The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-07-20

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nto all the fire places. And she bake
nree ovens full OF dried pumpkin pies
besides few dried hucklebery pies, an
AXE, and great pot OF pork aud b>sns
5ut the worst trouble was to fix up th'
Jed SO as to look nice ; Tor aunt kezlaf
declared the President should have al
good Il nights lodging in her house n
ne had in New York or Boston. So sh,
,,ut on two feather beds on top the straw
jed, and a bran new calico quilt that she
made the first summer alter she was mar.
iled and never put II on bed before
Aud To make it look as nice rs the New
ork beds, she took hes red silk gowr
and ripped it up and made blanket tc
spread over the top. And then she nung
up some sheets all round the bed-rooin
aud the gals brought in whole hagdtu
u roses aud pinKs aud pinned 'ern up
round as thick as flies IN August.
After we got things pretty much Fixed
Uncle Joshua started of to meet COUSIN
Jack and the President, and left Sargent
Joel to put matters to rights, and told US
we must be all ready aud be paraded in
the road by nine O'clock Thursday morn
ing. Well thursday morning come, and
we mustered as soon as il was day light
and dressed up. 1he children we're at
washed and had their clean aprons on and
their heud coinbed and were put under
the care otthe schooimarm to be paraded
along with her scholers. =.
About eight O'Clock all the village gol
together down the road as fur as uncle
Joshua's new barn and fargent Joel
told us how to stand, as he sald, in militia
~ order. lie placed Bill johnson and
COUSIN EphraIm out little way in front
with each OF 'em great long fowling
piece with smart charge in to fire sa-
lute, and told 'em as soon as the Presi-
dent hove in sight to let drive, only be
careful and pint their guns up SO as no,
10 hurt any body. Then come Sargen,
Joel and his company and then come
tts schoolmarm and the children: and
then come all the women and gals over
sixteen with aunt keziah at the head; and
then come all the men in town that owned
nurses riding On horseback !; and all the
boys that Sargent Joel didn't think was
large enough to walk in the procession
got up and sot on the fences along by the
side OF the road. -.
There we stood till about nine o'clock,
when sure enough we saw somebody come
riding out of the woods down the hill -
rhe boys all screamed ready to spit THEN
throats hoorah for jackson, Bill johnson
fired off his gun. Cousin Ephraim, wht
aint so easy futtered, held on to his ant
didn't fire, for he couldn't see any body
but uncle Joshua on his old grey horse.
Along come uncle Joshua on slow trot,
and we looked and looked, but couldn't
see any body behind him.
Then they all begun to look at one an
other as wild as hawks and turn all man.
ner of colors. When uncle Joshua got
up so we could see him pretty plain he
looked. as cross as thunder cloud. He
.. up to Sargent Joel, and says he, you
may allgo 60 home about their business,
and put away your knick-nacks, for Jack
and the President are half way to Wash
ington by this time.
My stars what time there was then
never see so many folks boiling over
mad before. Bill johnson threw his CUR
over into the field as much as ten rods
and hoped up and down and struck his
fist togethe, like oil possessed. Sargent
Joel marched back and forth across the
road two or three times, growing redder
and reddcr, till at last no drew out his
sword and fetched blow across hem
lock stump and snapped it off like pipe
STEM. Aunt Keziah fell down in con-
niption fit and it was an hour before I'VE
could bring her tn and get her into the
house. And when she came to 60 round
the house and see the victuals she had
cooked up, and 20 into the bedroom and
see her gown oil cut up, she went into
conniption fits again and had 'em half the
night. But she's better to day, and has
gone to work to try to patch up her gown
again.
Thought I would just let you know a
bout these things, and if you are mind
to send word on to cousin Jack and the
President, Pm willing. You may tell
'em there aint five folks in Downingville
that would hoorah for Jackson now, and
don't believe there's one that would vote
for him unless It's uncle Joshua, and he
wouldn't il he wasn't afraid oflosing the
post office.
But there uncle Joshua has called to
me and says he wont keep the male open
another minute for my letter, so / must
prescribe myself your respected friend.
NABBY DOWNING.
Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins,
have been tried in Trumbull county, Ohio,
tor nn assault and battery committed Oh
an old und respectable citizen. The de-