Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-02-05

meal. bag hangin to the jice. 1t was
monstrous unhandy TO gi, 10 H. bu. was
iarmined not to back out. So sot Some
chairs on top of bench and 60, hold Of
the rope and let myself down into the bag;
bat Jest as was gi,iin in, the bag swung
ayin the chairs and down they went with
terrible racket But nobody diln'; wake
| up bu. old Miss Stallinses CRATE big cur
dog. and here he cum rippin and 'aTin
through the yard like raih, and round and
round he went tryin to find what was the
mater. sol down in the bag and did8.s
breathe louder nor kitten, for fear he.
/ find me out, and after a while he quit barr
kin. The wind begun to blow boninab!e
cold, and the cid bag KEEP turnin rou4d
and swingin so it made me sea-slck as the
mischief. | was fraii 10 move for fear
the rope would brake and let me fall. and
thar sol with my teeth railin like had
a ager. Il seemed like il would never
come daylight, and DO believe i ! dida'f
love Miss Mary so powerful would lroze
10 deth for my bar: was the only spot
tha, felt warm. and i, didn'l beat more'n
two ticks a minnlt, only when | thought
how she would be sprise6 in the mornin,
and then it went in canter. Bimeby
The cussed old dog comeup Oh the porch
and begun to smell about the bag, and
then he barhed like he thought he'd freed
somethin. Bow WOW VOW ses he
Then ned smell agin, and Try to ri! mp to
the bag. Git out : ses I, very low, for
fear thew would hea: me Bow! WOW
WOW = ses he. BE gone you bomina-
bic fool, ses |. and felt all over in spots,
for spected every minnit he'd nip me,
and wha, made il worse, didn't know
whar bouts he'd take hold. Bow! WOW!
vow Then | tried coayin-~' Come
here, good feler,' ses /. and whistled
lille 10 him, but il wasnl no use. Thar
he stood and KEEP up his eternal whlnn
and barkin. all night, couiIn't telI when
daylight was breakin, only by the chick
ems CROWN. and was mons!rous glad TO
hear 'em, for if I'd had 10 ssay thar one
Iorr- -,..o~--~I Al -A.---N =.
GU, Of hat bag alive.
/ Oh 5iiss 8, afiia- cos1e oct f.s,, sd as
soon as she saw The bag, ses she.
What upon yearih has Joseph went
and put in tha, bag for Mary! I'll lay
lis yearln or some live animal, OF Brn-
in wouldn', bark at it So
She went in TO call the gals, and sol
thar. shiverin all over so couldn't hardly
speak if tried to--but didn'i say nolh-
in. Bimeby they all come running out.
my Lord, what is i,!' ses Miss Mary.
'Oh, IFS alvey se5 Miss Kesah;
seed it move.
Call Cato and make him cut the
rope ses Miss Carine, and lets see
what it is. Come here, CATO, and gil
this bag down.
Don't hurt it for the VERDI ses Miss
Mary.
Cato united the rope tia, was round
lie jce, and let the bag down easy on the
| floor, and tumbIed out, all covered with
! eorn-meal from. he'd 10 foot.
Goodness gracious y ses Miss Mary,
if il ain, The Majer hmseIf'
Yes, ses |, : and you know Won prom
ised TO keep my Crlsmus presen! as long
as you lived
The gals laughed themselves almos, 10
deth, and went TO brushin Fl the meal, as
fast as they could, sayln they was gwina
to hang that bag up every Crismus ill
they GO, husbands TOO. Miss NIary--bess
her bright eves-she blushed as bntiful
as morninglory, and sed she'd stick to
her word. She was rite out Of bed, and
her hair wasn't komed, and her dress
WASN'T fxt a! all, but the way she look d
pretty was rale .dislractin. DO believe
if / was lroze stiff, one look al her charm
ing face. as she stood lookin down 10 The
floor with her rogish eyes, and her bright
curls faiiin all over her snowy meek, would
fotch'd me too. tell yon what II was
worth hangin ia meal bag from one
Crismus to another to feel as happy as |
| have ever sense.
| went home after we had the laugh
out, and set by the fire till go. lhawed.
| In The forenoon all the Siallinses come
over 10 our house, and we had one Of the
greatest Crismus dinners that ever was
seed in Georgia. and I DOME bieve a hap
pier company ever sot down TO the same
table, Old Miss Stalllns aud mother set
tled The match, and talked over everything
lha, ever happened in Their families. and
laughed at me and Mary, and cried boa!
Their ded husbands, cause they wasn't "a
| live to see Their children married.
It's all settled now, cept we nalnt soi
the weddin day. I'd like to have i. all
over at once, but young gals always like
to 6e engaged while, you know. SO
spose must wait month or so. Mary
| (she ses | mustn't cal! her Miss Mary