The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-05-27
REASON IN MADNESS
OF ABBEVILLE'S GIVING

DeST euulIolo al, IhAS
move and air about hear, or wurds to
this afeckt. Abvul is dun gone to
givin things away. i wus up toun tne
day of the ole soldears reunitlng and
i found that they wus givin way
plum good .lemmernade ard beggln
YOU to talk it. next think knode
wus plantin cotan and workln on tne
farm irwin to keep doun the akerage
when hoo would you thinks Gums
doun to my house in his ordermore-
bill, his good wun too, and sals to
NEE, dote has came to talk you up
to a big supar. we'll, that kinder
maiks me think a joak is up sum-
where on Dote Smith, but Doctar
knifer, it was him, he sais no, we
air all bruthring in the church and
as we air giving big dinner tonite
i has been appinted as a Kommitty,
that is what he called hisself, to cum
doun and bring you up. he sais to
me to 20 in the house and dress up,
and tell lizzie to doc the saim, and
talk our own times, git fixed rite,
and that he wood waite fur US reether
pashantly and then drive US up. liz
zie told me at the time to keep my
hand on my pocket-book, but i sails
nc that docktar Knifer and ] is part
ners in farmin jist now and the dock
tar knows that if i git out Of mummy
at this season of the yeer he will be
called, interl the konsultachun, as
700 lawyars puts it, and i said that
sum uther ketch was in this thing
sum way, as it was contrary to abb
;vul to be gittin 500 limbered up in
the givin bizness at wunst and saim
time. but i goes on with the dress
in havin> put my pocet book in the
tick Of the bed as soon as i goes in
the. house.
Well to maik a short story OF it,
lizzie and j was soon drest and to
say nothin Of how lizzie was lookin,
i felt rite proud Of Dote Smith wen
i lookt in the glass, and knows
that lizzie thought was lookin rite
too bekase she sed 80. well we driv
up to the dinner at the dining room,
and thear found brother Frank
Gary, .bruther Jones millar, and all
the good lookin ladies Of our church,
and they gave US wun good time.
Judge Gary and i hooked on to each
uther at wunst and it was hard fur
me to tell which was gittin the best
of the dinner NEE or him, both Of us
done so well. -. ....
= arter while sumboddy sais sum-
thin bout movement and looked
up toards lizzie, and lizzie winkt her
eye at NEE as much as to say that
;knode what wus cummin, but jist
then bruther millar he talk the floor.
i think he must a-knode what wus in
the air tooo, bekos he look rather
Plus and say that this air a very
pleasant sociable gathring, and it
wood be a CRATE pity to spoil it by
a incerdint which bleeve he said
was lookin toards sumthin, and he
move that we finish eatin and tell
sevrie boddie good by, and 60 hoam
/ in the sweat fellership Of a good
; time and full of fust class vittles, in
which agreed bekos i ssckant his
moshun, and most Of the payin
members Of the kongergashun seam
to be Of like mind, so the moshun
wus carried without bein put and the
meetin proeeaded with the eatin, and
told Judge Gary ernuther joak or
too, and BY. w. that time the thing was
oaver, and docktar Knifer he took
me and lizzie back hoam jist as he
brought us up. ',
when we got hosm lizzie say that
she believe there will be a follar up
IN this think yit, and she expeck
trubble, but i say no, that i think it
air all konnected with the reel es-
tate bizness which is bein transact
ed In Abvul lately, and that the ole
toun is walking and wishes to doc
itself proud, and with that went to
bed but lizzie keep up her wunder-
mind.