Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-02-20
m,uNNY BEEDLE AGAIN!

NJhNNI AON1>.
N, readers Who have read Mr.. John
R.edle'e account Of his marriage, will re-
-oeuize in Or. Ding'cy, the friend and
-,,c6dant. whose disinterested advice and
..,;s,a,ce we're SO useful in bringing about
that happy event.
(Prom the Advertiser.
ncroe DrxGLEx To THE EDIToK OF THE
NEw.pAPKR IN PORTLAND.
NJ. EiraTdses:-
Your last letter makes all straight: lord
I knew how the cat would jump. Folks
intermcddling, all so plaguy friendly and
suspicious, and talking Of snake boys and
wolf traps. You know told you ] was
NOT easily scared. As you are so anxious
10 hear the story Of the three fat Rawson
girls, ! will give YOU that, at once, and
consider about engaging in your cores
pondencc afterwards, thought you must
have heard all about it, it happened 50 long
SGD.
Well, Simon Rawson's daughters, Peg
gy, Jimmy and Sally-suart, Jolly girls
Cat, freckled and saucy,-had been 10 see
dex grandmother, Granny Goulding. on
she plains, and were going home in shay
together.
Il happened to he training day, g. when
they arrived upon the meeting house com
mon, there stood our company all array
This was sight to charm the RawsOn
girls, and when they got their eyes fasten-
ed upon IL, there was DO taking them of.
They fargot the horse that carried them !;
and old BuOnaPar,e, as Simon's old
black ~:.s named, was allowed to 90 trud-
ding along with his head and tai: Topped
down. and lookiDg as il he felt sorry,
while the girls kept scratching and twis-
ting their nccks, more and more at every
step.
Do look, gals says jimmy, If there
amt Ike Runncls. standing right in the
middle on 'em. VINO is he laughing aud
sanintin. at? | snorc, he thinks he's
dreadful cunin.'
Il see him. says Sal. send there's Dolph
Daniels. standing at his elbow. Do see?
how still and warlikc he holds up his head
scowling as if he thinks to scare the folks, !
wonder'
That's because he's a CORPORAL says
Peggy. but 81 me Capt. Peter Thomp-
son. Don't he hO'lar, as il he was drivin'
IN eight on team? lie trie. dreadful hard
10 keep from looking this way, but see
his big onion eye rolling about under the
corner Of that ERE great cooked up hat
So the kept running ON, till Tom Stone
the drummer, thinking b,a,s'elf entitled to
soms notice, set to pounding his drum all
Of sudden, as hard as he could lay on
Now the old horse was not used to music,
and it pat the very old skipper into him,
he though, i, was the meeting house tum-
bling down about his ears. He fetched
IN all mighty spring on one side, jerked
the 1eigns out Of Jiuny'i hand--they fell
down about ais heels, and away he scam |!
pcred up that road like smoke. Bony had
been fatncns tyot.er in his yOuth-a ten
sn'lcr-and he now s!,ew'd that ned not
forgot how 10 poke the dirt about Il few
the girls they screaned-the old shay rat
tied, and al! the boys and al the Gogs on +.
The common Get OF in chasa together.
ho~!ing and barking, ard hooiins and
AoaOwiDg,--'S,oP that hersc. stop that
Aosse!'
Jonny Beedlc and I were sitt ng and
cSas"ne together upon the horse block
! wssibere to certifying ard excuse him
from trimming. by reason he was troubled
With the nose -bicej. Before could cry
WHAT'S t.,at,' my whip was twi,ched out
of my hand: and the next thing saw MIR.
Beedle was IN the top Of my old mare,
lhrashins vi tn all his might and main, TO
coax her into canter; and then II was
Ilsasi, and .nter and thrash, all the way.
lill they were fairly hid in a cloud Of dust.
and when could see nothing else. l saw
he cc~skin playing up and down in the air
above the cloud.
Bonyp,r,c had sense enough in bis fright
10 know the shortest way home and instead
af taking the OLD country road away round
b. Carieis tavern, be s,cered straight up
The new one. b. the blacksmi,hs sEop.-
RALPH Staples was there snoe.ng horse,
md vas s,oop,Eg 81 this moment, with
Erad dosnwards end elenching the nails.
licarin. the noise Behind him, ne took a
Peep between his legs, and could hardly
believe his ewes when he saw old Bony
in such gale. He dropped his snc's in
~ ''rae; Fan to two places Cor his hat with
cut finding IT.; then wiped his face with
HE leather apron, and sailed on, into the
'oad bsreheaded. He was jus, too late TO
get hold Of the Bride, but time enough 20
NOV his good will; and then all he cou'd
% vss. to fall in ben,nd, and Join in the
efy Of the boys. Stop that horse! stop
nat horsc. as loud az he could bawl.
Nsvs: mind, here comes more help. !,