Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-03-13
FRIDAY, yNnrch l3, 1929.

adds TO the beauty but that is all the advantage
that know of for the flower Of both is OF the sau.
colour and of the same quality; and 1t IS Gua,ua
enough, that while there are always some reu CO..
as the Americans call them, in field OF corn !,
you plant the red grain, the truit VIII ho. oo 80
exceptin the usual proportion. ,,;th
The variety Of colours is, however attenaeu WIZ
one very delightful circumstance, TO young Poop'1
in particular. All those who are not naturally fond
of work land that seldom happens to young peope)
like to work in company and it is the fashion with
the American farmers to call the huskng ia froic "
The cunning fellow knows, that if they were to call
dancing work. it would be pretty hard matter toll
pet party together There can be no other reason
than this for ali the families Of whole neighborhood
collecting together to husk farmer Jonathans corn
tonight, and farmer Ebenezer's tomorrow night,
and SO on for, it is as plain as nose on face, that
twenty families would do the same work in twenty
nights. each family sticking to their own corn.
Iopg-headed farmers know that they would not stick
to it, and therefore, they resort to this system OF
froIics and dare say that the same will be done
in ENGLAND after little time. Young women and
their sweethearts do not think about topping, and yet
there must be something to amuse-somethns to pre-
vent the mia from entertaining the gloomy idea
that this is work--rhe red ears come very oppor-
timely to answer this purpose fur the man that has
the rood fortune to fall upon red ear to husk, is en-
if pirl find red ear, she must submit to be kiss
ed by some one male Of the party. So that there's
constant looking out for these red ears, q laughing
and ioking upon the circumstances attending the
success OF the parties who happen to get Them
In case Of my corn, however, where the proper
ton Of red ears greater, ten to one that Is IN TN
American corn, this amable regulation should no
be adopted for it would be roc indeed 'her'
would be nothing but kissing, which isby no mean
what the farmer would aim at when he assembled M
congregation ofhuskers. Nevertheless &so it woult
be found upon experience, the frollc system is
good one, the system of kissing might be modified
:. Modiied!o exclaims the bouncing daryma'd
what do you mean by naodyfeh You were youn
, Yourself once!" Yes yes but lips cannot las
. Tor ever Therefore one might modify 10 this way
. the valuable privilege might be attached to ever
i ten red ears, or something of that sort; otherws
the kissing would certainly be beyond the enduranc
' Of mortal lips At any rate. with whatever risk
the Inns, | would have the frolics: hundreds
thousands will cheerfully assist in this way, WI
would sneak mile in another direction rather tina
be squatted down singy. or even III company
huskilng corn if you were to call it work i-abo,
y is main and no body likes pain and this Is sui
l. cept to saw on the subject So we'll is this phos
III phy understood in .1merca, that there they give u
is name of foc to great many things. which we ca
U work: the putting together of the frame OF hoi
a or barn. they call raising ,fyofc Wherever
a. considerable number of persons are wanted !"
ng working together at the same thing, they call
y fair frnlic.
The getting together Of stone rocks. as they CT
- them. to make the foundation OF barn or lous
they call a rock frolic and you will sometimes $
forty or fifty wagons and pairs OF oxen or hors
coming from all parts of the nelgbbnurhood, ca
= hr;noinr a load of stones or rocks This is, | m
saw. always done, in case of house building for
new married couple especially if they be poor. So
bring rock. some lime. some sand, others boar
ith others timber, others shingles and lath WI
en- others are at work digging out the foundation, b
to ding the walls, preparing the frame; and IN sh'
elf here is house built in atwnknS, and the owner
I'VE it, very frequently, has 1t without the cost TO NM
nal of any thing but the cost of the iron work Whe
I'VE moved mv things from long island. down to no
rds and niece of land near New York. just before ca
,nld away there where ten neighbors, some y
ave one and some with two Wagons, to do
and iob for me, if there be any thing more a,
foot BILE than this, any thing that bespeaks be
To people, should be glad that some one would
Dur- cribe it. But. it is the case in which the peo
lhe live that is the great cause OF this
en- the exacons Of the Government are so trlfling
of the miser and the usurer, SO small
ress narat,yely there are SO few iders to live upon
. to fruts The abour Of the industrious, that, witt
netit ry few exceptions, every one mas sometnihg "
ore than he wants and to keep people IN this stat
ntry the hrst duty OF every IS go, j
duty and it ought 70 be the hrst ann OF every ~fs
ev- man, who ought never to close his eyes 10 quiet
feet. the knowledge of the fact, that majority OF
fine people are IN want. - ~
top --.r1.ss lhfe'-
coo The following account of an auction sale at
f an is TAKEN run ia'e 3''"'"' rAf~ q
that Mile. Sonag sold at public auction part OF
and PRESENTS which she haa feeeWen ~ a''s "nu
cum don in the course Of the two last years. they
nent. sisted of-110O heavy Gilt china cups aud sau
No Of IS silver coffee SETS % china sets. ladies' WI
- .,.;4L dinn,nnds 81 din Withnut diamonds,