Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-04-28

prepare Co leave. Mr Smiley Insisted that We
might used ether aIil1.es, ani, s. we wefe now
q town. suggested that We bad best make bay
ahle the sg1 shoas. !, q course, Understood
Ell this as being uo,hing more than lslk, bot
my fashionable ladies thought il might be deemed
rude 70 leave 90 abruptly, and kindly iuiimaied
their willingness to look at anything which Sir.
Smiley should desire 10 show them. With this
he fell TO atrcsh. and fairly charmed them with
the sight Of perfume Walls, and scented soaps,
and fancy combs, and Aashy ribbons. lie then
persuaded himself that we might want looking
glass, and catching up couple, he carried them
nimb.y 10 and fro before the girls faces, and al
though they 50 struck ia The sun once ortwi,e as
almost TO strike the whole Of Us stone blind, vet
the poor creatures looked delighted. These be-
ing also declined, be next took it into bis head
that my wife wanted new parlor carpet and,
without waning for reply yea or nay, ran 10
place on the counter where several huge bolts
were standing upright, and with heavy blow Of
his Est he tumbled one ofthe largest on the floor.
Cutting the the threads which confined il in an
instant, he stepped back, and with monsirous
kick which thought would have disJointed every
toe on his foot, be started the bolt 10 unfolding il.
self4 n most rapid and furious gate, and indeed
II continued to run out until i was stopped by the
door of The counting room. The hgures were so
pretty and the quality 50 fine that Mrs. PlaInlove
al once decided to purchase carpet but ohJec-
ted peremptory because Of the imposslbilhy Of
our ever getting home If that was added TO the
present load. even allowing that my saddle bags
should be crowded ciock full. Our friend, how.
ever, manfuy protested that he could so pack il
the weight would never be felt, and the room it
would take Just nothing at all, So the carpet,
Mr.. Rambler, was bought, and Il being then at
ter O'Clock we prepared at last to start home.
This was though, much easier prepared for
than executed in our situation. When came TO
look in the barouche, | found such mountains Of
bundles and boxes that utterly despaired Of see.
ing my women so squeezed in as to be comora.
bly seated; and even if we succeeded in that, |
began to think il very doubtful whether old Jerry,
exhausted as he was, could prevail on his team to
undertake the pulling part.
But must reserve this, Mr. Rambler for an.
other number, having extended this further alrea.
dy than your worthy publisher may fancy.
Yours with due regard,
PYNSENT PLAINLOVE."
OF course, my dear S., did not calculate
otherwise when beginning these sketches, than
that should, in time, have quite number OF
collateral correspondents, among whom value
none higher than your excellent and simple min
ded friend, Mr.. Plainlove, and with whom we are
both SO well acquainted. have often shared his
abundant and cheerful hospitality and though his
dwelling may not be always easily found, yet il
is none the less pleasant after you once get there;
and ifhis person shall moi be asly identified il
is because his visits are always unostenIatious
having never before or since come to town with
his family. A RAMBLER