The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-01-15

tie, and without more grumbling Jumped into
bed. ~ .aiNRaH aN isph 3 B sas
! dreampd-I scarcely know what Idresm-
ed that night Carriages, Libraries, Gold, Sill
/ yer, were ailmixed up in terrible confusion.--
| AT last thought I was dead, and ,me one
was mailing down my coffin. atH US
| tRat tat-ta:.' t..
| Prespiration bursting out flom every pore Of
my body. h3ig Fsl1easgt .rE ot1
/ .Rat-tat-iat.,. 15 v
+ "A fearful struggle. in which ! knocked my
wife over the eye with my elbow, fortunately
not hurting her, but causing her to give me q
kick, (cf course she did MT know what she
twas doing which awakened me.
1t was broad daylight, and some one was
knocking at ihe bedroom door, which explains
ed tho comfortable sensation | had expert
enced Of being nailed down in my coffin.
sCcme in,' fexclaimed.
! The door opened, and Bridget made her ap-
pearance. I should saw that Bridget was a
our maid of work. assure You we have had
| hard work to train her. To give an idea how
she was when she first came to US, we asked
her one hot, scorching day, TO pour water on
some ice; she did so, only the water was boil
ling. "a. -, ,-a..s
! III yes please, SIR said Bridget, sthe mates
cooked and breakfast is nearly ready 2,
| bridget is from Cork, and her accent is ra.
ther broad. !,
sAll right, Bridget Ireplied; I'VE will get up
directly. Give me the sun, paper.'
Bridget did as requested, and proppcd my
self up in bed and beganto peruse it. The first
| thing that struck me, was that it vas Tuesday,
the first Of January, 1856. I had quite forgot
ten was New Years day. ! determined
would turn over new leaf, and endeavor 10
I be more satisfied with my condition for the en-
sting year. My eye, then ran down the list
Of advertised letters. saw one for me--yes,
4 there twas Jonathan Cluterwell, NJ. d.
right before my eyes. Now Clutterwe,l is not
avery common name, to say nothing OF the
prefix, Jonathan. ! iInms diately snrmised that
the letter must be for me. set my wits to
work, thinking who it could be from.
sThave it, said to myself; fits from Aunt
Margaret. She has sent us hand dsome New
Years giftin the shape of a bank bill, andn
ter simply sBaltimore.''
| | was SO convinced thai my supposition was
correct that could no longer restrain my inn
patience, but jumped up hurried on my clothes,
! told Bridget to delay the breakfast, threw my
self into Howard street stage, and in about a
quarter of an hour. found myself at the Post
Oice window. In another minute tae letter
/ was in myabands,
opened it, and, to my sstonishment, read as
follows. as
AccoMAeH II. Va.
| Des. "a, 1855.
Dear Sir:- -, ,t..s.,
We regret 10 inform you of the demise of
your respected aant, Miss Margaret Clutter
we'll. BY her will, now in our possession, you
are appointed sole heir to her property samouu-
ting, in real estate and personal property, to
| $l0f 60 per annun.
/ Hoping tosee you immediately, we remain
| .t Yours, very respectfully, s(,g
I sFLEEcEM & Coz
To JONATHAN CLUrrERwELL, Esq, NJ d.
/ Baltimore, Md
/ Poor Aunt Margaret was dead. thenl In
tspite of the wealth she had left me, really
/ felt sorry; she was sucha kind, good old lady
/ but then, Ireflect we cannot expect to live for
ever, and eighty is. after all, agood age.g
| then thought Of the wealth she had left, and
the new comforts il would bring us---how high
we coull now hold UP our heads! That We
could geta carriage as handsome as DR. I-----s
a honse as fine as Dr.. C--z's, and libra.
nv as large as DR.. DIS
By the time all these things had passed
through my mind | had again reached home.
/ .Joy, joy, joy,' exclaimed, as Topened the
door; my wife was sitting at the breakfast ta-
BILE awaiting my RETURN we are rich, we are
4 independently 4s8a4a. aiss IS #
/ 'What do youmean, my deaf? You must be
going crazy returned my wife.
/ In reply I threw her the letter TO read.
could perceive the dear girls eyes brighten as
she read, for after all she was but human.
sOh how nicev she exclaimed, when she had
perused it, 'Now, Jonathan, dear, what shall
we do?'
| sWell,' Ireturned sIsuppose in the first plac.
! must give up practice
Certainly, throw physic to the dogs,' re,
turned Jane (ny Wife's name is Jane.)
/ Eve will then make a tour through the U S,
/ I added. S S
no, no. said Jane, Eve viii go at once te
Paris.' .ss.s gss l. e W.
4 'Parsp Ireplied, nonsense, don't want te
go and live on French kickshaws.' Wen gt
to Niagafa--' ~
q say no. returned my wifein loud voice
at the same time stirring her coffee with SC
much energy that she threw the cup over, ans
broke Al alto pieces 1t was one If our bes
setsto. g sWe will go to Paris.' =
! Paris be-bothered,' replied, it shall b
Niagarar-' ~
- sParis., ~ s.4st aas.ys. 4.a.f s,sy
sNiagarag aias So
4 .Isay PARISH M 80
s'Isay IL shall be Niagara!' 800. -. :
Iarsw very angry and with my last words
in my rage, kicked over the breakfast tabl,