Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-11-10

How many have you 9
The rise Of seventy, and three hens
sel,in!
We'll now Miss Betsy said we. you
know how much l set by the old man,
your daddy-and the old lady, you know
she and me always got along Jim
and Dave you know we was always like
bro,hers-and yourself, Miss Betsy. con-
slider my particular frierd-and as its you,
Ill tell your
Do squire. eff you please; they say
Van Buren's going TO feed his big army
on fowls; and some folks say he is going
10 take 'em without payin' for 'em, and
some Say he aint-and thought in course
eff he did pay for 'em, the price would
rise.'
Well, the fact is-but don't say moths
ing about 1.-THE army is to be fed on
I fowls; the roosters will be given to the
officers to make 'em brave, and the hens
to the common soldiers, because you see
they Amt as good
In course!
So you see, the hens will be worth
about three bits, and roosters half a dollar,
and ready sale at that
She was perfectly delighted, and we do
not hesitate TO say, would have rewarded
us with kiss, if we had asked it; but in
those days modesty was the bright trait in
our character. As it was. she only insis-
ted on our taking bit of something cold
in our saddle bags, in case we should
reach town too late for dinner.
Our next encounter was with an old la
dy notorious in her neighborhood, for her
garruity and silnple-mindedness. Her
loquacity knew no bounds; it was con-
slant, unremi!.ing, interminable, and some
times laughably silly. She was interest
ed in quite large Chancery suit which
had been dragging its slow length along
for several years, and furnished her with
a conversational fund " hich she drew up
on extensively, under the idea that it's
merits could never be sufficiently discuss
ed. Having been warned of her propen-
sily, and being somewhat hurried when
we called upon her, we were disposed 10
get through business as soon as possible,
and without hearing her enumeration of
the silong points Of her law case. Stri-
ding into the house, and drawing our pa
pers
Taking the census, ma am = quolh we.
All! well yes! bless your soul, hon
ely, take a seat. Now do! Are you the
gentleman that Mr.. Van Buren, has sent
on. 10 take the sensis? wonder well
good Lord look down, how was Mr.. Van
Buren, and his folks when you seed him 2
We explained that we had never seen
the President; didn't know him from a
side of sole lea.her;' and we had been
written to TO take the census.
Well, now, thar agin Love your soul!
Well, 'spose Mr.. Van Buren, writ yon
a letter did he? No? Well, l 'spose
some Of his officers done it-bless my
soul? Well God be praised there's nigh
ty little here 10 take down, times is hard,
Gods will be done; but it looks like PEG
pie cant get their jest rights in this coun-
Try; and the law is all for the rich and
none for the poor, praise the Lord. Did
YOU ever hear tell of that case my boys
has got agin old Simpson Hooks like
they will never get to the eend on it; glo.
nv to his name! The children will suf-
fer, I'm nightly afeard; Lord give us
grace. Did you ever see Judge B!
Yes! Well the lord preserve us! Did
you ever hear him say whathe was a-gwine
to do in the boys case agin Simpson
| No? Good Lord Well squire will you
ak him the next time you see him, and
write me word !; and tell him what say:
I'm nothing but poor widow. and my
boys has got no larnin, and old Simpson
tux 'em in. It's mighty hard case. any
how. They ought to had mighty
good start, all on 'em but God bless you,
that old man has used 'em up till they
Amt able to buy c.ittur to plough with.
It's mighty hard case. and the will
ougtn't never to been broke but
Here we in,erposed and told the old la
dy that our time was precious, and thai
we wished to take down the number oil
her family, and the produce raised by her
las. year, and be off. After good deal
of trouble we got through with the des-
cliptions Of the members of her family,
and the statistical table as far as the article
scloih.' 8 ~ sse
How many yards of cotton cloth did
you weave in 1910, ma 'am!'
Well now The Lord have mercy
Less see! You know Sally Higgins tina,
used 10 live down in the Smith settlement!
poor thing, her and her daddy had afallen
out and he druy her off, poor gal, she
could mt help it, dare say. Well, Sally
she come to stay long with me. when the
old man druv her away. and she was
powerful good hand to weave, and aid {,