The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-05-02

denominations, that didn't bring nothing
they come to show their good will, 10 lei
folks see that they want bigoted and pref
udiced, though they did differ in a relig-
ious pint o view, and to git their supper.
And besides them, noticed a great many
that l never see before-nobody knows
where they come from nor where they
went tew. l guess they must ben raised
up for the occasion. And then Their was
an awful sight O. children that struggled
in from everywhere. Doctor Lippincott,
he was there, bowin' and scrapin' round
as usual-awfully anxious about everybo-
dy's health and his wife, tew, as much
consumed as he was-and their promisin'
red-headed boy, and interestin' dartar,
Amy Marian, with her six starched skirts
on-takin' up more room than airy ten de-
Gently drest girls in the room. The doc
tor always goes to all the donation parties
for fifteen miles round, to make himself
popular, but nobody knows of his ever ia
kin anything. On this occasion, Amy
Marian took book-mdrk to Mr. Scrantum,
with a thing on it that looked like chop
pin knife, and mess O. French nonsense
below it. But the greater part o the per-
Torrance was the seminary gals and their
donation. Their was twenty-five on 'em,
and what do you 'spose they fetcht7 Why
the hull kit and cargo on 'em had conspi-
red together and made rag baby for little
Adeline Scrantum, and rugged it up in
gauze and tinsel, and they all come to-
gether and brought that Miss Pinchem,
their teacher, want there. She was sick
or something. guess if she had come,
she'd kept 'em little straiter. Land o
liberty! never see such an actin set o
critters in all my born days! They car
ried on like all possest. see some on
'em fourishng round Jeff-he's always
ready for scrape, you know-and l was
ateard he'd git to carryin' on with 'em, and
| wouldn't a had him for anything, so
gin him a caution. Jeff" says l, "you
let them summary gals alone; they're a
wild set; faint proper to cut up so in the
minister's house." Jeff promised TO keep
clear on 'em-he generally does as want
him tew. III say that much for Jeffer-
son, he was always good about mindin'
But il went hard with him TO dew it then /;
he was ripe for fun, and determined to let
off the steam some way or other. So he
looks round and sees Charity Grimes stuck
up on the settee 'tother side O. the room.
Stiff as poker and prim as peapod-
you know what starched up affected old
critter she is. JEFF went TO school tew her
when he was little, and she snapped his
ears and cuffed him round. SO he's always
hated her like piZen ever since. She's
ben tryin' this twenty year to git married
and can't make it out She'd chased
Squire Fuller ever since his wife died
Squire Fuller got married about month
afore that-and her uncle says he verify
believes he did it in selfdefence, Just to
git rid O. Charity Grimes-she bothered
him TO death; he couldn't 90 out in COM
pany but what she'd contrive to hook on
TO him. He's a very perlite man, the
squire is, and he didn't want 10 be rude
tew her, but he conldn't bear her, though
she tried hard to make folks think he was
her beau. At last he got married, quite
suddenly, to young woman in Chenang
County; and her uncle says he don't be-
lIeve he'd done it, if it hadn' t ben to
git rid O. Charity Grimes for his wife
had been dead five year and he seemed to
be uncommon contented for a Widdi,Ccr.
But | was a gwine TO tell We what JEFF
DONE He see Charity settin' there a
tryin' to do The agreeable to Cappen Small
ley, (hiS wife hadn't ben dead long, by the
way, they'd make good match, would
mt they y Well, Jeff he says to me, says
he -" Mother, may | go stir up Charity
Grimes ~ 81 don't know what you mean
by stirrln' on her up" says |. 90" says
he, 81 Jest want to condole with her lit
tie on the loss o Squire Fuller" mo"
says l, ''you maynt dew no such thing ;
'twould be very improper, indeed, and We
ry aggravatin', tew." Well" says he.
':mayn'tI Jest 90 and talk little Shak-
speare tew herr" (Jef's always quotin'
Shakespeare, you know I'm afeard you
I'll say something sassy saws |. mo /
WON'T says he, III be all-kiIlin' perllte.
well, 90 then,' says |. So off he steps,
OemuIe as ucdCOus OOOu CNCHih >
Miss Crimes says he. Good evenin'
Mr.. Magwire,' says she. 1T seems like
old times to see you agin,' says he; and
then he observed to Cappen Smalley-
Il used to go to school to Miss Grimes
when was young Charity Puckered up
her mouth and grinned, and says she
Yes, you was quite boy then-and
was mere child myself. exceedingly
youthful for teacher WELL says Jeff
says he, you haint altered speck since-you
hold your own amazingly-you looked every
bit as old then as you do now; but how do you
feel about these davs| 'Feel@ says she,
pricking up her ears, 4 feel as well as com
mon-why shouldn't 1? Excuse me- says
jeff, Il only axed because l didn't know but
you felt ruther nonplussed, put tot for bisness
as it were, since Squire Fuller got married
sOld feller's occupations gone now, 'spose
as Shakespeare says Gracious how mad
Charity was ! She brustled up like set1n
hen, and, says she-'Jeff Magwire, Idont care
straw for what Shakespeare nor none o. the
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