tride to brake awl previous records
fur eatin. He busted too buttons OF
that day, an I told him he'd have to
sew EN- on his self-that I .wuz plum
tired of his crazy doin's.
We air indebted to Mr.. Jesse Jones
fur won big treet. He icarrid us awl
on top of the mill, where we could
view the hull city at wonce. We had
to go up sum mitey steep narrer
steps an crawl through a leetle .scut-
tie hole that opened on top, an I had
nc idee we could git ma to make the
venture, but she wuz game an elm up
nimble as eny of us. MI. Editer, the
scene frum up there is shore grand
an inspirin, an We awl appreciated
the kindness of Mr.. Jones. AS pa
Crawled through that scuttle hole
the wind wuz a BLOWN his Long beard
ever which away, an he looked fur
awl the world like a jack-in-the-box.
Mrs. Cecil LATED an told him so, an We
had a big laf at his expense.
We Entertained won mite, in homer
to pa an ma, an had SIGH a crowd
that Jeems axed if We needed the
washbench agin, but I told him I
thought we could make out by doub-
bin up. Mr.. John Franklin brung
his f~ornigraf an amused us with sum
fine sarmonts, speeches, dialogs an
reservations, an we awl injowed it
fine. I tell you them mersheens git
by me,the way they can talk an go
on fur awl the world like a human.
Jeems sez they make him think of
spooks, ghostes an witches, an that