Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-11
Jepl. Hopkins Experience.

WhenI was down to New Orleans making
| my etarnal fortin', who should turn up one day
OF all creation, but Deacon Brittle's darter Sal
a critter used to be kinder sweet on in Var
mont-but good gracious! along side of thel,
Creoles and French gals-wall it is no use talk
MISCONCEPTIONS are odorous-us Mr.. MALTA
prop says in the play. OF course l was not over
and above delighted to see her, did not jump
clean out ofmyb OTIS or tear NV dickey, or any
thing of that sort, but seeing how had writ the
critter some pretty strong letters when was
| TIL home, and as verdant as year old donkey,
put a putty good face on the matter and made
believe was dreadful glad to see her. The old
Deacon is pooty well to do, and in case nothing
breaks, thinks I why, Sal is poorly nice gal,
and all things considered, might go further
and fare wuss. Ell didn't go further and fare
.uss, may be kicked to death by grasshop-
pers. "s4 +wt 50
But I'm getting ahead O my story. Skinned
mp again to Sal, and took her out to ride few
treated her to ice creams ak cettery, once i'll /,
while. But what on airth put 1t into my head to
take the urittcr to ball-'cept it was my ill luck
Il never could discover. ..-5sz-- - S-'
To make long story short, took Sal to a
ramping, tearing, two dollar ball. Fixings ele-
CANT. American flags, hokeys,. the blackest
kind Niger fddlers, chalk floors, ak cctiery,
But five minutes after had been there did'nt
no gas light, no flowers, no chalk no mig
gers, no nothin, except one of the most SPLEEN
differous, angehfferous, onaccountable iascinora-
i'm, female critters l ever set my III goosberry
eyes onto. ---.---
~ ketched hold of floor manager, and made
him introduce me to her. Gee whitaker what
u kurtsy she made! and bowed so low that
| nearly fell out of my dckey onto the floor
We danced good reel and | was so delighted
with the cr,ter engaged her for the whole eve
ming. e.
''Do you waltz, Mr.. Hopkins?" asked She 80
81 don't do nothing else, said |, bold as brass,
and with that ketched hold OF her, like as i
see the other felers doing to their gals, and et1
didn't Sing her, then there's no snow on Kill
lingly Peak. A few complimentary remarks,
such as ':go it boots from the bystanders,
encouraged me to do my prettiest, and the way
siung them cowhides was perfectly orful-I
say it with realizing sense of the moral re-
>ponsbity of the assertion. Once in while l
&eiched sight of Sal, setting up against the wall
in solitary glory, but it only made me cut up the
harder. 5 atf
B;me.hy got dizzy, and the next thing
anowed was setting on sofa and that ere
angel holding salts to my nose, and bending
over me like remover "a spawned chicken.
iid'nt see no more, nor hear no more, after that.
How Sal got home didn't inquire. l waited
on my angel 10 the door, and when she tclled
ne at parting might call on her, l went home
chuck iuil o. glory and happiness, and dreamed
all night the rangest kind of dreams about my
being in the Garden of Eden, and pla ying ''hlg,l
,ow Jack" with General Washington and Mary,
Queen of Scots. :sa
Next day, perhaps did not call on my csiarn-
er-wail, reckon did, though. bust ght
out and called rail the angels in creation, and
,old her / loved her better tnan maple sugar or
new cider.
''Wlll YOU do me u favors" says she.
.'Anythlng IN reason or agin' reason, said |.
"Well," says she looking good enough to eat,
Il won't YOU 10 buy me a cow..ide-heres BIZ |
'sDarn the expense u says LIN make you a |
)fesent Oiit.
Oh | went proud OF the commission, aud |
fought real stnger-eost me Il sbiln-won-
lerin who on airih she wanted to give lickin, !
o. hey IT." thoaght i, "sone other fellow
he cont like, has been persecutn' her, and now
hes go:n, to give him the sack and Iickin, in
o the bargain. z.sss
So says |, as handed her the cowhide -
Mss Evelna Chat WAS her name, J should like
Q know the name of the individual that ere
owhde is destined 10 as,onish.'
lies about your size says she, with Pc |
uli-r smile | didn't somehow exactly like.
men she teed me how Sal had been there, and
bid how shameful I'd treated her--and then
-niy stars! If she didn't use that eowhide pow
rful. ysSs Ssass3 r4
'.Hoid on." says sit hurts" -
"Tlad otit,' says she; ''plensy more beks
har them GUMS irom!" and she psl,ed away
a ms head, and ears, and limbs and arms. until
ne air seemed fuilof hicks and cowhides. | hol.
red "eRnf,' but it warn't no kind of No
edn't he'd such lekin' since bloxe,i n, ,ha
d skulc house stove with fathers powder horn
III got ketche5 just as I WAS tucnin' off ,bs
an. lrid home in a cafriage-,hst cust me :
'iiar-and kept my bed fora fo-tnite wss !.
sight to be Scent Ny head was swei,ed nm he !;
m a waller .pampAin r :.
When got well went 10 see Sal To err,,;n !.
alters and make il mp with her But She ,ian, !
re to MAKE my acquaintance. The ingr,,;. !,
DE OF Wsinmen, is onaecountable. And H.,
y teller vita black Mhishers scttin, nrs,,a
her, who said something about s,,i!;n, far
{, winch y, maae me make trscss il dosbleauick Il =
ne. The story got into The newspapers, ana
rned 1t 1t didn't make New Orleans too hot n +
10 me- Sal soon married the clerk Of. ssea N. i /
at, SO cone North, but haius called ON =
gals seace. and haint been TO no balls. for :,
shides grow in Boston just ahoat rs vigorous =
they do IN Nea. ORLEANS, aud teller that has :,
d one such iickin' as he'd, don't care about :,