The weekly ledger., 1857-06-13

w oOoh hAOu Vhc Oiu NiAeH INTO tne IOgpefy
and started. After we got out of site Of the
Deacon's guess she got her pay for the
ground and lofty tumble she made me perform,
and the way she took her feet away from the
ground was a caution to horse shoes. We
seed long afore we got to the Coils that there
was to be lond one there that evenin, for the
windows was all lighted up both in the back
and fore room and in the kitchen and every
now aud then as we got nearer, we could hear
somebody or other rore right out latin.
Put on the bush. jed" says Jim, they'll
have all the fun out afore we get there
Not as you know on" says ], there are
as good fish in the sea yet-that's only Mike
Longly laliin at some of his nonsense. | can
tell Mixes whoop as far as can hoot owl ,
With that we showed up to the door, and
Jim hejumped out; l followed suit by the
powersl no sooner than my feet struck the
ground, but | curled up like freed forken-
tine.
"Golly gracious! JIM" says l, if my feet
anti all jelly?"
"WelI," said he, didn't | tell you to pore
it ont? ! shouldn't wonder if they was all
soap afore mornn"
And sure enough with the soap and the
runnin, my feet did feel like two red hot bis
tiers. sot down on the stoop and tried to
pull my boots off, and Jim, he tried, bat
they wouldn't start any more than the skin
itself, and | might jest as well tried to pull
the bones out, so / seed must grin and bear
it for the mite for sartin, though i couldn't
stand up stlate for the life of ME.
When we got in they was all bizzy enuff.
Some was parn some was CORN, and some
was stringin, and they was all torkin and laf-
fin Ike all natnr. About half dozen felers
was down on the bench in one corner with
baskets Of apples rite afore them, and if the
parin's didn't fly off in what folks call tan
gint then | never seed one. Then there was
about as many more gals and fellers cuttin of
the butts and tips, and parcel more cuttin
out the cores while an almighty lot was
stringin as if for life and no bitters. Many
hands made light work, thinks l. so made
for the long table where they was a strngin.
| seed that the prettyest gals was at that ta-
bic, and besides they seemed to have the most
fun.
Prudence" said |, lend feller needle.
Sorry to pity you, Mr. Parsley" says
she, but you see | have just lent the last one
to Sam Suooks'
SAM" says /, hand US that needle, if you
please
" See you blamed first, jed" says Sam
You had better take yourself out of this,
we're crowded now, besides | Jest herd Hetty
Gawkins akin after you, over there among
the buttenders"
Howsumever, | hunted round till | found
needle, but as for gettn place to stand at
the table, that was another sort Of affair, and
arter tryin all around concluded to give up
and go to CORN. But while had been tryin
to get at the long table Jim Spooner had in
sinuated himself into the only vacant place
there, so | had to go to the bu,tin or do moth
in. And what made it worse than all the rest,
| had to stand alongside of Hetty Gawkins.
She was the most homeliest gal in all our
parts; her eyes and disposition was putty
much allhe-they was both as cross as a saw
hoss. Her mouth was on all of screw, and
her nose was so big, that Mike Longey said
1T took two handkerchiefs to blow it," ] did
not feel very good natured myself cause for
one thing. didn't take much of shine to
Hetty, aud cause for another thing, my toes
was so sore. Howsumeyer, we got along
putty well considerin, cause you see | could
tork across the table, and if my toes hadn'ni
kept me tredin up, jest like u gander in 0
cold mornin, fust on one foot and then OF
tother, should have felt tolerably contented
| was awful glad when they said supper--
Wed got the apples all pared and strung and
pllpd n N in rho f.lofhac a fal
heap there was OF them, too, and then We
went to clearin' up, and shoveled the parin'
and cores into baskets, aud carried them oui
into the shed. Then the gals set to and swept
all the scattcrns into one corner and it hac
jest begun to sound like Babel broke loose
when Col. Gristle says,
"Supper's readyl"
.)emIma! how quick they all stopt Pret
ty soou, however, they began to pair off to
wards the kitchen, and l seed dandy sort
of a feler from the village shinin' up to Pru
dence Purr, as much as to say
"Wth your leave, Miss, III wait on you
Thinks /, now or never, so | slept up put
ty quick, and stckn out one foot to make Q
low bow, struck it full force against one o.
the bench legs.
"Darnationl' said |, and didn't l double
up about the quickest! The gals all Uttered
and some of the iellers latled rite out.
BY the time I'd got started up again and
wiped the tears out of my eyes, Prudence haC
gone off with the dandy, aud as | felt con
siderable wamblecrop, didn't try any more
Oh 'em but limped into the kitchen and begar
at the eatables. The supper went of putty
fair The fellers helped the gals TO appIe-sa;
aud doe-nuts, and ginger-tea, aud pies aud lot'
of new sider and if hadn't gotmy toes troc
on every little while, should took real com