Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-09
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NETTLE BOTTOM BALL.


well, it are fact" said Jim Skies,
q that promised 10 tell you how cum to
pit out in these Platte diggins, and spe-
cula.e you mout as well have il at onsi,
kase it's bin iroublin' my conscience anna
zn' 10 keep il kiver'd up. The AFFAIR." rails
ed iessy in Nettle Bottom, and old Tom
Jones's yell, when he swore he'd chaw
me up gives my meat sprinklin' of ager
whenever think on it.
"You see thar war small town in H.
linise, that some spectators started near
Nettle Bottom, cos thur wur spontaneous
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, pdcel of fellers to attend the shops,
that looked as nice, all'ays, as if they wur
goin' 10 meetin' or on courtin frolic
and salt their peters, they wur etarnally
pokin' up their noses at us boys Of the
Bottom. Well, they got up ball in the
village, Jest 10 interduce themselves 10
the gals round the neighborhood, and in
yitedy "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 felers the clerks in Equali-
~ wur, and how nice and slick they wore
their hdr, and their shiny boots, and the
way they stirrup'd down their trowsers.
You couldn't 60 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 10 be done
1.-The thing had grown perfectly alarmin'.
AT last meeting was agreed on, down to
old Jake Bent's.
On next Sunday night, instead Of ia
kim the gals 70 meelin' whar they could
SEQ these fellers, we lsR 'em at home,
and met al Jakes, and I'm Of opinion thar
was some congregated wrath thar--whew!
wasn't they2
"sH-ll and scissors!' says Mike Jelt,
lets 60 down and llckIthe whole town. RE
straitn
" NorhoIlered Dick Butts, lets katch
these slick badgers comm out ofmeetin',
4 and tear the hide and feathers of on 'em'
asWhy DIN 'em. what dye think, boys
busted in old Jake, 4 ! swar il they aint
learnt our gals to wear starn cushions!
Only this mornin' 4 caught my darter Sal
y tyin' il round her, She tho't | was
asleep, but ! seed her, and made The jade
repudiate IL and NO mistake -quickern
"1he boys took drink on he occasion,
and Equality town was slumberin', for a
short spell, over contiguous yearthquake.
Atlast one Of the boys proposed before
we attacked the town, that we should get
up a ball in the Bottom, and Jest outshine
the town chaps, all to death, before we
swallowed Inn, II was hard to gin in to
this proposition, but the boys come to il
A. last, and every feIler started 70 put the
afarr agoin'.
"lhad bin long spell hankerin' arter
old Tom Jones' darter, on the branch be-
low the bottom, md she irds a critter
good for weak eyes maybe she hadn't a
pair Of her own--well, il they warnt 4
brace Of movin' lighthouses, ! wouldn't
say it--ihere was no calcuaiin' the extent
Or handsomeness Of the family that gal
could bring up around her, with felIer
IKE me 10 look artcr 'em. Talk about
gnceiulness, did you ever see maple
saplln movin' with so,'th wind il war'ni
acrooked stick 10 compar' 10 her; bul her
old dad was agfaI He could jest lick
anyIhin' that said boz, in them diggins.
oui.svar Satan, and was crolA a. she'd
with cubs. He had little hankerin' in
nvor Of the feIlers in town, too, for they
gn him presents q powder 10 hunt with,
and he was precious fond q usin' Bis
snootin' iron. | determined, any how, 10
ssk his darIer, Betsey, 10 Be lhY partner q,
we Neiile Bottom Ball.
Well, my sisier, Msrth, made ire 4
o'an new pair Of buckskin iroBsers ID 90
~ ana rue my pgctur IF she didn't puI
IN.