Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-03

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sccs he cav through the slsss iounsine.
worthless fellow within. grss posed Of fresh
aattsr from the shelf sad ccaossl Il 10 his hat
The &C, was no soonss ds,essed than the re-
7enge was hi, upon, and very few 'aian'e'
supd the Green Mountain store aeeper At once
,ndusins his appetite for fan 70 the fullest es
sent. and paying Of the thief with faeet'oc'
aor, Of torture, for which he might have gained
premium frun the old iuquisit'on.
4 cay. Seth Z said the ssore.seeper. coming
in and closing the door after him, sispping his
hands over his shoulders and stamping The
eoow of his feet.
Seth h,d his hand on the door. his hat upon
his hesd, and the roll Of butter 10 his hat, and
anxious TO make his exit as soon as possible.
Il say Seth, sit down reckon, On such an
e.ier nal night as this. Iectle somethin'.
wouldn't hurt fellow
Seth felt very uncertain; he had the butter
and was exceedingly anxious to te Of, bu, the
temptation Of something warm sadly interfered
with his resolution to 70. This hes,itation,
however, was soon settled BY the right owner
OF the butter taking Seth BY the shoulders and
planting him in seat cosc TO the stove, where
he was in such snannes cosnered in BY the
barrels and boxes, that while the grocer %, be.
scre him there was no possibility Of getting out,
end right in this very place, sure enough, the
e,ore.keeper eat down.
Seth, we'll have little worm Santa Crus.'
said the Green Mountain grocer; 20 he opened
she stove door, and stuffed in as many sticks 40
the space would admit; without it you'd freeze
such a night ss this
Seth already felt the butter settling down
closer TO his hair, and jumped up declaring he
must 70.
Not Ill you have had something warm, Seth;
Seth, come I've got story to tell you too, sit
down now ! and Seth was again pushed in his
scat by his cunning tormen,or.
'Oh it's too d.rncd no, here, said the petty
.hiefattempting to rise. ......
Sit down--don't be in such plaguy hurry
re'mted the grocer, pushing him back into his
chair.
'1,u. I've got the cows to fodder. and some
wood to split, and must be gon,' said the per.
secuted chap.
But you mustn't tear yourself away, Seth, in
this manner. Sit down; let the cows take
care Of themselves, and keep yourself cool {:
you appear to be idge,y,' said the rogaeish
grocer, with wicked leer. ..
The next thing was the production Of two
smoking glasses of hot rum ,oddy, the very
sight OF which, in Ssth's present situation,
would have made the hair stand erect upon his
head, hsd it cot been well oiled and kept down
by the butter.
Seth, Id give you a toast now, and you
can butter it YOURSELF said the grocer with an
air Of such contaminated simplicity that poor
Seth still believed himself unsuspected Seth,
here's-hsres Christmas goose well roasted
and bas,ed, eh IL tell you it's the greatest
eating in creation. And Seth. don't you
never use hogs ist or common cooking butter
to baste wi,h-comc take your bu,,er--I mean
Seth take ynr todly.' ..-
Poor Seth now began 10 smoke ss we'll rs
mel, and his mouth WAS hermetricaly sealed up
as though he had been born dumb. Streak af
ter streak of the butter came pouring from un.
der his hst, and his handkerchief was already
eoaked with the greasy overflow. Talking away
az nothing was the matter, the grocer kept
eufIing the wood into the stove while poor Seth
"a, bolt upright with his hack against the
counter and his knees almost touching the red
hot furnace before.
Plagued cold night this SAID the grocer.
Why Seth, you seem to persprs as il you were
warm! Why don't you take your hat of!
Here lie, ina put your hat awsy'
NO" exclaimed poor Seth with spasmodic
effort to get his tongue loose clapping both his
hands upon his hat, No, must 60 let me ou'
nin't we'll; let me go!'
A greasy cataract was now pouring down the
poor fellows face and neck and sos king into hi,
clothes and uikIing his body into bis very
boots. so ths, he was literally, in perfect BATH
ofoll.
well. good night, Se,h,' said the humorous
Vernon,er. If you will CO. and adding Is h.
LETT, 'nelghbor, ! reckon the fun I've had out o
you :s worth nine pence, 80 ] shsn't charge 70,
with that pound of butter.