Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-10-29

Jerry Bounce was none Of your vulgar
soakcrs; none Of your pudding checked,
blcar-cy cd. saddcncd- Drained sittcrs but
on the contrary he was bird spread
eagle Of bird and when he scared to-
wards the sun, in 4 heaven of a spree, he
made the cmpyrcan halls rattle, tell We.
He was handsome man too, with big whis-
kcrs, had wife at home, and withal, good
business, though every one could see how
that would 60, i he kept it up at this
rate Jerry had many worthy qualities
and his full share Of bad ones. the worst OF
which latter, was his constitutional tcndcn-
cy to be a good fellow he was fast lasp-
ing into the pr.ucIplc--or lack Of II; Of
pleasure first " a rule of conduct which Is
followed by another no less iatcful, 'D--n
business" and the way in which he 'wcutlt
was a matter Of moral remark among these
good uatured companions. who from the a.
cidcnt Of temperament coutriycd to drink
rs much as he did, without hurting them
sclvc, ="
Jerry was not without his reflections and
his resolutions, yet somehow or other they
did at alter the case; and Mrs Jerry Bounce
who was a good soul, and who didn't lack
spirit either. after trying first cndcarmcnts.
then mute forbcarance then rcmOnstrancr,
then blowing up finally began 10
despair, and get rcd ewes. and call herself
n watched woman There were but two
steps further she 10 call him brute and
hc to hit her = Ths Vas between them
srlvc@, though. fE tHh were proud, and
Jerry with AL las frolics vas sensitive a
bout being called drunkard He would
come home every Ear gone. and he knew 1t
bu, he didn't ike 10 b. told ga lie want
ed to 20 to sleep and leave the thing to his
own conscience He was very apt to use
terrible words, too, If blowing up was the
order and il not allowed 10 O. 10 sleep in
peace" he had way Of cf1cctually shut
a., .,u" :. lie and that was to sit mp IN
bed ard halo "Firc - '"FdeT Just loud
onor~N to make the poor woman dread 'nA'
tho ''neishbors might bear aud then snc
would turn her back. aud fall into s'r'
aacdio sob to the ereseRc. Of his snorc
This sort of thing could not last and Mrs
Jerry Bounce said that IL wouldn't last and
tIAn AGAIN she said il shouldn't last. and
sure enough il did NJ! ard the way she put
an end to 1t was curious, a- we say in the
West. Jerry came home At day one morn
,HE
" N ~ or, ,Ss tets and Li' fother leg there"
and his wits novhcre-lnd this time
he WAS permitted to 60 To sleep in peace;
bat scarcely had he got his rGSuE in tune
when Mrs. Jerry Bounce opened her cham
l,r door two or three Ugh, female figures
,rippod IN. and while Mr. y adjusted her
ins.nsihle partners limbs, anil rolled ADD
folded over them tightly the sheet the
mv.terions yisitant- provided themselves
each With with neclle and thread: and
now commenced SiiehiHg whieh. for exit
bition and novelty MAS not e. be beat In
short NJ jerry Bounce was scRed EP--'1oi
As be had bccn thousand before. but liter
Ally. positively. bodily stitched up IA bis he'd
huucn There was Cycling, hall sob
"A suI,urysscl SEQ how hen hk" that
tho figure. yanilhod, aud tho grey hight ~
morning took their Plae'
"A-aw Whe-cv Y-av, En-. halo what
the--vell T,a IN a tigh; place, somehow :.
Be, m,-Jsne, Jane. Jane, my dcar,--
NOW ~ reIruach,,s. my Nv I'm fol !
knov am. What il this > Tina fool and
-.Jan, Thunder AMI | can't 81 my arIr-