The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09
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From the Trenton Emporium.
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/ mercy ON US VINO IS that female 80 loud upor
our right l-0a surely she mus, be the orisin. wo
man who hired the devil TO teach her how TO ou,sood
llher neigheors" Bart Far.
! My tale 10 not so much about the cabin az
| sbou, It's ronfrnfs, though evefy one who has
travelled hom Alesbo,y to Barl,ng Ford, mus,
'ems mber the ,h'ee cofnsred pine.iog hot, q,
| the foot Of ,he Red Ridge, rooted with loose
slsb., with . mud and straw chimney, and Q
's'ge bols eu' ouI Of one side for the double
pu pose It . doc and window. And il these
was not soch snother cabin in tho county,
neither wss jusi such another pair as tbe hon.
eH couple who inhabited o.. The Ispa on
which IL s'cod belonged 10 u disrsn, proprie.
Or, snd az such lands weie considered &C."
the present tenan,, Perez XII zs,, bad pu, up
he dwelling hiDseit. with such sssislsncs as
TWO quarts Of whiskey CON mmsnded on the rails.
ing day, aud lived, 90 one would readily ion.
sg'"e from his msnusf Of living, sns'reiy un.
'ocu~bsfed with ground renl. ~. s.t.t
Peter hsd sea 'ceiy uou5ied himself 10 cut
way The toshss iha, grew by his door. He
minded nenher thr grabbing hoe nor the pru
"'ng knife; his only implemen, OF bu.band,y.
Il nsy call II so, was q rough bored ma,
wh,ch he kept IN admi, able O, der, and with
wnieh he never failed to do excelen, se,vice
whenever necessity ~ whim drove him TO
scout the forests, and el NIB The ragged noun.
tsins, or trace up the winding streams, in pur.
suit oil game, sDd, IN u nth, Deeessiiy or whim
kept the poo, mso pfetiy cons,sndy on tho scou,
to' when the venison was not ont, Msdsme
Kehzer's temper alweys was, and The failure
Ut one or the other was a0 equal misfortune
10 Peter.
Dame Krl,zer was q thin, sharp. .vissged 10,
dy, about i've fee, two with a black piercing
eye, aud sboo, three teeth /; The o,bsrs, % Pc.
te' sfh m;d, having been utterly worn out Of
her mouth ny the constant concussio.. Of hcr
tongues. winch also, were ihrec in nun,be,, If
TINS wo'd might pass for vslue--lnde ed be
grsvely sssered tha, i. was in conseq equence Of
,hese temsrksbie and coinciding snomslics,
,ast the dame had compelled HIM, sf,or
years h'c, 20 buiid Q three eornsted house,
she having fsfien upon the resolution, since
her husband had conceived mortal spiipsthy
TO The number three, on her account, 10 oblige
him 10 tolerate snothe' trio in the csbiR oi his
misfortunes. Peter himself, though he pos.
se,sed but a comparatively small portion OF
his ms'e's volubiiiy, was Q nsp Of much
coursge, end while 10 the frequen, rencontrss
between himself aud Madame Keitzer, to
which he was subjected, he was uniloi mly o.
biiged to beat The ,Iet'esi, he TUNED his back
with 90 air Of loidy defence, snd bis yIssge
showed evident signs Of threatened fetslIa.
ton. ,.,. a., ,.- .t..,.u .-
Between parties 80 often belligerent, il was
hardly TO be expec'ed tbs, every contest should
end in smoke. Peter complained 10 oil his
neishbors OF his wite's reasonable war upon
his libe,y, and accused her. with design OF
reducing him to downright slavery while
sbe was not less p'emp, 10 charging him
with 90 idle rambling disposition, 50 enurs
neglect OF all homo affairs, and even with be.
ing guilty Of smouts with some Of her good
neighbor's wivss, whom he had occasionally
fu, uished with q saddle Of vcnsion OF o string
If squirrels. As tho Danes suspicious
seemed founded on this, the last charge was
p obsbly untrue, bu, the others were doubt.
less substantial, and incont' ovestbie on ei,her
side. ,... ..l
No one who has seen any thing Of tho
world oced be told whs, kind Of advice the
The tiends Of our hones, couple gsve them on
these occasions, o. that It's tendency was not in
the smslies, degree ofs conciiis,ofy hind 10.
stead ofefowiog better, things grew evidently
worse, end from of repestcd threats on both
s'dss, plans OF execution were sevolved IN the
minds Of both Peter end his wiie. The dame
70 one particular, acquitted herself with hon
or ,ns proved the humble dwelling might.
ily IN The course Of lew years, and ius,esd Of
a ground floor che introduced one Of boards,
sud 6nsiiy had kind Of trap door Cut 10 the
middle, directly under which she commenced
following out something like . cellar, end
made such p'ogfess during ono Of Ps,e's
long rsmbles, that, on his re'uyn, he began TO
suspect the object Of 90 muebsscreey and dis.
patch had some reference 70 himself He 20.
riously believed Dame Kti,zer designed pre-.
pairing 0 dungeon In which 10 imnefss him,
soul and body, and thereby execute Q longs
standing threat that she woals brssk up his
.smbhng. In tho con6de5es Of his saeng,h
I usfore, he ds's'miaed to assist aer, end on
The 'ish'e" symptom Of the ou,breskins oil
he eOn'Pissy, TO turn the punishment, upon
her. r.
We hsve nov me worthy couple, each 10
no Others sussncs, silernstsly embracing the