Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-09-10
PuCkerville.

| MR. Jonathan Jewsbury has at last succeeded in
finding place for his family, in the country The
place Is called Puekerville. Mrs. Jewsbury was
| afraid Puckerville wasn't genteel.
| Goodness gracious exclaimed Miss s.. Ina Jews
bury, You amt going TO send to place with such
a vulgar name as that
-, And salinae nose naturally retroasse, qurled up
| like pigs tail.
| Mr.. Jewsbury coughed Mr. Jewsburv also smiled.
MY dear, said Mr. Jewsbury Il am not sure that
The place is what one would call decidedly genteel
nope IT Is not, Gentee is another word for id
| expensive
| Don't swear, pa 2 said Miss Arabella j. who is
pioUs.
Il am not usuly swearing man, said Mr. Jews
bury, picking his nails, but when / think of them
outrageous hotel bills at Saratoga--'
Don tspeak OF them again, beg of you ex.
claimed Miss Salina. You do make such fuss
about little money! and she began to pace tho
room in her delightfully."- amiable way Mr. Jews
bury was very attentive to his nails
'Puckerville! Puckerviller repeated Mrs. Jews.
bury, as if tasting something ofyey doubtful flavor
can't say as like Puckerville. Where is it?'
AT Lake Superior replied Mr. Jewsbury,
quietly.
Lake SUPERIOR" echoed the three ladies, in o
breath
'Formy part said Araballa, she is the pious one,)
who had not committed herself i think Puckeryille
sounds romantic; like it.
lifts at Lake Superior, began Salina, qualita-
tiously.
The Hoptomtits have lone to Lake Superior, OBJ.
served Mrs. j.
Mrs ]. considered if gen;eel to go to any place
whore the Hoptomtits had gone before.
Lake Superior sis a pleasant fiction, said Mr..
Jewsbury, explaining himself Puckervie is q
country village nineteen miles from Boston-twen
ty by road. But when you leave town, you need
not say that you are going to Puckervi lle-you
tell folks yo going to Lake Superior, and that
will answer every purpose. Now you can go
stay. Bor7Mr Jewsbury snapped his knife blade
Don't pa pleaded Arabella
One of those confounded watering places said
Mr. j. correcting himself, I'm see them all in France
first
And lothian walked straight from the house TO
our Office, to tell us of his decision. Jotham said
we, you are brave fellowf We are acquainted
with the family.
The family hesitatcd three days. The third day
Spirtwell called Everybody knows Spirtwell-the
oracle of snobocracy. There are such kid gloves
rs his worn anywhere; no such eravas. Spirtwell
had just come from Newport. He pronounced New
port insutferabe stupid this season. he was to start
the next day for the Gulf of st. Lawrence. He
meant to find something fresh und cool.
And YOU said Sprtwell-'you don't mean to
spend this insufferable stoopid summer in this in
suiferable stoopid cty-eh
%, NOT said Salina-'dear me, mol We are going
to Lake Superior =
That is, said Arabella, who had conscientious
scrupes about telling direct lie, we talk of going
to Lake Superior
The next day Spirtwelllef for the Gulf of St Law
renee.
Two days later the Jewsburys took their depar-
ture for Lake Superior, alias Puckerville. Their
land-lady q neat little creature. She had one
other boarder-a very nice young man. she said from
South Carolina. He dressed splenddly and owned
slaves. The landlady thought it his intention to
write Il book about the Norths
lie will put me in his book / thought Arabells.
Heis looking for northern bride " said Saliuato
herself And she thought h2Y fine it would be to
live in South Carolina and oM slaves.
That evening, when the young sOutherner came
home from fishing tramp, the audlady asked him
if he would like to be introduced to very wealthy
aud highly genteel family, who were in .Nourning
for near relative, and had come to Puckervle to
enjoy few weeks secusion
The young Southerner seemed to consider il
pleasing adventure to make the acquaintance of a
wealthy and genteel family, in mourning for reIa
tive aud enjoying few weeks secluson. He would
probably put il into his book. He dressed himself
with care, and accompanied the landady to the par
lor He entered, pulling off pair of Extraordinary
kid gloves. He wore an extraordinary cravats His
smile, his bows extraordinary. But what
was more extraordinary than bow, smile cravat
and gloves, was the sensation his coming pro-
duced.
The JewsbHrys recognized