, 1844-04-13

was best to be done to gain their
standing in the word. Now. OK
at the stock! there's y"ur'mproved
short hnrns;' them dirty looking. half.
starved geese. and Them dragg e.raiI-
ed fowls. that are SO poor tie foxes
would be ashamed to steal them
'hnt little lantern jawed, l~ong-leg'd,
Iahbit.car'd run, Of a pig. that's SO
weak it can't curl its tail up-that
old COW frame standing there with her
eyes shut. ard looking for all the
world as tho she's contemplating her
latter eend-(and with goud reason
ton)-and that other reddish yellow.
lnng-wooIed v;rmint. with his hooks
higher tI,an his belly, that looks as if
he had come rnh~r funeral. and which,
BY way of distinction. hI>oaner calls
Il hoise-is all 'the stock guess.
that tbs farmer supports " on a hun
dred acres OF as good natural soil rs
ever laid out door. Now. there's n
specimen Of Native Stock reckon
he'll migrate TO a warmer climate
soon, for you see while he was wait
ing 10 finish that thing o see the
hens roos;isg on. that he calls a sled,
lie 5 had 10 burn ur all the fence round
tie house, but there's no danger of
cattle breaking into his fe Dis, and his
old muieI has Iarnt how to sneak a
mVng the neighbours fields o nights,
looking tor an open gate or bars, to
snatch "A moulhiuI now and then; for,
1t You Was to NOW that meadow with
Il razor, and rake ii with a fne tooth
comb, You Couldn't get enough to
"inler a graSs-hopper. 'Spose we
drive up 10 Tie dour. and have ii word
OF chat with Men Bradshaw, and see
1t he Is as promising as outside ap-
pearanCcS indicate"
Observing Us from the only light Of
glass Remaining IN The window, Nick
igtd the dOor, and laying IL aside.
emerged from his kitchen parlor ana
~sInuhe-nouse To recuHnoIlre. tie was
i tai, weil-5ulit, athletic nan. Of
great personal strength aud su prIsinI
ACTIVITY, Who looked like il Careless.
goUd n.:ujed fellow, iund Vi Ia kmL.
a"u lrom lie appearance ot the init
Odd black PIE which suck Ia ne cor
ner "i his mouth, equally So oI sinuk
ing; and as lie Appeared To lahcy Us
10 be Candidates., no doubt he wa' al
re'dy enjoying III prospective the
Comforts vi d ueIghbo lng tap-roum.
just look at 'em-haPPy crItrer-hrs
hat Gown has lost Tie top out, and
Tie rIn hangs Ike the baIl OF d buck
Ell. hi, NowSers and jacket shoA
clearly thai lie has had Clothes OF 9th
or CUloIS IN other days. The un
lanu u muCcaSin on one foot, which
con- aSls with lie old shoe ON the
other, SHOWS hmn 4 trend to domeS-
TIC manufactures; and his beard IS no
Bad match Tor The woody horse on
der. See The wagglsh, independent
soil OF d look the CrItler has, vita
his hat ole SHE aud hands IN his
UIeechsS pockets, contemplating the
beauties Of his fam. You may talk
aUout patience and lortItude, phlloso-
phy and ,hrIslIin resignation, and ALL
that sort OF Thing TIL your tired, but
iii, here he cones. Morning,
Mr.. BIadshaw-how's all home to-
day? .RIght comiort4b c, (mark that
comfort IN sucn placeD | give
thanks-come, light and come ill.,
I'm sorry cant feed your hoss-but
tie TACT Is. tan'l BIN no use 10 try / o
raise No crops lale years, Tor body
don't It, halt paid for their labor
these ilaId times. ! raised 4 nice
bunch ot potatoes last year, and as |
Couldn't get nothing worth while Tor
'em in The fail, | tho't Id keep 'em
till spring. But as frost set in, while
was down town lection time, the
boys drd'n Tx up the old cellar door.
aud this infarnal cold winter lroze 'em
all. It's them what YOU smell now.
and I've just been telling the Old wo-
man that we must turn too and carry
them out of the cellar; fore long,
tney'll make some of us sick like E.
nough--ior there's no telling what
may happen to n body late years.
And If the next legislator don't do
something for US. the Lord knows but
the whole county will srarve, Tor 1t
seems as tho the land nowadays
won't raise nothing. It's actually
run out why, | should think by the
look of things round your neighbor
Horizons, thathis Land produced pref
ty well. Why, yes-and its a mir
Gle too, how he gets it-ior every
body round here said, when he took
up that tract, il was the poorest in
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