Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-08-23

MOND, WAYNE COUNTY, I'M
bog chickens, that os've always such !
fancy for;-Barney Leary kilt them him
self
SO | did, said Barney, grinning; ssnd
that stick wid hook of Morris Donosan,s
10 the finest thug in the world fol knock
ing 'em down.
If Morris Donovanss stick touched
them they shsn't come here, said The far
liner, striking the poor little table such y
blow with his clenchcd hand, as made
not only =, But Mrs. Ciary, jump.
And Why 80, pray r asked the dame. !
because nothing belonging 10 Morris;
let alone Morris himself, shall coue iaso
the house, replied Clarey hes NOT 10 my
liking, any how, and there's no good N
his hothering here after what be won'i
get
sExcelIcnsn thought Norah.
Lord save US !! CALCULATED Mrs. Clarey,
as she placed the grilled snipes on the "a
Bile, what's come to the MANI Without
needing his resolutions, she was proceed
ling u distribute the savory sbirdeens,'
when, 10 her aslonis hment, her usually
tame husband threw dish and its con-
tents into the flames: the good woman ab-
|solutely stood for moment aghast, The
calm, however, was not Of long duration.
She soon rallied, and with blsziug face
md Gerry tongue, thus commenced hostil-
Ities: How dare ye, ye spaIpeen, throw
away ANY of Gods mate after that fash
ion, and / 70 the fores What do you name
I sayF
1mane that nothing touched by Morris
DonovaR shall come under this roof; and
il catch that girl of mine looking The
same side y the road he walks on, BY the
powers, III tear the eyes out Of her head.
and send her to a nunneryn
You will! And dare you TO say that
to my face, to child o. mine! You will
-,cilI yes-we'll see, my boy! ri tell
ye what, il like, Morris Donovan shall
come into this house, and what's more, be
master Of this house and that's what you
never had the heart to be yet, We poor
onld snailp So saying, Mistress Ciary
endeavored to rescue from the fire the his
sing remains of the burning snipcs. Mo-
rah attempted to assist her mother. bat
Clary, lifting her up somewhat after the
fashion Of an eagle raising golden wren
with its claw, fairly put her out Of the
kitchen. This was the signal for fresh
hostilities. Mrs. Clary s,srmed and stsm-
ped; and MIR. Ciary persisted 10 ,abasiog,
not onl-' Morris, bat Morrisss uncle, Faith
er Donovan, until ut last the 6eunet<s
heiptnaie swore, ay, and roundly too, ~
cross and saint, that before ehs nsxt sun
eel, iorah CARY ssbould bs Q0ssi ono-
vaes I-sish you could have eesu Mr. yss
eye, inkcing with joy and exoita sioz. a. il
peepcd through the latch-ho!e i it spark
eied more brightly than the richest d,a-
mond in a moDarchs crown, for il was
filled with hope and love.
The next morning was clear and frosty
slender ic,cles hung from the
branches Of the Wild hawthorn and holly,
and even under the light footsteps of No
rah, the glazed heritage cracked like
feathcry glass. The mountain nil muir
INJURED under a frost bound covering: and
the poor sheep, in their warm ficeces, ga
zed mournfulv on the landscape, beauti-
full as it was in the healthy merning light,
for neither Oh hill or dale could they dis
cover mouthfuI Of grass. The chill De
cemher breeze rushed UNDECIDED over the
glowing cheek of Norah Ciary. for her
wise thought had prospered, and she was
Fastening to the trystipg-tree, where, 'hy
chance either morning or evening, she
generally met Morris Donovan. don't
know how it is, but the moment that the
course of true love runs smooth. ii be-
comes very uninteTesting, except, the
parties concerned. So il is only now left
for me 10 say that the maiden, after due
and proper time consumed in teaziug and
tantaiizing her intended. ia practice. BY
the way, which strongly recommend, as
tre best mode of discovering the temper,
Sc, O. the eentleman,) told him her sau-
cy plan and lis result. And the lover
FASTENED upon the wings OF love (Which I
beg my readers to clearly unde, stand, are
switter aud stronger IN Ireland than ia a.
ny other country to apprize the priest of
the arrangement, well knowing that his
reverence loved his nephew and niece
that was TO be Ito say nothing Of the we'd
ding supper and the profits arising there-
irony too well not To aid their merry Jest
What hustle, what preparation, what
feastine, what de ncing, gave the country
folk enough to talk about durins the hap
py Christmas HOLIDAYS, canno. now de-
scribe. The BRIDE, of course, locked love-
iy and sheepish; and the bridegroom
but. pshaw! bridegrooms are always un-
One fact, however, is worth
recording. When Father Donovan con-
Guided the ceremony, before the bridal
kiss had passed, Farmer Clary. without
any reason that his wife could discover.
most lndecorousiy sprang up, seized shi-