Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-29
BlDDY VISITS AuNTY No.

Dear Social Corner Friends: We'd
nesday, March 18th, Biddy began to
flap her wings and shake her feathers
out preparatory to reaching Whitman
tic soon as possible, for Aunty No
was to help entertain at the ninth an
niversary Social Corner and Biddy was
going home with her for visit The
day was beautiful one overhead but
the roads from Yantic Were!-
The Social Corner Anniversary
meeting proved a wonderful success
from start to finish, and the time soon
came when we had to Rush to catch
our trolley
AS Biddy was going out of the door
Theoda grabbed her by her feathers
and asked her would she be head host
! ess for the April gathering. She of
| course said YES"
Then the rush for the trolley began
| again. Aunty and Biddy took separate
seats so to be near the window Soon
J the car began to fill up, first a woman
| would fill the vacant seat with Biddy
| then after she left a man, Just think of
| it, man! would come in and sit with
! Biddy. Finally we reached Franklin
| Square and changed cars for Yantic
Then the fun began. We had to change
| cars before we had gone half way
| Something in the forward car had
! burned out. Then the rear car didn't
| go TO the end of the terminal and poor
| BIddy had to trudge along with her fat
suitcase to the waiting jitneys. Let me
| whisper something in your ears
/ friends. Biddy had eggs in the suit
case surprise and present to Aunty)
| Do you wonder the thing was heavy?
! We reached the jitney and soon were
| on our way to Aunty's home (she is
my sister, you know, al I've got left
| We all like to be trotted when we are
young, but deliver me at my age. We
| had very careful driver, to be sure,
| but one minute we We're on this earth.
| the next we We're sinking somewhere,
! didn't know if I would have a chance
to visit China or not
! / sat ready to grab Aunty if my side
went too far down-goodness knows
didn't care to so down and look I'D at
! her. I knew she would envy me my
position.
! We had a very good engine in the
\ machine, but, my wa sn't it angry
How it snorted and puffed and jumped!
Why it fairly tried to jump the mud
holes, but no use, it was obliged to
wade or crawl or whatever you may
call it.
There" Aunty would say, I'VE are
through that one! Oh, dear!''
Biddy would say, here is another
Aunty would reply Il can't bear to
look ar,1ad. I don't want to see them u
We got TO the top of the hill and
Aunty said: This is the last one and
it was a good one, tool We all know
how butter sounds when it is just be-
ginning to come, that is how we sound
ed going through the mud holes, only
butter has better sound to me.
l felt like cackling in good earnest
when we reached Aunty's home
Friday Slim Jim, neighbor of Aun-
tvs, hired the same car and took Aun-
ty and myself over to a missionary
meeting. The roads were in better con
dition this way, but just the same -ht
engine didn't enjoy it very well, tle
thing snorted q good deal; but the
owner was determined to reach there
regardless of the snorts.
Such jolly crowd; lots of Socia
, | Corner Sisters were there, not a COS,
siping crowd but all were so agreeable
After lunch a few ladies found out
was a W"iter for the Social Corner, 81
they betS to quiz to see what M
; pen name was.
Finally Aunty said for me to give m,
signal. So 1 did: Cut cut cut ca da.
cut!" When in my ear came: u la,
two eggs day and yet [ have to q
,, barefoot! Cock doodle do! Sell you
eggs and buy your shoes, then yol
won't have to go barefoot"
, | So this is Biddys slogan for the fu
: ture.
The president of the missionar,
meeting gave me the slogan; don't yol
! like it?
We certainly had great time tina
day.
, Biddy visited with Aunty for fv
,, days then before she was out of he
; nest one morning came a telephon
!, from Pop-over: Come home, the bah
: is sickI"
! So Biddy had to cut her good tim
!, short for she certainly did enjoy ev
! cry minute she was at Aunty's TIL
trip home was much pleasanter, as sh
went by rail and escaped the mud
holes
The baby is better, but Biddy ha
- been sick with a grip cold since, an
had the doctor. She is better, an
!. looking forward to the April meeting
: Biddy will entertain the annual Jun
\ picnic at her home again the seeon
II week in June.