The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-18
Number a.

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clothes and getting 'em out TO dry, before
daylight. 0nce got into sort Of
doze. and Dire AIMED Of swimming across a
deep river of gushing fluid and the rocks
at the bottom and both sides were petri-
! fed shirt bosoms and pi.lcr cases, and
/ there was an old woman on the banks of
the river, who kept stirring on US with
a pole. reckon | woke up about five
/ O'Clock fer it Was just about half be-
tween day light and dark. and / could
just see the eastest stroke of light in the
world among the clouds around the tops
of the Green Mountains. | turns over
and loks at wife and she was sleeping rs
sound as a dead salmon; so | carefully
slid out Of bed, hurried on my clothes,
and in less than ten minutes, had the cid
wash tub filled clear to the top with all
of wife's clothes, and all could find of
my own. poured in about pail and
a half of clean water, ana then goes IN
the wood-shed, takes down the bottle of
/ fluid. walks back TO the tub, and pours
he's all in Lord! but 'twould have done
yon good to hear it 8is!
"Wen, says l to myself, if 'sthat's the
dir. coming out, it makes good deal Of
nois aboutit AsSsway; and guess its DO
ing up the kandsomely." So after
( letting il siz Cor a'sout minute, takes
up an old broom handle that was stand
ing near and wolops the things about
like lams tail in fly time. lor about
three minutes, and then takes hold of
them in-my hands to string em cut on
the fence. But gentlemen you'd better
believe dropped ;hem ere pile Of duds
mighty sudden! bilin water wasn'ta cir
cumstance to en-, and afore | put my
hands into pail of fresh water. | thought
in my soul l should loose EN- both For
about minute, was mad as scratched
kitten. | finally thought | would not
wake up my wife with my beilering, but
hang out the bilin duls with the old
broom handle, and let them drain and dry
on the fence; bat plaugy things never
cooled to the last minute and every time
a drop of the pesky fluid splattered on
my hands or face, it burnt worse than a
half 5ushel of live Goals. | soon got
tired of that sport, however, and before
got on the fence half what was in the
tub just washed my hands and face in
some cold rain water, and streaked it off
to bed, But | couldn't sleep a wink;
my hands panied me so that kept blow
ing on .em to keep from bellering, so
says tony wife, saysI: "Susan, hadn't
you better get up and pat your clothes to
soak?"
"Ho h-u-m," says she rubbing her eyes
with her thumb joint and kind o wink
ing, as if she was halfasleep. Eyes John,
| guess | had; but how long have you
been awake?"
"0h. sometime" says l, blowing my
hands and digging my legs with my toe
nails all the time to keep from groaning;
''but get up now. Susan, do, dear, or you
will be late with your breakfast. and I've
got to go off to town this morning on i'm
portant business"
''If that's the case" says she,' "Tll
certainly hurry"
''You may depend on it. gentlemen.
was in a mighty uncomfortable fix, about
that time! wanted to groan like dy-
ing horse and have something cOciiy
wrapped around my fingers; and then
gain, didn't want to make nOis, till
wife had seen how nice | had fixed her
things. Wall wife, she hurried herself
and went out into the kitchen to fill upa
tub, and in few minutes | overheard her
say to herself says She
'Good Heavens aud earth What does
all this mean! never put these things
to soak John! John! Get up and come
here, DO"
Il am under strong impressions. gen.
that ;his customer wasn't very
slow in his movements about that time;
for in less than forty seconds, | was there
and says /
"What's the matter, Susan? What's
the matter7"
"Ha, ha, ha,' said | "well, Susan. I
suppose l might as well own up to the
Joke at once, for my hands aches so that
can t hold in any longer It's nothing
but rushing fuid. and il cleans the
clothes without any rubbing. and is
well it does, for no pair OF hands in this
world could stand il to do The rubbing.
got up this morning while you were
asleep, and done up the washing, and
lung part of EN- out on the fence to dry
"While was saying this, wife she
ook little stick, and in trying to lift
,ut of the tub one of her--or that is
me other garments--by ginger. the tar
lal thing burst right in two Although
was sufferin' from my burnt hands.
nd was as mad as Green Mountain
atamount' at what the internal fuid had
one, couldn't kept from laughing at
hat moment if I'd died for it.