Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1845-01-31

| every one on EN- IS made of rayal genu-
me STUFF, and on double triggers with three
hair springs and Iuminalor, creased with
the rayal bars lle.' You see Squar there
amt no use of my saying no.hin' in favor
OF them clocks, neither, but I'll list tell
you kind of nan,icdo.e about 'em: and
| II don't make you smoker RICH. out, l
don't know Cousin Abe Niles once got
situation as clark with one of our embas.
sailors to England, and Abe, ye see. as
always dreadful crlttur arter the gals
81 BE pbqek along one as Of 'bs@ ,ere clocks
when he got thare, he tuck it under his
arm and went up to her house, and Sc. it
right squar down on her branfred new
forty-peanny. Victory was dredful busy
chopin mince>meat for thanksgiving
AFTER awhile she turned round and seed
it. Up she jumped right sqar;-' good
ness gracious Mr.. Miles, said she. wha.
on arlh do you call that Abe he laft
and told her it was wooden clock. DO
tell said she, I've hearn o them ere
clocks before; do set it goin' for graz
cious sake do Well, Abe he wound her
up and away she went, lick tee kick.
lick a tee kick, lick tee kick, and bime
by she struck, when Victory jumped righ.
SOAR up and down and screetcht and lalf.
and hoIler'd. Abe said he was dreadful
Trade she'd 60 in fits, SO he run & cotch't
her round The waist when there come
three servant gals screamen and yell
ling like fire on tow. When they seen
Abe, one OH en- run under the bed. and
the other two jumpt out Of the winder,
and holler'd Away to the ground. AFTER
little, up come two Of the cooks and drug
Abe down in the kitchen, and gin him the
alfredest pounden that ever he got. Abe
said he could lict both on 'em, but he
had his Sunday clothes on and hated the
darndest TO gi, 'em split. Well, ar.er a
while, Victory come TO, and sent for Abe.
and when she heerd how the cooks had
pounded him like blazes, she discharged
both on 'em and gin Abe branire new
goold. watch, and an order for even more
Of them ere clocks for her own private
use. Well. when Abe got hum, he pub
takes the paper and might seen II.
haugh,' said the old chief giving another
nod of the head. Well, l don't know
who, said Ichabod, but rather reckon'd
some on We did, 'Ah haugh, Char ko-
war-ras,' said the old Chief, pointing inn
patiently towards Que Of the clocks
Nov squar, now don't; for goodness gra-
cious sake DON'T said Ichabod, l never
could larn to talk parl WOO in all my born
days. paid ninepence once for aodg,ng
in York State jist to get to sleep with
Frenchman, so as to larn but it warnt no
use. l jist fooled away my money. l
never think of parley WOO, but it alwals
puts me in mind of ant Hepsy Dawson's
DO: You see, sauar. ant Aensv: , when ann'
est gal thare was in Deacon brown w."
oreea,ion. Well, she had regular ge"
nine barley WOO for do a dteaol'l pr
u ua,a chan and he kept comm and goln
,a,D 10 aunt Hepsey's every Sunday n'gn.'
I'LL III, h b;me by, they took dreadful banker.
!lll o..ne a ~ other. and ant Hepsey was
;; s; an the pint Of sayen yes, when one va,
she seen him doun to Deacon , 49, ~
snr;ng. catching frogs and sw9lief' :e ~ ~
, en- alive, fore legs and all. Wen' ~, - -,
, 1 l;dn,, scu,e out Of the back door IKE
r narcb,t nea The next time he come Una.
r w., 70, n,;staken.' Here 1chabod was ih.e'
j. .' ~ nv nv companion, the importer
e .u to had lust arrived on the ground an
g "".ooeeded TO oficia.e as interpre'e. oe
j. ineen The parties. In less than an hou
al ichabod had disposed OF his clec 'I - az ~
l was ready to start for Wea'ie1sneIu ~ =
III wa, his stock, with goodly number
st indian ponies, three Buffalo robes, anu
II 1"J;an war dress, which last article
lie na,nea the highest. for said ne 'whe'l
le sa,'I .'acL 10 Wea,hersfeld. III make
s. e.h;b;,;on on !. at three cents sigh'' a
"a 81 ,,ont make Jack Hudson and his Cal
S van Of ringsailed monkics from So"!'
ed merica feel rather sneaken' u ~, "s' ~,
i,h AZ the hunting season wonid ho' Io ~,
nat uance for two or three weeks conclco
ut. ~ return in company with our nero o.
10. 'oooden clocks, from whom sePara'eo
it's. w. Indian Queen, &C.. in the Town
= . he ln' have since learned that he Is
Of ax,ens;ve mercantile business IN d.
me miue,on, upon capital 1alseu Su ao NV ms..
and The exhibition of his Indian T" d. "''
ans -, .r -,
mi. cors,s's L,ps.-The lips OF pr
If .ons;n saws the Richmond star, are -,
s,er central ground between s's'e' 90, /
." co.. If you sip. j. is NOT oec rue r III;
and nor e. .he orovnd Of Platonic, nor win sae
all u sot, Of hocus,pocos comn,"g,,us o.
ero. ;o,o which each feeling throws lis part :
here the conca,enation is thrilling pee a1;cn
and ing. delicious and s%pSs.ia aca sis CT
you IS as ".a, we can we'll come. All the girl
rous .a"o .a;,ors' cousins.
lief, '"0 w. -.
nod Speak not ofa mans merits oe' us,;oo
Why nor his faults BEHIND MS 1a.n Il.