Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-02
"NOT A DRAP MORE, 'TuOUT I1,%
SWEETENEnl

SWEETEN NED!"
It is astonishing how firmly certain
words and phases come INCORPORATED
in our v'rnacul"r, by the chan" telling "t
a" ntch"I". "r anything If that AOr'.
A v"'y common me aph"Iicl cxprrS.i"n
Is contained im the words, QeHit0 tie
hang " It is of univ"r~,.I appIi a,um and
c"n'' nirnce, and Ircumr popular from
tie day ct it's {" fret appearance. and in
the New Orleans Prcnlmn4. ten YEATS
ago. "s the n"h "f story "f = Western
gambler in n %tean.b at Who refused to-
Tet"nt certain mnn,y~. (rnululAmlIy uL
tanned. although made fast tn Il piston
r Il "t ih" machinery and compelled, ev.
cry second .sAlternAlely. I" pIuny. f,rw.Id
and JImp backward t" pi"NrnL in til. uu..
case. his head from being jrrked off and
III the "th"r his brains 'T"n II" ing dash.
cd out hy tn" regular. p"~, rtul sir IL"
Let me alone: I'm Isl geti' Q tie h"ny
OF the machIIrry." lie Exclaimed, When
1t was dem an led. " Won't yuu paw hack
'OW?' And 80 in y. lilies. nsii ..nn, l,w
A2d morals. and science AMI art. th,
American people haze been GErrtXG rux
HANG. ever sit CT.
-N"E dT"p more. MUuE It s StOrSfeus "
IL h"nN' hold phr~Hr in "a pan ul tnur-
gia and Alnb una. 4 m ,n declines, with
II. I" renew game OF cnrl> III which hr
has been Auccr~>tuI rustic rxprrS<rs.
by th' ELEGANT periphra>iS. his Iel.ln,i
n"'I"n I" drop the acquaintance Of sum,
cruel beau y: the Ilt,Ie pnhairi .n vows,
III these terms. to abstain. in future, from
some particular Course which Ii - proven
UNI ron Ahle : and so On Ihruu II y ut1"u
sand phA'"A and Gases of cUmmUupI ,cr
lite. It answers its purposes Of playful.
but decided hrSa.i"n ar decien>lua r,t
the party Nslny it. In fact. il is IA h,r
liberal rtnIrrt = "t III" $ ,nk Sl,vA,iAn
" " mI"e g''tt". II /. "n / thou L,U.st mo
though used "~tIy b. those wuu nev
er read Sh"k~r ar.
We heirv" that oar friend, Col. e. X
L. HIraIS"n. formerly ct Gr, ia. Is rn,I
tied t" the story cut pi which grew TIE
expression. II" 'cll> it nbrut .Iu>:
Twenty years az. ii was the Gus ON in
n 'r'h"e>iern Il ur-iI. rs indeed il wA~
thr"IGh"ut TIC $ .u'l.WtEt, Tor dry uumt>
dealers /" keep barrel OF .pvrtrl>" in
III" back rnum. and to "trtal" liberal cu>>
tuners to II glass when desired. Eilen~
d d WHEREBY were such dealer, in one uI
tie small l"w2S "f Ihe regions inti;c4ied :
and uhpy had fnr Gus umpr clever. rul
licking oil fellow. named joe. Denny, who
dr. INK whl key IN preference TO water.
Away, and " hose VIE wH~ - flesh uI his
flesh" in tn par ocular. The OIL cnu
pie w"ui! c1'ne 10 town. tadr Q1,e tree
ly. AMI quite Az freely imb;Or tue .pmi .
IN the back room vi tEe dealers We have
named.
On one occasion. both the oil man an |
Old ""mNn continued ih'ir r"tatiunS III
ordinarily; and As FIlIvnS observed III u
hi =" '!S went better. the Lrunker the old
woman cot he pres ed her t" ir:mk. Al
last she refused. unlvsH he va | - sweet
en- IT with lI1Iie store sugar The
amlAbc Nh"pk"rper inhul rod her. and
when III" oil pc"ple started hnn.r in lhr
evening late. the oil man nIll >c ,rce V
mount his horse. and the guide wife had
ac'nnlvtU be ll'lei An 81 seed on the pll
low behind him. Happily she leaned o oe
way. AMI her hu-h md Ih. ." her. -, Iha,
ts r Vi sing o ntwps b Nv en t. III
an ~ she clunE To him Im>lImuIlvel>
they pissed out VI the Will L.e safely
Before reaching tn"ir hnnr, hnwerrr
they had to cross II small creek. anl when
their horse stepped in ii t" drink. the oh
laIy having reached uncnnAcI,>Hne$s. re.
leased her hold and quierly lnp>ed into
TIL" stream b"l"~. Occupied with his
thou shtE. the oil man dlI not perceive
his loss. but j = E"l slowly home"ar,l.
Arrive ! there. NJ, onII iren en- IIirri aux
I""<Iv to' IN 1mmy." bur tns oil man
c"H' ! only SAY III tL she h~I 0"+n - ON the
cr'LEeT An l TIL" cri4er hadn't kickeI uD nIry
time. $" he could mt say Whrrs. size
m""lh' b. and threw himself, stupid,
on bed.
Girls and boys flew along the road III.
ol man hal come. ycIli J.. naImuy n,an..
NEE! ~ they went !; but ut course nu
mummy responded. When they arrived
at tho creek, the al lest girl .hO,rs
yOn Ter she is. s.selin down ia the
creek AMI there she WAS. cunrnr,a.
by seated IN The water which Game near.
ly I" her mOuIh. A. she vayeI back
and forth. nov yelling to tho inputun%
ty ofsthe "tr,'am., an / my rr-i%.inr it
WIN some success. tl.s null lytiii.I would
occasionally wet her ps. AMI each time i,
did So. she woul in.lly excliin with a
grim effort to smile i:
Wa d 0p more. !Yr. Ftllsnt, 'Laru
HG sDeeEene1l
And ltsis To this romantic little incilerI
in the life.of the venerable Mrs. joe Den
r9, that we ARE indebted for one Of mI,
m 'st popular colloquial phrases. .-Nor.
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