Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-01-21
KICKING 4 YANKEE.


BILE Office up the river, has betakcn himsel
to Bangor for a time, to recover from tn,
wound inflicted upon his feelings by oul
'unprincipled and immolating administra-
tion. y
Change of air must have had an instant eff
feet upon his spirits, for from Galcna, he
writes us an amusing letter, which, among
other things, tells of II desperate quarrel that
took place on board of the boat between n
real live tourist and real live Yankee set
tier. The latter trod on the toes of the for
mcr, whcrcupon the former threatened to
"kick out Of the cabin" the latter.
you'll kick me out of this cabling ?'
"Ies, sir, III kick you out of this cab
in -
"You'll kick me, Mr.. Hitchcock. out of
this cabling -
ayes, sir, I'll kick you, Mr.. Hitchcock -
"Wcll, guess, - said the Yankee, very
cooly, after being perfectly satisfied that it
was himself that stood in such imminent
danger of assault, 81 guess since you talk of
kicking. you've never hcardmc tell about old
Bradley and my mare to home ~
"No, sir, nor do | wish
"Wall, guess it won't set you back much.
any how, as kicking's generally best to bo
considered on. You see old Bradley is one of
who put on a religious suit every Sabbath
day morning, and with a good deal of screw
ing, manage to keep it ON till after sermon
IN the afternoon. Wall. he had an old roam
mare that would jump over any fourteen
rail fence in Illinois, and open any door in
any barn that hadn't a paddock on it, Tu or
three times told Bradley about it, and he
was very sorry-an unruly animal-would
watch her'-and II hull lot of such things
all SAID in serious manner, with face twice
rs long as old deacon Farrar's on sacrament
day
knew all the time he WAS lying, and so
watched him and his old roam tn ; and for
three nights regular, old roam came 70 my
stable about bedtime, and Just at daylight
Bradley would come, bride her and ride her
off. | then just took my old mare down to
blacksmith shop and had some shoes made
with corks about four inches long, and had
'em nailed on her hind feet Your heels,
mister ain t nuthin' to en-. | took her
hum-givc her about ten feet halter, tied her
right III the centre OF the stable. fed her well
with oats at . o'cluck, and after taking Il
good smoke went 70 bed. knowing that my
old mare was truth-teling animal, and that
she'd give good report OF herself in the
morning.
huuh idilIN SOt uslccp DtiUTc lut Olu
woman hunched Inc, and wanted to know
what On arth was the matter out at the stable.
So says |, " Go to sleep Peggy, it's nothing
but Kate she's kicking off flies guess Purity
soon she hunchcd me again, and says she:
" Mr.. Hitchcock, du get up and see what
in the world is the matter of Kate for she
is kicking most powerfully.'
Lay still, Peggy, Kate will take care of
herself, | guess.
Well, the next morning, about daylight,
Bradley with bride in hand come to the stable
and tru as the book of Genesis, when he
saw the old ruan's sides, starn and head, he
cursed and sworc worse than you did, mister.
when came down on your toes. After
breakfast that morning, Joe Davis came to
the house, and says he:
"Bradley's old roam is nearly dead-she's
cut all to pieces. and can scarcely move"
~ want to know" says |, 4" how on airth
did it happen -
Now Joe was member of the same church
with bradley. and whilst we were talking.
up come the evcrl stin' hypocrite, and says
he,
My old roam is ruined -
"Du tell - says l.
"shc is cut all to pieces, says he "do
you know whether she was in your stable,
"Wall mister with this let out "Du
hnO,o it?'-(the Yankee here, in illustra-
ton, made Il sudden advance upon the dan
dy, WHO made way for him, unconsciously,
as it werc). ''Do | know it, you no-soulcd,
shad-bellcd, squash-headed old night owl
you hay h )okin' ,corn-crbbin' fodder -ludg-
in cent-shavcn', whitlcn '-of-nothin' YOU -
Kate kicks like dumb bclst, but have re-
uuccu the thing to a science, ~
The Yankee had not ceased to advance.
nor the dandy, IN his astonisLment to re-
treat, and now the motion of the latter
being accelerated by the apparent demon
stration on the part Of the former to suit the
action to the word, hc found himself in the
" social hail." tumbling backwards over
pile of baggage, tearing the knees of his
pants as he scrambled up. and a perfect
scream Of laughter stunning him on all
sides. The defeat vas total. A few mo-
mcnts aftcrward he was seen dragging his
own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock
finished his story on the boiler deck, 81.
Louis RereHe.
DowN AND Cp.-In the year of lS49, II
young man who was rich, and engaged in a
lucrative business in Cincinnati. became en-
amored of beautiful and amablc girl-the
daughter, by the way, of wealthy parents
and after brief courtship married her. lie
loved her dearly she loved him dearly