The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-20
"well, occasionally we do, what have you

wen, occeslohaiy we 90, wnat nave you
to seli"
"Almost anything; little of everything
from marrowfat peas to rye straw; got the
all killinist dried pumpking yeOu ever sot
eyes on--'spect you'd like some Of that dried
pumpking, squire" !,
Mark declined negotiating for the dried
pumpkin,i but inquired if he had any good
butter.
"G.o-o.d butter now, squire, ! expect
I've got some of the incest and yallerist yon
ever got your eyes on; got some out here
now--got some in sugOr box, out In dads
wagon; brought it down for Kernel Waldron,
bdryeOan have it; I'll bring it right straight
in, be darned ef DON'T"
On the strength of the butter, a dicker
was speedily contracted, fsr which, Nehe.
miah was to be put in immediate possession
of u coat. vest and pants, Of good nssterial
and fit.
"Now, them" said Mark, "what kind ofa
coat will you have"
al reckon III huye a blew .one."
"Yes, but what kinda dress coat!"
"Certanly, squire, certainly--jest want q
coat for to dress in"
"Ah, exactly; just look at those plates"
pointing to the fashion plates I'M the wsa.
dow, "und see what style yor fancy."f
90, darn your .plates--don't want any
crockery; spec. Nancy has got the allkillin.
ist lot of urthenN ure you ever sot your eyes
on" aEt
ayes; see; just step this, way then, and
think can accommodate you. $50
Nehemiah soon selected a nice blue coat,
and vest ofgreen, butwas more fastidious
in lis new suit. He appeared to indulgea
weakness for long panta s, and complain.
ed that his last pair had worried him ex.
ceedngly, or as he expressed it, "blamedly,"
by hitching up over his boots, and wrinkling
about his knees. ..
Nehemiah delged away impetuously amid
a stock of two or three hundred pair until
his eyes struck upon pair Of lengthy ones,
real blazers, with wide yellow stripes run
ming each way. Nehemiah snaked them out
in twinkling. He liked them--theylwere
long, yellow, and just the thing, and he pro
ceeded at once to put them on. The new
clothing store had corner curtained oil for
the purpose, aud Nehemiah was closeted
therein. 40 ''''
The pants had straps and the straps were
buttoned. Now, Nehemiah had seen straps
before, bur the art of managing them was
mystery. On consideration, he decided thfpt
the boots must 60 on first. He then mount
ed chair, elevated his pants to proper
angle, and endeavoaed to coax bic, legs into
them. = ~ > ,:..E 5r' tatE
He had time oft. His boots were none
of the smallest and hls pants were none Of
the widest; the chair, too, was rickety, and
bothered him; but bending his energy to the.
task he succeeded in inducing one leg into
the "pesky things" He was straddled like
the COLOSSUS Of Rhodes, 'und just in thu. aet
of raising the other foot, when Whispering
!, and giggling,in hie immediate vicinity made
him alive to the appalling fact, that nothing
, but q chintz curtain separated him from
twenty or thirty of the prettiest and wicked
:. ost,girls that were ever Gagged in one shop. ;
Nehemiah was bashful youth, and would
9 have made circumbendibus Of mile any
4 day rather than meet those girls, evenif he
had been in full dress; as it was, his mouth
7 was much ajar at the bare possibility Of ma.
, king his appearance among them in his pres
ent dishabie. What il there was hole in
the curtain {! What, if he should fall?
It.would'a bear thinking Of, and plugging
4 the foot into. the vacant leg with u sort Of
frantic looseness, he brought on the very ca
Z tastrophe he wished to avoid. The chair
collapsed with sudden scorouch. pitching
Nehemiah head over heels through the cur
ftsin, and he made grand entrance among
{he stitching divinties, on allfours like q fet-'
tered rhnoceros. @~ ninoas
Perhaps Collier never exhibited q more
=, striking .aJleaw vsvant than was now display
!, ed. Nehemiah was asemodei" every inch
, OF nttHS uHu lnouSl hot SAeSsiJ 'SsoHMS VA
> q pedestal, he was going through that move-
fment on his baek--kickins, plunging, I'M
short, personifying in thirty seconds all the
attitudes ever ckiseled AS for the girls,
Ethey screamed, of course, jumped upon,
chairs and cutting boards, threw their hands
over their faces, peeped through their fingers
E-perfectly natural !-screamed again anl
declared they should die--they knew they
should ,s is-a..
"Ob, Lord 20 blabbered the distressed
young man; "don't gals, don't !! i didn't
mean tew, swear to iman did'nt--itS All
OWN to them cussed trowsers--every mite
n ont; ask your boss, be will tell youhow it
was. Oh, Lord, won't nobody kiver me up
:, with old clothes, or turn the woodbox over
me Oh, Moses in the bullrpshes, what will
Nancy say w,,,s,.t&'' a 4sssFsvy
1t He managed to raise himself ph his fee:,
e and made bold plunge toward the docrsbut
the ontangled alliance trfppea him mupSgain.
n and he fell kersap on the goose Of the press
man. This was the unkindest cut OF all.--
If The goose had then been heated expressly
o for thick seams. and the way it hissed inthe
seat of the new pants was afflicting to the
}. I we arer. Nehemiah riz infaB instant, and