Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-03-22

AS was saying, ten years ago, Judge Dou. |
glass, of Illinois. was beardess youth of TWEEN.
~ years of age, freshly come amongst the peo.
pie of the Sucker State" with an air about
him suspiciously redolent of Yankeeanj. A
mere youthful adventurer amongst the "quare'
Suckers--one would deem the position EN-.
barrassug. Not so with the Judge; he had
come on business. a political fortune was to
be made. and no time lost lie was about
launching on the sea of popular favor and he
commenced general coast survey the day he
arrived He soon made himself District At
,orney. member of the Legislature, Register of
the U. S. Land Office, Secretary of State, and
Judge of,he Supreme Court.
"lIow do you adapt yourself" said ], Judge,
to the people ! How did you naturalize your
SELF as it were !"
ooh, nothing easier: you see like it. It's
democratic. But it did come awkward at first
You know lam, or father was, bashful to ra-
,hcr painful degree. Well, now niue-tenths
of my constituents despise luxures, and have
no such thing as second room in their hou.
SOS. IN beating up for votes, live with my
constituents, eat with my constituents, drink
with them, pray with them, laugh hunt, dance
and fried aeon, and sleep too in bed with
them. Among my first aCquaintances were
the is, down under the Bluffs Fine fe.
lows the T.--s,-by the way, am sure of
five votes there. Well, you perceive, had
to live there. But, sir, | was frightened the
frs, night slept there own it yes, sir,
acknowledge the corn. An ice bath in August
is something; but was done to an ccle !; had
periodical chlls for ten days. Did YOU ever
see Venus in lnsey woolsey ~ NO"
"1'hcn you shall see Serena LIS. They
call her the White Flower seven,een--plump
as pigeon and smooth persimmon. How
the devil. said ! to myself, soliloquIzing, the
first night slept there, am to go 10 bed be-
fore this Young lady do believe my hear,
was tobsyturvicd for the idea Of pulling Of my
boots before the girl. was death. And as to
doffing my other fixtures, I would sooner have
my leg taken of with wood saw. The crisis
| the family had been hours in bed. Miss Serena
alone remained. Bright as the sun the merry
mink talked on. II was now portentiously oh
vious to me at last that she had determined to
out.st me. BY repeated spasmodic efforts nv
coat. waiscoat. cravdt. boots and socks were
brought off During the process my beautiful
neiehbor talked to me with nnaverted eyes
with that peculiar kind Of placidtv employed
| by painters TO emhody their idea Of the virgin.
| | dumped myself down in chair, in n cold
prcspra,ion. A distressing thought occurred &c
me. Does not the damsel stand on point o'
! local etiquette. Ii may be the fashion OF these
people to see strangers in bed before retiring
themselves! Nav | not have kept those beau
'ul eyes open, from ignorance of what thesr
people deem good breeding Neither the Ia
dy's eyes or tongue had indeed betrayed fatigue
Those large jet eyes seemed TO dllate and grow
brighter as the blaze of the wood fire died a
ways but doubtless this was from kind consi
drratlon for the strange wakeiulness os hel
guest. The thing was clear determined
to retire, and without delay. arose with firm
ness, unloosed.my suspenders, and in voice no
altogether steady said
"Miss Serena, think will retire"
"Cer,nlnly, sir" she quietly observed, "yo,
viii lodge there, siri" incIniug her beautlfu
head towards bed standing few yards from
where she was sitting. proceeded to uncase
entrcnching myself behind chair the Will,
iundiy imagining the position offered some st
cnrity. It is simply plain to a man in his senses
that a chair OF the fashion OF one had thrown
between myself aud "thc enemy" as military
man would say offered almost no security a
all. No more in tact than standing up behinC
ledder-ncthlrg 30 the way of the artillery o.
bright eyes, a. poet would say sweeping one
down by platoons. Then had a dead oPer
space nj ten iert between me aud the bed
sort uf Bridge OF Lodi passage which | wa,
forced to make, exposed to cruel raklug fr,
fore ard aft Although say it, who should no
say II, an emergency never arose tor which
had not a resource. had one for this Til,
plan was the work of moment, de"
"Ah, see you stormed the battery an,
."
"Bah don't interrupt me. No, detctmin
ed by bold ruse de guerre, TO throw her at
tention out of the window, clear the perilou
passage, and tnrtity myself under the counter
pane before she recovered her surprise. Tn
plan failed. You see am small man, ply
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