Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

As oppressed through an opisiie, dated Pine
riHc, 10 ono Thompson, a .friend oCMe
Mcgor'S.
DEAR SIR ;-Crlsmus is over, and the things
did. You know told you in my last was
| gwine TO bring Miss Mary up to the chalk a
! Crismus. Well, done it, as slick as whistle,
tho it cum mighty nigh bein' serious under.
/ takin'. But I'll tell you all about the whole
circumstance.
The fact is I've made my mind up moren
( twenty times, Jest to 90 and cum rite out with
the whole business; but whenever 90 whar
she wus, and whenever she looked at me with
her wiichen' eyes, and kind OF blushed at me,
always felt sort O. skcered and fainty, and all
what made up TO tell her, wus forgot: so
couldn't think of it to save me. But you're
married man, Mr. Thompson. so couldn't tell
any thing about poppin' the question, as they
call 1t. It's mighty CRATE tavur to ak NV
1 right purity gall and to people as aint used to
1t, II goes monstrous hard, don't it, They say
widders don't mind it no morc'n nothn'. But
Ini maxim transgression, as the preacher
seq
Crismus eve put on my new suit, and shaved
my face as slick as a smoothn' iron, and went
over TO old Mrs. Siulloneses. As soon as
went into the paror whar they wus all sct,ip'
round the fire, Miss Carine and Miss Kesah
both laughed rite out
There, tEerc,' scz they, 4 told you so +;
knew it'd be Joseph
whats dun, Miss Carline.' sez l.
You cum under sisters chicken bone. and I
do believe she knew you was cumin' when she
put IT over the door.
NO. didn't didn't no such thing now
scz Miss Mary, and her face blushed red all
over.
'Oh! You needn't deny it, spz Miss Kegiab,
you belong to Joseph now. Jest as sure as theirs
any charm in chicken bones
knowed that was first rate chance 10 saw
somethm' hut the dear little cr,,er looked so
sorry, and KEEP blushn' so, couldn't say no.
thin zactly to the pint; so | tuck chair and
reached up and tuck down the bone and nut il
in my pocket.
What are you gwino 10 do with that bone,
now Maj"rr scz Miss Mary.
I'm gwine to keep it as long as liye,' sez
!, 'as CrSmus present from the haudsoraest
gal in Georgia
When said that, she bIushed wursc and
wurse.
AInt You ashamed, MaJerH seq she.
Now you ought 10 give her. Crsmus gifj,
Joseph, to keep all her l,tc,' seq Miss Carliuc
An, sez old Mrs. S,uIlions. when WIS a
gal, we used to hang up our slockn's -
why, mother : scz all ofem' 'to say stockin's
rite al0lc--n
Then felt a l,,Ic strca6-ei, too, hos they
wus all bIushin' as hard as they could
lllghty-tighty" scz the old lady what
incmcnt. I'D like 10 know what harm there
is in stockin's. People nowadays is gittin' 20
mealey-mouthcd they can't call ro,hin' by It's
name; and don't see they're any better than
the old time people wus. When wus a gal
like You, child, used to hang up my stockin's
and get EN- full ofpresents.'
The gals KEEP Ianghin.
Never mind scz Miss Mary, Mayors gou'
to give me Crsmus gitt--won't you Majerr
'Oh, yes, sc2 |, yen know promised you
one
Bot didn't mean that scz She
I've got one for you that | want yon to keep
all your life but it would take two bushel
; bag to hold it, scz |.
'Oh, that's kind scz she.
But will you keep it as long as yoa live ;
SCI |.
Certainly | will, Majer.'
Now you hear that, Miss Carlne, SCI | ::
she says she'll kcepit all her life
Yes @lll, seq Miss Mary; but what is it y
Never mind seq |, YOU hang up a bag big
enLt to hold ii, and yon'll find cut what It Is
wheh you see II in the mornln'.'
Miss Carllae wiukcd at Miss Kcsiah, and
then whispered to her then they both laughed
and looked at me as mischevous as they could
You'll be sure to give it TO me now, ifI hang
up bag, sez Miss Mary
And you promise 10 keep it, seq I
Il will; cause you wouldn't give me nothin'
that wasn't worth keepin'.'
They all agreed they would hang bag
for me to put Miss Marys Crsmus present in
on the back porch, and about nine O'clock told
en- good evening, and went home.
sat up till midnight, and when they wus all
gone to bed, went softly into the back gate,