Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-06-05

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THE BUCKEYE GIRLS.
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The hitbfilness Of tender female to-
,,,.-5s me man she loves, is most strIklngy
eyemplifed in the case Of some Buckeye
girls. concerning whom we have been in-
Srmed Of little incident, highly credi-
tsble - their skill, prudence, and sagacity.
A. - tbe IoaEeTs with whom they were
;n5nced 10 30 4 sleigh-riding, we have on
Iyto saw they are unworthy OF such lassSs'
But TO the story, which by the way may Do
relied upon. 1..u.,,,
,bo whole face ofthe earth round about
.,be Queen Of the West being covered
with snow, four young gentlemen, of
highly respectable appearance, were seen
r,I1ninp backwards and forwards from
one livery stable to another, in search Of a
sleigh and team. A great number were
viewed and scrutinized before one ofsult-
able elegance could be procured. At
length. suberb team, with splendid equip
ments of every kind, was selected; and
within an hour after the bright full moon
arose upon the beautiful city, the beautiful
eouipaGe was gliding up Main street. draw
mo in its train the 4 blades accompanied
byfour as lovely lasses as ever blOomed
beneath the buckeye tree. The merry
party passed the Canal Bridge, the 'Corpo-
ration Line Belle Vue House, &c. &C.,
and were soon lost amid the windings Of
Mill Creek Valley, as they hurried to en-
JOY supper and a dance at Carthage
We pass over the scenes intervening
between the hour of eight o'clock OF that
iovial evening and ten o'clock the ensuing
morning-at which time the young gen.
tlemen with downcast eyes, were in ma
Vistrate's office, as defendants in case
wherein the owner ofthe sleigh and horses
was plaintiff. They were evidently abash-
ed-but their confusion was indiscribable
when the door opened, and in bounded the
fair creatures whom they had treated to
a sleigh ride the proceeding evening.
Each ofthe dulceneas was in charge of "a
constable-and, though they themselves
knew wherefore they had been arrested,
and possessed also the means of rescue,
yet the audience which crowded the en-
tire room, together with its doors and
windows, were perfectly ignorant whether
the case on the taps were civil or crimi-
nal.
The mystery was soon cleared away
by the opening Of the case-when it aP-
peared in evidence that the young hoods
on returning the equipage, disputed the
bill, on the ground ofits exorbitance-that
the stable keeper insisted on his demand
that the others still refusing, he (the de-
ciple Of TattersalD entered suit against
the four young gentlemen and four young
ladies in sOlidO-that he appeared now as
plaintiff, and the eight persons, Of both
sexes, as herein before mentioned as de.
PENDANTS and that he claimed judgment in
his favor against them.
The plaintiff s Attorney Tor pettifogger
Tather) was likely 10 have no opposition
until a spruce looking limb of law who
was standing among the spectators, capt.
waited no doubt by the bright faces ofthe
better portion of the defendants, proffered
his services to act as their counsel, propos-
ing to get them out Of the scrape sltoge-
Their, and throw the whole weight of the
bill, with costs TO boot upon the shoulders
of the lowers.
AT this, however the buckeye lasses
were indignant. Their love was not Of
that kind which forsakes its object as soor
as misfortunes begin to lower. They con,
tinued as parties in the suit: and, with somC
stolen G lances of affection, endeavored Il
cheer the dropping spirits of theil
SWANS.
After the evidence was concluded, thu
plaintiffs attorney submitted the case with
out argument. His honor the Justice a
length decided that the defendants, as W,
would say in Louisiana, were liable in sob
dO-ol, in other words jointly and seve.
rally. As soon as this announcement
was made, the young ladies drew eac
from her respective wOrk-bag; a neal ltd
pocket book, and with readiness of cal
culation amounting almost to intuitio
counted out each fourth Of the entiT
bill with costs.
Thus ended this remarkable case-th
damsels having settled the score to the er
tire satisfaction Of an concerned, especial
oftheir astonished lowers who had neve
thought Of such an act for tie relief of ia
sOlUent debtors.