Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-12-20

1ne Express Is publishing some clever
letters from 'Zephapiab Slick, OF W.tb,r..
field, Conn. who is cousining IN New Yo,L
The following sketch is copied from an 40.
count Of an evening patty be attended
Much Of il is sober truth aud not cories.
iure:
You had better GO up and speak 10 Morv
now seq. cousin John kidder low tb.1e
she stands BY Count ----' didn't bssr
the name, but IL was some Grabbed word
that was enough 10 choke lsller. | bodn,,
looked round much when cum in befora
for somehow my head didn't feel s,etIdv. b,,
arler cousin John cum and spoke TO m. I
didn't see0ito mind u. so Just looked ronnd
as hold as could be- DECLARE never ia
see any body dressed out as cousin Mar,
was; she bad on a frock OF shining sau;s
with great pink spries all over il, and ,here
was great wide ruffle round tie bottom
made oui OF something that looked as whine
and thin as gals veil the day arter shes
married and that was hiched up ON m.
side bali way 10 her. waist. with a pink toss
made out OF rihonds with long eends. tha,
tell down eensmost 10 the floor. A h,sn ~
some kind Of shiney him stuff was ruf,sa
round her bosom. and hung down round.
her arms. Tor her frock sleeves were shou
and made like liiIle Qars; and sh. had on
a pair OF White gloves. wnh tops 10 srm
that cum rrnaTost to her elbows On. nm
'em was iast'ned ronnd her wrist with \
~id piece Of gold. and iolirr she lei sli,
down so as 10 show her arm, wbirh was
plagnry white. or else | suppose she would
not have let ioks see IL
Mary always had iafna pur,v l;uis
loot, hut never ser il look so small Ms i
did In that glisirning white shoe Of bero
and 10 own the rale right.ioan truth. she
did NJ seem 10 be much ashamed 10 show
u. but Kept u siurk out from under her ruff
Her, as independent as could be-, as II shrid
made up her mind to b. ready to max. a
cnrehy any mint There MAS one thinr
his, kinder puzzled NE good deal Mary's
skin never Was over hiir, bul somehow !,
looked like wax work, that night. and YOU
never see a meadow pink look brighter Than
her che ks did but instead of coming into
her lace and going Away again. as every
man loves TO see The color in a gals face
when sh-'sa talking. aud knows thai he's
a looking at her, Mary's always kept lis,
SO; u didn't serm as ii an earthquake would
make her turn pale. The bair, hung il
long curls down her rberks and on her
shoulders, lis Us il did Tie other day. and
she had great white rose stuck in among
the curls. on one side Of her head ,bs, look.
ed as il ii hadn't bu, jisi bern pIurk,d ofrlhe
bushes ! looked al her rarns SLY. | cnnieIl
you. aud dotbink she would been a criurr
tina, John might be proud Of il il warnt for
that stuck up way which she's col SINCE she
cum down here TO York She don't DO
nothing on arb nafrsl, and as she did when
she was gal in Connecticut Inst-d Of
standing up siraieht and speaking 10 her
company as il she was glad 10 see them. she
stood with one foot stuck out and her hands
jisl crossed aiore her and kinder sloopinr
iored. us ii she couldn't but isl stand alone;
lneser see critters hack stuck up as hers
did. rally thong she was getting ih, rick
cts. and felt SO anxious about il that turn
I'd 10 cousin Beebe aIore went np 10 speak
TO her, and seq |. in n sort low-"Cousin
John how did your wife hun her back so D.
declare II makes me feel ~ fully 10 So. what
G neat hump she's go, growing since she
cum away from Connecticut"
With that cousin John looked a, her and
arfed i,lle. but could sre he didn't feel
lisi right. and anera mint he said seq he,
Hush cousin. yon mus: not speak SO loud
Il rs true Mary has put on rather too much
hustle but its the fashion you see looked
round and as true as You live there uarnt a
gal in the room that hadn't her back sticking
out in the same way. Surh set Of hump
backed critters lnv,er did put nv eyes on,
md yer they all stood about smiling and talk
ing 10 the fellers us il nothing uiled them
poor lhinesi never see sci OF folks dres-
s~d so and so awfully stuck up as they were.
Some ofthe gals had isaihers in their hair.
aud some had flowers or gold chains ~ listed
among their curls. and didn't see nns- there
that wasn't dressed up in her silks and sat
ms as crank as could lr. As for tllr men
Ihoug hl should have haw haued risia out
n hhn 10 see some Of 'en,, there Was one
hap thai stood talking to Miss Beebe with
his hair parted dow n from ,h.iop OF his hind
Town eath side OF his face. aud IL hung 6or.n
behind all over his coat collar, like a Young
gals jsl before she begins To wear a comb.
and there MAS Two lunches OF hair s,uck out
On his upper lip jis, under his nose like
rats whiskrrs when she begins 10 gel her
back up, Every time he spokeih hair Kim
der liz up and moved about until !. was
enough 10 make fellow crawl an over 10
ook at him. Thinks, seq |. il il uouldr be
Iun TO see lha, vurmint try TO eat If he didn't
al his yic,uals tangled up ia that bunch of
hair. he mus aim ALFRED siraigh, with his
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