The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-03-28


stead of beginning to give me lot of soft
solder, as some Of the other womin did, she
just set in, and began TO talk about old Cen
nectcut, and sich things as she must seen
was likely to tickle me like all natur, and
her voice was so soft, and she kept smil-
ing so, that never felt so contenled in my
life as ! did talking with her.
At last she begun to ask Jason some ques-
tions about the Western counuy--so had
a chance to look about me little. Instead
Of being dressed out like thing sot up for
show, she hadn't nothing on but hand
some silk frock and eetle narrow velvet
ribben tied round her handsome black hair,
that was brushed till it looked as bright as
crows back, never did see any thing
braided up so nice as it was behind. She
hadn't on the least bit of gold, nor fur bel
ows of any kind only jist leettle pin that
glistened like spark of fire, which pinned
the velvet ribben jist over her white fore
head. 1t rally beats me TO make out why
| can't tell you what was in the room, jist
as | DO about all the other places; but some
how it aint easy to tell the difference, for
there was settees, and chairs, and tables,
and curtains ard so on--bus vi, it warent
a Bit like any room ever see afore.--
There warnt no giistening and SHINING and
gold and silver, but l couldn't get the no.
lion ont Of my head, that every thing cost
a good deal more than If there had been ev-
er so much OF it. The room seemed made
exactly for the things that were in ii; ard
there warnt thing that didn't iit into its
place like waxwork. There was one thing
that looked awful handsome and it was rale
ginuine TOO; but at first | though! it was
some Of these York Ii
was slim green tree, eepamost tall enough
10 reach my head, all blown out and civer-
ed over with as much as twenty Of the big
gest and whiiest roses ever did see. hwas
sol jist.below the two winansvs ard wheu
the sun come kinder, softly through the cur.
tains down into the white posies, they STEM.
ed TO sort o blush like peachblow; vi
they rally were as white, according 10 natur
as the cleanest handful Of snow you evel
see. The tree grew out of great marble
howerpsi, and when l asked its name o.
the lady, she looked as bright and sweet a;
one Of the flowers, and told me it come from
Japan, away east. There was some pic
lures hung agin the wall, that struck my eye
so that couldn't keep from looking at 'em
She sec how was took up, seq She
That's beautiful picture Mr.. Slick
don't you think SO There is something
in DOughtie's piciers that I love to look on
his grass and hIIocks look SO soft and gtesn
he does excel every American artist mos
certainly in his asmOspher.'
wal, marn,' seq /, Il aint no Judge o
pictures, but sartinly to my notion, that does
outshine cousin Jason's lions and rooster;
and croushongs all to nothing; it don't gis
ten SO much, but some how them great tree:
do look so nat'ral and cows lying down un
der them SO lazy;it eenamost makes me hun
sick to 60 back TO Weathersfeld when SCI
it,
Here Jase trod on my toe with his con
srrned hard boot. Wal, think, sez !, wha
have SAID now; and looked right in tht
lady's face to see if she'd been laughing
but she looked so sweet and unconsarneS
as would be and, sez she, getting up anC
going across the room--for Jase made
motion as if he was in hurry-sez she
Let me help you to some cake and wine.
With that she went TO a table that haC
some decan,ers and wine-glasses on it, be
sides a lole Of cake as white as the driltet
snow. Isnggers, but il did look as neat a
new pin. There was heap Of rale flow
ers and leaves, jlst picked from the bush
fresh and fair, twisted round the edge o
the cake, and leelle white sugar dove lay
smuggled down in the middle. CousiI
Jaso filed the glasses, and he made it'll
speech-but somehow il didn't SCENE as