The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-10-24

thin when Bob Thompktns stepped III
and SEE he There's agoin' to be an
other burying in this settlement, e
some folks don't mind their own chores
and quit foolin' with other folkses com
pany.' This riled me rite up, an seq
| |, There's Teller in this deestrict
that haint had spell Of layin' on hii
back for some time but he's in imme
date danger of ketching the disease
bad Bob took squirt at the Width
of my chist, and then turned to Sal
who was shaking like a cabbage lea
in summer gale, and seq he, Sal lets
marvel out of bad company before il
spiles our morals With that he
crooked one of his smashing machines
and Sal was just hookin' on, when !
put the weight of about a hundred
pound under his ear, and SEE ], jest
lay there Bob Thompkins until your
parents comes out to look fur your
body He went down as if he'd been
took with a sudden desire to examine
the roots of the grass, and Sal screams
out that l had murdered the rantank-
erous critter. See I, The Tomsun
that's fur his head amt out yet but
calkilate it'll be took out of the query
eff he comes smellin' round my heel
again. Jest as made this feeling re-
mark, the varmint began to scratch
earth as if he had a mind to see how
it would feel to be on his pins again,
and crooked my elbow to Sal and
thought it was about time to marvel
She layed up to me like pig to a
rough post, and we peregrinated along
for some distance, until we were pref
ty nigh home. / was askin her eff 1t
bert her much when she sung, an she
was saying mot pertikler,' when oil OF
a student something knocked fourth
o'July fire works out of my eyes, and
| went to the grass with my heels up.
1t was Bob Thompkins, and seq he,
LAY there Mr.. Smith, and let us hear
from you by the next mail For O
minute I thought | was bound for glo-
ry, but pooty soon I come to my oats,
and then I rolled over and seen Bob a
squeezing SAILS hand. 'All right, my
prooshian blue SEE I, there be poth-
ecary's bill for some family in this
deestrict, but won't say who's to pay
it at present. / Jest waited till | seen
the Teller try to put his nose in SAILS
face, and then I stretc he'd to nv feet
and seq I, This here pasture wants a
little MASKING down to make it more
fruitful, and its my impreshun that
can do it, Sal seed that | was
bound to make somebody smell agony
SO she jest ripped away from Bob, and
marveled for the house. Bob looked
after her for minute, and then he
turned to me and SEE he, / hope your
folks have got some Grape to hum, be-
caus there's going to be job for our
wirtuous sexton | kinder smiled out
of one eye, and seq 7, when Sal and
] is married, Wen drop tear for the
early disease of an Individual who
would never have been born if it had
not been for your parents >"
This riled Bob up awful and he came
right at me like a mad bull at red
shirt. ] felt something drop on the
bridge ofmy nose, and seed a whole
nest Of sky rockets all at once but l
only kneeled for the shake of a tell,
and then | piled in like a mad Buffalo
with the dYsentery. 1t was give and
take for about five minutes, and [ tel
you Bob played away on my nose like
Trojan. The blood flew some and
was sorry hadn't said good bye tt
the folks before left them But ]
gave Bob some happy evidences o
youthful christianity about the goggles
and pooty soon he looked as if be ba(
been brought up to the charcoal bust
ness. We was making pooty goot
time around the lot, when all of sud
dent, Sal oum running with her fathe
and mother and says the old felle
Efyou two members of the Churcl
don't stop your religious exercises
there'll be some preachin' from th,
book of John
With that Bob took his paw ont 0
my hair, and SEE he, 'Smithses son Ii
me the first whack' / jest promena
ded up to the old man, and SEE !, I
you'll jest show me a good buryiny
place, I'll take pleasure in making
funeral for the Thompkinses Th
old man kinder looked querious at Sal
and she commenced to smoker, and Sc
she, What are you two fellers rum
pusen about?' Its to see who shal
hev the pootiest gal Of all the Green
ses.' When ] said this, the old ma
bust into loud larf, like wild hye
ner, and the old woman she put he
hands across her stummick and begi
to larf like mad, and Sal she snickere
right out in my countenance, aud Sc