The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-11-24


to know, he's 50 handsome.'
sWell, FIoy, I'll tell you hand
some gentleman with brass COZ and |
the iigamarees on hiss shonld ldex old |
q ohm Brown. |
you don't Say SO /?
And seeing no satisfaction could be |
got from Ned, turned and commenced
assisting about the tables. What
appetites we had that day and what
appetites one always has at pic mic.
The sandwiches twinkled before our
ewes one moment and vanished; the
biscuits were
sI.ike snowfalls on a river,
One moment white, than gone forever"
Cake fingered for a season, and than
went to that bourne from whence no
cake e'er returns; and cold chickens
seemed to fly down capacious throats,
and no one seemed alarmed at the
thought that they might sit hard upon
the stomach. Lemonade and cham
pagne flowed in streams, and in short.
gournaarsd and gourmet satisfied them
selves to'the utmost. But the end was
not vet. The sky had commenced
lowering, and now heavy clouds were
piling themselves rapidly together in
the western sky. Faces began to be
turned upward anxiously, and many
d delicate lady looked down at her fine
ry and up at the heavens, with do-you-
think-it- will-rain look which was in
tensely comical. We were a mile and
a-half from any house, and WithQut any
protection other than that atfoSdea by
| the trees. 1t began to rain nest,
t-,x n q
Did you ever see several h9i1d dxeeh PEG
| pie caught in rain slf metz hay e 2
| never enjoyed the most coe ssalt
the world presents, althoass slst i1ftye 13tt z
s.swam in gondola." WE slsfls
cred ourselves up and prepared teStrasv-
ell; and you should have seen us theIas
Ladies gathered their skirts up around
them with little regard for app earances,
and gentlemen's clothes began to cling 3
to them, giving them very much the
appearance of drowned cats and fran
tically we all tore along the road, niuc
over our shoes. Hoops were IN theil
glory about that time. Great hoops
and a rainy days their pEqit, Ihs
display of ankles was not sfs1all, ans
ruff1ed pillow cases we're in fuli feather
In short, every onesoon became a dead
! head to full exhibition Of glet
female toggery. Ned and bfrav
eled along with long strides, occa'
sionally stopping and upturning theil
faces to the sky, and remaTkIng that
slooked some like rain' ana still thu
rain poured down in torrents. AT las
I gave up entirely; my clothes had be
come water -clogged, my feet clung t.
the sticking mud, L had lost my hat
and was half ready to cry.
Ned, Nab, do wait"
The only answer that came back wa
Mab's voice, singing gleefully:
Gould we but cline where Moses stoodH'
while Ned Joined in with the chorus
| "JorCan am hard road to travel.
I attempted to run down hill afte
them, and fell headlong into ditch b
the side of the road. My appearance
, had not been very enchanting before
and this would not be likely to improV
it: besides, the ditch was full of frog
and | have a mortal borrow of then
and so [ set up lugubrious howl:
"Gracious, Ned, come and help N
out of this infernal-''
e But Ned was far to much Occuple
with Nab to pay any attention to m
!, cries, and there | lay in the ditch, wit
:, the frogs croaking close to my ear
+ There's position for you, o ye r'
4 mantle. My white dropery had ,begf
- to look slightly soiled, my comb hi
T fallen out, and my hair was spread
7 over the mud, my face had sought Il
softest spot in the ditch, and both han'
. were clutched full cf mud. What haI
pened next! Why the Duke of we
/ iington, Blondin, John Brown, as NJ
- had called the gentleman with epa
y Iettes, came up, and after giving, We
3 to an uproarious peal of laughte
i came to my assistance. was so al
! CRY to hear him laugh, that refuse
~ to allow him TO assist me, and order'
:, him very crustily to arise and 60
, his maternal ancestor; but he retus'
~ to bulge and finally assisted me to rls
l. and volunteered to take my hair out
~ the mud, and the mud out of my eye
e Relieved from this dilemma, | recoV'
ed my good nature, and on we wei
: in uproarious merriment, comment
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