The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-03-08
+ 'Alisier, Mister, who made your briches!
Daddy cut Them out, aud nanny sowed the
stitches
Ever you're,
pErER MILESTONE.
JUDGE DOUGLASS IN ILLINOIS.

Mirror. in giving some sketches of Judge Doug
lass, Of Illinois, puts the following story in his
mouth. Referring to his early career in the
Stacker STATE, The question was asked:
How do you adap. yourself to The peop'e'
How did you naturalist yourself IS it were!
ooh, nothing easier; you see like it. It's
\ Democratic. But il did Gene awkward at first
Ynn know ! am, or rather was, bashlul to
ra,bera painful degree. Well, now, nine-tenihs
of my constituents desplse Injuries, and have no
such thing as second room in their houses In
beating Up for votes, live with my constituents,
cat with my constituents, drink with them,
lodge with them; pray with them, laugh, hunt,
dance, and work with them; | eat their corn
dodgers and fried bacon, and sIeep two in bed
with them smong my first acquainlances were
The LIS. down under the bItff,. Fine fell ws
The LIS; by the way, am sure OF FIVE votes
there. But, sir, was frightened The fist night
slept there. own il; yes sir, / acknowledge
the corn. An ice bath in August is soneihing;
bu was done 10 an ccle; had periodical chils
iorten days. Did you ever see Venus in Iinsey
woolsej!'' IN y
"'Thcn you shall see Serena lis. They
Ecal her the sswhfe plover;" sevente n, plump as
a pigeon, and smooth as persimmon How
E,be devil, said to myself, soliltqusing the first
night step, there, am TO go 10 bed before this
young lady! do believe my heart was topsy
turvlod, for The idea OF pulling oifmy boots be-
fore the girl, was death. And as to dcfii1g my
other futures would sooner have had my Il g
taken tf'wiih a wood saw The crisis was ire.
lmendons. II was nearly midnight, ard the fam
lily had been hours in bed. 1fss Serena alone
+. NAMED. Bright as the sun, the merry mink
talked on. II was porteatously obvious to me
at last that she had determined 10. out. sit me.
BY repeated spasmodc ffrta, my G al, waist
coat, crava, boot and socks were brought IT,
During The process, my beautiful neighbor talk
ed to me8wiih unaveried eyes, and with that
peculiar kind ofplacidity employed by painters
to embody their idea of the virgin, dumped MY
self down in ch iraIn a cold perspiraiion. A
distressing thought occurred TO me. Docs not
the dansel stand on point oflocal etiquette!
I maybe the fashion ofihese people 10 see peo
pla hi bed before re .irng ihemselveee--Mav |
NOT 1fHtU kept JnusT beauufut eyes open, 1ruur
ignorance Of what these people deem good
breeding! Neither the ady's eyes nor ,oague
had indeed betrayed fatigue Those la &C JET eyes
seemed to dilate and grow brighter as the blaze
of. the wood fire died away; but doubtless this
was from kind consideration for the strange
wakefulness of her guest. The thing was clear.
] determined TO retire, and without delay /
arose with firmness, unloosed my snspenders,
and, IN voice not altogether steady, said:
siNss Serena, think will retire.
"Ccrta'nly, sir" she quietly observed, "yon
willctge there, sir" inc'ining her beautiful head
towards bed standing few yards from where
she was sitting. proceeded1o uncase, en-
ltrenchirg myself behind char; the While fond
ilv imagining the position fl red come security.
II is simply plain TO man in his senses that
chair OF the fashion of the one had thrown be
tween myself and SHE enemy as military
man would say, offered almost no security al all.
i No more, in fact, than standing up behind lad
det; nothing in the way The artillery Of bright
eyes, as poet would say, sweeping one down.
.lby platoons. Then had dad open space Of
item feet between me and the bed; "a sort Of
bridge Of Lodi passage which was forced to
make, exposed % a cruel rasng fire fore and
\ aft. Although say it, who should rot say 1t,
an emergency never arose for which had not
a resource. had one inr this-TAe plan was
the work of a moment; de-
"At! sec; you stormed the battery and
s."
"Bal! don't interrupt me. Mo- determined
by bold ruse de guerre, to throw her attention
out OF the window, clear the perous passage,
ifortify myself under the couaterpane before she
recovered her surprise. The plan failed. YOU
Fsee | am small man, physically speaking.
Body, limbs, and head, setting up business
on one hundred and seven and a half pounds,
! al told, of flesh, blood, and bones, cannot nd-
! vidually or collectively, set up any very high
Ipreiensons. believe the young lady must
have been settling in her mind some pholoso-
Lphical point on that tead. Perhaps, her
lsense Of justice wished TO assure i'sef
,lof perfectly fair distribution tf the resrec-
live motive. Perhaps, she did rot feel easy
luntiI she knew that kind Providence had not
4 added to general poverty individual wrong.
j Certain it was, she seemed rather pleased with
her specuIatons; for, when arose from a soo
3ping posture finally, wholly disencumbered of
IcIofh, noticed mischevous shadows playing
about the corners Of her mouth. II was the
i moment had determinedkto direct her eyes TO
some astonishing circumstance out of the win
dow. But the yourg lady Up Ike az The critical
moment.
.Mr. Douglass" she observed, ssyou have got
l a mighty small chance Of legs there
Men seldom have any notion If their own
|powers. l never made any presenrions TO skill
ii ground and lofty tumbling; but it is sirickIy
ltrue, cleared atone bound the open space,
lplan'ed myselfon thecen ofihe bed, and was
buried in The blankets in atwinkling.
Il congratulate you my boy said |. posing
acube Of the crimson core ofthe melon on the
point Of my knife; "a lucky escape truly. But
was the young lady modest"