Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-03-17

sum was corin, md sum was siringin', and they
was all ,orkn and latliin lick all natur. Abou,
a hat dozen fccrs was down bench in
one corner, with baskets rite-a fore them and if
the 9airins didn't fly off in what folks call tan
gint. then ! never seed one.
Then tbnre abou. many gals and
folicrs cu,iin OF the butts mud tips and parcel
moro was cuitin out tho cores, while n aimigh-
tv 10. wus sringin' as if for life aud no iatcrs.
| hunted around uIl found needle. bu. as
cittin place to stand at tho table, tia. was
another sort Of affair." and artcr tryiu all around
| concluded 10 civ il up and 60 20 CORN.
| Bat while had been irwin 10 git place at the
long table, Jim Spooner had insnuatcd himself
in,u the only vacan, place there, SO had 10 70
10 cu.tIn' dew not h NJ. 4 ne W h q I
m d II worser than n ii tho res:.
had 70 stand along side Of II city G. a W k i n s;
she tho most humbis: gal in parts;
her eyes and disposition was putty much a like
they both as a saw boss. llur
mouth pat on all Of scrow. and her nose
so big that Mike Lonely sed 1T TUX tn han
korchors ter blow it, | didn't feel very good
natured myself, for thing my toes was
50 soro, and cuz for another thing | didn't tako
much Of shine tn IIctty. Howsumcvor, we 90:
along pretty we'll consldorin', Gus you see cud
tork across the table, and if my tose hadn't KEEP
mo trcdin up jest like gandcr in cold NOR
min, fus, on ono and then the other shnd felt
tolerabio commended. | was orful glad when they
sed supper. We'd got the apples oil paired and
strung, and piled up in the clothes press-and
master hoop there was Of them tn, and then
went TO clcarin' up and shuvelcd the pairn's and
cores up intu tho she'd Then the gals set tn and
swcp. all tho skatcrins in,u corner. and i,
had Just begun to sound like Babel broke loose.
when Col. Grisllo says suppor's reddy.' JENNY.
how quick they all s:opt Pretty soon however
they begun IL paro of toards tho kitchen and
seed dandy sort ola feilor from tho village
shinin' up III Prudence Parr much rs III shy
with your leave Miss. III wait on YOU. Thinks
now never, SO stepped up putty quick, and
stickin foot TO mako bow, | struck i:
full force agin OF tho bench-legs.
.Durnation! sed |; and didn't | dubble out a.
bou. tho quickest! The gals all Uttered, and
some Of the feltcrs laffcd rite out.
Bat when Id got strato agin & wiped the tcrsc
on. Of my eyes. Prudence had gone off with tho
dandy. and | felt considerably wamblecropt, |
did iddccj. so | did. and | didn't try onnv
moro en-, but limped intd the ki.chn and
dobcd into the catbcs. The supper wen. off put
~ fair. Tho folIcrs helped the gals in applcsas
and doruts, and ginger tea, and pics. and lots of
now cider. and if had not go. my tose trod on
every li,o while, | shod tux raIo comfort. At
tor while they went tn drinkin toasts, and kiss
in glasses and crossin ,umbcrs. &c. and
hnvin' fust rate spell of weather, when Joe
Spraig stops to Sally Savage.
with YOUR leave Miss Sally, I should Iko TO
take cross. handed drinl. of slider with YOU
Oh I'm rs 'grccablo as a chip basket SCI Sally
so .hov filled up. and standin' kinder facn' with
their lunlblcrs in their rto hands. they locked
thoir rito arms ard begun swacr. But
joe got his abou. halt down. sum Internal scamp
cum along behind him and pricked him cnamost
10 the bonci ! was standin rather fore lin and
rather side on him and seed him Jump. md then
he shut his mouth ard crnned and tried TO choke
il down--but it wasn't no go-tho cider squirted
out of his nose, and threw his teeth. and at last he
fairly busted up ritc in Saly's free. Polywags
wasn't there mess? And then such roar!
wouldn't been in .Ioes shuze for kwart Of beech
nuts. Sally's frock oil SLED. and her
koller wited down jus, like piece of white bnd-
der. Howsoever they wiped her down putty
dry. and Cuz. Becky said she didn't think tho
slider wud stain Specially if she put her frock a
sole she got hum. But tho dandy
chap said as how II wud take the cutler outn
SIGH stuff, if thov didn't hav sum alkerly tn
trac, it. COL Gris.le didn't relish it much to have
his slider called asshead; he said i, didn't even
come outn hogshed. but of good clean barrel,
and he himself seed to the clensin' ont. And as
tn his allcurlys. he did not see anything moro all
curly than the furrcz the dandy chop word on the
side of his face. and ifhe didn't mind his eye he'd
pull some of his all curly out for him.
But the village chap warn't to DO put down 80
he went to SPAIN how that alkerlics men. SAL
l:ratus md par!asi and stuf, and finally perswa-
ded EN- 20 put on sum perlusion sally ratis. Sal
sed she did'n think much good ont for it wood be
putin tn SAILS together and she didn't believe
they agree any how, and fur perushun, they
had got enuf of that areddy. Howsooyor they
rubbed her all over wherever the slider went, and
may | be twisted in.u pig.ai, if in half nour
she didn't look as Jim Spoonor sed, like whited
sepulchre only wusser. Her frock was sort Of
pinkish. and wherever the oerlusion went i; took
out all the slider cutler, and that was ies. Gull
Ter atol. guess she remembered the dandy as
long as she did poor Joe Spraig. who skunk into q
corner and mover said boo the rest of the evenin'
Wal arter we'd ate and drunk as much as we
cud hold, the gals turned tn and cleared off the
dishes and then we begun the spree ernest. Col.
Grisie had got black Jake and fiddle, so
we laid out for tew seis, one in the fora room and