Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-08-12
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A Coon SroRY.-The Kilmarnock Journal
tells the following very amusing story Of an
amnrnns clerical adyenfurer.

A Coon SroRY.-The Kilmarnock Journal
tells the following very amusing story Of an
amorous clerical adventurer:
The assistant minister. In not very distant
parish, being violently smitten with the charms
Of certain lady who resided in pretty white
washed two story house, within gun shot OF
the means. used, often, in the evenings, TO ho-
yer aronnd the dwelling of his enchantress,
like some gnome over the spot where its treas
ure is concealed. One dark autumn night, he
was perambulating as usual, s'chewing the end
of sweet and bitter fancies," and gazing on the
! lighted window Of his charmer's bedroom,
but contrary to usual custom, more than two
hours passed away. and still the light was as
bright as ever, shining ''like good deed in a
naughty world" A twinge Of jealousy came
over his reverend heart.-What could be the
cause Of the fair ones long vigil9 Gould
| there be another lover in the case? This state
Of uncertainty was too dreadful to endure.
| Fortunately, as he thought, ladder stood tenn
ptingly convenient at the end Of the house; a
few turns of it by his clerical fingers, brought
i. opposite the lighted window; the preacher
mounted this unusual rostrum, and climbed as
far as to be opposite to the light, when, look
ing down into the court yard, he spied the fig
ure Of man moveing along within dozen
yards of him. Ashamed of his position, he
mounted beyound the whtewashsd wall, think
ing to conceal himself on the dark states; but
the lover Of the maid (who was on wooing
visit himselG knew in moment the reverend
sweetheart of his mistress, and. with remorse.
less waggery, removing the ladder altogether,
he left the victim Of jealousy to spend the night
on the old fashioned stair shaped gable of the
house. "Long and dreary was the night" yet
Al l.. 10 b.,l nd Nhor bo
was found, by all the Iaborers of the farm, per-
ched on his chad eminence." He was la
ken down amid the Unsurpassed seers of the
men and the giegles of The women, lookipg
dispirited, baffied and ashamed, unwilling 10
give any rational account Of his elevation, full
" assured of his character becoming food for
village gossip, and himself the laughing stock
of the whole country side. Nor was he long
in finding, from the long wagging Of scandals
tongue, that he had made a hole in his man.
ners which only wedlock could patch up, and
few months saw him legally entitled to en-
ter the door Of that room, for attempting to
steal peep into whose windows he had been
forced to take upon himself, prematurely and
without kirk of his own the hymeneal
chains.
Moral Let no man who would avoid scrapes,
pry into the secrets of maid, wife, or widow.
THE Cross TIMBERs.-The following we
clipped from the Picayune. 1t is portion OF
Kenall's Santa Fe Expedition.
The immense western praires are bordered,
for hundreds Of miles on their eastern side,
with belt Of forest land known as the Cross
Timbers. The course Of this range is nearly
width, and TIE growth is principally small post
and blonk iookc Hoyo and there the
traveller will find a small valley where the
timber is large, and the land rich and fertile
and occasionally small prairie intervenes
but the general face Of the country is broken
and hilly, and the soil thin. In that portion
through which we passed, and we spent near
ly fortnight in the Cross Timbers, we found
the country broken and full Of deep and almost
impossible gullies. These, in the rainy sea-
sons, carry off the waters from the hills to the
larger streams outside the woods, but in the
month of July we found them all dry. Had
we been able TO cut directly across the timbers
we should have materially expedited our jour
ney !; but we were compelled TO pursue dag
onal course, subjecting men. cattle and horses
to great privation and suffering, to say nothing
Of the vexation our slow and toilsome march
occasioned.
Bear and deer are found in the Cross Tim
bers and the vicinity, and small gangs Of Buff
falo also lake shelter in them when scattered
and driven from the prairies by the Indians
In many Of the trees swarms Of wild bees are
found, affording delicious hooey-a great lux
ury to those engaged in border life, for it is
well known that the absence OF bread stuffs 10
creases the appetite for sweets Of every de-
scripton.
CHINESE WoMEN.-A traveller in China,
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