The Northern galaxy, and Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1843-1844, 1843-12-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
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AISEyILLE, Dec. 81, 1913

AISEyILLE, Dec. %, 1913.
Mr.. Thompson-Dear Sir :-Crismus is
over, and the things ded. You know | told
you in my last letter was gwine to bring
Miss Mary up to the chalk Crismus.-Well
dOns it, as slick as whistle, tho it come
mighty nigh bein serious undertaken. But
III till YOU all about the whole circumstance.
The fact is, I'd made my mind up more'n
twenty times to jest go and come rite out
with the whole business, but whenever l got
where she was, and whenever she looken at
me with her witchin eyes, and kind O. blush
ed at me, always felt sort O. streeked and
family. and all what l made up TO tell her
was forgot so | couldn't think of it to save
me. Butyou're a married man, Mr.. Thomp
son, SO couldn't tell you nothing about pop
pin the question, as they did call it. Its
mighty great favor to AK of a rite pretty gal,
and to people as amt used to it, it goes mon
strous hard, don't it They say widders
don't mind it no more'n nothin. But I'm
maxim transgressiOn, as the preacher ses.
Crismus eve put on my new suit and
shaved my face as slick as smoothing iron
and went over to old Miss Stanleys. As soon
as went into the parlor whar they was all
sitting round the fire, Miss Carline and Miss
kesah both laughed rite ont.
There, there ses they, Il told you so,
knew it would be Joseph
What's done Miss Carline p ses |.
You come under sisters chicken bone,
and DO believe she knew you were comm
when she put it over the door,
No, didn't didn't, no such thing now,
SEES Miss Mary, and her face blushed red all
over
oh you needn't deny it, ses Miss Kesiah,
Won long to Joseph, now, jes as sure as
theirs any charm in the chicken bones
knOwe'd that was a first rate chance to
say something, but the dear little Greater
looked so sorry and kept blushin so, Icouldn't
say nothin Zactly to the pint, so / tuck chair
and reached up and took down the bone, and
put II in my pocket.
What are you gwine to do with that bone
now, Majorl' ses Miss Mary.
I'm gwine to keep it as long as live,
ses l, as Crismns present. from the hand
soonest gafin Georgia
When seed that she blushed worse and
more
Amt you ashamed, Major p ses she.
Now you ought to give her Crismus
gift, Joseph, to keep all her life,' ses Miss
Carline.
'Ah,' SEES old Miss Stanley, when | was
gal we used to hang up our stockins'-
Why motherl' ses all of 'em, to say
stOckins rite afore-'
Then | felt little streaked too, caus they
was all blushin as hard as they could.
'Hishty-tityn ses the old lady what
'inement, I'd like to know what harm there
is in stOckins. People nowadays is getting
so mealy-mOuthed that they cant tell nothin
by its name, and don't see as there eny
better than the old time people was. When
twas gal like you, child, used to hang up
my stockins and git 'em full of presents
The gals kept laughing.
Never mind ses Miss Mary, the Ma
jor's gotto give me Crismus gift-wont yor
Maori
'Oh yes, says 1, you know promised you
one
But didn't mean that ses she.
I've got one for you, what | want you te
keep all your life, but ii would take three
bushel bag to hold it, ses l.
'Oh that's the kind, ses she.
But will you keep it as long as YOU live!
ses !.
Certainly will, Major
Now you hear that, Miss Carline,' say
], she ses she'll keep it all her life"
Yes, will ses Mary but what is it
Never mind ses /, you hang up ba
big enough to hold it and you'll find out whi
it is in the mornin.'
Miss Carline winked at Miss Kesiah an
then whispered to her-then they both laugh
ed and looked at me as mischeviOus as the
could. They 'spected somethin.'
You'll be sure to give it to me now, II
hang Up bag ses Miss Mary.
And you promise to keep it, ses i.
We'll will, caus know you wouldn
give me nothing that wasn't worth keeping
They all agreed that they would hang up
bag for me to put Miss Marys Crismus pre-.
ent in, in the back porch, and about 9 o'cloc
l told 'em good evening and went home.
set up till midnight, and when all wa
gone to bed, went softly into the back gat,
and went up to the porch and thar, shur
enuff, was a great big meal bag hanging
the ice. 1t was monstrous unhandy to 2
into it but was tarmined not to back out
got some chairs on the top of a bench an
got hold of the rope and let myself down ii
to the bag but Jest as was getting in. IL
bag swung agin the chairs, and down the
went with terrible racket. But noboc
didn't wake up but old Miss Stanley's gra
big cur dog, and here he cum ripin and tar
through the yard like wrath, and round al
round he went tryin to find what was Il
matter sot down in the bag and didr
breathe louder than kitten, for fear he
ma me out, and after while he quit bari