Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-12-16

THE OLD WOMAN AND HER BANDBox. !
The s.Y ankee Blade" a very enter
tanning paper that we never had the plea
sure of seeing, gives the following account
of a fellow pas senger, in the shape of a
garruIous old woman, that the editor late
ly met within a stage-coach. After de-
scribing the old woman's appearance, and
furnishing some specimens OF her style Ot
conversation, he says:
With these and similar remarks she
continued TO amuse the passengers-now
and then uttering some expression so droll
as to provoke half suppressed burst of
Iaughler-when, suddenly, as we were de-
scending a steep hill, loud, harsh, graf
inc sound was heard in the direction of the
hind wheels, which brought her stream of
talk to a dead halt. Pop went her head
out of the window in a twinkling, and Civ
ing one quick glance at the hind wheel,
"Whoh! whOh! stop! stop, or you'll breaE
all our necks stop! StOp!" she scream
ed at the top of her lungs, while her whole
! frame shook with fright. The driver by a
strong effort, quickly refined in the horses,
|
of the hill, poked down his head and in
duired the cause OF the alarm. "Why,'
soueaked the old lady, in faint agItated
voice as it her faculties were half para
lived with fear, 81 thought TO massy we
should break down, and like enough our
necks broke, as sure as The Lord made
Moses. Somethn' kept httin' 'gainst
that ere wheel, as hard rs all possessed
and il didn't 20 round the leastest grain
in the world" (The driver had stopped
the wheels from turning 10y the brake.),
/ This rnaitar ia saiiSfaa..r4 Iks- a-si'l .insd-
! For some Time after this, the Old lady
was quite silent, being engrossed, appa-
rently, with thoughts of her personal sate-
~, when all at once she began 10 mani
fest great anxiety for the fate of favor
tie bandbox, which the driver had care
lessly thrown among sundry other goods
and chattels on the coach top. "What !
it's broken!" she soIioqulzed-dear me!
, with had carried it in my lap--Lordy,
never could have stood that thump. VIII
ever seed SIGH roads or SIGH stages?
: wish was hum 'long with the old man.
: Don't ketch me tew Bostng agln, yer
soon, that's fat. (.AnotheT jerk OF tn
: stage.) Marcy on me!-my bandbo
VIII be stove to flinders. Here, Mr.. What:
: your-name- Mr.. Driver-jist look at tia
> ere bandbox of mine, and put it in goo
: nlace, don't believe lhere'lI be rag {
= close left. They'll all be split out as sur
as YOU'RE live sinner"
> The driver assured her that he wou
:. keep sharp eye on her property-that
was 'doing we'll so far, marm," &c.-an
. !" the old lady again relapsed into quietnes
We continued riding on, without any r.
marlable incidents, for a mile or tw
e when in passing over a rough part OF tn
u road, we received sudden jerk more Ir
=, mendous than any of lis predecessor
~ which sent all our heads bump against Il
:, coachtop humping the old lady with p
y cu!ar violence Pop went her head az a
= out of the side OF the wlndow-"M
~ -! saw, driver, jist look at that ban
:" box-dew! 1t got smash that time l.
- sartinw Then drawing back her hei
~ into the coach. like turtles's into
)" she'll, and snu;Fiug few times with n
nnse-.G smell liquor. Any o'you (tur
'"' ing to the passengers) got any bran'
., bout you? (No dnsarer.) say, any
:, you got any brandy bout you! Coz,
u YOU hain't, that ere's mine | smell. q
81 81 gracious! nv close'll all be split by II
=; :" pesky bottles breaking all right in amo
" 'em. bro't it all the way from Bosti
~ few. DR.. Carter told me to take 1t; he'
" dreadful clever man, and said ii I'D or
take it as soon as | felt squamIsh,
=, shouldn't be sea-sick. Driver, wish yo'
- list stop minute, and look at that e
81 see if my close amt hurt nor nothIn'
e. No-you needn't TO look in among e
ne neither; only want to knowIi they al
md spi't-that's ALL"