Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-01-21

nice il all was; declare it actily made nv
knees knock together to behold it | was
awc-struck, as it were
There was an oIfIl crowd Of folks in the
rO0m-it appeared the millincis was having
party. There was men with their heads put
on wrong side atop. and eyebrows growing
all round their mouths They had on striped
trOwSerloons and yellow wai,t-coats, and big
flashing watch seals hanging out Of their
pockets. They had rings on their fingers,
and patent leather boots with gilt buttons
Then, how they were scented with cOrlonc and
patcholy, and other kinds Of cool hummery
and when they ilouriShcd their handkerchief
you'd thought that there was an array Of es.
scncc pcdlcrs let loose somewhere.
Land Of goodness! the room smclt like
caravan !f monkeys or a mu>krat'S den
AS for the wimmcn, they had the biggest
criHolirgs on the globe. ParSon Grimes
mcetn' house wouldn't have held dozen Of
en-. no how.
"Gcol Lord !" sen to myself, "whnt if
Noah had to a carried 'cm into the ark Poor
man! The braStcSScS would had to drown
dcd two and two, each after his kind as sure
as rats, for he couldn't have got six of them
women INTO his vessel to have saved himself
from in@Gcilaut '"
In old times, when uScl to be courtcd, it
used tp be the fashion for the f,llows to hug
the gals at apple bees and huskngs but land!
ir;ryr tn trtlrrt;tkc tp ir4:; clirr ltrgs
head aS one Of them fcIninincS
josh Miller aud his wife stood nigh the mid
dc ol the room when we come in; aud you'd
ort to have seen cm Such a change as
passed over their psychologists never took
place on this mortal spear before, nor since
Poll l0UkCd as sour as u four year old butter
mix cheese.
The Misses Miller briStlcd up like two set
tin hens, and made off from us as il they cx-
pcctrd we'd got the smallpox, or some other
contrciun.
"Ilow do YOU do, Uncle Josh? I'm glad to
see you" seq Azariah. marching up with his
carpet bag in hand, his valsc in tothcr, um-
brill under his arm.
He deposited the things on the carpet, and
grabbed Jo>h's little white hand in an Odd
Fellows grip.
IIow's yer health? Can't you answer a
icllcr? I've come TO pay you little visit of
Il week or two; and I've bruug bu>hcl Of
Baldwin apples to kinder help along for our
boards while we're here. Bets and Sally
Jane has got en- there in their satchclS -
This elderly lady is my wiGc-thc red haired
ones my dartcr, Sally Jane, the belle Of
BrownviIle; >ot more lcllcr>' hearts n thump-
IN than cnull stand between here and the
Rock IT Gihraltcr!'
You've no idea how worked mp them Mil
l,rs was. They was ashamed Of me know
cd, ly the way they singled. Mrs. Miller
was took dreadful sudden with cough, and
josh Kept s"ttin LIS feet together, as If he
want ,artn of their being mates. .Azaiiah
didn't kccr II particle but turned round aud
bowed to the company
"Why don't you Introduce me TO some Of
yer llicld>, tncic JO>iua?" sczhc, :" should
like to make their acquaintance. Sally, too,
caikcrlatc on her catching beau before we
clear ont from here"
"Mrrciful Heavens" cried Jo>h's wife, life
ing up her hands, IL do believe the man is a
crazy tic he has minated my ntrvors system
intircly! An apparatus from the other world
couldn't have prcliXcd me more
Don't take on so, Polly" seq |, offering
my sympathy to her" Don't beg Of you
Azarlah is only glad to see yon, and he's gotta
queer way Of showing it. We wont be no
taoubr at all. You've got company, seed
one Of your cousins at the door; and if there )
more Of EN- here aud your beds is full we
won't mind sleeping on the floor! Only give
i Us a comfortable or So"
! Poll shook herself clear Of Inc as if had
! been n lizard, and S,z She
! "Gou inpudcnt huzzy! Lrt 60 Of me and
corporate the premises! i can't indurc the
sight Of YOU"
This, yc see, kinder ricd me, and had to
spit it out
! Law sake! !" says I, lyon needn't bc so
big that | know of! Yer grrat-grandiather S
father was Il digger, and ~
] Poll screamed and fell down Oh the sofa, and
a dozen crinollnSs gathered round her to keep
the air from her, and offer their smelling bot
ties.
! Throw some water in her face, and unlacc
her stayS," scZ !, tying to got nigh enough to
do something, but law! before could say an
other word, Josh Miller kctchcd me by the
arm, pushed me out Of the room into q little
poke hole of place, and shut the door and
locked it. | was captivatcd. pummced
and holIcrcd, but no body took no notice OF
me; and Tie door was light as u cap, and the
sound didn't seem to so through. Altcr a
while got tired OF hopping around for noth.
ing, and SO | Sot down on something nice aud
SOFT as Il new feather bed. felt pretty con
siderable indignant for spell but bymc bye,
| began to grow sleepy, and singular enult
popped oil to sleep. | d"u't know how long
/ Id sl,pt-not great while, sucS>--whcn
WAS walked up by somebody's opening the door,
with a light in his hands. 1t was Josh Miller.
! He looked kinder sorry and mortified like and
scZ he:
Come, come, Betsy, sit up and come out.
I'm sorry served you 50, but my dandcr was
up"
lie give me his hand to sit me up, but law
ful goodness. you might as well have stirred
Lake Superior out of its foundation! Id got
into mess of some kind, though what ii was
| couldn't tell.
Heavens and earth" screamed Joshua,
iii you amt sot downin the tub Of ice-crcaln
and sure ehuil 50 had, and IIoze i'll?
stopped minute to think Of it, and mad
cnuif was! give one spring, and crack
went the skirt of my dress, and went, or
should have gone into the arms Of Josh Mil
Ter, if hadn't hit him SO sudden as to tip him
over Down he went, down | went, the can
die was already down; and in the height oft
Azarah and Sally Jane, hearing the outcry,
come rushing at the sound, and the transpor-
tation from the lighted room to utter darkness
had such powerful effect upon 'em that they
both stumbled and fell. We was all down as
low as the chronometcr in dog days. got up
first and run for a light. SakcS alive it was
| terrible caraplaSm! Josh had broken his
watchchain in three places and smashed the
ciStern of his watch, besides, burst out the
sleeves of his bran new broadcloth coat, and
crushed into nothing a valeable pair of gold.
bowed spectaclcS Sally Jane had stove her
shell haircomb all to flinders and knocked the
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