The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-08-26
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SKEETER NETS.
RY CARoNDELET.

sKEETER NETS.
RY cARoNDELET.
We love 10 walk through the market and
take peep at human nature ruralized-,o
mark rustic simplicity, rustic rsggedncss,
and, above oil, rustic tinery; to some young
damse ,ricked off 10 her hes, chin,z gown,
with pattern Of the largest, and reddcs,
flowers that can be procured, with her bon
net Of the last age, and ribbon OF the last
generation; or to see tho swelling pride
with which some young pumpkin struts, in
his short WASTED, long-tailod, high colared
and big brass buttoned blue jeans; his scal
skin Just abloto make an imperfect balance
on the top Of his head; his brogans, fresh
creased for the OCCASION, and his incxprcss-
ibles stretched to the cracking point be-
tween his "gallowses" and straps" Hap
py. rustic simplicity, we nre wont to cx-
claim--sung Us such by the poet, praised
40 such by the orator, and laughed at as
such by US oil.
Tho other evening we wero strolling laz
lily aloug through the said market, and hoar-
ing stout, raw.boned countryman, citing
on barrel near his wagon, grumbling to
himself, rs he scratched his tanned visage,
we came TO stand and made ready for a
talk.
Mosquitoes troublesome p inquired We.
"Some,' answered our friend on the bar.
rel. "Tha. thar tavern,"-poin,ing TO one
opposite put up las mite, kontains
few, and they do nbb!e pretty free, sar-
tain"
"You ought 10 make the landlord give
you net my friend" WINS our next; where
upon the sovereign" rose from his barrel
and was delivered of the following philll-
pic against tina. useful article oi bedroom
furniture:
"Ef you mean skctur nets, stranger.
they aint wuth shncks. got tuck in with
them things once, but il can't be done agin
no way. had heered Of skcctnrs atoro |
cum here, and was apoin' ihro' town be-
hind my wogin, cussin' the natur Of n place
whar SIGH things war Matched, when seed
sign hangin' olt-sskeetur nets for sale
'Good as wheat ses !, nnd in showed
"You aint got no skeetur nets for sale,
hav' your ses |.
"Yas, sir, snys he, freddy made ones,
too; one, scr, dcvilish fine; warranted not
to cut in the eye SEES he, tryin' to look
smart.
"What's it wuthv snys /.
"Well, Stranger snys he, I'VE hav' hcen
scllin' That erticle fur four dollars, but bein'
% its you, take il along for two and half.
"You're sucked my boy, thinks |, for
sint no customer Of yourn, no how; but Ct
] Jest kin cheat ono Ut you chaps, i, nint
. goin' to do INC much harm, and III be
thol mitey cute up in the sediment; SO SEES
!, "thal's the way to talk il to . reggelar
customer. old boss, and III take two ann,
how-on spek.lashun mud one fur my own
use." Then he rolled EN- up, and tuck my
goods under my arm, aud shoulder'd my
gun and toatcd OF.
"Well, stranger, got into the darndcsl
place for them bugs you ever seed or tho
Ut. Jest settled thar fur spite and spck
kclashun, fur SEES |, they can't hurt me
no how-l'm loaded, primea and ia!l cock
ed, Jest ready 10 60 oil, and look out, skec
turs, fur I'm arter you tast.'
"Wcll, Jest to cut matters short, the try
in time come nj last. tho't il was 10,
spar TO hold 'cm, (iur the ecnd war Jest os
big ~ the mou,l) but the maker orter know
% sprcds my net, and bs,.cd her with u
stump Of n candle, aud lays down on my
bed, lafiin' in my sleeve at how I'd catch
'em next mernin'. 1t war hot, too, dc
hot; and lays down in - near the state
a. Adam did in the gardin', afore he go
tuck in, as any specimen Of human na,ur
could.
"They didn't trubble me at first, bul
bimeby they cum at me strong. Bite,
says |, and sing over i, like an lniin; bite,
and Be darned; III have you clean on. III
this sccshun, like 81. Patrick did the snakes
in France! But they cum ut me too ins.
I'll swar, stranger, thar warn't spot on
my boldly, bigger than pin head, ~har
one Of them things hadn't sot himself 10
work-sol had to 60 TO fi.ein'; md We
had il hard, for sum time, but the skccturs
got lectlc the best uf mo that nitc. The
wust WINS to cum yet; fur got up in the
mornin', swellcd SO that Id grow d most too
big for my britches; and ,hinkin' how Ia
make tho children ring oil tho nccks ul
them in the net, md when cum to look,
thar warn't but one in il, and he 90. ava,
So my old 'oman jest cut the darncd things
up, and made Sunday trocks on, vi 'c,n.
"They may 60 down here, stranger,
whar the skceturs nro tanner, but they won't
do up in our diggns-ourn arc too non'
and ! wouldn'. sleep in room whar one Ut
them things was so,, no howl"
A gentleman travelling On m unfrcquen-