Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-03-16

Oe shaker T.
No." sez /, at amt my stle"
had now histed 10 as big load Of provi
shuus as could carry comfortable, and lean.
ing back 10 my cheer comnenst pickin my
teeth with fork. The female went out,
ieavn me all alone with the clock. | hadn't
sot thar long before the Elder poked his he'd
in at the door. You're man Of sit - he
sed, and grooned and went away.
Directly thar cum 10 two Shakerosses. az
putty and slck looking gals ss ever | met -
IL is truo they wns drest IN meal bags like the
old one Id met previsly. aud their shiny,
silky har was hid from sight by long white
cape, sich as ! spose female costs wear but
their eyes sparkled like diminds, their cheeks
was like roses, and they was charming enuh
to make man throw stuns at his grand.
mother, il they axed him to. They commenst
cleurin away the Dishes cas,n shy glauces at
me oil the time. ! got excited. forgot
Betsey Jane in my rupter, and sez !. my
pretty dears, how air you ?"
I'VE Dir well, they solemnly sed.
"Whur's the old man = ssud in soft
/ voice.
"Of whom dost thow spenk-Brot
Uriah p
/ Il mean the gay and festive cuss who calls
me man of sin. Shouldn't wonder if bic
name was Uriah."
| "iIe has retired"
wall, my pretty desrs" seq J, let's have
some fuD. Let's play Fuss in the corner
What say Z"
Air you a Shaker, sir ?" they axed
"WalI, my pretty deDts, haven't arraycd
my proud form in long weskit yit, but il
they was all like you perhaps I'd jue 'em.-
As it is, IN Shaker protemporary.'
They was foil o. fun. ] seed that a fust,
only they eetle skeery. ! taught EN- Pnss
in the coruer aud sich like plays, aud we had
u nice time, keepiu quiet Of course so the old
man shouldn't hear. When We broke up,
sez I,"my pretty dears, ear gcyou have no
objections have you, TO sn inuersent kiss at
partn 2
"Yay," thay sed, and yayJ.
/ | went to bed. I'd bin snoozin bali hour
when was woke up by a noise at the door
| sOt up in bed, leauin on NY elbers aud
rubhin my eyes, and | saw the tollerln picter
The Elder stood in the doorway, with taller
candle in his hand. He badu'; no wearln
appeerel on except bis night close. which
fottered in the breeze like Fourth of July
Flag. tie sed, ~ ou're u man of siu ~ then
groaned and went away.
| went to sleep ugin, and drempt Of run.
min OFF with the pretty little Shakcresses,
mouDted on my Californy Bar. thawt The
Bar insisted on steerin strate for my door
yard in Baldnsyle and that Betsy Jaue cum
out and Civ us O warm recepshun with pan.
inll os Bllin water. ] was woke up arly by
the Elder He sed refreshments was redGy
for me down stairs. Then sayiu ] was O man
Of sin, he went groauing away.
AS was goin threw the entry to the room
NhaTA Ih1 VIiilpS was | cutn nprnSa the
Elder and the old female Id met the night
before, aud what dye spose they was up to
, lluggn aud kIssin like young lovers in theiI
gusbnl nlist state See !, my Shaker friends
reckon you'd better suspend the rules, ant
git married."
You must excoos Brother Uriah, sed thC
! female he's subjeck to fits and haint go
I 10 command over hisself when he's iutC
EN-"
"SartinIy," sez l. 1--WE bin took tba. va.
myself frequent"
You're man Of su p sed the Elder.
AFTER breakfast my little Shaker frend
cum in agiu to clear away the dishes.
My pretty dears," sez |, shall We ga,
agiu p
Nay" they sed and nay'd.
The Shakers o1ed me TO 60 TO tbe
meetin, as they was to hav ssrvices tina
mornin, so put on a clean billed rag anC
went. The meetin house was ss neat as
pin. The floor was white as chalk apC
smooth rs glass. The Shakers was oil OF
hand, in clean weskits and meal bags, range,
on the floor like millingtery companies, th,
mails on one side of the room and the female:
90 tother. They commenst clappn the
haods aud singn and dsncin. They daucet
kinder Glow at fust, but as they got wa-me,
up they shaved ii down very brisk, ] tel
you, Elder Uriab, in particlsr, exhibertid
right smart chance Of spryuess in bis legs
considerin his time Of life, and as be Gun
bubble shuttle near where sot, rewarded
him with upprovin smile and sed Coco
boy Go 1t my gay aud fcs,iy cuss y
You're man VI sin !" he sed, contihneriI
his shuttle.
The Sperret, as they called it. then moved
a shcrt fat Shaker to say few remarks.-
lie sed they was Shakers and all was ekal
They was the psrest and seleckest peple OF
the yearth, Other people was sinful as the,
could be- but Shakers wus all right. Shaker
was oil goin kerslap to the Promist Land
and nobody want goiu TO stand at the gat,
to bar EN- out, if they did they'd git rot
over.
The Shakers then dauced and sung sgin
Auu hTltT lucy wac tuIe"i uHe VI etn aAeu IN
what thawt of it.
Sez what dug it siggerfy r
"What" seq he.
"Wby this junpin up aud sinsin Thi
long weskit bznss, and this anty. strimon,
dee, My friends, you air neat and tidy
Your lands is howin with milk aud honey
Your brooms is fine, aud your apple sass i
honest When a man buys kag Of appl
sass of you he don't find crate mauy Shawn
unGer a few layers OF sass-a little Gam
I'm sorry TO say sun Of my New Engial
ancestors used 10 practise. Yonr gardinI
seeds is fine, and if ! should SOW 'em on In
rock of Gbraltsr probly | should raise GOO
mess of gardlng sass. You air honest il
your dealins. You air quiet aud don't dstarl
nobody For all this give you credit. Bu
your religion lie small pertaters, | must say
You nope away your lives here in sinel
retchdness, and as you air all by yourselve
nothing ever couaicks with your peculia
idees, except when Human Mater busts ou
among you, as understsn she sumtimes do
II Civ Urish sly wink here. which made th,
old Teller squirm like a speared Eel. Yol
wear long weskits aud long faces, and lead
gloomy life indeed. No children's prattle j
ever hearn around your bsrthstuns-you al
10 dresry fog all the time, and you treat tn
Jolly sunshine OF life as tho il was thlei
drviu it from your doors by them wesklts
and meal bags, and pecooler noshuns OF yourn
The gals among you, sum Of which air O
slick pieces OF csliker as | ever sot eyes on
air swim to place their beds sgin weskt