Kansas weekly herald., 1855-03-09


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impersonaiiens of Dr.. sNalensiae,aad Yaa-
kes Hi. and am nov. prepared Fspy,
that representative Of character cannos
qasss equal the principal. ;.:- -. 80 - e.
I Leaving one Of the little spawn.classers
engaged in a project Of letting ap=a-silk to
introduce into the frs,iegisature, to allow
women to vote, i strolled off, ins the airec.
|tionof smalbtents Observation-Disclosures
Fnents were built of sod and roofedo With
hay-stacks, which proved to be- tEedsdas-
tie" Of one Of those fortunate families, chat
owe'so much Of their prosperity, and siSi-
city, to,he dissntsresssa chafisyof theryaid
Societies" The old housewife wslki
pipe in her mouth occupied one side ,on
fire in front of the tent, while sittihesg upon
Fanold box on1the opposite side, ensc6need
in heavy stsrsoat, was an ovefgrown'four
teen yearaold boy: his: elbows resting upon
his knees, his hanis spread ia fahEai
towards the fire, while his eyes peered
from underethe bfim of felt hat into9hs
blaze -69 .-s-r, .1is5sg. nc IL
- Well" said I to the old lady, 'showods
you fancy prospects in Kansass" Who
would have thought that one little question
would be ableto develope so much history.
q "Oh, dear me, Sus, calculated the old
lady; Idont know what on airth we're GO
in ,tu du.i The, dirty Emigrans .Aiders
fooled us up 70 come clean all the why out
here. and leave a comfortable hum in
Maine. You couldn't guess how some Of
their bosses lied tu us. They telledemy
Old Man he could get large farm for
song, and plenty of work at any price he'd
have mind to ask, and eatables so cheap,
that we could make a fortin in three years;
the rascais; I'd trust the wicked Missou-
rians fore l would them again. Dooliitls,
(that's husband. says he; Dorotha! what
du you think bout it! Well Leonard, says
l; l opinionate poor folks can do better
there In Kansas than here. I'd like tn git
some where where eatables is not so skase
as.to keep body eatin beans,-'sides
want tu git hold on some Of them big fresh
fish they tell abeont, that aint chuck faHanf
little bones tu bother in eatin 'em[ alters
was mortal fond of fish--so Doolittle sold
the oxen and keow, and we got rid of the
furniture all but the beds, which IJtgivs
sister Becky to keep, in. case we-shouh
ever git back ecept one we brought gous
with u.s. and started with the Aiders and
come out here, only wish to goodness.
we was back agin. Oh dear! we waz
only bask, it dus appear tn me meow, tha,
l never should want cent in money-only
to be back, and have Jonny cake tu keep
US alive, and jest decent clothin. I;aean't
keep them lyin .Niders out of my mind;
there is my poor boy Nathan, he has been
sick with the bilious ever since we landed.
and we have no place but this ere tentto
Mother hold on" interrupted Nathan,
"hold on mother let me tell a..:
live IN, continued the old lady, ''and the
Lord only knows when sis3 .sa.acs
81 say hold onmother," yelled NathaE
and turning to me. (you see the old wo-
man is little deef-") .yMother, hold on
till I tell this gentleman how Mr.. Lincon
sucked Fayther in" This demonstration
brought the ''old woman" to, and the boy
commenced his story. -.
'sDoyou know Mister Linconz" confes.
Sc dmy ignorance. sWell," said he,' you o1s
tu know him. Every body ort to know
him, fur he's dreadful mean man; and III
tell you meow low lie sarved Fayther. You
see this Lincon was bout the fust man wa
got acquainted arter we got here. He can
talk smoother than lie, and we TUX him ta
be as nice and good as man could be-
Well, we wanted a, log shanty built and
this Lincon, he worked around and dune
sech jobs, and Fayther laid in with him tu
due ourn. So we got the logs there on
the greound, but fore Lincon teched 'em
he come and telled Fayther, that he wanted
to buy keow; and -he knew where be
could git good 'un bat one OF the Missoo-
ry slave fellers had her, and them drafted
slave feliers would 'nt trust the abolitioners:
and if Faysher would let him have the pay
for the Job in advance. he would throw. OF
fifty cents and he could buy the keow. SO
Faythcr he let him have The money; there