The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-09-08


them's eggs2 better mind how you jounc
them about l want you should be
leetle more careful for eggs is gcttir
rather skurse, I tell yc o, ye necdn'
look SO furse, nor speak up so pcert.
All these, and the following, are gcnuin
Yankee.
Hullow, General three new link
to your watch-chain ] guess you're o.
the way to the town-meetin', hey ?" "Jes
So"
Here, dad this way, dad. Squar
Perly says how that's leetlc too plague,
resky business for him, and if he ketche
our Neb over'n his water melon patch a
gin, he'll tan his hide for him If h,
don't 1 wish lie would that are Mel
(Nebuchadnezzar) might be good fo
somethin' if the Square jest got griI
on him when his dander was up after
good soakin'-I kind o. conSatc he would
somehow"
There, now What did | tell ye
That are Handkerchief is all acapScd M
(the New Workers would say muSsed)
when you borrid it, there wasn't 6rach
in it." & You jest run home, will ye, ant
tell 'cm I'll be there tonight" 'Skoni
kin" scrooch," for "sneaking," and
" STOPPING" we have often heard among
the native back settlers but who ever
saw these words written before2 And
so with ructious," meaning peevish,
unreasonable" or "fretful," though Of
ten heard, it is never written, even by
those who employ it in their speech, of.
ten without knowing they do so.
Yankees are famous for another pecu
liarity, which is overlooked by the clev.
crest delineators fla native runs his
head against post, you will never know
whether it was a blunder or joke Ten
to one, if you have begun laughing at him,
that before you have got through, you
may have your misgivings An illustra
tion just occurs to me Il young collegiai
was reading from Il playbill on the deck
of Il steamer. 90 Such sheets of fire
Such bursts of horrid thunderp That's
from Shakespeare" said he, as he finish
cd. \ linsey-woolsey boy, with white
hair. from down East, was looking over
his shoulder. Shakespeare not by
two chalks, mister It's Lcar don't
yer see the name }n There was uni
yersal shout; but the raw Yankee said
nothing, and when they looked at him a.
gain, expecting 10 see him abolished, he
was whiting what he called ptkc foy
a toothpick, and there was twinkle in
his eye which made everybody shy of
him for the rest of the rtee; before the
laugh died away, he was the hero of the
deck.
\ yorngster of this kind with blue
eyes, brass buttons, and bleached locks
after laboring through what is called 4
country cducation,-the best of all edu'
cations, by the way, if we may judge by
the foremost men Of our large cities
whether professional or mercantile but
of this more hereafter,-will speak of Il
great man, Webster or Clay, for exam
pie as suspicious character of any
woman separated from her husband, per.
haps, without change of look Or into
nation, though standing in the midst OF
strangers, who, for aught he may know
are friends or relations of the party, as
an aJ0ndoned women and wherefore
only that some bystander may " take
him up" and give him an opportunity OF
appealing to the tattered pocketdiction
airy in his great, wooden chest, when he
will prove that he who suspects Others
is a suspicious character, and that she
who is deserted wife is always an a
bandoned women. After this, you will
see him run his long, pesky fingers
through his hair, flourish monstrous
bandanna handkerchief back and forth fol
minute or two, with an air not to be
mistaken, and then straddle off to try
the same bait upon some other group
Perhaps he may speak of his own father
as a distant relation, leaving you to fine
out, by what follows, that he is in tn,
heart of California, or that he has growr
cool toward this particular member o
the family. Nor would he scruple t.
talk about Gen. Scott or President Fill
more, as my particular friend, thougl
he never spoke TO either in all his life
or ever saw the face of either, ,except,per
haps, at dinner-tablc on board steam
boat, only that you may be provoked Il
pursue the the inquiry, or that he ma,
manage to let you know that he heart
the former call for clean plate-afto
fish, or soup-or saw the latter wipin,
his mouth with the tablecloth, according
to established usage over sea.
The real, genuine Yankee is always
kindly disposed, good natured man. Al
though he may enter your breakfast
room without leave, to ask favor; o
sit down with his hat on among the VIC
men-folk he called to see about supply
in the family with milk, and ask al
sorts of questions about your busines.
he never becomes insolent or meddlC
some AT the worst, he is only inquisi
tive or curious, and wants to do-if no
altogether as he would be done by i
chaffering-in all other matters "jest .
bout right" as he calls it.-Sartain'
Maga1iRe.
Posi- OFFICE LITERATURE.-Al lei
ter passed through the Post Office,
faxv davc since 1iractad 10 tbo &C N,