Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-09
81 tsrEIIaMp.
NETTLE BOTTOM BALL.
BY " soLlTA1RE"-[J s. RoBB, ESQ.

swell, it are fact" said Jim Skies,
" that promised to tell you bow cum to
git out in these Platte diggins, and spe-
culate you mout as well have it at onst,
kase it's bin troublin' my conscience anna
zin' to keep it kiver'd up. The AFFAIR." rails
ed jessy in Nettle Bottom, and old Tom
Jones's yeu, when he swore he'd 'chaw
me up,' gives my meat sprinklin' of ager
whenever think on it.
"You see thar war a small town in Il
liniSe, that some spectators started near
Nettle Bottom, cos thur wur sponta neous
salt lick in the diggins, and no sooner Did
they git it agoin' and build some stores
and groceries thar, than they wagon'd on
from Cincinnati and other up stream villa
ges, pGcel of fellers to attend the shops,
that looked as nice, all'ays, as if they wur
goin' to meetin' or on courtin' frolic
and salt their peters, they wur etaraaf'yr
pokiE' Up their noses at US boys of the
Rttom. Well, they got up ball in the
'Illage, Jest to interduce themselves 10
he gals round the neighborhood, and in
Vited. a few on us TO make contrary picter
to themselves, and so shine us out of site
by comparison. After that ball, thar
wasn't any thIn' talked on among the gals
but what nice fellers the clerks in Equall-
ty wur, and how nice and slick they wore
their hGr, and their shiny boots, and the
way they stirrup'd down their trousers.
You couldn't go to see one on 'em that
she wouldn't stick one of these fellers at
you, and keep talkin' how slick they
looked. II got to be perfect pizen to hear
Of, or see the critters, and the boys got
together at last to see what was to be done
the thing had grown perfectly alarmln'.
At last meeting was agreed on, down to
old Jake Bent's.
"On next Sunday night, instead Of Ia
kim the gals TO meetin' whar they could
see these felleFs, we left 'em at home,
and met at Jakes, and Pm of opinion thar
was some congregated wrath thar-whew!
wasn't they?
"H-ll and scissorsr says Mike Jelt,
let's 60 down and cklthe whole town, rite
DtrGite
"Nov hollered Dick Butts, lets katch
hese slick badgers comm out of meetin',
Ind tear the hide and feathers of on 'ems
"Why DIN 'em, what dye think, boys
busted in old Jake, 81 swar il they ain,
earnt our gals to wear StGrR cushions
Only this mornin' / caught my darter Sal
y tyin' it round her. She tho't | was
sleep, but ! seed her, and made the jade
epudiate it. and no mistake-q9icker!!'
"The boys took drink on the OCCASION
md Equality town was slumberin', for a
hort spell, over contiguous yearthquake.
1t last one of the boys proposed before
PC attacked the town, that we should gel
p ball in the Bottom, and Jest outshine
be town chaps, all TO death, before we
wallowed 'em. 1t was hard to gin in to
bis proposition, but the boys come TO il
last, and every Teller started to put the
arr agoin'.
81 bad bin long spell hankerin' artel
Tom jones' darter, on the branch be-
the bottom, and she srGs a critteI
% for weak eyes-maybe she hadn't a
9r of her own-well, if they warnt q
zee Of movin' lighthouses. ! wouldn'i
H-there was no calculatin' the extern
nandsomeness Of the family that ga
no bring up around her, with felleI
me to look arter 'em. Talk about
ceiuness, did you ever see maple
'" uiCVln' with south wind? il warm
ErooKeo stick to compar' to her; Blu. bel
Gao was 0agful He could Jest licl
y'hin that said boo, in them diqgins
'.swaF Satan, and was cross a. ! she-bo,
ith cubs. lie had little hankerin' n
vor OF the fellers in town, too. for thev
him presents Of powder 70 hunt with
I'd he was precious fond Of usins 81.
ootin' iron. | determined, anyhow. Il
bis dafter, Betsey, to be my partner ! J,
Nettle Bottom Ball.
Well, my sister, Marth, made me >
20 new pair Of buckskin trowsers to %
and rile my pictur eff che didn't pur