Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-02-12


but il will bear to be read frequently and |
there is generally more pleasure in meet
ing an old acquaintance that we like, than |
| in forming new one:
Seas dal.
/ ssNow let il work. Mischief! thou art fool. |
stTake what thou wilt -
The substance of The following is no
fiction. In village whose inhabitants
| like the good people of Athens. were
much given TO "ei,her tell or hear same.
thing new" lived Squire p, faction.
good ns,ured sor. of a.bady, whose jokes
are even ye. matter of village record,
and have been re,old through various edi.
tons, from folio down to duodecimo.
Aunt Lizzy was Deacon Snipe's wife's
sster-a maiden lady of about fifty; she
went 10 all The meetings, kept regular
enun, Of every birth, death and marriage,
with their da,es-doclored all their ba
bies. and knew every arb in the neigh
borhood- showed all the young married
women how to make soap, and when
they had bad luck, made every child in
the house sit cross legged unul the luck
changed. In fine. she was a kind of viii
lage factotum-spendng her time in
going from house ~ house, grinding GU,
a gri>t of SANDER TO each, as occasion re- !
auired, but always concluded with "the
way of The ,ransgressor is hard" .'poor
Mrs A. or B las the case was) PITY her
from The bottom of my heart" or some
such very soothing reflection. Aun, Liz
w was always very fond of asking slran.
gers and Others, wlthou, regard to time or
place. The state of their minds; how they
enjoved their minds &c. These ques
. tons were generally followed by string
Of scandal which was calculated 10 des-
: troy the peace and happiness Of some OF
R her brs, neighbors and friends, but she
like other narrators Of this kind. consd-
cred such intellectual murder as either
:, establishing hel reputation, or as the only
), mode Of entertaining the village, and
thereby rendering her society agreeable.
One warm summers afternoon, as The
Squire was sitting near his office door,
smoking his pipe, Aunt iizzy was pas
sing by with grea! speed, Eliminating on
) The news of the day; when the Squire
broMgh. her suddenly to. as the sailors
saw, by whats your hurry. aunt Lizzy!
walk in.
The old lady, who never wanted the
second invitation, walked into the office,
: and the following dialogue took place:
"Well Squire p, have been thinking
It this afternoon, what an useful man you
might be. if you'll only leave off your
light conversations, as the good book says
and become serious man-you might
be an ornament to both Church and State
g. as our Minister says.
WHY. as 10 that Aunt Lizzy, a cheer
K full countenance | consider as The hes
index of grateful heart. and you know
wha, the Bible says on that subject
:. w hen ye fast be not as the hypocriie;
with sad countenance; but auolnt thy
head and rash thy face; (aunl Lzzy be
gan TO feel for her pocket handkerchief
for she Was a greal taker OF snuff, tina
It's, thou appear not unto men 10 fast
Nov, there Squire that's just VIVA
l told you-see how you have scripte
a, your tongues end; what an useful ma
nj. YOU nigh, be in our church. if I'D onl
be doer as well as nearer of The word!
AS TO that, Aun, Lizzy, don't Sc
that your professors are whit oetie
Ii than am in pirate. respect SINGER
profession as much us any man; but
know enough of one Of your cburc
- whom you think great deal of 10 kno'
tina, she is no better than she should be.
At these innueudoes, aunt Iizzys ltd
black eyes began to twinkle; she sat dow
beside the Squire, in order to speak in
lower tome spread her handkerchi
over her lap. and began to tap the COW
of her snuff box in true style, and a
things being in readiness for regul
MT siege of .scandalnm magnalum,' she cor
menced fire
Now, Squire. want to know VIII
~. Won mean by one of our church! kno
who you mean-.he ,rolop--i didn't III
so many curls about her head when s.
told her experience.
The Squire finding curiosity was p,
Ting his boots on, had no occasion to at
~ spurs to the heels. for the old lady h
Is one i'm her head that was worth both
them. Accordingly he had no peace IN
he consented To explain what he meant
the expression lin private --this was
o. dear word 10 Aun, Lizzy.
Now, ann, Lizzy. will you take
BILE oath, ,la, you will never commune
what am abou, to tell you 10 any lis
.on- being and tia. you will keep il while J
live a most inviolable secret
Yes. Squire, declare won't ne
SONS. tell any body anything about i. as long
breathe the breath of life; and III tax
Bible oath on it; there, sarlin as Ii
Squire, before YOU or any o:ner mag
Use ,rale in the whole county,
We'll then, you know when went
TO Boston a year ago!' 80
- Yes, yes. Squire. and ! know v
went with you ,oo-Susy B. and d.
MT. +. and her sister Prudence I.
Never mind who wen, with me, q
$ and Lizzy; there was whole 10. of pas:
gers. But. but a-.,
70, None o: your butts. Sqnire-out y
- i,-,f folks will act SOFA trollep:
>, But aun. Lazy. I'm afraid va
bring me into the scrape-
live told you over and over again
nobody never should know nothing al
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