The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-11-23

less, good-natured fellow, fond of talking,
and from the appearance Of the little black
pipe which stuck in one corner Ofhis mouth,
equally so of smoking; and as he appeared
TO fancy US to be candidates, no doubt he
was already enjoying in prospective the
neighboring tap-room. Just look at en-
Happy critter-his hat crown has lost the
top out, and the rim hangs like the bail of
bucket. His trowseIs and jacket show
clearly that he has had clothes Of other CO.
lors in other days, The untan'd moccason
an one foot, which contrasts with the old
shoe on the other, shows him a friend 10
domestic manufactures; and his beard is
no bad mach for the woolly horse yonder.
See the waggish independent sort of look
the critter has, with his hat or one side, and
hands in his breeches pockets, contemplat-
ing the beauties of his farm.
"You may talk about patience and forti-
tude, philosophy and christian resignation,
and all that sort of thing till you. get tired,
but-ah, here he comes, Morning Mr.. Brad
shaw-how's all home to day!' Right
comfortable, hear that, comfort in such
place. give thanks-come, light and
come in. I'm sorry can't feed your hoss,
but the fact is, tan't bin no use 10 try to
raise no crops late years, for body don't git
half paid for their labor, these hard times
i raised nice bunch Of potatoes last year,
and as couldn't get nothing worth while
for 'em in the fall, tho't I'd keep 'em till
spring. But as frost set in while was
down town lection time, the boys didn't fix
up the old cellar door, and this Internal cold
winter froze 'em all. It's them what YOU
smell now, and I've just been telling the old
woman that we must turn too and carry them
out of the cellar fore long, they'll make US
sick like enough, for theses no telling what
may happen TO body late years. And il
the next legislator do something for US, the
Lord knows but the whole country will
sarve, for it seems as tho the land now
days won't raise nothing. It's actually run
out
Why, l should think by the look OF
things around your neighbor Horizons that
his land produced pretty WE'LL" Why,
yes, and it's miracle too, how he gets it
for everybody round here said, when he
took up that track, it was the poorest in the
town. There are some folks that think he
has dealings with the black art, fort does
seem as tho the more he worked his land
the better it got"
Now here was a mystery; but an easy
explanation of Nh. Slick soon solved the
matter, at least to my mind. "The fact is, :"
says Mr. Slick, "a great deal of this coun-
try is run out, and if it warn't for lime,
marsh-mud, sea-weed, salt sand, and why
not, they've got here in such quantities, and
few Horizons to apply it, the whole coun-
try would run out, and dwindls away to
just sich great good natural good-for moth
ing do-nothing fellows as this Nick Brad
shaw, and his woolly horse, and woolless
sheep, and cropless farm, and comforlless
house, if indeed such great wind rack of
loose lumber is worthy the name of
house.
&" Now by way Of contrast to all this, do
you see that neat little cottage looking house
on yonder hammock, away to the right there,
where you see those beautiful shade trees.
The house is small, but it is a whole house.
That's what | call about right; hanked on
both sides by an orchard OF best graft fruit;
a tidy flower in front that the girls see to,
and most grand sarce garden jist over
there, where it takes the wash of the build
ings, nicely sheltered by that bunch of
shubbery.
"Then see them everlasting big barns,
and, by gosh, there goes fourteen dairy
cows, as slick as moles. Them flowers,
honeysuckles and rose bushes, shows what
sort of family lives there ju,t as plain as
straws shows which way the wind blows"
Them gals ant tarnaly racing round