The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-06-07
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Jonathan in Town.

"A NV tFAiauhSo Csu,c 20 N ClOtnlnR
emporium, in Lewistowp, Maine. to
buy him, a wedding suit. His ,nsuie
was Nehemiah Hewbegin,l and he was
about TO make . new beginning ip buy
ing clothes. as well as in Keeping house.
Hasing selected coat, vest, and pants,
that seemed 10 be, about right as. 10
price, he tried the, store,man in the way
of barter, in this style :oIat -; -, -. =, "
.pew you ever take pfcjnee for your
y STsfe, ,'albnamla What m bsiasl3b 'a7u / aOo
,sojgce garden ssss and sich ;
don't do Il, deSI yoe, y" So ''Hi :
Well, occasionally We do. What
have you 10 sell I" atr % ,,.,,,...,,,.
"Oh, aimost anything; little of every
thing, !sfrem .meuowfat > peas to rye
straw . got the ell kilIinest+ dried pun.
kins YOU, ever set your eye, ,on-1xpeci,
nov, you'd like some Of tha. dried pun,
Kin. Squire r. arr e,,5r,..,, ID -,
The. prop ietor ,declined rnegotiatipg
for the dried pumpkin, but inquired II
he had any good buiter. ~ -, -, -. -
Esr G.oo,o d butter ! now squire, I yex:
pect I've got some Of the incest and
eyellerest you eyer -sot your eyes on a. Got
some eout here Snow--got some lin a
shooger box, eout in dads wagon.
Brought il. down for Kernel Waldron,
but you, can have it. III bring It rite
strate in here, darhed ct ] dom y! 80 >
On :he. strength OF the butter q dick.
er was speedily contracted, for which
Nehemiah was put in immediate and
absolute possession Of coat vest and
pants. p, 80 W "1S''' -
But would they fit Nehemiah, was
willing to trust the coat and vest Ia.
deed, be could put them on and off in
n minute. and they were neat as wax.
Where could he Try the pants on T.
Not right there 10, the store, with The
street,door open, and women folks com
ing and going all The while. Now I,
happened well that the. new clothing
store hsd q corner cpriained off for the
purpose. and Nehemiah was speedily
closed therein, Il rsrTSrf go'n,,,,'
r. The, pants had straps, and the ,strsps
were lbuttoned. q Nehemiah, had seen
straps before, but the art iof managing
them wasza. mystery. On i,considera-
ton, be decided that the boots must 90
on tirs,. He then mounted q chair, o.
Grated his pants at a proper single. and
endeavored to cosx his. legs. into them.
He had a time, ,Sf it. Lis boots we're
none OF, she smallest, and the. pants
were none Of the widest /; the chair, too,
was ricke.y, q and bothered him; but
bending his!enerey 70 the. task. he sue,
ceeded, in inducing one leg into the
l"pesky E;hings." Ale was strsddled like
the Colossus Of Rhodes, and jus, in tlc
act Of raising the other foot, when viii 5.
Pering and giggling in his immediate
vicinity, made him, alive 10 the appalling
fact THAI nothihg but a ehintz curtain
separated him from twenty or1,hi,ty o.
the prettiest and wickedest girls thai
were lsrer Gagged in, one shop. y.
Nshemiah was q bashfsl youth, acc
would bare made . eircsmbendibus o
! q mile any day rather than meet those
\ gifls, even If he had been in full dress
Las !it was. bis mouth was pnucIi ,ajar a
the bare possibility of making his ;ap
lpeafanes among thstn in bis presen
dishabille.. W6atif tiicrs was q hol,
\ in The curtain What II Be shotIt
'fall 1t wouldn't bear thinking of
! and plunging the foot in the vacant lei
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