Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-11-20

yew don't mean ter say that, Long ? wO-
fully screeched Aunt Poll, whose ideas
of war were derived in a great m easure
from the tattered copy of Josephus ex-
tant in the Parsons family and who was
at present calculating the probable effect
of battering-ram on their back buttery, /
and thinking how horrid it would be to
eat up Uncle Ezekiel in case of famine,
even after long courses of rats and +
dogs.
"Well, dew, Aunt Poll there1l be
some poppin' an stickin' done in these
parts, afore long I"
"The Lord deliver us an the rest
ont /" devoutly ejculated Poll, whose
piety exceeded her memory; whereat
Ezekiel, pulling on the other blue stock
ing that had hung suspended in his fin
gers, while the sailor discoursed, exhort-
ed little himself
We'll, the Lord don't deliver nobody,
without they wiggle for themselves pretty
considerable well fust. This ant the
newest news to me; I've been expectin'
ont a long spell, an I've talked consider
ble with Westbury folks about it; and
there ant nobody much, round about
here, but what'll stand out acin the Brit
ishers, exceptin' fuckers folks; they're
desp'rit for Church an King; they tell
as ef the Lord gin the King a special IL
Icense to set up in a big chair an rewl
creation an they it's perticular sin to
:. speak as though he could go skew any
how. Now | believe the Lord lets folks
; find out what He does, out O. Scriptur; !;
and han't found nothin' yet to tell about
kings bein' better than their neighbors,
and it don't look as eff this king was SO
clever as common. I s'pose you ha'n't
heerd what our Colony Congress is a
doin,' hev ye, Snapps?"
well, no, ha'nt. They was a-layin'
to, last I heerd, SOS to settle their course
$ 1 'xpect they've heaved up an let an by
, this, but 1 han't seen no signals"
"Dear me" interrupted Sally, "a real
war coming! and amt any thing but a
woman
5 Her cheeks and eyes glowed with fer
vent feeling, as she said this; and the old
d sailor, turning round, surveyed her with
a grin Of honest admiration.
+: "Well said, gal but you're out Q
d your reckonin', eff you think women am
4 nothin' in wartime. tell yso0, them is
: the craft that sails afore the wind, ant
g does the signallin' to all the feet. Wher
e gals is full-rigged an tonguey, they're
/ reg'lar press-gangs to twist young feller
:. round, an make 'em sail under the righ
: colors. Stick to the ship, Miss Sally
J. give a heave at the windlass now'n then
d an don't let nary one O them fellers tha
<. comes a buzzin' round you the hull tim
is turn his back on Yankee Doodle; ar
e YOU won't never banker to be a man, c
: It's wartime ~
:" Sally's eyes burned bluer than before
''Thank you kindly, Mister Snaps. II
a obleeged to you for putting the goo
: thought into my head. GfI don't peste
George Tucker. the plaguy Tory y"
IN This parenthcsis was mental, and Sail
of went off to bed with busy brain; br
t.: the sleep of youth and health quieted ii
and if she dreamed of George Tucker
regimentals, am afraid they were of fl;
d. grant militia scarlet the buff and blu
ID were not distinctive yet. However, f
d. the next week Sally heard enough rev,
on lutionary doctrine to revive her Sunda,
night enthusiasm; the fame of success
1t full rebellion had spread; the countl
began to stir and hum ominously; peop
to assembled in groups, on corners, /
in church steps, around tavern-doors, wi
e's faces full Of portent and expectanct
W. ploughs stood idly in the fields and IL
e's raw-boned horses, that should of rig
all have dragged the reluctant share throu9
en- heavy clay and abOunding stones, no
M bestridden by breathless couriers, scour,
he the country hither and yon, with new
he messages, and orders from those who h
O. taken the right to order out of the han
of sleek and positive officials.
.rd Nor were Westbury people the last
il wake up in the general reveiHe. Ever
.ol body in the pretty, tranquil village, ira
gull now no more, declared themselv
5 3? openly on one side or the other Pet
- Tucker and his son George for the kir
ad, of course; and this open avowal caus
in a sufficiently pungent scene in Miss Sa
EN- Parsons keeping-room the very ne
der Sunday night, when the aforesaid Georg
md in company with several of his pee
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