Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-20

| wo had. why, that night, MicaJah and L
but there, I'm getting before my story. 1 sot
all the pies on the great meal chest in the
rough room 10 cool and a smasbin lot there
was Of EN- can tell ye 'Twould have made
yer mouth water 10 have seen 'em With the
rich, spicy steam cHrlin' out through their
| haky kivers. By and by the deacon and bis
men camo in TO luncheon. The deacon, he
| complimented me on my rosy cheeks; said
they looked like two great Baldwin apples.
The deacon was a very poetical man, the des
| con was. Wall. putty soon the husking folks
began to arrive. The men they al went
straight to the barn, and the girls come into
the house to fix up little. There was Debby
Bean, and Becky Derbon, and Sally Wede-
| wood, and Poll HammertOn, and Kitty Blake,
| and Anna Grudge, and lots OF Others, as the
pothecaries say Of their medicines too nu-
merous 10 mention We went out TO the barn
after we'd smoothed our hair little and wa,
soon as busy as the busiest Everybody, that
IL, all the boys, was trying TO find red ear @.
corn and jokes few around lively I.kiud of
cast sleeps eyes around on the ordinance.
and saw good many strange faces that sus.
| pected cum from Punkin City Somehow 1
| took quite likin TO a feller that sot opposite
to me, he looked so pert and spry.
| "I saw him huskin away like all possessed,
and byme by he up and halloed-'fve got a
| red car hooray now, gals, look out And
/ tell ye he did flourish round there among
| the gals to an awful rate. / do believe he
| kissed Poll Hammerton full dozen times 1
never could see what there was so extractin
about that gal, but all the fellers was alars a
trailin after her.
/" felt quite jelus Of her, but my jelosy
| was all compelled when he cum up TO me.
Laws a-massy, ser I, never can let you-go
away now. L amt in favor of such doinS.
Bat he never paid the least attention 10 me,
but kissed me full as many times as he had
| Poll (ilow mad she was.) Ny face was all
| in blaze L was actilly ashamed. He sot
down and broke Of the the hard cobs for me,
and talked in such polite way to me that
l soon forgot how shslled he had acted with
Poll
wall, arter while, the great barn foor
was cleared, and the ysller corn lay bright
and shining in big heaps by the hay mows.
Then all hands started for supper. The men
| went to the pump and secured up their hands
and faces, and we put supper on the table.
| Twas well that We baked dozen more
pies than We kalkulated on, for the way the
vittels disappeared was alarming I began
| to fear that Joe Hammertcn POLLS brother,
! wouldn't survive IL, for he est bread and but
ter enough for two men, and then he down
with pint bowlful Of apple ssss, and then he
went into the dough nuts, and be never stop
peb till he'd swallowed ten of the biggest
ones. Then Jerusha passed him the puddin,
and he ate prOportionately Of that Then he
swallowed whole paleful Of gingerbread, aud
when he got TO tho pies, as trle as you're alive,
be actually deyoured two punkin pies and
| seven apple turnovers. The greatest wonder
to me was where he contrived to composite 30
much.
After a while supper was over and we all
rejourned to the fore room. The cid pewter
plate was soon diskiyered, and we ali jined
7!ayin. L dom know how many times Mica
jah kicked that platter over when my NUN
Der was called purpose TO have me judged
But didn't care for that, for il was almost
alters make hcnc0cp with Micsjah. or A
bob sled with Micsjah, or something of th al
kind.
- There was good heap Of Goals on the
hearth, for-lt was rather cool, and once Mica
J2h nc went to kick over the platter whsn IL "
sakes his foot slipped and that platter went
! rite into the middle Of them red hot Goals.
How he did jump; but 'twant no use, for one
side Of it wss melted clean off before ANYBODY
| could frescoe it Micajah he felt awfuIly
| about 1t, but Jerusha tola him not to lay il TO
heart, twas no consequence; and we went On
on with our plays. Somebody proposed 10
plag Copenhagen, and it would inquire q rope
/ tOIpiay it with. None Of our TattievilIe folks
knew how TO do it, and Jerusha called me out
In the entry and asked me if thought they'd
hang nybody if they played it. Law no,
Jerusha, said L but what'n you do for
! rope! Why, sez she, well oncord q bedstead;
| so up stairs we went, and tumbled beds and
bedclothes on to the floor and got the bed
cOrd-and such q tearin time as they had
| with it. Micajah kept strikin at my hand all
the time, and felt quite fattered by his par
tialness.
"When We got ready to 90 home the bows
all went out doors and stood reddy TO ketch
their iavorite gals as they cum cut and don't
! you think the moment l stepped my foot
: outside the door up cum Micsjih and stuck
! up his arm to me. Jest 10 spite Poll Ham
| merton l took it, and of we marched as grand
as the Emperor Of England. That was the
way cur craftsmanship began And afore
we'd got TO my home that ght Micaiah
asked me to keep company with him. L
/ didn't hardly know what 10 tell him, but
! stopped q minute so thinking how bad Poll
. Hammerton would feel if L got beau first,
| aad thea L told him L d be happy to see him
| at or house any time when he could make it
/ handy. He didn't need second invite; and
every Sunday evening he'd cum drest up in
| his go-tO meet-inables, and he'd stay till the
! cocks crowei in the morning. Byne bye,
one mornin, Jest afore he was goin 10 start
! for home, he got up, give bis hat twirl or
! two, buttoned up his coat, and then unbutton-
ed ii agin, and seq be with an awful cough,
| that made me shudder, IL sounded so much
like the cough that alters goes with the mea-
sells" Hannah" ses he, ahem I've been
keepin company with you some time, AMI
ahem, hem-Ive been thinking that I'd like
to change my sitiwation and, In fact-I want
to marry you"
THAT was the hull of it / needn't tell
you what 1 sed, for you know 1 had yer uncle
| whether said yes or no Dear, dear, man,
how tickled he was. But there, he didn't
look half pleased as he did when our Hepsibah
Abigail first began TO 90 alone. A tickleder
| critter you never did see. Speaking Of her
makes me thnk-did ever tell you how we
cum TO give our only daughter such an out
landish name? Well, you see-there, as true
as I'm alive, there's that risin 70 set for the
bread in the mornin, 90 1 shall have 10 put
on tellin ye until TO morrow night. Then
wnen git my knittin work and git set down
you shall have the hull particulars
SWEATING CoIN The New Orleans Plea
yune says q The practice of sweating and
ming coin, it appears has got into vogue in
this country. The banks in this city, we learn,
have lately had occasion 10 return n number