Litchfield enquirer., 1836-11-17
Firo,a . Douun Easf paPer.

invite all our hull grISt oI couS sAe l .''.. .i
 and things-go tIie hull hgure S''u uo 'n
 thing ,I gentee, tasseed, says she, its jist what
 eh; .i,;, n. only Iconsate we'd better nc
 wI,eIsfe wny foo fur ahead, for didn't neve
 s,,,,,v if to miss O somethin happenin so sur
 asG laid out for the leastest thing. Thoug fife as good a time now, for ii know, as any for Pye just weaned Moses, and tend to talk comfort a spell, 'cause troublesomer an cryiner critter niver come into life a's'
 Exacly so,' says I, and if I'd known ev cry thing afore was married that do now ,-says, l. T-.z., a..
 Hold your tongue for a goney, Johnn! Beedle,' says she, and mind your thanksglV in.' 'st"
 .Poh,' says l. Hannah, don't be nifty l wa' only jeestin-and you iist go put OH 0 kettle of water, and I'll go out and stick pig !o' you l; two, if you like'-so away went aiiu :,i murdered the pigs out of love ana goou ,,,;sh :i- to Hannah. rather guess the critteIS "A'"- ed warnt so good natured. .;o,,, and 2 welI-thines went on swinmlngiy' ana what was best of all, we had the iuck to ll- vie the minister and deacon heIore any uouy else got a chance ;for the very day the proK- lamafion was sread, watched Tor 'em comm o,t of nleetin, and nailed 'em both. But, as T,vas 9 tellin, Hannah she went at it--she got some of her gals; to help her. ana tney Fade aIl smoke. In the first place, she went to work regular, and turned the house inside ont and then tother side in agin all the same as darnin a stocking. Hannah is smart willin gal-and araal worker..--and prime cook into the bargain let her alone in dough- nut line, and for pumpkin Pies-lick!
 So inc day afore thanksgivin she called me into the tother room; that n1arm Peabody rhristened the parlour, to see what lot of nies and cakes and sausages and dough- nuts. she'd got made up, and charged me not toi lay my finger upon one on 'en. Itell'd her puess'd she cackelated to call in the hull parish, paupers and all, to eat up sich a sight of yittles so Igrabbed handful of doughnuts and went out to feed the hogs and see to things in the field. was gone all the fore part of the day, and when went home found Hannah all hoity toity in a Twin pucker, cryin and takin on to kill, and poor little Moses tottlin arter her and cryin too. declare, if didn't feel streaked. t'.a la
 What in the name of natur,' says ], ' is the matter, who's dead, and whats to pay now 7
 With that she fetched new screech, and down she whopt into cheer--' Johnny Bee dle, Johnny says she-and with that she boohoo'd agin. Y; ...st,s,,
 What ails the woman,' says I, are you possest, or whati?' ' dttitt &sts SHS .479~ sThe child is ruined, says she, Moses Bee- dle is ruined.' ist3i agj20S ss!iyatel 'f.t3a I skitched up the. child and turned him eend for eend every; which way, but ! couldn'tsee nothin extraordinary. began to think the woman was beWitched-and by this time was a good mind to feel mad. don't know of nothin that'll raise a fellers lander quicker than to skeer him out of his seven senses. So gin Hannah a reglar breezin for actin so like a raven distracted bed-bug and what with jorrin spell and coaxin spell, at last got the hull ont out of her. ,.,,,- ,lt,. t. ,..se4in ~ 8.,is
 1t appears that about an hour or there a. bouts arter I'd gone out there was man rid up to the door horseback, got down and asked for drink of water or beer, ain't sar- tin which-but any how, he was a raal dan- dified lookin chap and dreadful civil spoken withal.e Sonny wife and he soon got into a chat about the weather and sicha. Well, while he sat- the young one squalled in the bedroom he'd been asleep you know with his mornin's nap my wife went and fetched him into the room, and she observed that the man looked considerable hard at him as if he see somethin queer; tho she didn't think nothin at the time, but recollec- ted afterwards She was quite tickled to see the man take him and set him, on his knee; but while he was playinT-for Moses is a raal peeler, he ain't afeared of the biggest stran- ger that ever was, but directly he fell to pawir' about his head in sich comical style, and talkin to hirnself- and withal acted so cu- rious, that Hannah got skeery, and went to take him away, but he wouldn't let her take him just then. hesaid, .he wanted to examine his head.' ,ff4 sa6itsf,.s.s.sE l,lB .sI,ttl5 ,.. His head says Hannah, nothin ails his head.' tst,..s
 .Nothin ails it r says he. 'why it'sthe most rummarkable head that Eve ever seen'-and then he went on with sich a string of long words, there was no rememberin or under- standin half--then he clapt his hand on one side of the little feller's sconcebox, 'there,' sayshe, do you see that dipilapment,' or some slch word that sounded awful. That what!' says Hannah. 'Vulgafly called bump con- tinued he. ''''} Aa1i' 3,'' .' It aint a bump too nyther,' says his moth- er,s its his natral shape.'t z 4a 33lia7stH H No doubt ofthat,' said the villin. 70 s1tst, iasWellnow if ever heard the beat of that says she. that bumps come natrul.' 4 1.
 So then he told her they was only called bumps, Cause they looked like 'em-and the
 bigger they were, and the. more there was o
 em, the more different sorts of capacities anG
 idees folks had-and so on. At first though
 .ne man was stark mad-but he seemed en
 KEY S;s @ @nsrmless, and so she let him go on witt
 S,s Saa asNsnM' N' and somehow, he eenermost persua
 ss uen L nes was all gospel. He said little Mo
 Ses naa got the bunch of destruction to an al
 nrea Segree' tho it was in the mothers now
 CT to help It considerably. Bnt when Eam "
 nah asked him if she must M swa,Sa e "r hea haa,i
 snortered right outand then wsnt ,e o1 %p .. neae
 that that Moses had got list such shaped head s
 sas. at Saa man nae, .hat M was hung down to Bosto
 alvin iidgetpolite as stage driver a nj 'n, .n
 time fon and sn larnf. hasides 4ha4 \ InN.A "