The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-10-16

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which he perf0smed The ceremonies pi
the horse block, caused simultaneous
laugh among the crowd, and, for . mo-
ment, even the people Of sfaady habits
seemed to forget haiti was Sunday. and
that they were contiguous to a meeting
house. The Deacon was not so much
of sap-hend as not 10 know they were
laughing at his expense, and in hiseager
haste to mount his own horse, either chm
grin OF love gave such an impetus to his
agility, that he sprang quite overthe sad
die, and brought up sprawling on the
ground on the opposite side. Sunday or
not Sunday, the laugh became immoder-
ate, but the Deacon was soon asirids oi
his beast, which, in shambling gate
that was neither pace trot, or csnter,
soon turned the corner in pursuit oi
Miss Dorothy.
When tho Dencon had oyertaken his
paragon, lie thus addressed her snow
Miss Cheesetub, j have been thinking
what the Apostle says, that n Deacon
should be the husband Of one wife /; and
III understand the meaning of the lam
guage, while il forbids.. the plurality of
wives to Deacon, il also forbids him
to live Sithort rny wife-and l have
been thinking, Miss Cheesetub, that il
you would take care Of my dairy. and
become Mrs. Thoughtful, how snugly
we could get along together" Dorothy,
who always had q great attachment 10
cows and milk, received the proposal in
manner SO cordial, that the Deacon,
forgetful TINT it was the Lords day, in
the ela,ion of his spirit, essayed to kiss
Dorothy on horseback, whereupon both
steeds became offrighted. and the Dea-
con, with Miss Cbecsetub in his arms,
tumbled headlong to the earth. Fortu-
nately, neither received any injury from
the fall; and after the Deacon had brush
ed the dust from Dorotby's clothes, he
said, we are commanded 10 greet each
other with a holy kiss, and though l
was disappointed while riding, you will
not be so unmindful Of the Apostles in
junction as to refuse this token offriend-
ship. What kind hearted daughter Of
Eve was ever known to refuse kiss
from Deacon, especially if he quoted
scripture in support of his requestl Miss
Cheesetub did not,-and who con blame
her7 When rallied on the subject. the
Deacon declared he would fall from his
horse any time for such hiss and 90
passionate were his feelings that four
do ~ss~~~sss@S <x~v.sA.y
Dorothy, and then their nuptials were
celebrated I; hut the pious Deacon WINS
enraptured on the evening Of his mar
riage, that lie showed no marks of wis
dom except his grey hairs; and Doro-
tby's eyes exhibited additional lustre,
when the guests praised the cake and
cheese, both of which were made by her
own hands. For while the Deacon's
h-;a. .. .~s-o.ssd Ills uuention, that lie
once forgot when Sunday came aud
at another time, instead Of at.ed,ng to
his deaconship, he and Dorothy spent q
considerable part ofthe Sabbath in ru-
raj ramble around the farm gathering
Strawberries, SC. BM the hone ey-moou
saI hardly expired, before he relapsed into
his former state af pieiy. regarding n re-
Iigious observance ofthe Sabbath as the
only criterion jl,st man is f. to l,vc and
die; and the last reformation we received
of,he redoubtnb.e ieacon Thoughtful,
was that he had pe,iiione. to be divorced
from Mrs. Dorothy for having given
birth to child on Sunday.
Albany microscope.