Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-04-20
A STREAK OF SQUATTER LIFE.
BILL sAppsR's LETTER TO his COUSIN.

Cousin jim, tina amt nutnin occurred Wutn
ritin' about in our Settlement fur long spell.
hat about the bcginnia' OF last week. thur
war ruunor sot afloat IN town, which kept
the wimen for two or three days in a continooal
snigeer, and it war half day afore the men
could find out the rights of the marter-sech
anuther Tease as all The gals got inter, war de-
| Ii htfui to contemplate, The boys kept a
askin' one anuther, what in the yearth wur
the marter, that The gals kept whisperin'
and latin round town so?-at last il cum out
and what do you think, Jim, wur the marter
/ You couldn't guess in week 1t amt no
common occurrence. and yet it's mighty ma
trial. Little 10 Allen, the shoemaker. had an
addition TO his family, amountin' to jest three
babbys-one boy and two gals His wife is a
leetle cretnr', but reckon she's some in
countin' the census, and sech anuther excite
ment as her little brood of pretty babby's has
kicked up among the wimen is perfectly init
E Gin TO bachelors. When the interestin' marter
wur first noised about, the wimen wouldn't
believe it, but to know the rights of il tina put
on thur bonnets and poured down to see Mrs
Allen, in a perfect stream of curiosity; and.
sure enough, thar tina wur, three raal peert
lookin' children, all Jest alike Bein' an ac-
Guaintance of JOS, he tuck me in 10 see his
family. and il wur raaiY an interestin' sight
to see the little creturs Thar tina wur, with
thur tiny faces aside each other, hevin on the
prettiest caps,-al made and fixed by the
young wimin, as a present 10 the MOTHER
and then thur infantile lips jest openin'. like
so many rose buds poutin', while thur bits OF
! hands. transparent as sparmacty, wur cur
tim about and pushin', all doubled up, agin
thur little hoses, and thur mother all The time
lookin' al 'em so peert ana pleased jest as eff
she war feelrn' in her own mind tina war hard
to beat-;,dded to which thar stood thur dad
dy, contempiatin', with glow of parental
, feen', the whole unanimous pictur! 1t amt
+ in me jim, to fully describe the universal ner-
/ its of sech a scene, and guess il couldn't re
ceive raal ie<tis from any mans pen, 'cept he'd
ben the father Of twins at least
Gracious mel sed Mrs Sutton, a very lit
, erary womn, who aIiays talks history on ex-
ira occasions; : ef that little Mrs Allen amt
ekiIl to the mother of the Crash"
She looked at little 10. the daddy. fur a
spell, and tux to admIrln' him so that she could
t scarcely keep her hands off on hm-she hadn't
no babbys, poor womn!
, 'Ah Mr., Allen ses she, you are suthin'
like husband-you're determined to descend
a name down 10 your ancestors!
: | raaly believe she'd kissed him eF thur
hadn't ben so many wimen thar. The father
of the babbys were mitely tickled at furs1,
! cause all the wimen wur prasin' him, but
arler spell he gin TO look skary, for 90 whar
he would he found some wimen tryin' 10 git
} look al him-tha Jest beseged his shop
winder all the time. and kept peepin' in, and
lookil at him, and askin' his age, and whar
: he cum from? At last sum of the gals got so
curious tina asked him whar he did come from,
S anu hoaU, and as soon as he sed Tndianee, Dick
y Mason becum one of the popularest young
men in the settlement among the wimen, jest
: cause he war from the same state
Things went on this way for spell, till al
last tina heerd of em in the country, and the
wimen all about found some excuse 10 come
to town to git store goods, jest a purpose to
see the babby's and thur parents. The little
daddy war wusser plagued how, and they
: starr'd at him so that he couldn't work-the
fact wur. his mind wur gettin' troubled, and
some of the wimen noticed the skary look he
had out of his eyes, and kept wondern' what
il meant. One mornin' ii war noticed by some
OF the gals that his shop warn't opened, so
tina got inqurin' about him. and ar,er a sarch
he cum up missin'-well, I'm of the opinion
thar wur an excitement in town then, fully
ekill 10 the presidents election. Every womin
. started her husbind out AFTER 10, with orders
J not TO come back without him, and sech a
scourin' as they gin the country ronnd would
caught anythin' human.-it did ketch Jo-
on his road TO Texas! When they got him
back in the town agin, a committee of married
men held secret talk with him, To larn what
I the marter wur, that he wanted to clear out,
= and 10 told 'em that the wimen kept starin'
: at him, so he couldn't work, and eff he wal
kept from his business, and his family contin-
> coed to increase three al time, he'd git SO
hoS1 al al h.
{ knew it 'ud be better to clear out. for the
= wimen would be sure II take good care OF his
. wife and the babbys.
= = Old DR.. Wilkins wur appointed by the men
. to wait on a meetn' of the wimen. and inform
them of the fact, that they wur annoyin' the
E father of the three bahbys, and had almost
}. triven him outn the settlement. The doctor
u accordin' TO appintment informed the wimen
{ and arter he had retired tina went into commit
. tee OF the whole upon the marter, and appoin
. ted three of thur number 10 report at NEE
tim, on the next evenln', set of resolutions
teIIin' what lha'd do in the premises, and gov
>, ornin' female action in the partckler case o.
- 10 Allen, his little wife, and three beautiful
n healthy babbys.
+, When the hour OF meetin' had arriv Mrs
n Suuon's parors war crowded with the win
II en- of the settlement, and arter appinten Viii
70 der Dent % the cheer, tina reported the commit
tee on resolves reddy, and Mrs Sutton bein
:. the head of the committee she sot to work ant
v read the followin' drawn up paper
V WHEREAS, 1t has been sed by the wise Sol
ONION of old. that the world must he peopIed
>. therefore, we hold it to he the invioate duty
IS of every man 10 git married and, moreover
], rear up citizens and future mothers to GU
s. glorious republic; and,
!" WHEREAS, 1t is gratifyin' 10 human natur
70 the world in general. Mssury at large, AM
=. Liberty in pariickler, that this settlement ha
set an example to the ancestors of future time
- which will not only make the wiInen of thiI
- enlightened state pattern for thur children
-, ;" but envy 10 the royal wimen OF Europe, no
~ orgettin' the proud mother The Lions of Ing
=, =, land, but will elevate and place in and anon.
a. the furst families, fnrever hereafter, the moth
>. er that has shed such lustre upon the sex il
&c gineral and
Is WHEREAS, II is the melancholy lot of SOM
a to be deprived of don' thar duty in the grea
e, cause OF human natnr', because the young mel
Al is back ard about speaxin' out, it is time tina
of some measures be taken inimical to our CINE
raj prosperity, and encouragn' to the risin
is gineration of young fellars round town; thar