Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
RAVENNA, OHIO WEDNEs1kT, JANUARY Z, Is

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in Joe's shoes for kwart of beech nuts.
SaHsfrock was all spilled. and her new
colkG all wilted down jist like piece OIL
VIE bladder. Howsoever they wiped
herao@n pretty dry, and Coz. Becky
saiashe didn't think the slider would
stal4, especially if she put her frock
asake as soon as she got home. But
the dandy chap said how it would take
the claler out. He said that slider was
a asshead and that asshead alters took
Elhescuaer cut Of such stuff, if they did
mot have some allkerly to contract it.
CekAGristle> didn't relish it much tc
I;ha3ss us slider called asshead; he sec
ttatyE RtfeRen come out Of a hogshead
eFa gooaelean barreL and he
hif6selt seed to the cleansin' ont. And
as to his allcurlys, he didn't see any
thing more alIcurly than the furres the
dandy chap wore on the sides of his
face, and il he didn't mind his eye he'd
pul! some of his allcur|y out for him.
But the dandy warn't to be put down
so. but went on to explain how that
allkerlys ment sallyratus and pearlash
and such .stuff, and finally persuaded
them to put on what he called polIu-
ton ofsallyratus. Sal said she didn't
think much good ont, for it would be
putin two SAILS together and she didn't
believe they'd agree any how, and as
for pollushun they'd go, enuf of that al
ready. Howsoever they rubbed her
all over with it, wherever the slider
went, and may | be twisted into pig
tail, if in half hour, she didn't look. as
Jim Spooncr said, like a whited sepul.
chre only wusser. Herfiock was sort.
er piukisb, and wherever the po'lushun
went it took out all the cutler only the
slider cutler, and that was just no cutler
at all. CESS she remembered the dan.
dy as long as she did poor Joe Sprig,
who stood into a corner and never sed
boo! all the rest of the evening. Well
arter we had eat and drnked as much
as we could hold the gals turned too
and. cleared off the dishes and then we
began the spree in earnest.
Col. Giles had got black Jake to
come and fiddle, so we laid out for two
sets, one in the fore room and the othe
in the kitchen, and black Jake took hi
place the entry between, so that botl
could Shear. the music, didn't feel much
sirayfr1 1eat iaasssellssa- bat.-.
kinder thort I'd try one or two jiggs, 50
arlsr they'd begunto stand up, 1 walked
up TO a pretty looking sort Of a gal that
nobody seemed to notice, she was so
still and quiet like, and axed her if she'd
.jist favor me withsher hand,' &c., she
said she e5was mucho obliged, she guessed
she shouldn't dance that time May be
you will the next then, says !, thinkin'
to, engage her aforehand, you know
but shescurled UP like a pint of bee,
|jaice, and said something Ididn't hear
when turning my eye, seed haf a duz-
zen bllers lookin' at me eenmost ready
TO sa0rt rite out. Jest then the dandy
chap came strpttin' along with Prudence
andaas they got close. to me, Prudence
says shessn a asorter whisper, jed, some
body pinned the dishcloth on your
|backR Z Flamenationl burI teh mad e.
auf torare rite up in end. Who onairth,
SD I;shas did thisl' and + kicked it of
Esn less than 10 time. II was all wet and
greasy and / felta sorter chokiR sin
satiuh. Jest al though. could have cram.
med ait down s6tnebodv''s neck, grease
lr and nl zAt that mint / seed 4 chap
kin mighty ,knewiin'. and solemn
I'M Hi itIka. III cbn founde tnely wink out Of one
his eys. SOFAS 4 was blin'
E,e sssletthe dlsh clsth drive. one eorneI
81 Sttook HE HE sojIiIam chap across tn,
! En5satb and sslippIiIi offfr thic whole con-
9 Esas 8 wen Slap, II into siis Niger
EfdHlet IL IL saws black ey who do dat
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