Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-06-29

Alter eating, no, feeling in any yer,
'a|ka'ise mood. | stationed myself b,
the hre to indulge in my own undis,urb
ed reflections, bu, in vain the ineesaan
"qnackltiseness" Of Phlrs loquac,ou.
powers, di,s,pated all ideas Of reverie
and awohe similar inclination within
my own cran'um. During the CONVEX.
sat'on, learned that Phil had once beer
catholic. but was anything bu. a pa
p'st now. ventured to inquire the rea
son OF his apostacy. when, emitting a
volume OF the stimulating y.bank from
his capaclous cheeks. he answered.
And ye niver heard of my ,hrayils
IN the old country. sure! answered
IN the negative.
We'll, thin, perhaps ye'd like to hear
narrative of the s,rikenest events OF
my own personal experience p
Tell the story. for once, a. you told
II the las, time, Ph,lIy dear," interrupted
Mrs o Rory, With an arch look a, me.
Nov lave me alone Tor that, Maggy
darlint; and isn't good story like the
precious drop OF po,een gets old and
better At the same time
The time" continued Phil. 1--WE
must necessarily dispense with Phlil's
peculiar brouge which. by the way, was
the amusing part. land circumstances
az my entrt into society | can't now
very well remember, bu, my frs, early
Impressions were inJeIllply stamped up.
on my memory, by means iy stout shil.
laiy. the prime mover of which was my
old mother, God bless her.
remember i, as distinctly as ever
eat meal ot vit,les, she Vas kneeIinu
before wha, | afterwards learned was a
cruciii1. and. little hereto as | was, ~htn
her back was turned. con,rlyed 10 GET
the image and bite of iniirely It's nasa
proluberance, and otherwise reveal the
TACT tina, the original stn was born with.
III NE. was Iust in the middle Of my
game of assault and baihefy, whln whach'
aud sch an assauliln' and balherln' as
got thln, ii Solomon had been there then
he j u. felt II his duty 10 eselalm, 'hould
old woman. II take back all SAID abou,
spiitn the rod and sPatia' the SON. how.
somever, II he wouldn't feel, | did, and
concluded no, to have anything more 10
do with holy relics after
We'll, 10 coniracta shor, story into a
long, | was sen, 10 school. where | made
a wonderful proficiency IN ideness'
| All my studies took .,rea, delight in.
But grammar. spelling, arithmetic, redin'
and ri,in'.
II mus. have possessed great partial.
+ tty ior the fine arts then. seem as one
/ day chalked ou, old donines profile
on the wri,,n desk. The boys called i,
the lights and shadows Of capmt magis-
ri' that's laiun, but them as didn',
know ia,un, chrls,enet It D Rory's clare.
obscure, but the divil biz of resemblance
could discern between that and any
Clara that | know; bu, as TO its bein oh.
scure that was thrue enough aaef min
il, for the master clapt his !uile black
peppers on,,l IL. and then sot me TO OBJ
/ li,eratn of il, then in turn nearly obiit,
Grated me for the same, so that ended my
reputation IS a painter
II didn', stop long with the muses.
somehow we couldn't agree, and left,
bu, no, before gained the pretty sobri'
3uet OF Blunderory. There were my
redin' blunders, my ri,ln' blunders. my
grama,ical blunders ers-frol,cksisms, as the
old man used 10 call them" 'solecisms
suggested l-"may be, but the worst ol
all vas the blunder in composition.
"Innocen, cretur as l was, lniver ?rac'
,iced composition, only as NY old moth
er would get my head between her knees
and pou: no, stuff down my throat
Well, whin the master, who was an in
vetherate old snufIer, tod me to get Ri.
ey's Composition from the desk for lit
tie Pat Sweeny, naturally enough got
his snuff box, and .akis' poor little Pat
by the be IL av his head. all Of sudden'
surprised his olfactories and his eatln
factory wild lesson in composition that
he'll niver forgi, if he tries to.
"Bu: Pa,ter and Moses! the dust he
kicked up there! the bsx wint one way
and the contents wint everyway. especial
ly among the girls. who just thin con-
cluded to try their winkin' faculties; il
Capsin Plus had been out iv w:nkin' viz
he might have been supplied with any