Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-05-15

Dsok Teos ana hts Yankee Clock.
Wen air. Diek AZ 70 ms oss day about
dve years or better a4u. toueht woodenday
clock from Yankee pedlsr. named TON
Ioues, who used to travel thro' THE country.
drappin' one At mos. every house. 'Twss the
'rs, one no had, and gave bin nfteen dollars
'~ it.-She was perfect eoer Of a clock---and
then sich a beauty. Her little sqsat,y, cs~p,
h.,ur' dressed out in her painted case, jist filed
my eye exactly to the Rna,s heel. COX her
90 the msntle's shelf, 60 AZ might alters sce
her. Her little pebjuIam would swing back
ards and forreds, pickin' Of the sectins at
proper rste. Thar she'd roll It pickin' away,
day arter day cad week srtet week, dead bent
on keepn up with the sun, and determined that
nrry time peace ia the settlement should git
ahead Of her. Shed dig xtresd q, tho hours,
never toppio,' to ketch breath. but last Grin
away in admirable style. I'D wind her up Of
o'yh,s, and then 70 to bed. putin every conf.
a,nce in her, and bcin' perfectly satisfied that
she'd Do her duty faithful although was0*
watchia' Of her, and wouldn't allow the sun to
b. up before she'd put her her hand to the hour
for sunrise. Aad then. sir when I'd be restless
aad coulcn't sleep, OF when was sick, then
what company she was to me. To be sure, she
couldn't talk to me-jst called my name--that's
oil. Tho sometimes she'd say Dick so plain,
I'd look up at her and almost expect her 10 lead
offa regular built chat. Well, sir. she continu.
cd to be good for Ave years. and wos my de.
ight-in fack, I may say, she hilt on to be good
longer than that; but it was about tha, time she
h"gun mons,rously to exepble old Dave Viii.
suns wife, you know how s'rs was''
Can't say do exactly ..-.r =
why, sir, l thort you knowed-old Dave
used to say that bis wife was a charming cree.
,nr-one of the best Of women-that ne didn't
'"rlieve from Old Neither Eve down to the pre-
rent ginerstion, better woman never ,ived.-
70 be sure, he sed she had her ways hero Dick
snufiled in imitation Of old Dave whom I know
very well) she would have her ways, and rich
ways as she did have. Well, sir, my clock got
TO be the same way, some OF her works got on.
Tor fix, and for spite che don as she blamed
please. Shike! yes sir, che did-like all ding
nation! Shed take notion to bulge of some.
tunes. and shed ring on them wires one hun.
jred and fifty times. At first I was tickled q,
IT, and would sit and laugh at her for bein' sich
fuol as to be cuttin' up them extrsys wha,
'''dn't hurt no body but herself. But at last I
begun to get tired Of sich foolery. II seemed
10 me whenever had a tough job before me,
and wanted to study II out, or whenever was
right sleepy, that then shed pick her chance TO
come them big licks! put up with It long
,'me-didnt do nothin' to her--snd thort. by
le,tin' her have her fun out, she might &c, tired
of il herself after a while. But che didn't; she
s,l hilt on stoutes an ever. On last Saturday
went up shove here to muster, aad, as I alters
does on sich occasions, tuck rather too much of
the tetch.me-lightly. When got home,
thort the place for me was in bed-so as to sleep
utf my boczy. I pulls of, and gifts into bed
but no sooner did my head fetch the piller, than
up starss the clock-ch-rring-ch rring-l
determined to put stop to any such cnpers
that night, got up, loaded my musket tuck .
cheer and sot right down afore her. Now cd
lady, sez ], yer arter the spite game agin are
ye! Jist go on ef you like it-but darn'i TO
strike hundred this time, and ding me et you
don't ke,ch thunder. My threats didn't scare
her one bit-she struck away. 'peared like live.
lier than ever. She went it 90 peart she soon
got up to ninety-one, two, three, four, fve six
II see yer gwyn it, sez I, and l cocks the old
musket-ch.r.ring-l puts it to my shoulder
ch.r-ring--I lays my finger on the trigger
chr ring. cez she; siouter'n ever, and was star.
TIM with another chee-when lams q wy, and
in half second finds msyself flat on my back
in the middle of the floor. AZ picked myself
up, heard the old lady s,ill goin' it; and dern
me, ef she didn't strike fhy times more. al
though twenty Eve buckshot had tuck effect all
over her countenance, and both of her hands
were taken smooth of. haint wound her up
since; for. with the pluck she's got there's no
KNOWN what she might do, ef she had chance.
She's Oithout ercepfiou the best game eoer
seed. d.-Spirit of the Times.
A remarkably ugly man, as conceited as silly,
said to Pbiladsphia veg, who has Wit enough