Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-10-05
TAKING THE C,ENSU s..
"A SCENE IN ALABAMA. III
BY q. HOOPER, ESQ,

a 01ESEA LIN ABARAMA. ASB
By q. HOOPER. ESQ
We rode up one day stosthe residence Of
q widow rather past the prime of life-(just
that periodpat which nature supplies more
abundantly the oil which hurricanes the hin.
ges OF the female, tongue and hitching 70
the fence, walked into the house.
~ Good morning, madam, said vein our
bland, and someW What itsinuating manner. /
Drawing our blanks from their. case, we
prpceeded--s'I ana the man, madam. that
takes the census, and = s'f
The mischief you are,l" said.th old ter
magent. !" Yes I've hearn Of you ,Parson
w. told me YOU was coming, and told him
jist what tell you that Ii you said ..cloth,'
af !" chickens" to nastI'd set Ahe doga on ".
Here Bull! here Pompl" Two wolfah
ours, responded to the calls for Bull and
Pomp, by coming 70 the door, smelling at
our feet with q slight growl. and then lay
down on the steps. sNow," continued the
old she savage, ".hen's the seyc9est dogs in
this country. Last week Bill StonecEer's
two year old steer jumped my yard fence,
and Bull and Pomh TUX him by the throat,
and they Killed him afore my boys could
break EN- loose to save the world" W.
"Yes, n1a'am," said we, nneekly; Bull
and Pnnp seem to be vory fine dogs" !. -
,hsn s ,o N max gSsJw well say that; what tells
them them d y your s ol do ho1ss yaah y Pick
him up afore you could say Jack Robertson.
And lis just whatI shall. as, If youtyy to pry
intoAny consarns. They are none Of your
business nor Van Burenss liother, ! reckon.
oh, old Van Buren, y I wish ]. had yoas here,
YOU old rascal I'd show You what--I'd
make Bull and Pomp show youshow to be
sendin' out men totake down what little staff
peoples got. fist to4ax j, when w. taxed
enough atreadytn
\ All this time We were perspiring through
fear Of the fierce guardians Oh the old wild
owls portal, AT length, when the widow
| paused, we remarked that as she was deter
mined not TO answer questions about the
produce Of the farm, we would YET down the
the age, sex. and complication Of each mem
81 4 NJ rs s, ta%' iains yopl 40 10 .ieh
thing said she !. I've got i've IN the fanii
U, and that's ali you'll set from. me. Oid
ted old villayn, to send you 70 take down
how old my children 10. I've got five In the
family, and they are all between fye.nnd .
hundred years old. they are all q .plnguy
sight whittier than you, and whether they are
he or she, b none Of your consarns." .sasss
We told her we should report her TO the
Marshal, and she would De fned, but il only
augmented her wrath. u @.;s II -, /
"Yes send your Mashall, or Your Mr.
Van Buren, here, IL you're bad Off't0--let ZEN
come-let Mr.. Van Buren, come, docking nj
savage as Bengal tigress) Oh, wish he
tooua come" and her DoslRils dilAted, and
ewes CLEANED, I'D cut his head OFT"
"T'ha. mightskiil him" We yentired TO rel
mark by way Of Joke. W.
!" Kill him! kill him--oh If I had him here
by the gears reckon sOould kill him. "A
pretty fellow Ia be eating his yittiIs out'r
gold spoons that poor peoples taxed for, and
Faisin' an army TO get him made king q
Amcriky -the audacious, Aasty, sinking OLE
scamp I" She paused 3 moment. and thef
resumed, And now. jist put down what
tell you on that paper. and don't be telling
no lies to send. 10, Washington city,. rs
put down .!udy Tcmpkins. agsable woman
We objected % making any such entry
but the id hae vowed that Il should Be done
| 10 prevent any misrepresentation her case
| We however, were pretty resoluie, until chs
appealed 10 the couchant whelps Bull ans
POmp. At the first glimpsesof their ieeil
our courage gave way, and we made the en-
| try in q bold hand across blank schedule
Judy Tompkins, ageable woman. and foul
Ichildren.
We nov begged The old lady to dismiss
her canine friends, that we might 60 eut and
depart: and forthwith mounting our old
black, we determined to give the old soul 9
parting Gre. Turning half round 10 .ordel
| 10 face her. we shonied-- s.. Il = y,
.0ld 'oman4 IS
"Who told You 10 call mecld 'oa . !. yqu
ong-tegged. Ratchet faced whelp, you'll lll
make the dogs take yop oG that horse if you
| give any more sars. What DO you wanta"
/ NJ YOU want 70 gen maFriedgs sa.t
Z sN0ig6.you ifI dol"
/ Placing Our right thumb on tho nasal CT
tFer0ily 6f our couhicnance, We said. !" You
usedenh be uneasy. old 'uh, on that score
though you might anil Old sore lekged Dick
So. tip our way land should Tketb