Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-05-26

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Eve heasn folks say that the wimn con
asaisy! we'll they is n ieet!c 50, but ii yon man
aUc 'cm rite, hawl in he re-. and let 'cm there
yOu can drive 'cfn alo, e without whip or spur
iess which way Won want 'em to go.
whes lived down at Elton, there was a
good many fusi-rate gals down there, bat
slidn't take q Iikin' to any on 'cin, til squire
Cummius cum down there 10 live. The squire
had On affinity putty darier. scd Some of the
gals was fss rate, but Nancy Cun,Dins was fus,
rate and . lectIe more. There was many dress
ed finer and lookod gran1es, but there was some
thin jam about Nance, that they couldn't hold a
candle 10. II teller seed her wuncc, nc
couldn't look Mt another gal for week. Tux a
likin u her rite ofI, aud We got rs thick ms
thieves. We had used To 60 To the meet
in and sOt in tho same pew. il to1k TO find
sssn,s aud hims for her, md we'd swell 'cm out
in = manner slsockin 10 hardened sinners; then
we'd moscy hum together, while tho gals and
lcllcSs kept q looking thu they'd like tO
mix iU. III always stay to supper, and the way
she Good mike nun cakes and The way rood slick
'em over With nsolasscs aud put 'cm away, was
nuthin 10 nobody. She drc1iul civil tew
always geiiin somethin nice for INC. ! up
10 the hub in love. aud was goin in for her like
locomotive. Well, things went on this way
spell, ill she tIBot she had tito cnu Then
she begin 10 show of kinder independent like
When I'd go 10 mcetin, there for
,nc in tho pew; when she'd cum out she'd stroak
OF with another chap, aud lccvc INC suckin my
fingers nj tho dupr. Instead Of siickin ~ me
she used IL dp, she got cunnin around with all
tho felless Jest : G shO cared n',tlIim about
No more, none wIsatsInsevcr. got considerably
rijed and ilot ] nNut well come 10 tho end u
% ~ wmnce: down ] went 10 have il out with
her, there was hull grist Of felcrs there. They
seemed unity quiet ill went in, thon she got
eslkin all manner Of nonsense. sed nOthiD TO me
and dasned little If that. ! tried to keep my
DAIMLER down, bot it twan't use. ] kept
mooyin about IL ] had pin in my trOwscrs. ]
sweat as It had been thrasl,in. My collar hung
down III had boon hung over my stock to dry
] co,,ldnt stand IL, SO cleared out quick as ]
Good, for l seed twas uso trying TO say moth
ing To her. ! went stratc To bed, and ihOt the
matter over n spell: thinks that gall is jest try
in Of mo faint no use Of her playin possum; III!
take tho knk Ol her; II didn't fotch her ont Of
that high grass mc for snssayc meat hcarn
tell ola hoy, wunce, that got 10 skewI late one
Sunday morning, master sos, you tarncl slcepin
s,s5stcr, what kept you SO late? why, the boy,
its cvcrlastn slippy out, ! coodn't get along
NO how; every step took forrard, went tow
stops backward, aud ] cooln't have got here ut
Ill If katln't turned back 10 go luther way
Now, that's Jest my case! have been putin at
Tor that gal considerable time, Now, thinks I'll 20
uthor way-shc's been slitin If INC, III site
cr-wlat's sass for the goose is SASS for the gan
lcr.-Wci1 went moro to Nances. "Ncxt ,
3abladay i sIcked nv self up, and dew saw when !,
{ any specimen Of human nature about parts. ii
lbOut mcctin time of put to Ethan Dodgc's-i 7
'atiencc Dodge was as nice gal you'd see e
wixt here and yOndcr, my moro than she wasn't q
.st like Nancy CunMnins. Epbrnim Massey had n
scd 90 her; he was a clever Teller, but ..
G was drodful icIus. WclII went To mcctin with :;
,aticncc, and sot right aorc Nance; didn't set r.
~ ewes on her till aricr meeting; she had Teller -
,iah her who had bIazn red he'd, and legs like :,
pair Of cOmpasses; she had faco as long n,
10 was thinking about, IN 'twarnt the chap with r
10 rcd head, nuthcr. Well gets booin Pa n
cncs about spell. Kept my cyo on Nance, p
ed how the cat was j,lmpin, she didn't c"t r.
out like she did, aud look'd rather soemnly; n,
.e'd gin her tow Dyes to kiss and make UP. l +,
at;cucc The criitcr thOt was go;n artcr her III
r good, and got as proud rs a lame turkey n,
Ion alay Ephc cum down to our place Doolin ~
,lcy as q malishy Cssifsr = trainin day look ~
,rc, ses no. Seth Stokes, loud a small clap g.,
thunder I'll be darned- - Halo! SEES m
hats bsukcf Why, scs he I cum down to have IN
about Patience Dodge, here Eve been n.
rortin her over since last grass yens, an she IS
- lest ms gooI mine, ill you cum n goin ar 20
. her, an now cane tnch her with forty foot ~.
Ne. She aimt like the same gal, an I'm darnd ,
I'm Coin To stand il. Why, ], what
rth air you talkin about, aint got nothn Z" 30 a.
lib your gal, but sroso had, there's nohin fur 49,.
n, 10 got wOifcy about II the gal has taken . ~ -,
lin to me, faint my fault, f I've taken to her ~.
in, her fault, and if we've taken Ikn to - -.
other faint your fault; bat I aint almisy g.,
ken with her, and you may have her for me, 80 '"'
a, hadn't ought to got savage abs,t nOthin.- 60,
ell, says he, (rathcr cooled down) am the un -.
ckiest thing in creation. lwcnt tuthcr day to -.
place where there was an old woman died Of '"'
Q bots or sum SIGH disease an they wer scllin o..
{ hos things. Well scs he shcr was a thund ~"
h. ~ ehist Of drawers full Of NIL sorts Of truck IT,.
rkoli il, thot made . spec, bat when cum ~.
look II 'em Their warns nothn in it worth ~
Mt except old silver thmblc, and that was -,
rnsted up, 30 ! sold il for less than give for -
we'll when tho chnp that bot il tuck it hum ho -.
cred somihin rattle, brOke tho old chest an 49,, I
md lots Of gold AMI silver IN II, in false bot
y I hads't sccn. Now if I'D tuck that chest 70
NJ r mover found that mummy or if did they'd TOT
ell counscsa and Id bin tuck up 6os passin "a
'em. Well jest told Patience about il when ,s~
rite up an called me . damcd fool Well W.
Ephe that Is bard but never yOu misd that, -.
20 On, you can get her and wen you dsv get ID.
;, you can file tho ruff eyes Of jest ~ you -"
ssc. That teeklcd him IL did n away he
ut lceslo better pleased. Nov thinks its D.