Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18
ry northumberland Co. Pa. Saturday, Nov. 1s, 1913.

/ the bag swung agin the chairs, and down they
/ went with terrible racket But nobody didn't
wake up but Mrs Stullions' crate big cur dog,
and here he cum rippin' and tarn' thro' the
yard like rath; and round and round he went
! tryln' to find out hat wus the matter.
| sot down in the bag, md didn't breathe
louder nor kitten, for fear he'd find me out ;
and after while he quit harkin'. The wind
begun to blow bomnable cold, and the old bac
Rep turnn' round, and swngin' so. it made me
seaslck as mischief | wus afcard TO move for
fear the rope would break and let me fall, and
| thar sot, with my teeth ratlin' like had the
ager. 1t seemed like it would never cum
daylight; and do b'licye if I didn't love Miss
Mary so powerful would have froze to death:
for my heart was the only spot that felt warm.
aud it didn't beat more than two ticks a mint.
only when thought how she would be sur.
| priscd in the mornin', and then it went in a can
ter. Bimc-by the cussed old dog cum up on
the porch and begun to smell about the bag,
and then he barked like he had trced koon.
Bow, WOW, WOW! sez he. Then he'd
smell agin, and try to git up to the bag.
Git OUT sez |, very low, for fear they would
hear me.
Bow, wow scz he; and / felt all over in
spots, for spec;ed every mint he'd nip me ;
and what made it wursc, couldn't see whar
bouts he'd take hold
Bow, wow :
Then tried coaxin'.
Cum here, good iellcr,' scz I, and whis,led
to him but ii want no use. Thar he stood,
and KEEP up his eternal whnln' and barkin all
night. couldn't tell when daylight wus
brakn' only by the chickens CROWN and wns
nonstrus glad 10 hear EN-, for if | had to stay
there one hour more, don't b'lievc Id ever got
out o that bag alive.
Old Mrs. Sullion cum out fust, and as soon
as she saw the bag, scz she.
What upon yearth has Joseph put in the bng
for Mary III lay it's ycarIiu, OF some live
! animal, or else Brun wouldn't bark at il So
She went in to call the gals, and sot thar
shiverin' all over SO ! couldn't speak if tried
to; but didn't say norhin'.
bint-oN tIlev all cum funnin out.
My goody, what is it, seq Miss Mary.
Oh, it's alive sez Miss Kcsiah, 4 seed j,
move
Cal Ceto, and make hlm cut the rope seq
Miss Corli1c, 'aal lets see what it is. Come
here, Cato and get This bag down.
Don't hurt It for the world sen Miss Mary.
Cato united the rope that was around tho ice
and let The bag down easy on the floor and I
tnmb~d out all covered with corn meal, from
head to foot.
| 'Goodness graojousH sez Miss Mary, ii it
aiut the Mayer himselfr
Yes sez /, and you know you promised To
keep my Crlsmus present as long as you lived. >
/ The gals 'aftd themselves almost to deth,
and went to brushing off the meal as fast as they
} could, say:n they WIS gwinc to hang that bag
mp every Crsmus till they got husbands too.
Miss Mary-bIess her bright eycs---blushcd as
beautiful as a moruln' glory, and sed she'd stick
| to her word When heard her say it, felt
/ as II II wus cnuf 10 induce a man to hang in a
meal bag from one Crlsmus to anuthcr
/ The matters all settled BOW ccpt the wed.
/ den day. Mary seq that mustn't be sot for sum
| time, as gals alters like to be engaged a while
aforc marriage.
Yours in perfect happiness J. J.
/ +. $. like to forgot to tell you bout cou.
sin Pete. He got snapt on eg.nog when he
heerl of my gagemcnt, and has BIN as mci,cr
as hoss-appe ever since.
/ TIrApAcuE-A glass ofnew milk, taken two
or three times day, IL said to be a rcmcdy for
the headache, when occasioned by disorlcrly
state Of the stomach.
| The headache may generally he relieved by
/ rubbing Gue sat on the head. The hair ol the
patient should be opened, little fine sal; laid
on the head, and then II should be rubbed hard
and quick with the palm of the hand until the
/ friction produces considerable irritation which
will cause tendency of the blood outward, aud
relieve the BRAIN This operation should be
/ performed on five or six places on the head
Salt is said to be good to promote the growth Of
! the hair Boston Culiiuator.
Sick IIEApACHE--An article in the South
western Farmer, SAYS that two tea-spoonsul Of
finely pulverized charcoal drank in half tum-
bier of water, will ia less than fifteen minutes,
give relief to the sick headache, when caused,
as in most cases it is, by superabundance Of e.
cid on the stomach. II Is always on hand and