Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-04-15

hadn't Kept me treadln up, jest iihe
gander in a cold mornih, fust on one
tqot and then tother, should felt toler-
ably contented. was awful glad when
they said supper. We'd got the apples
all paired and strung and piled up in
the clothes press-and master heap
there was OF them, too, and then we
went 10 clearin up and shovelled the
parins and cores up iRio baskets, and
carried them out into1eSe sized. Then
the gals set TO and swept all the scatter
ms into one corner, and 1t had just be-
gun to sound like Babel broke loose,
when Col. Gristlc says" supper's readyW
Jomima how quick they all stopt.-
Pretty soon, however they begun TO pair
off towards the kitchen, and | seed a
dandy sort of Teller from the village
shinin' up to Prudence Parr as much as
TO say "with your leave, Miss, I'll wait
on YOU" Thinks |, now or never, so !
stepped up pretty quick, and stickin out
one foot TO make bow, | struck it full
force against one of the bench legs
Darnation !' said I, and didn't ! doub.
lie up about the quickest The gals all
Uttered, and some of the felers LATED
rite out.
By the time I'd got started again and
wiped the tears out Of my eyes, Prudence
had gone off with the dandy, and as |
felt considerable wamblecropt, didn't
nv any more on 'em, but limpcd into
the kitClhen and daubed into the eata-
blcs. The supper went off pretty fair.
The fellows helped the gals to aPplesass
and doe-nuts, and ginger tea, anu pies,
and lots of new slider, and if had not
got my toes trod on every little while, |
should took real comfort. Altar while
they went to drinkin toasts, and kissin
glasses and crossin tumblers, &C., and
we was havin fust rate spell Of wealth
er, when Joe Spraig come to Sally Saw
age, with your leave l should like to
have a cross handed drink with YOU"
ooh, Pm agreeable as chip basket"
says Sally, SO they filled up and standin
kinder facin with their tumblers in their
right hands, they locked their right arms
and began to swaller. But as Joe got
his about half down, some scamp came
along behind and pricked him eenamost
to the bone !! | was standin rather afore
him and rather side on him, and | sec
him jump, and then he shut his mouth
and grlnncd and tried TO choke it down,
but it wasn't no go-the slider skwrted
out of his nose and threw his teeth, and
at last he fairly busted up rite in Sally's
face and eyes Pollywogs wasn't there
a mess And then such roar!
wouldn't been in Joe's shoes for kwart
Of beech nuts. Sails frock was all spi-
led, and her collier wilted down Jest like
a piece of white bladder. Howsoever
they wiped her down pretty dry, and
COZ Becky said she didn't think the slider
would stain, especially if she put the frock
asoke as soon as she got home. But the
dandy chap said how it would take all
the cutler out. He said slider was an
asshead, and that asshcads alters took
the cutler out of such stuff, if they didn't
have some allkery to contract it. Col.
Grislle didn't relish it much to have his
slider called asshead he sed cit didn't
even come out of hogshead, but out of
good clean barrel, and he himself seed
to the clensin ont. And as TO his all
curlys he did't see any more allcurly
than the furres the dandy chap wore on
the sides of his face, and if he didn't
mind his eye, he'd pull some of his all
curly out for him. But the villedge chap
warn't to be put down so, but went on
to explain how the allkerlys ment sally
ratus and pearlash and such stuff, and
finally persuaded them to put on what
he called pollution of sallyratus. Sal
said she didn't think much good ont
for it would be putin two SAILS together,
and she didn't believe they'd agree any
how, and for pollushun, they'd got enuf
of that already. Howsoever they rub
bed her all over with it wherever the
slider went, and may | be twisted into a
pigstail, if in half an hour she didn't
look as Jim Spooner said, like whited
sepulchre, only wussur. Her frock was
sorter pinkish, and wherever the pollu-
shun went it took out all the cullur, on
ly the slider cutler, and that was Jest no
cutler at all. guess she remembered
the dandy as long as she did poor Joe
Spraig, who skunk into a corner, and
never said boo all the rest of the even.
ing. Well, arter we'd eat and drinked
as much as we could hold, the gals
turned to and cleared off the dishes, and
then we began the spree in earnest.