Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-07-10


en- where tempting display Of chickens, iur-
kies, and meat Of every kind await them, while
porily pies, cakes, oughnuts,' sauce, honey,
and home made preserves fill up the in,erven-
ing spaces. And now, while they enjoy
ing themselves around the long table, let us
take more deliberate look al them
That hale old man with few gray hairs, at
the head Of the table is our old acquaintance,
Lee-Squire Lee,-now,-so pay him proper
respect. That neat, tidy lady pouring out the
coffee, and doing the honors, is his worthy wife,
and ,ha, beautiful girl, with black eyes, and
long .resses freely hanging down, upon her
round, white shoulders, while she passes the
cups, is her only daughter The lovely Ellen,
who when we last knew her, was only pratt
tIing infant. Those two handsome, manly fel.
lows, are her brothers, William, the eldest: and
James,-,he little Jimmy of seventeen years
ago.
Bu, while We are looking, they have finished
their repas, and are returning 10 The sitting
room.
"Now for the good old game of blind mans
uf,"-hey are all unanimous and are soon in
voved in he "chapler of accidents" such as
way of prelude, then laughter chorus; or,
perhaps some blooming lass. having taken ref
uge in corner, finds herself caught in The out.
stretched arms of the stumbling fellow, in al
tempting TO escape. All is borne in good part,
though the complimentary swains do venture to
object to having her bright eyes concealed be-
meath The bandage.
A. length, lame Jerry, The village fiddler is
ushered into the room, and as he hobbies TO-
wards his elevated seat by The FIRE place, he
good humoredly gives the order 10 form COIL
lion;' regardless, all The tine Of the confusion
into which his command has thrown some Of
the more bashful young men; in obedience
they slide up, with hale arerted face ihumbing
their coats at the expense of their button holes
each TO his appropriate 'fame,' asking her to
become his 'pardner, The mex, dance.
/ Jerry looks down from his seal with COM
placen, smile. as The couple arrange themselves;
then, with my s,erious flourish of The bow, and
few premonliory scrapes, by way Of lncana-
tion, he launches forth upon the undulaling
waves Of a regular dancing melody. All is
mirh and gayetys The dance proceeds; and
some of the rustic beaux forgetting as they
become excited, their former bashfulness, ven.
,ure occasionally to give an extra flourish or
more complicated wing
Thus passed the evening The guests had
done full Justice TO themselves and their enter-
tainers, aud now it was time to depart for their
several homes. This ceremony was al lenLtf
accomplished, after some difficulty in f'.dine
the bonne,s, shawls, and cloaks Of the girls, and
after considerable repidation on The part of the
bashful beaux. |, was at leuglh over, and the
! farm house was again quiet. The company
however had scarcely left, and the reirealng
sounds of Laughter Ginning in with the merry
sleigh bells, had brl jAsl died away, when the
family of Lee were disturbed by cries from
without, Proce ed.ng from James who had jus
/ 'o'u'"oo, o.tek SaildHtiHS uOiho, 'hO HiShooS v
his heayi, VINO lived small distance from The
farm hodse. Running 10 ascertain the cause
! tbey found him leaning against one OF the pill
lais of the rustic stoop, supporting the body o
a Young man, from whose stiff and frozen limbs
r the life seemed 10 have departed. After few
/ hurried inquiries, to which James could onl,
5 reply tina, on his return he had found the sense
less form of The stranger laying across the snow
path al The loo, of The Steps, they carried hin
into The house, where, by applying The usua
f restora,ives, they at length succeeded III bring
, ing the stranger 10 momenlary consciousness
Being TOO much exhausted, however, 10 say
more than merely shank The kind peoPle'wh'
! had rescued him from death, he was removed
E 10 comfortable bed, where he seemed to re
pose.
/ During The whole night Isaac Lee and wii'
, watched by his bedside, for his sleep was lest
! less and siolen, fever heated his brow. thus
e.. ,,,Lon he ureU lis HI nj daW stealing