The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-03-21
From the Lafaystte Gazette.
Blackberry Pulling.
By JEHosHAPHAr JENKINS.

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berry in II you haint. golly grashus.
why Won don't know nothin no more A.
bout real labor-savin', high presshur, gsi.
vanic- 'lectityins sport than tire buit,eend
o. nothin'' arter its been whitfield Eor'
ha' massy upon ofiiss holders! Why moth.
IN in all creation can come up to black.
berryin', but gitrin' dumped ou.'n q slay
into a snow bank, and even that aint as
good when it aint q moonshiny night
Menny and menny is-the ti,ne when q lot
OF the Jordan Spankers--that's what our
village boys was nicknamed--would raise
party o. gals alter the grain hsryestin' ;
was over, and afore the corn and 'taters
was ripe, and start off early in the morn-
in Tor Hop Toad Hill, where the black.
berries was eenamost as plentiful9as mus.
keeturs in these diegings, and sich all
fted prime times as we d have was eau.
ton 10 FORMERS.
Fust off. when, allshands got collected,
and a lot o. sutthin, 10 eat. pork an beans,
new cider. goose berry pies green corn,
'iasses sing gefbread an smart spxinklin :
of other good things were peryided, we'd
tokermote; the gals all a walkin' by their
selves; The gals with their'tongues rum
nin'- about scandle, new ribbins, kaliko
gowns an sich eonsarns. jest assfasf as a
saw mill in a freshet; and the fellers4 a
gabbin' about horses. cattle. gineral mus
ters, an corn shukius--as etellin'show ii
was all Ike Shaw s kereiessness that made
his grain mouldy-tha, Jim Bipgy was.
the orfulest liar that ever was, and that
Her SIRE ,,,a ,,,la ,,,,x,laf scsa,hF ,kat Vab,.
Armstrong s wife hadAheerd ho " th at Har-
rison Stebbins hadn't the funs 10 90 en-
with his new frame house, and that COM
in SO strait from on eswhe' d orier know
all a bout it, all hands sot il rite down for
a fact, an said that il sarysd him Jest rite;
and then to think OF his hayin' ttiea sass
to build house, without iellin' the huh
village how tnelny rooms there was to be
on the fust floor, an he member o the
church. ~ --..it saryed him jest rite, by.
erackey ~ So we'd keep aterkin, I'LL
we cum 10 the hill then all hands diysIite
intu the bushes and sbramhies, end sich
d scramblia and scretchia' for blackber.
ries as there was. WASN'T 10 be snee2sd AL
Ii tShappened that on one o these bl6ck
berryin frolies ihatsa sa1sing long haired;
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