Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-10-27

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poison peStilence Nevertheless, as Jan a
and the damsel were agreed, every thing {
else was nothing-they were married. i
Jan, it must be confessed, was exceeding =
ly eXasperated that the future mayor of c
Rapps should be thus estimated and treat .
ed, and determined to show a little spirit. {
AS his fiddle entered into all his schemes,
he resolved to have music at his wedding
and, no sooner did he and his bride issue
from the churth-door, than out broke the
harmony which he had provided The
fiddle played merrily, you'll repent, re-
pent, repent-you'll repent, you'll repent
you'll repent, repent, repent and the
bassoon replied, in surly tones, "and
soon, and soon." Thus they played till
they reached the inn, where they dined,
and then set off for Rapps.
1t is true there was little happiness in
this affair to any one. The old people |
were full of anger, curses, and threats of
disownment JAMS pride was picked and
perforated till he was as sore as if he had
been tattooed with his own needle and
/ bodkin; and his wife was completely I
drowned in sorrow at such parting from
her parents, and with no little sense of re-
morse for her disobedience. Nevertheless, |
they reached home-things began to as
sumo, gradually, a more composed aspect
Jan loved his wife, she loved him--he was
industrious, she was careful and they
trusted, in time, to bring her parents
round, when they saw that they were do
ing well in the world.
Again the saving scheme began to haunt
Jan; but he had one luckleSs notion, which
was destined to cost him no little vexation.
He had inherited from his father, together
with his stock in trade, stock of old max
inns, amongst which one of the chief was,
that woman cannot keep secret. Act
ing on this creed, he not only never told
his wife of his project of becoming mayor
of Rapps, but he did not even give her
reason to suppose that he had laid up
shilling; and that she might not happen
to stumble upon his money, he took care
to carry it always about him. 1t was his
delight, whom he got into quiet corner,
or as he came along a retired lane from
: his errands, to take it out, and count it,
and calculate when it would amount to
this sum and to that, and when the pro-
posed sum would really be his own
Now it happened one day that having been
Il good deal absorbed in these speculations,
he had loterod precious piece of time
| away ; and, suddenly coming to himself,
5 he SET on, as WIS his wont, OH Il Kind vi
$ easy trot in which his small, light form
1 thrown forward, his pale, grey y-eyed, earn
S est-looking visage thrown towards the sky,
f., and his long sky-blue coat flying in a
S stream behind him, he cut one of the most
u extraordinary figures in the world and,
: checking his pace as he entercn the town,
: he involuntariy clapped his hand on his
u pocket, and, behold his money was gone;
e it hal slipped away through hole it had
u worn. In The wildnass and bitterness Of
. his loss he turned back, heartily cursine
p the spinner anI weaver Of taar most de,
: :caraJio piece Of buckram that composed
his breeche8-poel;ct that they had put il
together so yilainously as to break down
:, with the carriage of few dollars, half
: pence thimplcS, balls Of wax and thread
II and a few other sundries, after the trihing
e wear of seven years nine months and nine
y teen days. He was pacing, step by step
is after his lost treasure, when up came hi
le wife, running like one wild, and telling
o him, as well as she could, for want o
a breath, that he must come that instant
N for the Ritter of FlachenHaps had brough
y new liveries for all his servants, anC
re threatened, if he did not see Jan in fv,
t. minutes, to carry the work over to the 9th
Ot er side oithe street. Here was perplexity
The money was not to be found, and if i
J. were found in the presence Of his wife, h
te regarded it as no better than lost bu
er found it was not, and he was forced to tel
* a lie into the bargain, being caught in tn
III act of searching for something, and say h
Al had lost his thimble; and to make bat
to worse, he was in danger of losing a goo'
as job, and all the Ritter's work for ever a
ca consequence. Away he ran then, groan
it ing inwardly, at full speed and arriving
d, out of breath, saw the Ritter's carriag
tn drawn up before his opponents door
hit Wormwood upon wormwood! His mon
1n ry was lostl his hest customer was lost
ht and thrown into the hands of his deteste
it enemy. There he behcld him and hi
it man in prime hustle, from day to day
D. while his own house was deserted. A
L. people went where the Ritter went, c
he course his adversary was hourishing OF
s; Of all bounds he had got horse to rid
to out and take orders, and was likely to be
of come mayor ten years before Jan had te
nd dollars of his own. 1t was too much fc
ak even his sanguine temperament; he san
en- down to the very depths of despair; h
he fiddle had lost its music he could ne
abide to hearit; he sat moody and discor
ad solate, with beard an inch long. H
"a wife, for some time, hoped that it woul
u go off but, seeing it come to this, 81
lis began to console and advise, to rouse h
as courage and his spirits. She told him
ho it was that horse which gave the adval
U.s. tage to his neighbor. While he wei
,ot trudging on foot, wearying himself, an
ID, wasting his time, people came, grew in
Die patient, and would not wait She offere
'th therefore, to borrow her neighbor's ass fl
Mt. him and advised him to ride out daily
'b- little way; it would look as though
,sh had business in the country; it wou
he look as if his time was precious; it won
le- look well, and do his health good into Il
Ds. bargain. Jan liked her counsel; it SCUM