Litchfield enquirer., 1847-04-01

ble oath that you will never communi- cate what am about to tell you 10 living being. and that you will keep it while you live as a most inviolable secret?'
 Yes squirrel declare won't never tell nobody nothing about it as .,,ur es I breathe the cc.o.,n of life-and I'll take " p,b:e oath on it-ihcre, sartain as I live squire, before ycu or any other magis- trnte in the whole country
 Well, then, you know when I went up 10 Boston about year ago.
 Yes, yes squire, and I know who wen, with you ioo-Susey B, and Dolly T. and her sister Prudence.
 'Ne,er mind who went with me, Aunt Lizzy-there was whole lot of pass engers-but'-
 'Nonc of your but, 'squire-ont with tiff folks will nct so-n ,rolope.
 But. Aunt Lzzy, Tn afraid you'll bring me into the scrupe'
 Eve told you over and over again. that nobody never shall know nothing about t 4nd your wife knows ,ha. am not lea ky
 My wife I wouldn't have her know what l was going 10 say for tne world- why-Aunt Lizzy-if she should know il'-
 Well. don, be afraid squire, once for all, l'll take my oath that no living crit,er shan't never as long as ] lise know q lisp oft
 sWeli then. if you mus! know it; slept with ono of the iikelest Of your church members nearly ha!flhe way up!!!!
 Aun, Lizzy now drew5l iong breath shu, up her snuff box, md put it in her pocket mu,tering 10 herse!f-' The like Hest of our church members l thought | was Susan B.; likeliest this comes of being flattercd-a ,rolIope. Well one thing 1know the way of ,he transgressor is ishard'-hu. hope you'll never tell mo- hsdy ont, 'squire-f.r snrtain as the orld. if sich thing should be known our church would be scattered abroad like sheep without n shepherd
 In a few moments Aunt Lizzy took her 4eparture, giving the squire another cou- ton and sly wink, a5 5 che said good-eyyc let me alone for a secret.
 IL was not many days before Squire r, received 2 very polite note from Parson G. requesting hirn to attend meeting O. the church and many ofthe parish, at the south conference room. in order to settle some difficulties with one of the church members, who in order to clear up her character, requested Squire p.,o be pres- ent.
 The Parson who was very worthy man, knew the frail,y of some ot the weak sisters, ns he was particular friend of Squire P's, requested him in his note ,o say nothing of i, to his wife. But the squire took the hint, and telling her that there was 10 be a parish meeting. rcques- te, her 10 be ready at two o'clock. and would call for her.
 Accordingly he hour Of meeting came tho whole village flocked 10 the room' which could not hold half of them. All eyes were alternately on the squire and Susan B.-Mrs. P. stared, and Susey B, looked as if she had been crying for q fortnight.
 The parson, with sofisnered tone, and in as delicate manner as possible, stnt- ed the story about Susey B. which, he observed was in every body's mouth, and which he himself for one, be- ieved no, n word of, and-and Squire P. being called on to stand as a witness after painting in lively colors the evils of islander, with which their village had beon infested. and particularly the church -callcd en Aunt Lizzy. in the presence of the meeting, and before the church, to come out and make acknowledgements for violating a bible oath Aunt Lizzy's apology was, that she only told Deacon Snipe's wife on't-and she took an oath, that she wouldn't tell no body else ont. Deacon Snipe wife had, 1t appears, sworn Roger Too:haker's sister never to tell nobody on',-and so it went through the whole church, thence through he village.
 The Squire then acknowledged before the meeting. that he had. as he had told Aunt Llzzy, slept with church member, half the way up to Boston. .and that he bes lieved her 10 be one of the likelicst of their church members, innsmuch as she would never bear or retail slander. All eyes were now alternately on Susey B., and squire P's wife. Aunt Lizzy enjoy : ed kind of dabolical triumph which the L squire no sooner saw, than he finished his sentence by declaring the church merohar in whom he alluded tn0s his oEn