Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-04-03
The Wilson faOaEse,
OR VILLAGE GOSSIP.
RY Mss LESLIE.


Thebes, place which all our topographers
have most unaccountabiyl forgotten to insert in
their maps of the State o. New York "No,
replied Mrs Green. at is long time since
there was any news in Thebes." "Well," said
Mrs. Brown, the Wilson House is taken at
last"
Indeed And who has taken it 2"
"Oh. | don't know; but my PhiIis saw the
wiudowsopen this morning and old Polly Splat-
tertoor busy white-wasAlIg."
." wonder" observed Mrs Green, ''that
PhIiLs did not ash Polly. Of course she could
have told who hired her"
why, to tell the truth" answered Mrs.
Brown, /" Pniliis did inquire, and Polly said
the name of the family was either James, Or
Clark, or Thomson Though she could not ex-
actly remember which. But Polly is SO stupid,
that she can never understand names, and Phil
lis so giddy she always forgets them"
"Did PhiIlis make no further inquiries 2" ask
ed Mrs. Green.
10 be sure she did, replied Mrs. Brown.
''But you know old Polly Splauerfoor is so
deaf that she can scarcely hear, and has so few
teeth that she can scarcely speak, and is, be-
sides, so cross when she Is white washing So
she told Phllis to mind her own business, and
make haste home with her market-basket, and
not stand there hindering her."
Mrs Brown and Mrs. Green have finished
their purchases at the store, walked on togeth-
er, making various corocures to each other
abou: the people that had taken the Wilson
House, which was one OF the best in the town,
and which originally belonged to family OF
that name, who had long since removed to the
petroPois.
AS Is the case in most American villages, the
female population of The3eS far outnumbered
the male; and the matrimonial market being
extremely deficient in the article of young men,
the ladies, III default of other occupation, were
much addicted TO reforming he world and i'm
pIUyIng the condition oi INC Universe f1ey not
only kept close watch over the little commune
ty around them, but hey had lately taken the Pc
len Islands under their protection, and had for
med society for the purpose of supplying the
wants (bOth mental and physlcal) OF these ami
able sayages-the history OF Prince Lee Boo
having convinced them that his couEtryHen
were people whose capacities were great, and
v hose necessities were numerous.
One learned Theban, lady, whose chief
study was That yolumnouS work misc called the
Library OF Entertaining knowledge, was enga-
ged in writing a series Of paper on Natural Sci
ence. to be translated into Peien, whenever
professor of that language could be found and
another was employed on an octave of SIX hun
dred pages, designated "a Synopsis of Ancient
History" also TO be translated by the same lin
gust, and for the especial benefit Of the same
islanders.
But the largest proportion Of the members of
this prase-worthy society being ladies whose
stockings were but narrowly striped with blue,
they were content TO be employed IN making
up long flannel jackets, substantial quilted bon
nets, and thick double calico wrappers, to SUI
Dersede the airy costume OF Pelen, who, though
living in the vicinity the equator, were, as yet,
to the comforts oi warm clothing.
The weekly meetings Of the Pelen Island
Society were held Iii a ci-derast school-r0om
iIrectIy opposite the Wilson Housc-and on
he day subsequent to that on which our story
the ladies all happened to fad
themselves at the place OF rendezvous, by two
o'clock in the afternoon, an hour before the usu-
i time. There was much discussion on the |
nen tenants of the Wilson House-the owner
If which lived, as we have stated in the city,
lnd Mr.. Brown and Mrs Green gave Ill their
vidence.
Mrs. PeHyfact deposed that her son Johnny
a boy of ten years old, who lived mostly about
he wharyes) had seen, early that morning, a
lumber of packing boxes landed from tow
oat and put into two carts. The boxes were
scorted by man servant, a stout mulatto, very
lueh marked with the small pox, or, perhaps,
My the varioloid He was dressed in brown
10th coatee, gray trowsers, and a green and
elbow striped waistcoat the stripes going
'ngthwise, If Johnny not mistaken The
oored mans bat WAS good, but not quite new.
he boxes evidently contained furniture; and t
q the top Of the last cart rode og-house- /
hich was not surprising as the servant was {
owed by large black and white dog which
1hnny knew to be pointer, and therefore '
lIuable. The dogs name was either Bings or '
ings, for he heard the man call him so. Il
Mrs Penylact finished her narrative by in
rnng the company that dear little Johnny Q
I'd traced the carts Chat IS, followed .them,) to
e Wilson House. Aed Mrs. Scentwell as II
.rled that she knew, from good authority, that {