Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-04-13

began to feel as if twas nearer supper
time than dinner-time-when all at once
two doors flew away from each other right
INTO the wall, and what did see but one
OF the grandest thanksgiving dinners you
ever laid your eyes on-and lights on the
table, and silver candlesticks and gold
lamps over head-the window shutters
closed guess more than one of us start
ed at tirst, but we soon found the way to
our mouths-I made Stephen tend out for
me pretty sharp, and he got my plate fill
ed three or four times with soup, which
beat all ! ever tasted. l shan't go through
the whole dinner again to you-but am
mistaken il it cost me much for victuals
this week, if l pay by the meal at Mr..
Doolittle's, who comes pretty near up to
thanksgiving every day. There was
considerable talk about stock and manu-
factories, and lier bilities, and remedies,
and great loss of stock. l thought this
a good chance for me to put in a word
for calculated that l knew as mach
about raising stock and keeping over as
any of 'em. Says l to Mr. -, there's
one thing I've always observed in my ex-
perlence in stock-just as sure as you try
to keep over more stock than you have
fodder to carry them we'll into April, one
half will die on your hands, to a sartinty
land there's no remedy for tive tried
1t out and out, and there's no law that can
make ton Of hay keep over ten cows,
unless you have more carrots'and potatoes
than you can throw stick at. This made
some Of the folks stare who didn't know
much about stock-and Steve give me a
jog. as much as 10 say, keep quiet. He
thought | was getting into quog mire,
and soon after, giving me wink, opened
the door and got me out Of the room into
the entry. After we had got out of hear
ing, says to Steve, how are you getting
on in the world-should you like to come
back to keep our school if I could get a
vote for you mot by two chalks says
Steve-I know which side my bread is
buttered better than all that get IL
dollars month and found, and now and
then some old clothes which is a darnation
sight better than keeping school at 5 dol
lars and find myself and work out my
highway tax besides-then turning up the
cape of my new coat says he guess I've
busted that before now-most likely says
/ but not in in our district school. And
Az, h.:,,oe ~ v,o;nJ O., toll yo,, ho,y rvof /,
sight or your letter. They tell me here
that every body reads the Boston Daily
Advertiser, because there is no knowing
but what they may find out something
to their advantage, so | thought | would
be as wise as the rest Of them, and be-
fore I got half through with it what
should l find mixed up among the news
but your letter that you put into that little
paper down in Portland, and | knew it
was your writing before / had read ten
lines Of il.
1 hope I've answered it to your satisfac-
ton. Your respectful uncle
JOSHUA.
P. s. Mr.. Toplif says your uncle Nat is
telegraphed. but I'm afraid the ak handles
wont come to much-I find the Boston folks
make handle of most any thing they can
lay hold of, and just as like as not they'll
make handle Of our private letters if they
should see them.
N. B. You spell dreadful bad according
to my notion-and this proves what always
said, that our district has been going down
hill ever since Stephen Furlong left it.