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A LETTER FROM BETSY HAMIL- a TON. It d TE w06 ROLLIN. b DAnU CoUSPIN :--I have told YOU a about the candy pullin' at Aunt u Mahaly's, and the quiltin' at Miss a (oodwen's but I iaint, never told t you about the log rollin' at the old I man IHasher's. Pap lows, them as b never has tried to cleatr a thick a timbered new ground inought think tj it was easy as whittlin' of a stick b or takin' a chaw tobacco; an-d it is s w hen they set off and watch t'oth er folks do it, but jes let 'em lay a holt and hep awhile if they wrant a to know what its cracked up to be; A and one man needn't think he can t do it all by hisself; he is obleege v to ax hands to hep him. I The IIashers had a little strip of: li new-ground twix them and the Pri- : ces, that they was a fixin' to cleer s and plant in corr. They cut down p all the under bresh and the trees, a 'cept t few whoppinl' big'us, here d and~ yran, and thley. Chopped aroundl vN them when the sap was up1) and it!,( deadened 'em. They split a big f chance of rails out' n the trees that a was fittin', and them that wasn't o fittin' for nothin' had to he got r outn't the way of the plow. f They had lone all they could ( 1Ii by theyseves, so they turned in an t axedl hands to a log rollin' , an11d 11 the w'omen folks had a gIuiltin' the v same day. Old Miss Hasher lowed her rule lers was "'work fust and p!av af- 'q terwards,'" git the ground Cleered i and the quilt out, and then frolic a to ther "sadifaction," and she was s plum willin' to leed 'em if' they t (o1l eat sich vittles as she had, and they was more' n welcome. t We knowed in reason thar was v gwine to be a big Crowd, bekase u we seed1 'em gwine by3 in gangs by s time it wais light that morning.v The Bates boys went by with t thier hounds like they was gwine a t huntin', and~ pap lowed if' they was (1 fool enough to carry ther (logs he I wasn't to take his'n,it was too dani- a gersome, they was shore to run in g way ofa log and git kilt or cripp led. o You see they are nosin' aroundl for t] rabbits, and they think you are t turnin' over the logs to git 'em, t and you can't skasely beat 'em out n av the way. Maw she fastened np1 s old "'Scrouge,'' and "'Tige,'' to e keel) 'em from follerin' of us, she '~ lowed1 she'd ruther they'd howl all s day as to git kilt ;and shore enough t Tom Bates' old "Bulger" got run t over and kilt, and Cap D~ew berry's y little bench-leg fice got crippled. '1 Mfalindy Jane and A nn Eliza f~ an aliedony wna lnge we' tn, , ndi we all went by the newground ) see 'em at .work. Pap and bud y was already thar; they are oth brag hands at a log rollin'; ouddy's ekle can't be found, fur s liftin is consai'ned. It was gin p thar that day that he could beat iry two on the ground. Most all 1e settlement boys was thar. Jake, ,oftis, Iky Roberson, Cap Dew Crr3, Lum G abriel, Jim Wig-ins, 1d all that gang, and I tell you iey was a clearin' that land in a urry . Some was pillin bresh, Inme rollin logs, some pillin 'em I heaps, some gwiic along firin, nid the blazc was high and red, n() the smoke reteled the sky. 11 of em had off their coats, and ter faces looked like the blood 'on1ld 1101) out, cept a few that as black with pine sinoke. Ma uida Jane hollered at Jake Loftis: lev Jake, what makes your fde black ? Ka ze smoke follows retty folks, says Jake, then they 11 hollowed :111( anghed bekase ake is imonst rous ugly. Thev 'as all makin a powerful fuss, hol 13rinl, whoopinl, laughin, nd havi an1id runilin rigs !jj and j )kcs on one nother, and they had tormented' ie poor feller tel ho, was most ea(Iy to cry n papan lowed he Lst on1 e said anothe' wor1d 1 hin e'ld slap the life (it (v him0. -o bey let him alone qumick , for when ap) speaks they know It, melanMs hat lie says. They wasn'It sease of wh i k e. ut it too' 'eIm a time gitt il it hey sent a. feller with a jug atteri aid lie Staved so long they sent nother feller att er hin, anid that' taye( so long they sent the biird man 'fore they got any h1isky, and he founad 'em both ight, and by the time lie got hack 'ith the jug he was drunk'nm airy ne. Some of 'em *Tnost kilt they elves tryin to pr'ove that they ras as strong as Bud lIamiI-J 31n, anid some was shlarpj enongh let t'othier do the lift in and they o the gruntiun. Old Miss [asher was as proud to git them shes as old Ilasher was to git his round eered ; she kep a gwige n about them good1 hickry andl lack.-jack ashes, what strong lye icy make, and how she was gwine > make her soap in the light of the ioon in March, and stir it with a asfack stick and not low nobody Ise to tech it, and turn it back Lrds. We gals wheeled in and oon got the quilt out. A fter while 1e meon folks come to ther' dinner; becy stopped at the branch and rashed 'fore they got to the house. 'he Hashers had jest everthing yr dinner you could name, and as ap says. ''tihe whole yeth was k-v. ered with pumpkin pies," and I (1o believe pap wouldn't have thought it was a log rollin without theim pumpkin pies. le calls it "wood pile desert," bekase you can take a pie in your hand and set on thei wood pile and eat it, and that's the way they done over thar that day; some of 'em stood'ound the ta ble and et but the most of 'em tuck ther vittles iv ther hands and sot on the fence, and on the wood pile and et it - them as wasn't toc (runk to eat-and they all peared to have a sight of fun. Jes let Bud Hamilton, or Iky Roberson orJake Loftis airy one open they mouths and t'others all laughed. You motght have thought atter rollin all them .log, ad(id pillin that bresh, them boys would be too tired tc play, but I jes wish you coud1( have saw 'em. A few of 'em sot about on the wood )ile, too shame to come in, but thar wasn't no shame in toti e's. Buhly, and Cap Dewher'ry, and Iy R(oberson, and Buck Silip Son, an(l Jake Loftis an(d them can look a mule out'n couitenance, t I ev haint afeered of nothin nior uo body ; airy one of' them can wall< right upI) to a gal they never sain before, without any interductior and talk to her like they had knowei ie aiers. Jake Ile thought h was " 'mighty mucn of a man'' that nighdt with his new blue irceches his maw had wove an(l made foi himIn. Theodosia Williamson--thev call her 'Dosh''--is a good heart ed, fat, simple milned sort of a gal and she was takin' on about Jake laugh in' at ever'thing he said, an< t'other's all makin' fun of her kas< iy knowed in reason lie didn'1 keer' a straw for her. Their wasn'1 cheers enough for all ; some was settin' on the beds, and somne o the gals sett in' in one anoth~er's laps, but the biggest part of th( gang was standin' upj. .Jake h< was settin' on a three-legged stool and some of the boys was tryin' tc make him git up. "'I shant (10 it,' says he. "Oh, git up Jake," says Jim Wiggins, git up and gin Mise D~osh that ar stool." Jake he pat. ted1 his knee arnd lowed: "'Com here D)osh an-I set on my new blu( breeches,'' " Shet your mouth,' says she, "'I say it, I haint a gwin< to (10 it ; you think you air mnighty smart, Jake Lofiis.' "Oh ! comie on Dosh," says Jake, still p~attin; his knee, come on, you know you want to. "I say it," says she, "yor cant fool me Jake, you know you haint in yearnest, I'm not a gwim4 to do no sich a thing." "Oh ! come on Dosh, and set or my new blue breeches, 8fava Ja'-.' "I say it, says she, aid sidled up to him and fldpped herself down on his new blue breeches. I know you'uns won't believe that,,but its so, and it made Malindy Jane tur rible mad. Its the talk that her and Jake is engaged. Law! I aim ed to tell you how they played and kissed (others, not me,) and danc ed tel atter midnight, and about Cal) gwine home longer me, and a power that I haint got tinie to write, fur its gittin'.tco dark t49 see how to spell, so no more at present. Yourn, BETSY IIAMILTON. Furniture House, EASLEY, S. C. COME ONE, COME ALL N funiish your 11ouses ill clcgtl, st yle for the 'Sununier1 wvith. a nice Laine of Re0-lstead-ls, Matt'resses, B3u reauis., Tables, Stanils", Chairs, Rockers, , &'. A general a ssortnticn If Landsc&ape chrouinos in 22x30 inch fralnes(', chord, & . l ready for hang - ing~ onl the wall.e. Aliso, on h:lInd, a line ,of enbin jet., pronui itade, panel aid card -ize photograph frames'. all in artisti 'tyle. Alwys on handl a full line of UN)ERAKER' SUPPLIEs. Iaket and COlliIns 111 sizes auid styles. Bu.rial R1obes for each sex, all qualitie uni prike . Ready at all ho's to wait upon cusItOiners. Collin s truimliied in lly style,:1 whenl So d esired, will be trionned and 114 shipped to 4any point on1 Ra ilroad free of extrna ebarge. Th1:1iking you for past" favors, and -olici.inig yoilr further peatronage, I am ep)ect iullv you rs, A. M. RUNION .9T A, E SrfUfE (GUA NO, CHLANGED) TO "OWL BAND" Is offe red for Sale by W. M. Hagood & Co. At $3.00 per Ton, pay~able Nov. 1st.., without interest