Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-04
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Diring short tour il the m nth oil
July, 1880, / bccum. weather-bound on
,tnrday afternoon in tie pleasant little
will ,gc Of TickI .brook. and WAS compei
ed to throw myself for day or two oi
the tender marccs of mine st OF the
Pig and Blun1erbuss. 1t was desperate
ly hot; the sky 'pall'd in the dunno {
SIN Ike of he'll tha barometer and tn
mpnetcr at viriance. and IN the m t
d;stant tarml,' the result OF the whoi
being thu ,der-show which nigh
have passed muster with Noah iar su X
ing dtug;; Oh th, term ,tion oi VIII, !"
w,s glad To escape from that catacom,.
Of spite 1as. slw dust and deliinct baaki
pipss, yciaped by courtesy 'tha best par
Ior,' t, tn, sati s!actory atmo 'lh,T OF tn
neigho,ring church yard. The only yis=
ibI. tenant os this ph;a. b,si les mysaif
was hugh h goat, who appear d to be
nuzz ing a,n,ng tlo ton)s, as ii endeav-
oring to awake t. conpanionShIp SOM
departed bach.lor of the 'anti-Malthu ,ihn
clu5;' when, p,rceivng me-. and fancy.
ing perhaps. that | might be- tha said
Nautilus, or Mss NJ ,rtineau in unwh;s-
pcrablcs, he approached with such india
bit,ble symptoms OF hostility. that | WIS
u.ider the necessity of re.battiag his at
tacks with the but endof my horse whip.
The exterior OF tha church wore a ch n
actor Of antiquity. which bespoke my Gu
rio ,ity for further investtg ,tion; but,
from the heighth Of the windows on one
side, and tn, dirty opacity OF the glass on
ihn other, WIS ob'igsd to deter the in
turnal suvey until the morrow. Ga re-
turning to the parlor OF mine inn,' taxi
ing his ease in the chair had recently
vacated. was ertabIy-dressed, unc-
tuous lit le Darsonag,, whose latitude and
longitude presented The same relative pro-
portions as those usutiIy bastowc,. on a
collar Of braw;i the resam lane, there
unto b ing still f.rthar maintained in the
m,ttle lusture OF his visage. This wor-
thy lay coied up. like hcdgehog in the
extreme recrsscs ofthe capaciou| chair.
and proclaimed triulnphantIv through his
nasaI trumpet the victory he had achaiv-
cd over the crras Of this world. Being
som whit tired myself. left lin to tn
society Of Morpheus and his empty rum
MR.. and soon iumbled into bed to the
mr,ual annnvanca of myself and pro-
life colony OF h,ps. whose claim to the
title Of 'induStrlol'' WIS amply establish
ed on various parts of my body corporate
during the night. H1ving taken sum nj
ry venge 'nce on SOM, score orso OF these
.q"a5oltom 'ts. | DIS .anda,i 10 breakfast 10
the tune OF TIL m,tin chimes; and il du,
tim, repaired to the church, where ac-
comm ,iation WIS prntfarrd m, by a wall-
t,.do-looking family. evidently of some
note in the villag from the spacious sat
in b ,izc and brass brdight, and tn, stall
vast build Of thair PRAYER books. Aim ,st
in line with my locale, on the opposite
sitIo oj' the aisle, WIS n large aristocratic-
looking pew. unnacupicd. save by sundry
SC ,rlet cushions OF es'in ,ble plumpnass.
and corner pillow; 10 mitch, right ,rllv
in dim,nsion. The sarvice had proceed
ed to the end Of the first le9son, snd was
specuialing with myself 10 what migrate
of III, land this luxurious chapel of
case m git app,rtlin, when bustla in
the aisle imm 'dintely leading % it inter-
ruptcd my cogitations, and, 10!
~. kss M InG<rna d., oa s.nt,
Re 'rnm fis petal em.nt.
To p'a ne aud =" pnl",e the 'ir,'
o., rthar, like a twava-;nch globe, in
'aama-coloarcd tafeta, appearedthc bur-