XIII.

VISITS TO NOTABLE PLACES.


It is a perfect sight to behold, to set on the piazzas at Saratoga,
and see the folks a goin' past.

Now in Jonesville, when there wuz a 4th of July, or campmeetin',
or sunthin' of that kind a goin' on, why, I thought I had seen
the streets pretty full. Why, I had counted as many as seven
teams in the road at one time, and I had thought that wuz pretty
lively times. But good land? Good land! You would have gin up
in ten minutes time here, that you had never seen a team (as it
were).

Why I call my head a pretty sound one, but I declare, it did
fairly make my head swim to set there kinder late in the
afternoon, and see the drivin' a goin' on. See the carriages a
goin' this way, and a goin' that way; horses of all colers, and
men and wimmen of all colers, and parasols of all colers, and
hats, and bonnets and parasols, and satins, and laces, and
ribbins, and buttons, and dogs, and flowers, and plumes, and
parasols. And horses a turnin' out to go by, and horses havin'
gone by, and horses that hadn't gone by. And big carriages with
folks inside all dressed up in every coler of the rain beaux.
And elligent gentlemen dressed perfectly splendid, a settin' up
straight behind. With thin yellow legs, or stripes down the side