Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-06-02


to trade off among the gals and bows nm in
Hampshire. ] wanted to get rid Of our
old mare cause you see, she warn't worth
a-darn she was spawned, foundered, ring
boneds and blind O. both eyes, and beside
all, she'd got the bots, and thought ifT
could geta hundred dollars for her, stwould
be pretty good speck. Well, you see
when ] got in Boston, the first chap that I
meets was captain Ithamer Downing
You've never lear'n tell of captain Dow
ming, have We Z he's brother ofmaior Jack;
and real smart fellow, tell We. Well,
you see, we shook hands, and talked long
!'me all about the folks up in our parts he
inquired arter Sal Brown and Sue Johnson
old sweethearts Of his'sn. The captain
used to be desperate fellow AFTER the gals.
Well, we talked. and talked, aud talked.
and finally, the captain told me he was poin
TO sail for Liverpool that arternoon-and
he wanted to know if / wouldn't cum down
and dirty plate with him before he START
ed ; ! told him didn't know but that I
woodland SO / did. / went down, an
l found whole lot o folks, am as good a
dinner as ever put knife and fork Ia.
l tell you what, felt purity peekish about
the gizzard and I duv into the slobber
cakes and green sass like all mater. Arter
We had got dun stufin they all begun to Ii.
quer purity hard, but tell'd 'em that be-.
longed to the temperance society. and, I
wouldn't taste drop nor touch tu. $50
cousin Downing says he to me, saws he.
I've got some real genuine first-rate CIDER
You havn'h tho, says let's try a little
ont. So he told the niger to open one Of
those are bottles naked ]. C. Do YOU
know what l. G. means2 No, guess not:
nor ! mother. Well, he hadn't more'n
touched the wire naartingale that keeps the
stopple in, when pop she went of. like
bottle of aunt Sally'sspruce beer-,he cork
went clear up to the chamber floor. / hone
to be driv on eend If faint true. The can
tain filed "a darned long, tall tumbler. an
/ jess took an drank her of, an it was real
nice cider-I swan il 'twant. Halo saws
], captain, don't care If / try another
tumbler O. that are: SO turned down a
few on 'em, and TIL be darned if ever I
knew cider lie mans brains quite SO slick
as that afOre; it made my ideas spin round
and round as nice as a cartwheel less preas-
ed. We never drank such cider as that.
did you Well, guess not made me
talk faster than old Nabby Scott, down ia
our town, am she's smasher, specially
when she gets little ryled-said more re-
al sharp things than you could find in a
bundle o. jacknives; soon found tho after
taken a dozen OF, So ON EN- / was begin-
ming to know a leetle sight too much, 90 I
thought Id get clear on 'em before they
found me out-needn't been afraid on 'em
guess they couldn't eny ON 'em see over
and above strait. When got out Of the
cellar out TO the open air, found my un.
derstandin wan't quite so steady as it might
be; to tell you the real plain truth. was
pretty considerable swipy-thinks /, I'll
make tracks before any of the fellows be-
low diskiver me but, you see, jess then
begun to feel lectie qnalmish bout tho
dinner box, SD duv into pile Of old ropes
an sails, and there lay dreaming on moth
ing nor nobody, when FIRST / knew some
tarnal critter come and pulled me out BY
the heels. Halo says ], what quarter Of
the earth have we arrived at an ! locked
round, an darned the bit Of Boston could
I see then the captain begun to laugh, an
lie Taught, an Taught. an Taught. WANTED
he should cxpound the meaning Of our sit
ua,ion, but he Taught harder than ever, an
wouldn't say nothing, SO begun to gil my
ebeneezer up, am looked him right strait
in the face, as savage as crowbar an
says !. captain, you'd better stop your yaw
having, or may be youth shake your in
sides out, and then you'll be in darn'd
purity 6x-fun is fun. but poken dry sticks
at "a man is no fur at all. The captain see
| was purity considerable ryled. so he told
me that we were clear out to sea-then l
was in the darndest stew ye ever did soc.
but ',want no use making fuss about It,
best way to take things easy-aAs If it
hadn't been for ,hinkin Of the old mare an
that darn'd Internal sea-siekness, / should
have been as happy as methodist parson.
| wish may be eternally dun squizzled if
more than half the time i didn't think I
was turned inside oul had some thoughts
Of making use Of my stomach for night
cap. it cum so far out Of my mouth.
Temp. (lGag king. We'll, yours IS GER
tainiy singular adventure hope youth
find no cause to regret your involuntary
visit to this country. g.ssew
Jerry.--I don't mean to-I shall jess 20
ahead, as kurnsl Crockett says--nsver
her'n iell Of the kurnel, have yer He's
shorter; ! shall jess 60 ahead. as he says.
aud when get tired shall lean for home
bout the swifiest.
T'omp.-Well, don't forget to pay me a
visit before you go--in fact, / should like
to have you come and stay with me while
you are in this neighborhoOd. a
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