The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-05-08

made oil hredlul preparations for The
visit; put 10 brads pretty thick IN the scaht-
ling along the wall whcro they intended 20
Jog over uncovered large water val that
| had been filled some time, from which III
dry weather was accustomed 10 water my
garden dug a trench foot deep or so,
aud placed slender boards over II, which
we're slightly covered with dirt, aud JUS,
| Leyond them some itto cords fastened
| lghtly = some eight riches from he ground.
picked all the melons | cared 10 preserve.
] leaving pumpkins and squashes about the
size and shape OF melons IN their places.
They we're right IN supposlns that II
would be dark bu, missed /, little 10 sup
posing Old Ssipes, as he called me, would
be bed, though. The old man loves fen
as well as they, ind lllte sprlnkling CT
gray hairs has not altogether so6ered hlm.
| have the honor Of BEN. like Washington
- one respect will laugh as heartily as
any mortal man, believe can roll IN a
perfect ecs,acy but a. the old negro said
oi our coun,fy's father 'he did oil his
laughing INSIDE so da |. One would
thluk Old Sslpes IN the last agouies to see
hun 10 a f. Of he ss!Cn. laughter. expect
am somewhat unfru ate ~ being peru IT,
ted TO have en,oyu ent OF this 50 I "ith' VI
hanging out Tie sign as others do. Tor I'm
az old bachelor, aud am disposed TO believe
that IL | had liltle more India rubbefly
phlz, | should have been married forty
tunes ere this; mean should have had
80 many opportunities or n,ore-as Il 10,
Iehabod S~Iges, Esq, with hDurshlog
business, aud eligible establishment, with
some ten thousand dollars ready money,
never had a dec,acd ulubic 10 the pond ma
tftmonal " hat else could BE- the reason
cannot imagine, Tor truly am no, bad
looking specimen Of human nature. but
Hhls,, Jve' D.u't you hear some
thusr
lhnk very probably they dIJ, Tor the
words we're hardly out Of his mouth when
there vas sound as Of i0tctb!y trafiag
.usuan.
Get oil my Goa! tail whispered one
. There goes one Hap as sure as. Why
get off, Ned Aud Ned VAS oii--and one
leg OF hs L;ccches, too, nearly, as sup
aosed for be was ah.iug. aud all the tune
he vas telling j. be believed there we're
nails 10 tic SIDE o. the walls, Tor something
had scratched him tremendously aud torn
> as brooches all TO pieces. Jo sympnthisod
{ s,h bun, lur he satd holt hls coat was
u aatsiug " there somewhere
lie boys Sctc more "a earnest than eY'
: ef, thrukiug ,ha, | bad driven mails there
! On purpose IoiuJIre people aud 10 tear Their
clothes.
i" The ola closI Gsied bloal bcgruigcs a
, little fruit
Il They started on, hand 10 hand .or Ned
d believed be knew the way. They tad got
= ten beyond the trees u little, whcu some
u INN, vent swash ssa.h INTO the "aiet
vet Gosh was the first exclamation
20 heard alter that, and coughing aud sneez
INK as though soue one had the horse DIS
temper and thcn-
=, 4" By-by -ibun--thuudef, That wa
ter smells rather Old.
n Ned was "a hltle disposed to cut DIRT To-
1l home, bot the Others puppy 'o'A roo''a
lneucss VAS too uueh excited TO listen Il
ID auy such ptoFos'iIeu,
10 They concluded 10 stop a lduc time t.
10 listen, Tor fear they bad reused TIE 10y 'heI
laundering VI the ~uter-and be drdtne'
- other extra moisture some"hat, though
.c should buIsl forth itto q roar Of laughte
y az listened To their whispered surprise
III the sudden revelation OF eastern OF "e1e
- there.
Y, Never heard any thing about II before
- how odd that w should both tumble mt
0. Il so"
,e The old people must have fixed IT 0
I'd purpose 10 drown people H.
a. They concluded that they had not bee
heard aud shortly pushed Oh again tor tn
OF melous. They presently perceived thet
pc was something unstable about the gtoun
they were cautiously passlng over he
IN shlspered 10 each other what | could M
or distinctly heat-~somoth'ng about traps OIL
,at started to run to get beyond 'hs susPc'oI
re footing, Both we're caught by the cord
(, and headlony they went ,nto heap OF br
no aty and th,stcs aud the like, placed taeI
I, Tor their especial accommodation
res " Such getting up stairs, mu"ere
I'd one.
" Ne,,lcs and thisllss--by Jemlma SLOT
H. bow they PRICK ~
Ill, They Determined to 90 on more ca
tlously.
,re "Ilow thick they are, 10 Come her
uy There's more than dozen fat ones rig
2 here
es. Down they 50, in the mIds, of them, al
Sc. seemed to conclude that they had go'i
9 pay for their mlshaps.
- "nere, 10, take this muskmeIIon. 10
IN. i, lunketl Slash into it,
en-. alt cuts tremendous hard, Jun. il
pc. It's a squash" ,,.
hat No IT ISN'T" said the other, 3
new kind, old Ssipes sent TO Rhode l''a
the for the seed" !,
cut "Woll, the old chap got sucked III '"o
Just all" lima,
d" Here, lie, me gouge into this wat
,,,a a hall dollar