Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1900 — THE SEWIN’ CIRCLE. [ARTICLE]

THE SEWIN’ CIRCLE.

Sewin’ circle's goln't’ meet t‘ our bouse; All th’ neighbors' wives is goin’ t’ come; All th’ afternoon they'll set.-in' gossip. Then ma’ll talk ’bout ’em w’en they go home. They’re (tamin' things t' sen’ t’ heathen countries. - An’ all th’ mothers, (laughters, wiyes an' aunts ’ll sew all day; but I wish ma d hustle An’ darn th' hole I've got in these here pants. Th' things we'd orter had last night let supper Wuz saved an’ made all purty like an’ sweet; Don't matter much es pa an’ me goes hungry. So sewin’ circle gitsenufl t' eat. I h I eathen needs tli' clothes th’ circle sends vm. An' so they fix 'em up an’ make em tine; But I wish ma’d take her thread and an' needle An’ sew the rip in this here coat o’ mine. Th’ dirty clothes is all out in th' kitchen, An' pa an’ rat's got nothin' ’tall t' say. Ma says she ain't got time t' do no housework, ’Cause sewin’ circle’s goin' t’ come t’ day. I hope th’ heathen folks'll like their sewin’; They certn'ly do make things look nice an’ neat; Th' stockings that they send is better’n mine is, ’Cause mine is full o’ holes around th’ feet. Sewin, circle's goln' t’ meet t’ our house; Ma's all flustered up an' awful mixed, An' pa’s a settin' out there in th' kitchen A-mindin’ baby while ma's gettin fixed. An’ you kin bet your boots that ma'll look stunnin' ’Cause all her clothes is jes’ bran new an' fine; But 1 do hope she'll get th' time some evenin’ T' sew th’ rips in this here shirt o’ mine —Philadelphis^Press.