The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-01-31

think over whatit could mean, and i
nobody hadtold me what the definition
was in Latin school which YOU semi M
to there in Waathersfeld. Verminsii
ly, vermn,illy. verminsilIy kept run
nm through my head all the time.
knew what silly meant well enough
and then it popped into my head all u
once that rermis comes from the Latil
rermis, which means worms. Worn
soup! my gracious the very idea made
me feel awful bad at the stomach
But Knight have known it by the looks
and | should ifl'd ever hearn of si:h
Thing, for the little SLIM critters SWIM
ming around in the liquor Iookel a>
much like angle worms biei down
wife as could be. Arter | founi on
what it was made OF, rather CUES
they didn't catch me eaten any m IRE
Of their verminsilly soup; so pushed
it halt across the table and wiped my
month pretty considerably with my
pocket handkerchief The Niger took
the whole ont away, and | declare
| was glad enough 10 get rid OF it.
What on airlh have they put this
towel here lor?' sez | to myself; and
then ! stole SLY look over to my cou-
sin John, to see if he'd got one, or if
they only gave towels to company
Cousin John had one jest like mine, tut
he spread it out on his l"p, so | Jest
took up one and kivered over my cassi-
meres with it tn.
Considering there was no onions on
the table; name out putty fair din
ner. was beginning To think about
moving when the n.gger bronght Il lot
of blue glass bow Is about half full ut
water,an sot one down bv each OF
us. What they couII be for hadn't
the least notion, but kept a bri ii,
look out to see what cousin John did,.
and wheu ! saw him dip his fingers
into the bowl and " pc with Il towel
brought along with the bowls, jest
went over the maneuvre is natural as
natural as life.
Wal, while we were talking about
the banks, ana the Weathers folks
dying so, that coot ofa nIgger cleared
the table right otf'as slick us Il whistle
ana atore hardly knew what tie tel-
low was up to, he come along and Sc,
down a set of decanters, and two ci-
der bottles with the necks all kivered
over with sheet lead, and then he
brought baskets made uul OF silver; one
on 'ern WIS filled chuck full OF oranges.
and t'olher was filed with great purple
grlpes; declare it etnmoSl made mv
mouth water to see the great bunrhe>
nanging over the edge of the basket.
Id Jest put Il whopper ofa bunch on Il
little China plate Which the fellow sci
for me. and was considering whether it
would be genteeI to cut the grapes III
two with the cunning little silver knife
which WAS pat by he plate. when all
at once, pop! went something, eenmosl
as loud us a Pisto close by me. / jump
ed up about the quickest, lean ,eIi YOU.
but it was only the niger opening
one Of the cider bottles; he poured "ul
some for me in great long g SIS with
spindle neck ,ani 4 drunk it all at IL
couple OF swalers, wituou' stoppin. To-
breathe. By jingo! but it was c,pltnI
tlder; arter had drunk me glass
/ begun to feel as spry as crick-
et.
"llere, SNOWFALL sez |, "give us IN.
other; these glasses are awful small;
nuW like to diink cider out Of pint
mug"
"Tuke care" says cousin Beebe.
'.l'm ateard you'll find tie cider as
YOU call it, rather apt to get into your
head
"Not bit of it, sez !, II can stand
a quart Il day. Here, cousin Mary.
take another glass; you haint forgot
old times. have you?-tllough hey don't
have appIecuts and cuttings here in
York do they?
don't remember what she SAID, but
know thiS. my eyes begun TO grow
all fired bright, and atire got up 10 20
hum that niger must have put more
than twenty baskets of grapes on the
table; and the oranges seemed to grow
bigger and bigger every mint, and |
know there were more than three times
as many glasses and deconlers on the
i.,lIa &c tbora ,yarn ut finer 1 r.t thar
think it was about tea time when ! got
u F., to go back to the sh ,p again. I'M
sisted on giving cousin Mary il buS>
atore I went; and wont be sarlain.
but kinder seemed TO remember slia-
kin hands with the niger, consarn
him! jest atore ! went down the
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