About eleven o'clock
`` Put on plenty o ' ham gravy an ' molasses . This ai n't no Jackman tavern . I got hold o ' somethin' down there that tasted so I had to swaller twice on it . '' About eleven o'clock Uncle Hiram and Aunt Eliza and their five children arrived with loud and merry greetings . Then came other aunts and uncles and cousins . With what noisy good cheer the men entered the house after they had put up their horses ! I remember how they laid their hard , heavy hands on my head and shook it a little as they spoke of my `` stretchin ' up '' or gave me a playful slap on the shoulder -- an ancient token of good will -- the first form of the accolade , I fancy .