The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-11-12

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! s'Ob, the Devil = calculated Caplain Pea
blossom, STALLED again.' a ,lgiRs IS ssos !
BE still. honey, ie, ,heri child tell il his
| own way; he always would have his way
yopbkppw, since we had 70 humor him sc
when he had The measels,'s inierposed, Tie
odilady .s'lI--ssrgsh szsE ssil "a qsbgnm n
Daniel Ne wnansP sPeabiossom, a, this juno.
ture, fareticiously lay down Oh the ground
WIN sae roo' Of an OLD oak FOR his pillow,
and called outgawninglyao hisspas,o wake
bin wien brother Floy had etbssed over
the run of The. creek, and arrived safely al
The parsons This caused loud laughter. 4
FLOYD simply noticed i. by. obs rying 10
bis broiher-7sYes. you think YOU mighty
smart before all these folks = and resumed
his'tesiods route 10 Parson Gympsy s, with
as lii,le prospecl Of reaching The end Of his
S'o'y asever' sfaealo.a gnoE---sapisa,ila.
Mrs. Peablossom trisdfto 4 coa.r him to
'gist' say ifthe Parson was coming pr not.i
Polly begged him, and all the 5rldestnaids
imPlored, But Floyd wen. on his way
rejoici ~g.'osq afig eFss 'sn;s,d 7gn
i'Wiien leone TO slhe Pney.hat, he
continued, ,"od Snip seed something white
over in The bay gall, and shy'd clean ou.
o'ihe road, aud'---where he would have
stopped woaldsbe hard to say. ifahe impa
ten, Captain Mad not interfered. iois 7oeq sf
,rha. gentleman, with a peculiar CLINT Of
the eye, remarked: We'll, there's one way
! can bring him ,oa showing as he took
large horn from between the, logs, ,a and
ruog a. woodnote wild''lha set pack of
hounds 10 yelping. A 'few more no,rs.s as
loud ss thoss that issued from 'Is,lanJ's
holn az Roucesvaies,' was sufficient invi..
ltaton to every hound, foist, and .cur flow
.degree.' that followed the guests. I'd ininli.l
,4,.e nuorus. The Captain was a. man Of
good lungs, and the way he did blow wa.
the way,' as Squire Toppkins afterwards
very happily described IL; and as they were
in the canine choir some thirty voiees OF
every key, the music may lie imagined bel.
ter than described. Miss Tabitha TidwelI
the first bridesmaid, put her hands TO he
ears. and cried out. MY stars! we shall all
be 6ioW'd away" al. a'7ai '84 pfi Ed ]
The desired effect OF iabrevialing the
messenger's story was produced, as thai
prol'x parsonage in copperas was seen to
lake Polly aside, and whisper something in
her ear. s9afa emll .1pda ba4EUa N
o, Lioryd,you are joking; you aughm','
10 serve ME SO AMI you joking, 6ubrI
asked Polly, wi,h.a looS thai seemed 10 beg
he would say yes, is1 sus51oq aw "a
iTis,rus as presehing,' he replied; 'the
cakes all doul h. ,t"' e,' sA'a'' '9.' sn,
! oily Whispered, something TO her mother
who threw up he-, hands and exclaimed.
%, my snd then whispered the secret 10
some other lady. and away il went. Such
whispering and throwing Up of hands aid
eyes, is rarely seen at.a Quaker meeting.
CONSERVATION was IN every face. Poor
Pollyswas a. very personl6ralion of Pa
ueut OH a monument. smiling green and
yellow melancholy =
The Captain, discovering thar something
was the matter, drove off The dogs, and in-
quired what had happened to cause such
confession. ,Whatithe Devils the matter
no,0 q he said. 'you all look as do,cn in
The mouth as we did on she Santafee(San
ia Fte)when the quarlernaster told US the
provisions had all give out! What's the
matter l--won't somebody tell me p Old
oman, has the dogs got into the kitchen
and eat up all The supper, OF what else has
come to pass Out with IL h.,d ss. to iy.l
'Ah, old man, bad news ! said the wife,
with sigh. 'Ms1J ego HoGp insiEs H'
well, whatis is III You are aH getir g
as bad as Floyd 4arryying' a fellow to
1eath.'H tscgn0 ai4 3g-.re a-
'Parson Gsmpsy aoas digging nsw
horse trough, and cut leg 10 ihe bone
yiiha a foot adze and can't come 20 dear! Z
i wish ne had taken fancy 10 a done
g. week age. SO we ndaf got another
psrson, or, as no other tlms would suit but