Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-11

.oing ee,eAll .you, aogt IA secsst and -you
nusn't Sh:lpSe 6asy word aboGt Il 70 no
BODY. I has bin tTyin' harder and hard
,fSsvssy dAy = keep il from gitsin' ost,
Ia 4 Liz - buSssd, but il wss 10 50, spd
shos would make clean bret Of i, 10
J con6dsntixi way 70 you. ~ - {
Mr. Edstur, l hate old msids- 1nsyef
sould zee what they var made fur.
doa't like EN- no way yoa can DO .em up.
! vas always sbeck ssd, bashfal, aoos-
SUNNI kind d : teller, aad thot I would
keepss bsehelors hall ~ myself, you know.
We'll, Oh iast "Wednesday I went 70 my
s00n 70 change my linen, q blesve that's
ths nsasJ lalways change on Wsdnss-
day, COS | only got two shsfts, an one Of
,e,n gifts dirty gin then. / didn't think
bout iockin' the door, for who in thun
der's got any right to cum into : felier's
room 'thout askin', I'd like TO know -
Well, there's another thing ! bate abom
inably, most N bad = old maids, an that's
these benevolent societies them kind as
goes rounds an begs, mummy, goin' into
peoples houses 'thout askin', an sich
things. Well, ~ ! was goin' to say, I'd
got bout half dun changir', that Is, I'd
thru with the takin' of part, and mot COM
mencsd the putin on part, when, ker-dab,
sumthin' tux the dore. Thunderation aid
tumble-bugs, but was mad 7 / liked to
jump clean out'n my hide. didn't no
more know what I was dom than turtle
knows bout pollytics. Thinks / TO myself
/ won't say nuth'n this time; but I KEEP
mighty lookin' round for my shert, but dern
the shert was there. That cussed wash
woman didn't bring it as she ortor, and I
never liked TO put on shert after I'd
pulled 1t of once't, when, rattle ker-bang,
went my dore sgin, loud enuff to he heerd
in South Meriky. Who's thar 2 sez /.
cts US, Mr.. Peppermint ser they
sWho in thunder's us?' SEE I. sWhy,
Miss Priinp, Miss Flint, and Miss sum
body else-jest about thousand Of 'em.
That's my luck allays; was born in the
dark Of the moon, and allays was
the onluckiest Teller that ever was
manufactured. Jest hold on bit, I amt
prepared to receive cumpenny jest now,
seq |. But it was no use come in they
would. They sed they didn't expect fell
Ter to be dressed upin his uther klose on
week days, and sed they cum 10 enyhow.
The dignasion you will! well, if you do,
it's my opinion you'll see sites, thinks
and I eonnivefed round like . fox with his
tail in trap, (and felt a ding site wus, a
hunting sum things to kiver myself with,
and in about mint and half l found
what that blasted wa.hwoman tuck to be
my shert, but it wasn't il. tuck it by
one end and held it up, and I'll be dod rot
ifat wasn't woman's nightgown. She
made mistake and Civ me that thing for
my shert--a shert as didn't have single
hole in it-'thout le,tin' me know, too
So l puts the thing onto me quicken
lightning, aud the dearndest ft yon ever
seen was there; it cum down to my knees,
an had ruffles and what d ye-caA- ems on
the sleeves, and whole passle ofchicken-
fixins all over it.; aud bout the time l got
it on good, and was turning round to see
how it fit, they cum Dustin in, bout doz-
en- Of EN-, and every one screened as II
they were surprised as they put their beds
in the dore, till you could heerd 'em at
least two rods of. But they didn't 60
back, not they, but stood there feastin'
their eyes like toad in meel barrel =
When they all got in they commenced
like a passle of ducks in mill pond, q
goblin and kaklin' till I didn't know if it
were me or not that was among 'em in
there. At last one Of 'em told me that
they was a col,mitty appointed by the
Universal Benevolent Society, to collect
mummy to clothe the poor people with, and
sed they didn't want to site me, as they
wanted to treat everybody alike, aud want
ed to know how much I'd give. l told
EN- that charity begins at home, and if
they git me shert I'd talk to 'em.-
They sed they thought that garment be-
cum mo nifty we'll. That made me mad
der'n ever, to think they'd latter me that
way; SO told EN- wouldn't give nary
red, but if they wanted it they mite have
that internal old garment as they called
it, to clothe the poor with She told me
not to rob myself, as she went out Of the
dore.
She hadn't got very fur, when l slam
med that dore as hard as,twas in the hab-
it o bein' slammed thenI didn't move
an inch for more n a minis, but stood stock
still, like Balaam's jack, xfeerd to move,
cos | might see sumthin' I sot down to
think over the matter a bit. I was all in
a tremble, ashakiu' as if / had the agur,
an swettin' worse'n a muly bull in fly time.
didn't say much, but l thunk nifty loud,
I tell you, and l cum to the conclusion that
if ever found out whar an when them
wimmin changed their fixins, that I'd be
there on hand if possible. Ding it to
daugnashun! l fairly dance and turn sum
mersets when 1 think of it.
don't want you to be telling people
bout this, or putin it into the Notions,
where everybody'll find it out, for if you
meen to tell it, jest consider it as not sed.
Perhaps you'll hear from me agin, and til
then I rename, Your true and
we'll deformed friend,
ZEKLE PEPPERMINT, ESQ. 4
P. s. II you've got any old sherts up
your way that you'd like to trade for that
ere cussed garment jest address letter
privately to ZEKLE.