Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-12-26

over the kitchen. lie sat down ana, luI !
moment. inflated the gravity q his peers
lie then turned to the mos, Solemn one pres
cui, and asked him what was the state OF the
moonshinc No answer was given, but h'
question greatly lighiencd the pressure Of The
cons,rain, under which all present laborcd.-
Conversation began, al 6rs,, indeed, IN ~h's
pcrs, but soon several spoke oul loud.
"a was under ihs imPrcssiuu," said Mr.
Guile, :! .ha, this was to be an Apple bee
bu, | don't scc the apples
Bring them on, said one Of the boldcs'
lc, rs have something 10 do
Ben and Kcziah then brought a corn bas
ket full Of apples, which were placed on 'h'
table. \ tin pan was given to each dam'el
The young mcn then di'trihmed the apples
and tie wovk or pariug began. As 'hcr'
were no pan. for the gentlemen, II was ncccs'
.ary ior each one to st beside a lady, and
drop his parng, into III, pan, which hold a
place Of greater or lcs' security apon her lap
\ better cuotri,ancc ior ris-a-ir' was ncy.
cr devised
Mr Guile had managed 90 srcuic sea, be-.
side Mis- R,b,cc1 Sab.na Hall. anal was par.
ING with great skill 'nd raPIdiy, letting the
parngs fll into the par which waSin or rl,h.
cr on the lair ouc's lap. That of course rem.
drrcd ., necessary ,ha, be should ST very near
her.
When arr Mr.. Fosters folks coming
home ," said Becky
"Can', say" was BcnJamin's hconrc re.
ply
"Do they trade a rrca, dralaI their Horc'''
Cant say"
~ should not think Il would do To shu, mp
the store
Mr Benjamin Collie d.i not see 4, to inu.
mate whether he did or d.d NO, agree With
her in opinion lIc saw that her mind was
running on Mr Foster, the popular clerk
,ha, she was ,pccula,nr on ihr probabilities
OF hIs coming tu the Bee
How thick YOU pare your apples oN-
claimed Becky KcIiah, NJ Guile is par
ir, ,ou, annie. ,rl away"
K,,,ab ua. loo mach occupied Nth her
p,r,ncr To heed IN, remark
"Gc, .omcl,ad, to pare with YOU who can
MT ,ou h.usr." sa.d Hen. in low ,urcc -
n, then r,.s and lcN the room. under a pre-.
t,ncc Of procuring a fresh supply of apples
II, walked forth and took a survey Of the star,
tb,prb mo-, USUALLY given To astronomical sp-c-
ul5,iors "Tbatrirl. saiIhc To him,olfcon-
6I,ptally. "tai pirl, We do not quote h,s
word, accurately, for wc wish to make them
a little more complimentary lo the lads than
the, rcalI, were. "wants 90 know wly that
,.,ii. handed and .on-hcaJcl clerk i.nt here
She may have him. and see II tape and molas-
,es will keep hcr 10 as goodcasca as the north.
cmnmwouId."
The northern farm va, expected io come
into Mr Bruumn + Guhc's possession boz
Nh, spring. Like sensible man, be was de-
,Irou, of finding some one Nhom ltmighl be-
made over lu with blm jointly
"I1l lrt her alone" said benjamin 10 him.
self and flrnr L., M, clr should Gtl to
catch ,hc rnark he rcaca,rd II several time.
with r,r,,J..,.rr,pr,,. Having thu, finished
li. communication. 10 himself. hs seized O.
l,,,,,,r,rrrr. and returned ,o the ,rrnc oi
,,.-g,,,,. 1, pI,,,Drit on the table. which
a.. I,7,, already said VA, in ,hc centre .r,hc
-,,,n ,b. ,5bl. v,. o,cr,hrown. Thi. caus-
"a ,b.o,,,,r,,,y. ~ .c,,,,l r.rlsvith iIn pans
c,rl or,r,l.., ip their lam. Table. pans. girls
,.,..,, ,,.n. ,,,,,.I,J p.v,,t r,nl,,.
-, a.. a.. ,,,.r.,l.,,,ts or,,sc,,J ter.
,n,,,I .,,r,.og gpn,f,,,,5Isurh,cr filled the
h,,., ana ,,,.cb, NJ lone. In the door of
.,r. ,,,,,,u.,, ,,,,, .nl, w,. upon nm.
-. A.. ,n,,,y,l -. .,cn, and pr,,oopd
Il, ,.,,,,,.lLi. ,r,,,,,occ
Ron r,.l,I rp m, table. the Young men
,,.,lcl nm tho ri,I. and the Girl. picked up
,b, mans, and the Girl. and Young men tosc,h.
ZIP c,,s,I nm the ,pplc.. during which opcra.
,,,, mann, L,,I, vc,, ,ccidep,,lly brought IN
80, ,,I vb,, v,, very remarkable. /,
-. ,,,,,,,h,y NAL, and female head rha,
came in contact. /, mu,, have been some.
thing IN the combs.
4 norc definite and satisfactory accouu, OF
tie cause Of the overthrow Of the table can be-
ci,en. During Mr. Gulic's abscurc. Mr. Eos.
ter entered aud seated himself In the chair lcit
,acap, by the sidcof MI., Becky. The sight
or him in tla, place had no tendency tn com.
nose Mr.. Guile. nerve, and to increase his
rbv,ir,l strength. while It had a tendency Ia