Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-03-22

fourth OF July nag. lie sed, 1ou re hat
Of sin then groaned and went away.
went to sleep agin, and drempt Of runnir
OFF with the pretty little Shakeress, mounted
on my Caiforny Bar. thawt the Bar in.
sisted on stcerin strate foy my dooryard il
Baldinsville, and that Betsy Jane cum ou
and give us a warm recopshun with painful
Of Bilin water. was woke up arly by th'
Elder He sed refreshments was reddy foi
me down stairs. Then sayin / was man o
sin, he went groanin away.
As was goin threw the entry 10 the room
where the vittcs was. ! cum across the Eldei
and the old female I'd met the night before
and what dye sposo they was up to; Hug
gin and kissin like young lovers in their gush
ingist state. Sez ], My Shaker trends,
reckon you'd better suspend the rules, and 81
married ?
You must excous Brother Uriah, sed th'
female he's subjeck to fits, and hain't 60
no command over hisself when he's into
EN-
sartinly, sez /, I've bin took that wa,
myself frequent
You're a man Of sim sed the Elder
Arter breakfast my little Shaker trends cum
in agin TO clear away the dishes.
My pretty dears,' sez l, shall we gag
agin :.
Nay, they sed. and | pay'd.
The Shakers axed me to 60 to their mectiI
az they was to hav saryices that mornin, so
put on a clean billed. rag and went The meet
in house was as neat as a pin. The floor wa
white as chalk and smooth as glass. Tn,
Shakers was all on hand, in clean weskits ant
meal bags, ranged on the floor like millingte
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room and the females on tother. They com
mems. clappin their hands and singin an,
dancin They danced kinder slow at fust, bu
as they got warmed up they shaved it dowl
very brisk, tell you. Elder Uriah, in part
cler, exhibertd a right smart chance Of spry
ness in his legs, considerin his time of life
and as he cum a bubble shuttle near where
sot, rewarded him with a approvin smile an,
sed Good boy Go it, my gay and festi
cuss
You're man Of sin = he sed, continuor
in his shuttle.
Tho Sperret. as thoy called it, then move,
a short fat Shaker TO say few remarks H.
, sod they was Shakers and all was ekal The
was the purest and seleckest people ON th
+ ycarth. Other peplc was sinful as the
| could be, but Shakers was all right. Shaker
was all goin kerslap to the Promist Land. an,
nobody want goin to stand at the gate 70 ba
EN- out--if they did they'd git run over.
The Shakers then danced and sung agiu
and arter they was threw, one of EN- axe,
me what thawt of IT,
Sez /, What duz it sigrerfy:
What; sen he
why this iumpin up and singin; Thi
long weskit bizniss, and this anty-matrimon,
idee; My trends, you air neat and tidy
Your lands is howin with milk and honey
Your brooms is fine, and your apple sass i
honest. When a man buys kag Of apple sas
Of you he don't find CRATE many shavns un
der a few layers Of sass--a little Game In
sorry to say sum Of my New Engan ter
Y used TO practi--. fYour gerdiEg seeds s-isaar@
and if ! should SOW en- on the rock Of Gi
! braler probly 7 should raise a good mess q
gardiDg sass. You air honest in your dealns
I You air quiet and don't disturb nobody. Fo
! all this | give You credit But your religio
is small pertaters, must say. You mop
away your lives here in single retchidncss
and as you air all by yourselves nothing eve
conficks with your pecooler idees, excep
when Human Mater busts ont among you, a
understan she sumtimes do. Civ Uriah
Sly WINK mere. NulHu maui Aht ulA ltAlt
squirm like a speared Eel.
You wear long weslits and long faces, AM
lead a gloomy life indeed. No children
prattle is ever hearn around your harthstuu
you air in dreary fog all the time, and yo
treat the Jolly sunshine of life as tho it wa
a thief, drivin it from your doors by ther
weskits, and meal bags, and pecooler noshun
of yourn. The gals among you, sum q
which air as slick pieces of caliker as | eve
sot eyes on, air sym to place their heds agii
weskits which kver honest, manly harts
while you old heds fool yerselves with tn
idee that they air fulflin their mishun here
and air contented Here you air, all pend M
by yerselves, takin about the sins of worl,
you don't know nothiu of. Meanwhile salt
world continners TO resolve round on her owl
axeltree onct in every 2 hours, subjeck u
the Constitushun of the United States, ant
is very pleasant place OF residence. It's
unnatural, unreasonable and dismal life you
leadin here So it strikes me. My Shake
trends. now bid you a welcome adoo.--
Iou hav treated me exceedin we'll. Thanl
you kindly, one and all.
A base exhibitor Of depraved monkey
and onprincipled wax work = sed Uriah.
Hello, Uriah, SCI |, I'd most forgot you
Wall, look out for them fits of yourn, AM
don't catch cold and die in the flour of you
youth and beauty
And resoomcd my journey Family fai
23d.