The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-06
KICKING A YANKEE.

comfortable vfice up the river, has be
taken himself 10 Blngof for tune II,
stecover &, ON ,ho wouud iril'c'ed upoe
hi, feelings by our 'unprincipled lmmo
,ilins sde,inisrallon.
Change Of air must have bad an in'
-.eisnt effect upon his sPirils, Tor, from
g lena, he wtiies.n az amusing lelie',
which, smong other ,hings, tells oi a
desperate qnssel that took place OF.
board of the boat between a real iv'
tourist apd real I've Yankee settler.
T'rhe latter trJd upon The toes OF the
furmer; whereupon the former ihreotent
ed TO kick out o! The cabin the latter.
.Yo1'll kick me oU of this cabiogP
Yes, sir, III kick you out OF this cab
inl'
.You'il kick me, Mr.. Hitchcock, out
Of this cabinG,@
YRS, sir, III kick you Mr.. Hitch
cockp
We'll guess, said the Yankee very
coolly, after being perfectly satisfied
that il was himself that stood III such
imminen, peril Of assault--I guess since
YOU talk ofkicking. you've never heal d
me tell about old Brady and my mare
: there 10 hnnP
No sir, nor~do Ewish-,
.Wal, guess it WON'T set you back
much, any how as kicking's generally
hes, 10 be considered on. You see old
Brady is one Of those sscs,monous.
. ong.faced hypocri'es,who pu, on reli-
gious suit every Sabbath day morning,
/. snd with a good deal OF screwing mao.
age 10 keep |, on until after sermon in
The afternoon; and as ] was Universaf
is', he alters picked me out as a su6jec'
for religious convei sstion land the
/, darued hypocrite would talk about hea'
. ven, hell and The devl-ihe crucihxon
and prayer, withou. ever winklng.
: Wal, ha had an old roam mare thai
would jump over any lourteen-rsil fence
4. in Illinois, and open any door in my
barn that hadn't paddock on il. Tu OF
three times found her in my stable and
/ told Brady abou, il, and he was 'very
sorry would watch her. aud in 3
hull lot OF such things, all said in very
serious manner, with face twice as long
a. old deacon .Fsrisl's on Sacrament
% day. knew all the lime he was lying,
and SO | watched him and bis old roan
ia; snd for three nights reglas, old roam
csme TO my Stable sbou, bed time, and
s h aef aefRaa as RasaSS S wPqa ta sf COX
my old mare down 10 a blacksmith,
shop, and had some shoes made with
-'corks' about four inches long, ard had
EN- nsi'ed on her hind feet. You
= heels, mister, ain't nothing to 'em,
took her home, give her about ten fee
hsller, and tied her in the corner of III,
stable, fed her we'll with oats about nint
o'clock and alter taking good smoke
went 10 bed, knowing that my old mare
was tru,h-,elling animal, and that she',
give good report ofherselfin the morn
ing. hsdn'l got fairly asleep befor,
the old woman hunched me, and want,
ed TO know what on arlh was The mat
ter oul at the sla5le? Says |. go I,
sleep Peggy, i, is nothing but kate
she's kicking of Aies, \ guess! Purity
soon she hunched me again, and say,
she, :Mr. Hitchcock, du get up and Sc,
wha, in The WORLD is The matter will
Kate, Tor she is kicking mos, powerful
ly.' 'Ley sill, Peggy.-Ka,e will TAX,
care OF herself, guess Wal, the mex
mornin about day light, Brady, with a
bride in hand cum to the stable, and a
,.rue as the. book of Genesis, when he
ssw The old roan's sides, starn and heac
he cursed end sworn worse than yo,
did, Ms!eI, when came down on you
toes. Arier breakfast that mprnin
Joe Davis cum 10 my house, and say
lho, 'B,ady's old roam isnearly dead
she's cul aI 10 pieces, and can scarcely
move u want 10 know (ssys y how
on srlh did il happer?' Now Joe D.
wis was member Of the same churcl
with Brady and whilst we were talkin,
up came that eveslastid' hypocrits, an,
Gays hr. Mr.. Hitchcock, my old roar
is Iuineu!' do IeIl,' says l.. She j
.c,a all 10 pieces, says he: do you knos
whether she was 10 your stable, M
Hitchcock, last nighli' Wal, Mise'
,wi,h Ibis. llei oni: do kn0to ill-
(ihe Yunkee, here, in IIusiI alton. mad
sudden advance upon the dandy, ssh
made way for him, unconscious'y as
wsre,) 30 | know il, you no souled
shsd. be llied, SQUASH hesdsd. ole nigh