Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-19
From the 81. Louis Rersilie.
NETTLE BOTTOM BALL.


VIZ. FRANCIS SrcER, U. S. Nary.
From the 81. Louis Repsille.
NETTLE BOTTOM BALL.
BY "soLIrAIRr"
.Wel Il are n fact boys" said Jim Skies, shat
promised to tell you how cum to git in these Platte
,l,rp,t and speculate yon mout well have IL a.
kase rs troubn' my conscience amazin 10 keep IL
kivcrd ap The AFFAIR." raised Jessy Noite Bottom and
old Sam Stokes yel where he swar heo 'ehaw me up,
gives my meat slight sprnlin OF agcr whenever think
on it,
"You see, thar wur small called Equality in
Iniss that spectators started near Neue Boou
COS thar wur q spontnneos salt lick in the dggns and
sooner did they get il agoin and build and
groceries thar, than they wagon'd from Cincinnati and
other upstream villages, pacel OF teeFs 10 attend the
shops that looked NICE aays, they wur goin 10
meeun' a courn olic and, salt their picters they
wur atarnay pokin up their at boys OF the Bot
Well, they got up ball IN the village, Jest TO in
srduce themselves the gals round the neghb hood and
invited few make contrary pcte to themselves,
and shine of site by comparison. Arer that ball
thur want any thin talked among the gals but what
felle the clerks Equality ana how nice and
slick they wore their ha aud their shiny boots, and the
way they stirruppd down their You couldn't
20 10 see one that che wouldn't stick OF these
feen at you and keep takin how slick they looked
Il got to be parfeci pizzen hear Of the critters
and the boys got together last what he
donethe thing had grown parfecIy aarmn.' At last
meetin' sgreed on, down TO old Jake Bents'
.-'On Sunday night instead OF iakiu' tho gals TO
meetin whar they could these elers, left 'em
home and Jakes, and am Of the opinion thur
some congregaed wrath thar-whew want theyi
..Razors and scissors. says Mike Je lets go down
and lick the town, rite strait"
"'Nsr holIered Dick Bats. fet's kitch these slick
badgers comm OF mcetn and the hide and eah
off on 'em"
"'why, d-n en-, wha, dye think, boys busted in old
Jake, ii they amt lsrnt gals cush
ions; only this caught my darer Sally putin one
and yin it round her. She tho'i asleep, but
seed her, and made the jade repudiaie IL, and no mis-
iske-quicker!"
..The boys took drink the occasion, aEd Equality
town slumberin, for short spell. 4 contiguous
yesrhquake Al last Of the boys proposed before
attacked the town. that should get up bail in the BIT
to and Jest shine the chaps, all DEATH afore
swallowed 'em. Ii was hard gin in this PROPOSE
last-anh feller started
darter, ON the branch below the Bottom, and she
crer good for weak eyes-maybe she hadn't PAIR of her
own-wel IL they wsrn' brace Of movn' light houses,
wouldn't say it-,here cslculstin the
handsomeness Of the family that could bring around
her, with Teller like me look AFTER eIn. Talk about
gaccfulDess, did maple snplin' moYn' with
south wind lit warn't 4 crooked stick compar'
her, but her old dad awful. He could Jest lick any
Thin that said boo. in them dggns, saan and
was cross as she bar, with cubs. He had little banker
in in favor OF the fee in town. they gin him pre-
sents Of powder 10 hunt with, and he precious fond
usin' his shootin iron. dearmn'd anyhow, to ask his
darter Betsy, 90 be my partner the Nele Bottom Ball.
"Wel. my sister. Martb, made me bran pair Of
onckskn uowsers 10 go in and rle my piciur eli she
didn't put stirrups to ZEN keep 'em down. She said
straps wur the fashion and should em. Jest felt
with 'em on as ef had somethin pressn' down
al my joints wur sot III bit together but Marh insisted
and knew j could dance 'em OIL 80 | gin in and
started of to the branch for Betsy Jones.
"Wben amy, the old ellar sitiin smokn' nricr
ms supper and the younger Jones sitin round the
liable takin' theirs. whaPpn' big pan Of mush stood
ME In the centre, and large pan Of milk beside IT, with
jop OF corn bread and butter Betsy helpn' the
youngsters while old Mrs Jones by cdmirin the fam-
y collection. Oh Tom took hard me, and kind
ashook, but the straps stood it, and recovered myself and
gin him good he and near the door and
ready TO break ii he show'd fight
"'What the thunder you doin in disgiss' says the
old Abe swoSe dreadullyare you comm down here
TO steal z"
81 red up that. siysI. 'cf wur comm fur sieh
purpose you'd be the las I'D hunt up steal of on
" u our right says lie, I'D make hole TO light your
innsrds, ct you did, And the old savage chuckied.
meant becauc he had noin worth stealr but his da-
ter, but he tho' twas cos was ufesrd on him.
well, purity soon geiherd Up and told him what
cum down fur, and invited him up and take a drink
and see that oil went rite. Bclsey in an awful
way fur fear he wonldnd The old conan here
spoke an favor Of the move, and old Tom thought Of the
Ticker and gin IN 10 the OF bounced Betsy up
ladder into the second story, and OF the small gals
with her, TO help the fixtures sot down in cheer,
AID fell iskin at the old oman While chattn
away nice relations could hear Betsy maxim things
stand round above The floor only loose boards XIV
cred over wds ISco sHd every step made shake and
rattle like small hurricane Old Tom smoked away and
the young a, the table would hold spoonful Of mush
20 thur mouths and look my saps and then look Of
each other and Singer, I'LL a. last the old seed em.
josey-'
"Jest at that moment. sometiin' gin wsy above, and
may die, 81 Betsy, without any thin yearh hor
but one OF these stsrn eashions didn't drop rite through
the hoor and 90; berse cushion and ell cochuuk fat int,
the pan ef mush jet iO'i fur second that heaven
and yeefth had kissed oic other aud squeezed tie be-
tween EN- Betsy squtaod like 'srspc pipe,-a spot Of
the nush had spaueTed the old mau's face and burnt
him end he twOfo dftsdiul / snatehed % the pan Of
Jnilk aud dashed 1t Betsy 10 cool her o-t,e old
oman knocked me sprswln fur doing IT, aud away went
my strap The young ones Jet scream, a. il the in
tnfnai pit had broke Ooic and I'D jest gin hall Of my hide
70 have bin Of the old mans reach lie did reach fy
me- but lent him one with ny hslovs, on tho smcllr
th.i spread him, sad, may DO didn't leave student I
alsDt see the branch, but souscd through IT, heed
ION Jones swnr he'd 'chaw up ef inch big Of me
~as found On them digrins IN the mornin.'
II didn't know for spell whar was rdnnin bnt hs Al,
lng nothin' behind me | Stacked up, and lest con
adefea whether % best 90 home and gi nv strnus
sush' and leave or 60 the bail. Boin a. was
IIssssef, MOT I'd 20 have peer through tbs win.
GOV 70 see 81 cone uP 10 my expectations While was
,oe.in' atthe boys gon' 'em sped mo- and ,bev
hsaeo ms ~, stood afofe the FIRE 20 dry and All bs,5
go round. ins'n' on KNOWN the matter 90. and ,es
I'M all my days. '"' '''' ''"
jest then my irowses gin to feel the ERE and shrink nm
seoef ~ inca mint add the boys and gaia Ia, a ~, -,
suong lahin 81 my scfape aud TIC pickle WI, in ,t,
~ 70 sIney' when ~ AZ onst seed Of heso alex
As oudsst. '''" WIS ul"h
.ois Jones said he'd ehaw you up did her ssys In. ,oy
ssilsr. wei. he slfayskotp ~ his word" ~"
That mint billed over. grabbed his slick her. and
msr - da'nt gis him scissofsl Jest o. was m,kn,
BIN shaved specimen, some teller Lollot'd outd,y,,
iet oid Jones N VIII that nne?T didn't hear any me
An ihai boom-hghnin' eould'ni got near enough 40
sngs my coat tail Jumped uEough that vindow as ca
~ - bar I'D 60 through brake and euss me N
eeolduf hear the grit Of old Jones' teeth and su,o
~ ki'sed powder. unuI ] crossed old Mississippi.
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