Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-14
Row Tom snoop's WIZ. oome IL ever him.

How Tom snoop's wife oome u ever h'sn.
! never undertook but once. said Tom to ses
at naught the authority of my wife. You know
her way-cool quiet, but determined ne ever
grew. Just after we were married. audsll was
nice and cosy. she got me into the hsbi, Of do
ing oil the churning. She never asked me to
do IL. you know, but then she-why, it was done
In just this way. She finished breakfast rather
before me one morning. and slipping away from
the table. she filled the churn with cream and
sat it just where l couldn't help seeing what
she wanted. Sol took ho!d regular enough,
and churned till the. butter come. She didn't
thunk me bu. looked so nice and sweet about
Il that felt well paid.-Well. when the next
churning day came along, she did the sane
| thing. and followed suit and fetched the but
ter. Agaia and sgain it was done just 80, and
! was regularly in for it, every time. Not, .
word said you know, of course. Well, by and
BY. this began 10 be rather irksome. I wanted
she should ask me, but she never did, and
couldn't say anything about it to save my life.
So on we,went At lastf made q resolve that
I wouldn't churn another time unless she asked
me. Churning day came, and when my break
ast--she always got nice breakfasts-when
that WINS swallowed. there stood the churn.i
got up, and standing fo- few minutes. Just to
give her a chance, put on my hat and palked
out doors! | stopped in the yard. to give her
| time to call me, but never word said she, and
so with palpita,ing heart moved on. fwent
down town, and all over town, and my foot was
ne restless as was that Of Noah's dove. felt
as ii done wrong--I didn't exactly feel how
but there was an indescribabe sensation OF
guilt resting on me all the forenoon. seemed
as If dinner time never would come. and-as for
| going home one minute before dinner, would
! as soon have cut my ears off, So I went fret
ting moping round town till dinner hour came.
Home went, feeling very much as a criminal
must, when the jury is out haviug in their hand
his destny--life or death. I couldn't make up
/ my mind exactly how she :oould meet me-but
some kind Of storm expected. Will you be-
lieve it-she never greeted me with asweeter
smile -never had a better dinner for me than
on that day ; but there stood the churn just
where I left it.. Not q word was said felt
con oundedly cut and every mouthful Of that
dinner seemed as if it would choke me. She
didn't pay any regard to il, however. but went
on Just exactly fnoihing had happened. Be-
fore dinner was over. had sgain resolved, and
showing back my chair marched to the churn
and went at il, JUS, in the old way! Splash, drip
| I Ac In tho hutt tpr
never was so long coming! suppose the
, cream standing so long. had got warm. and go
redoubled my efforts. Obstinate matter-the
/, afternoon wore away while was churning
/, paused nt last from real exhaustion, when she
. spoke for the first time.-'Come Tom, my dea
. you have ratified that butter milk quite lonl
enough if its only for fun you e doing IL!
:, knuw how il was in fash. She bad broogh
the butter in the forenoon and left the churi
standing with the buttsrmilk in. for me to exef
s ciso with! Inever sa! up for myself in house
/. hold matters after that
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n PvMHy.-The following buriesque proc'a
If nation is published in the New Orleans Del,s
,, Il purports TO emanaie from Gen. Kesrney, i'm
= mediately after taking possession OF California
Yelioo skins. greasers, or ,ohdterer you cd
d sourselres.-M Mexicans you have ceased to b
e. from the momehtI entered Santa Fe-no'
|! hearken to my words. have taken possession
ID Of the whole Of New Mexico. At half past !
'e o'clock to-day the whole of your Departmer
re had the honor TO become portion of the g'or
I'd Gus Union which fights under the stars an
I'd stripes. You are now citizens of the Unite
III States. and must behave yourselves accordin;
h, ly You must lay inside your wide trowseI
nd and sew up the seams aud cut OH the bell bu