The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-04-03

l hope this Amt baby for, to tell th
truth, can't bear babyZkeep folks I,
home sol But lawl Iguess / needn'
worry, there's no present thtre---that DO,
is either full Of gunpOwder. or else there
snakesin itl Ughf IL makes me oraw
al over to think 0f i'll Tibet any thin.
thet us some Of oldbPettiOgll Booby'
work-~he hates me because I said th
! Widder Sunburn give him tho mislen
twas uothin but the truth.an he know,
itI thlt's what made itcul so closel) alt
he's been and sent me this box Of snakes
out ofspigsl Thought I'D be fool enougi
to open il, ehl 1 guess he'll End he'l
mistaken afore he gets throughl' / wod'l
open it--not II But l do wish | know'd
what was in itl
! mean TO find out how heavy Ills, any
how, said Miss Sallie, deciSvely, the
teamster teched il, and mean to. III
get fathers long pinchers, and hyst itup,
see II don't; and agreeable 10 her de.
termination, Sallie proceeded to test the
specific gravity of the mysterious object
before her.
La tain'tvery heavy there can't be
much in it-but snakes is light critters,
all tail 50. 'tain't as if they had great
ookard body. you know, / shouldn't
wonder il there was snakes 10 it--not y
mitsl
I've an awful great mind to bust II op-
en- and see what's in Il, said Mrs. Pry-
nose, walking cautiously round and round
ue object Of her curiosity, but on the
whole 1 dassent. But itatn'ta gwine to
set here--thaL's sartain. Like as not it's
got the smallpox shut up ia It'll war.
rant IL has for l dreamed last night of
while hosses with black trimmins, and
that's sure sign Of sicknessl Seems to
me, now think Of il, that l heard the
smallp pox was overto the city; but lawl
I'm so tlustered that l can't remember
whether it was this year or the last that 1
heard il. Somebody s been and sent il 10
us now, and il don't make EN- smart
Tor II, then my name Amt rabitha Pry-
nosel III give 'em a home in stone luz
for a spell--l'll have 'em fned and quar-.
tered for i'll ocd-for-nothin' degraded
set of scape,graces Iwish had hold
OF 'em, aud that teamsler, too--you need
ent squizzle up your uose, Sally, it's no
use; Jim Larpont shall suffer for this, il
he is your sweetheart If had hold of
him, I'D make him see daylight ont of
rother side--I would-SSll I'm a
gwine to bury this box in the earth; they
say that's all the way you can get rid Of
the infection out OF anything, aud YOU
jest so and Olga hole down in the lower
later patch for il, and III bring il down
with the pinchers. Wewop'l say word
about IL to any bUdy-forif il giGs out
that we've had the small pox sent us in
a box, we can go visitin down to Mrs.
Loyejoy's to morrow afternoon, and
want to 90 orful bad, because shall be
likely to hear if Jane Warren is goin' off
to work in the Falls Factory
Sallie Prynose was an obedieut girl, so
she did as her mother commanded and in
less time than one would be likely 10 sup.
pose the box was consigned 10 the keep.
ing Of the tater patch, and tie iBpronp
tu sections returned to finish their wash
lug, talk over the occurrence, aud smoke
the house thoroughly--the door. stone in
particular with such fumigaLors as rags
cobs. wornouL shoes. aud broken whale.
bones. tttA
just as the family were sitting down to
their MONDAY meal Mr.. Benjamin Cush.
ing, Mrs Prynose's brother, made his ap
pearance; and after the affectionate .salu-
tatory greetings were overland Mr.. Cush-
ing was comfortably seated by the table
with big pitcher Of cider before him, he
said; rg
Well. Tabitha, l s'pose you mistrusted
was coming, whsn you seed I'd sent
my baggage On afore me.
Baggage on afore yel What do
you meaa, Ben? l hain't seen no bag
gage. a., lle
My box-didn't Larpont leave Il this
morning? asked Uncle Ben, looking say
age and slipping ierociously at his ci-
der
Lori why that was Ben's box. the eter.
nal machine? mid Mrs. p. ''
The presentOf a babyl' Aid Miss Stall
lie, glggIing. 5'.a I'D Go
The box Of suAkesl put in Mrs. Pry-
nose. Ia
The smallpox, and IT'S buriedP
exclaimed Sallie. determined to tell
the principal part Of the news her
self aIl oll
Eiarpal maghine--babes and snakes
boxes buried what do yor mean, Do
talk req f9nablel said Uncle Ben. getting
nettled.
Aftsr a great deal Of circumlocution,
the roauer was satisfactorily explained,
Sslie exbnmed the box, aud Unale Ben
applied a key and opened il, Wonders
OF Pompeii and HerGulaneuml hide your
diminished head The boz contained a
quart bottle filsd toitk 6randyl
! wanted 10 bring i; 70 you. said Un
ole Ben, addressing Mrs Prynose. for
knowed you was fond Of il; but, Lori 1
Thought I'D sond il BY ihe team, for did
not want j, said that I, a deacon of lie
church. went about with a bottle Of spir-
its in my poekell tl
The Nsg York Mirror says that one Of
tina young ladies that visited the United
states ship Portsmouth, tho other day,
who was not supposed TO have tho slight.