The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-04
From tia Bosios Trsssiir.
Uncle Gao and sampson.

OucIc Lac, as ne was iamiliariy Cateu'
came hobbling along one cold frosty NOM
inc towards the tavern door, and uneIpeci-
eddy met young Sampson, the 'ee-'oIaller.
"Good morning. uncle Fac, how DO you
feel, this morningp'
Feel" said FAC, Z" feel we'll enough, !
guess; bu, tha, old crooked Hun, ain
goin' to scare me into the traces. He
needn'I tell me what mus, esi, nor ddiHk
nu,her. II am poor. know as we'll rs
he, I guess. can tell him knowed him
fore you was brrn."
"Are you no. uncommonly lame this
morning. Uncle Zaer'
ayes, somehow or other, I fell over that
cOnihuuded wOOd-pile, last night" laid I'm
Gle FAC, pointing TO parcel OF wood that
belonged to one Of his neishbors though
j, was by no means lying in the public path.
"Tbal j-pile'-bu, how sol"
"Why, you know il was pretty late when
Hunt, the humpb,ck, got through with his
long temperance yarn-mOre'n nine o'clock
last night; and when | come out, l didn't
feel very well, and bein' lille sleepy,
missed the road aud that p''e oil 'oe's was
righ, in the way"
but why aia you moi 90 Out ea'ner' 0e-
lore you were so sleepy
"Why YOU know the cunnin' old Hunt
said, right in The hottest part ont, II any
rum.drinkers or rum-sellers wan, to leave
the meetin' -house, and don't wan, 10 hear
any more, they may 60" And you know
body didn'' care about going out then
Petty soon, some on US began to STIR again
i'ae' ana crooSeu-oack orawied rish' ou'
aS'n' IL any persons VINO 40 not IKE TEN
perance want 10 20 nome or 10 yon"er rum
hole' before NY lecture Is done' tney may
'aNe tue opportunity wne" '"ey P'ea'o 0n'
ly 'hey must 80 carefully ana make no
no'se' "e"' you see at once we a'u"
mean 10 soou' arter 'na'' I'LL 'he lecture was
done, II Vt Kept, hll mornins."
"Bui DIR. Simons went out; didnt You
see him r
ies' OUT everybody knows ne nam
uinAe" "o spar" '"'s Io'y years VI m"'e'
Anu iSaac Jones, he went out, too.
les ne did and DIDN'T you see now
oil the felix's looked at him, and some OF the
buys almost laughed out land didn't you
notice how red lke's lace was, fore he got
hali way down the aisIe' guess ne ielt
BAL enough o'azen-'aced as he Is wan't
goln' out then, ut any rate"
"What wa, the matter! why didn'tyou
gor'
"Why, to tell The truth, Sampson, (you
arc coed friend Of mine J I stopped over
here 10 + nmon.'s and toll him was going
to hear old Hunt, for I used to know him
when he was boy, and knew he hal grit
enough then. and meant to hear him for
old acquaintance sake, IL nothing more
Ernm"ns said he liked temperance well
enough, bui thi. telling man he shouldn't
drink anyrhinr-no, even little strong beer
-,ha, was too bad 4: and as for believing
that. he wouldn't. So he said If I'd sit
down, he give mo a treat righ, from new
barrel tia, came from Boston tia, day.
He'd like 10 have ne Judge mon Il, if il
was cool: he sail nobody could tell quick.
er than Uncle Zac-'anl you NAV ns well
stay awhile he said. you know what tenn
perancc il, Uncle Z,c, a. well rs tina,
humpback or any body else you needn't
90 over 10 that meetin'-house to larn.' But
had made up my mind to 90, and 90
would So told him to gin me thu, glass
Of grog he spoke about, il he'd mind to,
whether went to the temperance lectur or
not"
So he handed me playing horn, ~ |
though, and told him so at the time; but
he said there was water in il, and bein'
pretty dry, took il all but guess he fX-
cd i: with some;hin', for started RICH, of
for meeiin', but it was some time fore !
could make out wha, was goin' on,-and
when | come out. that wood pile seem right
in the way, and couldn't get out Of the
way on't. | almost boke that foot, and
hur, my lor'head here. wifi. put that cloth
on il. she s,id she was sorry I din, on
s'Taish' TO hear the lee'ur.' las all OWN
TO somelhlH' or other that Emmons Pu, iuio
tia, 9 o.. | begin to think"
"Well. how dill you like the lecture Of
you old fiend Hunt, Uncle Zac'"
"Why what could make out was we'll
enough. don't think he needed to be so
personal ahou, folks going out alore his lee.
iur' was done"
"Don' YOU think, on the whole, he told
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