The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-07-26

90 the JoD lot MN. AndI lands sake, II
} you'll believe me, come to look--thc snake
warnt nuthin but black, water soaked
root lated, and tile deacon he laffeJ,
J and said it was quite cataplasm.
Come to look round, the gin'ral badn t
} gone up but he'd done his best to pi,
} there, for he'd run so fast, that when be
, come 10 the swamp he couldn't turn out
for it, and the consequence was he had
turned in-pretty much all over, too -
The men foks. heerd him holer, and they
went in and helped him out but such a
looking specimen! He was actilly enuG
| to skeer the crows-mud from crown to
: sole, and frogs and pottadles dropping off
from him at every pint! He went home
and changed his clothes, and come agin
; but his sperits was kinder damped by the
: accident Of the morning.
II hunted rou:,d after flowers all could
but didn't find nothing but q dandprIin
ftand leaf Of lamb-kill. | wished a thou
: sand times that I'd took the lantern; |
could have seed something then, perha ps
} 1t was between day and sunrise when we
started for Whites store. Deacon Grant
J be walked with me part Of the way; but
} somebody called him away for something,
: and hebrought his nephew, from New York
and produced him to me. Mr.. Fitz
! Brown Jones, his name was, and right
) down scrumptuous looking Teller he was,
, too With whiskers and muskratters, and
: 4 nose as long as-as-well, as long as a
J stick
oval, Mrs. Small" scz he, 1t seems
that we are en- route for Mr. Whites slore?'
; 'On root?' sez l. why, bless your
soul, no; we're on the ground! You're a
} lectle nigh sighted, aim ye?
Il beg pardon soz he. 1 see now;
was slightly mistook.'
Yes, sez |, Il guess 30. But accidents
will happen among the best of folks, you
know. ! expect every day when some
thing or ruther will take place with me-.
Indeed Itmust be very unpleasant
to look forward to sich conting ency, 'svz
he.
What?' sez for I didn' exactly un-
derstand him.
1T must be very unpleasant to borrow
trouble, sez he.
: Land, yes, it is; and, for my part, l
never do, seq |. Nov, the other day.
when | lent my hat-irons to your Uncle
; Grants wife, know'd she'd break 'em
aforc she got through with 'em "a nice
woman aunt is, but an awful hand to de-
stroy thlngs;) but never borrowed an
atom Of trouble on account of EN-
They re in the hands Of Providence, sez
to myself; and surs enough they was,
for yesterday she sent 'em home with
both handles missingH
." By this time we'd arriv' at Whites
! and White.he rolled out barrel of crack
ers and acoupe of salt fish, to treat us
} on. 1t took but little while to fix the bo.
kays, and then we ali rejourned to the
common. There was seats ranged round
for the ordinance TO set on; and right in
, the middle of the field was tall pole,
like a liberty pole, with striped flag Of
: The top, and ribbns and slreamerS fly
, ing from it in all directions.
"Who shall be queen? who shall be
queen?" screamed everybody all to once.
"Let Mr.. Filz Brown Jones select the
prettiest girl, and crown her." sez some.
: body.
"My heart come up in my throat when
this Was sed; for you know that every par
J Icular woman thinks that she is a ltetlo
mite hand omer than any other one. Mr..
Fitz Jones looked round kinder puzzled
like, and put his hand through his hair
} as much as dozen times, to make sure
that it was still on his head, and seq he
"Ahcm ! Wall rally, there is so many
angelic seraphims here that | cant fix
my eyes more on one luminary than on
another"
"Land sake, Mr.. Filz Jones" SCI l,
"choose the one ycu love the BEST
"There is little difficulty in doing that, "
sez he perite as basket of chips. Mrs,
Small select yourself
My goodness, Mr.. Fitz Jones, sez l..
you musn't bore me! I'm a married
woman, with two children, and charac.
ter to keep! Joshua would knock the
breath ont Of you if he shoult know it,
81 was actilIy skairt, but folks only laf,
ed, and sed Joshua needn't know it, but |
didn't feel exactly easy in my conscience
They took a big wreath Of pcsies and
spruce boughs and red rbbins, and put it
on my ead-nigh about ruined my now
cap-and fixed bokay in my apron
strings. and give me another to hold In
my hand--and then they sot me up on a
pile OF boards, and stalld on my throne. l
declare, never felt so queer in all my
born pigrimpgcl didn't know wheth,
err l was K4ziah Small or some other per.
son. Everybody cot down on their knees
to me, and called me your highness, and
your majesty till | didn'tknow butthey'd d
lost their senses.
AT the very mint they was singing a
hem called Go save the Queen, along
rushed Joshua Small putting and paint.
ing for dear life. My blood nigh about
ran cold when seed him, for I knowed
by the looks Of his physiology that there d
be row.
'Grqcious!' sCz I, q guess I've ketched
it,"
"Joshua didn't say nothing to nobody,
! but he cleared his way tight through the
crowd, climbed up on the pile of boards,
, and grabbed me by the arm, saying in an
airthquake voice;
'Keziah, what are you doing here?'
tNothinn anz |