Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-06-24


& Botom.--I have an exposition of sleep come
l upon me.p la4fa
4.ir am yuidsumm,er's Night Dream.
During short tour in the month of
July, 1880, became weather-bound one
Saturday afternoon in the pleasant little
village of Ticklebrook, and was COM
PEELED to throw myself for day or two
on the tender mercies of mine host of
the Pig and Blunderbuss. It was des-
perately hot; the sky 'palrd in the dup
nest smoke of HE'LL the barometer and
thermometer at variance, and on the
most distant terms ;'-the result Of the
whole being a shower, which
might have passed muster with Noah for
sucking deluge; on the termination Of
which i was glad to escape from that
catacomb Of spirituous, saw-dust, and
defunct bakky pipes, ycleped by courte-
sy 'the best paror,' to the more satisfac-
tory atmosphere Of the neighboring
church-yard. The only,visible tenant of
this place, besides myself, was huge he
goat, who appeared to be nuzzling among
the tombs, as if endeayoring to awake
to companionship the ghost of some de-
parted bachelor of the anti Malthusian
cIub;' when, perceiving me, and fancy
ing perhaps, that | might be the said
Malthus, or Miss Martineau in unwhis-
perables, he approached with such indu-
bitable symptoms Of hostility, that was
under the necessity of rebutting his at
tacks with the butt end of my horse
whip. The exterior of the church wore
character of antiquity, which bespoke
my curiosity for further investigation !;
but, from the height of the windows on
one side, and the dirty opacity of the
glass on he other, was obliged to defer
the internal survey until the morrow.
On returning to The parlor Of 'mine inn,'
taking his ease in the chair which | had
recently vacated, was respectfully
dressed, unctuous little parsonage, whose
latitude and longitude presented the
same relative proportions as those usual
| ly bestowed on collar of brawn-the
resemblance thereunto being still further
maintained in the mortland iustre of his
visage. This worthy lay coiled up, like
a hedgehog, in the extreme recesses of
the ,capacious chair, and proclaimed tri-
umphantly through his nasaLtrumpet the
victory he had achieved over the cares
of this world. Being somewhat tired
myself, | left him to the society of Nor
pheus and his empty RUNNER, and soon
tumbled into bed, to the mutual annoy
ance of myself and a prolific colony of
feas, whose claim to the title of indus
trious' was amply established on various
parts of my body corporate during the
night. Having taken summary ven
geance on some score or SO of these fea-
bottomists, | descended to breakfast 10
the tune of the matin chimes; and in
due time repaired to the church, where
accommodation was proffered me by a
well-to-do looking family, evidently Of
some note in the village, from the spa
cious seat in baize and brass bedight, and
the slalwart build of their prayer books.
Almost in line with my locale, on the
opposite side of the aisle, was large
aristocratic-looking pew, unoccupied,
save by sundry scarlet cushions of esti-
mable plumpncss, and corner pillows to
match, right portly in dimension. The
service had proceeded to the end Of the
first lesson, and was speculating with
myself to what magnate of the land this
luxurious chapel of ease might apper-
tain, when a bustle in the aisle immedi-
ately leading to it interrupted my cogi-
tations, and To-! R
s'L Like some Internal demon sent,
Red from his penal element,
To plague and to opollute the air.
or, rather. ike a twelve-inch globe, in
flame colored taffeta,' appeared the bur-
nished frontispiece of the very worthy
whom ! left snoring on the previous eve
ming in the parlor of thesPig. and Blum
derbuss. Fhathe was a stranger was
evident from the inquiring glances he
shot off in quest Of a seat yet nobody
took him in.' Either the pews in his
immediate vicinity were already occu-
pied, or the proprietors Of any chance
vacancies manifested no greatalacrity in
seeking nearer contact with this little
ignis 1atuus. In this dilemma his eye
at length lighted on the gorgeous vacuum
aforementioned /; and, entertaining,
with Dame Nature, acharitable abhor-
renee for such "a state, he made for the
open door, and without more ado .trund-
led his peggy periphery into the snug
gest corner OF the pew, and appropria-
ted brace of the well-stuffed pillows
for the especial solace Of his dorsal ex-
trenities. Here he nestled like mouse
in meal-tub, and, if i mistake not,