The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1856-07-05

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zss seaa1 ny boots: or tear my
7 fffIe matter, and made BeHcvu 4 rls..:,.is:.
glad to see her. The old Deacon was rooty
well to do, and in case nothing breaks, thinks
I--why, Sal is pooty nice gal, and all things
considered, l might go further and fare wuss
| Ef didn't go further and fare wuss may be
kicked to death by grasshoppers.
But Pm getting ahead of my story. Skinned
up again to Sal and took her out to ride a few
treated her to ice creams al cctkcry once in Il
while But what on airth put it in my head to
take the critter to ba'-'cept it was my i'll
luck-I never could discover.
To make long story short, I took Sal to Il
rompiny, tearing two dollar ball. Fixins clc-
giant American flags, bokays the blackcst kind
of nigger fddIcrs, chalked floors, ok ceffery
But FIVE minutes after l had been in there
tlian't gas light, flowers, no chalk no
niggers no nothin' except one of the most
sllendifferous, angelifferous, onnacountable fas-
cnoratin female critters ever sot my tn goose
berry eyes onto.
ketched hold of a floor manager, and made
him introduce me to her. Gee-whitaker! what
Il kurtsey she made and bowed so low that
nearly fell out of my dickey on to the floor.
We danced good real, and [ was so delighted
Will tue cFILtCr CnGaECu ncr IOr the whole
evening.
''Do you waltz, Mr. Hopkins askc.l She
Il don't do nothing else" said |, bold as
brass, and with that ketched hold of her like
as see the other fcllers doing to their gals,
and eff | didn't sling her then there is no SHOW
| on kiinyly Peak. A few complimentary re-
marks such as '',o it boots" from the bystanti-
erS, encouraged me to do my pootiest, and the
way l slung them cowhides was perfectly orfuI
Il say it with the realizing of the moral
responsibility of the assertion. Once in while
kctched sight of Sal, setting up against the
wall in solitary glory, but it only made me cut
up the harder.
Bim-bv / got dizzy, and the next thing !
knowed, | was sitting sofa and that
angel u holding salts to my nose and bending
over me Ike u hen over a spawned chicken.
dldnt see no more, nor hear no more, after
that. How Sal got home didn't inquire.
waited on her to the door, and when she teled
at parting | might call on her, l went home
chuck full of glory and happiness, and dreamed
all night the stranyest kind of dreams about my
being in the Garden of Eden, and flayiny
"high low, Jack" with Gen. Washington and
Mary Qneen of Scots.
Next day perhaps | did not call my
charmer-wcll, | reckon did, though. bust
right out, and called her all the angels in crca-
ton and told her love her better than maple
sugar cider.
"Wil you do me a favOr?'' says she.
"Anything in reason or agin reason" said I.
.'WclI" says she, looking good enough to
eat, Il want You to buy me cowhide-here's
bit to pay for it,"
'Darn the expense" says /, "I'l make you
present of it,
Off | went proud of the commission, and
bought real stinger-cost me sIlilin'-won-
dcrin' who on airth she wanted to give 4 lckin
to- hav it, thought I, some other fellow she
don't like has been persccutin' her, and now
she is goin to give him the sack and a lckin'
into the bargain
'Miss Evelina, Chat was her name | should
like to know the name of the individual that
ere cowhde is destined to astonish."
"Hes about your siZe,' says she, with pc
cnliar smile that | didn't somehow exactly like.
Then she tced how Sal had been there, and
told how shameful I'd treated her-and then
and then-my stars! if she didn't use that COW
hide powerful.
"IIod on," says /, ''it hurts.'
"Glad Of it," says she, ''plenty more licks
whar them cum from"' and she pelted away on
my head, and ears. and limbs, and arms, until
the air seemed full of lcks and cowhidcs /
followed .enuff." but it warnt no kind of use,
/ hand't had sucl, Iickin' since | blowed up
the old skne house stove with fathers powder
horn and got ketched just as l tochn' off
the train. | rid home in i carriage-that cost
me dollar-and l kept my bed for fortnite.
l was sight to be seen! My head was swc!led
up bsgern' yaIar Punkin.
When got well l went to Sal to explain
matters and make it up with her. But she
didn't care to make my acquaintance: The in-
gratitude of wimmcn in onnacconntable. And
there was a feller with black whiskers se,tin'
alongside of her, who said something about
spliin' for a fite which made me make tracks
in double quick time. The story got into the
newspapers and darncd if it didn't make New
Orleans too hot to hold me. Sal soon married
the clerk of steamboat So ! come North,
bnt inaint called on gals since, and laint
been to no balls for cowhidcs grow in Boston
Just about rs vigorous they do in New
Orleans, and a felier that has had one such a
lickin' Us had, don't care about another at no
price.
Il BOYS SpEEcH-The other day hoy came
tearing rouud a corner with his rags in the
wind his face sneared with molaSses, and u
shingle fonrishing i'll his hand. while he was
shouting TO another boy abont the size OF
pepper box, who stood some quarter OF mile
down the street: "Oh Bill git as many boys