Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-03-14

All! what is th. clngng so close at my heor-strings?
IT'S icar-hot know by the thrill in my bosom
lis born of these ringet, and fingers and eye-ds;
Born of this beauty too precious for mortals;
II tells me look on the face OF an angel
That lies there dcceiving my soul by concealing
Its pinions beneath the blue waves Of the velvet.
ri wake hin with kisses that even an angel
For such rare enjoyment would fold its wings gladly;
Would cling to mortality long for the love Of
There there! have redeemed the white brow Of baby
Between those two Innings of delicate lacc-work K
The rarest of eyebrows: his laugh treasures me-
I'll crush him down hard, wings and all ON my bosom,
Aud punish the darling with rods made of kisses!
ARTEMUs WARD ON THE SHAKERS
The Shakers is the strangest religious sex
ever met. I'd hearn tell of EN- and I'D seen
'em, with their broad brim'd hats and long was
It'd coats; but I'd never come into immejit con-
tack with 'em, and Id sot 'em down as lackin
intelleck, as I'd never seen 'em to my Show
leastways if they cum they was disguised in
white peple's close, so didn't know 'em.
But in the Spring of IS, | got swampt in
the exterior Of New York State, one dark and
stormy night when the winds Blue pityusy,
and | was forced to tie up with the Shakers.
was tollin threw the mud, when in the dim
vister of the futer | observed the CLEANS of
taller candle. Tiein hornets nest to my off
hoss's tail to kinder encourage him, soon reach
ed the place. | knockt at the door, which it
was opened unto me by tall slick-taced, soum
lookin individooal, who turn'd out to be Elder
"Mister Shaker" sed |, "you see before you
Babe in the Woods, so to speak, and he axes
shelter of YOU"
"Yav" sed the Shaker, and he led the way
into the house, another Shaker bein sent to put
my bosses and Vaughn under klver
A solnm female, lookin somwhat like last
years bean-pole stuck into long meal bag
cum in and axed me was | athurst and did |
hunger? to which | urbanely anserd "a few"
She went OFF and indeyered to open a CONVEX
sashun with the old man.
elder, / Spect? Pr sed /.
"Yay" he sed.
"Helths good, I reckon?"
"Yav"
"Whats the wages of Elder, when he I'M
derstans his bizness-or do you devote your
saryices .gratooitusP"
"Stormy night, sir"
"Yay."
"If the storm containers there'll be a mess
underfoot hay ?"
"Yav."
"lts unpleasant when there's mess under
foot? ?"
"Yav."
"If may be so bold, kind sir, what's tn,
price of that pecooler kind of weskit you wear
incloodin t,immins?'
"Yay."
pawsd mint, and then, thinkn I'd b,
faseshus with him and see how that would go
| slapt him on the shoulder burst into a harty
arf, and told him that as a yayer he had NJ
Twin eka
He iumpt up as if Bilin water had bin SOUR
ted into his ears groaned. rolled his eyes W
lords the sealn and Sed you're man OF sin =
He then walkt out of the room.
Jest then the female in the meal bag stucl
her he'd into the room and statid that refresh
mants awaited the weary travler, and | sed
it was vttles she ment, the weary travler wa
agreeable, and followed her into the next room
| sot down to the table and the female in tn
meal bag pured out sum tea. She sed nothn
and for five minits the only live thing in tina
room was old wooden clock, which tckt in
suhdood and hashful manner in the corner
This dethly stiffness made me Uneasy, and
determined to talk to the female or bust. S
seq |, "marrige is again your rules, l bleev,
marm?"
"Yay."
"The sexes liv strickly apart spect?'
"Yay"
ats kinder singler," SEE /, putin on m
most sweetest look and speakin in wnni
voice, "that SO fair made as thow never &C
hitched to sum likely fell'r." n. B.-She Wa
upwards of 40 and homely stump fence
but thawt I'd tickil her.
81 don't like mem" she sed, very short
"Wal, | dunno" seq |, "theyre a raythe
important part of the populashun. | don
scarcely see how We could get along withol
'em."
us poor wimin folks would get along grei
deal better if there was no men !"
"You'll eXcoos me, marin, but ! don't thin
that air would work 1t wouldn't be regler"
'Fm fIaid of men !" she sed.
"That's Unnecessary marin. You amt in n
danger. Don't fret yourself on that pint.
"Here we're shot out from the sinful worlt
Here all is peas. Here we are brothers an
sisters. We don't marry and CONSISTENTLY "
hav no domestic difficulties. Husbands don
abooze their wiyes-wiyes don't worrit the
husbands. There's no children here to wou
u.s. Nothn to worrit us here. No wicke
matrimony here. Would thow like to be
Shaker"
"No," SEE |, "it amt my stile."
had now histed in as big load of pr
vishuns as / could carry comfortable, and, eaI
in back in my cheer, commenst pickin my teel
with fork. The female went out, leavn n
all alone with the clock. hadn't sot thar lor
before the Elder poked his he'd in at the doc
"You're man of sin !" he sed, and groant
and went away.
Direckly thar cum in two young Shakeresse
40 puttl hllu slCh lOOkln ais as j ever met.
is troo they was drest in meal bags like the o
one I'd met previsly, and their shiny, silky h,
was hid from sight by long white CAPS, sich as
spose female costs wear; but their ewes sparl
led like dimonds, their checks was IKE rose
and they was charnn enuf to make ms
throw stuns at his granmother, if they axed hi
to. They commenst clearin away the dishe
castin shy glances at me all the time. | q
excited. forgot BETSY JANE in my rapte
and SEE |, "my pretty dears, how air you Pr
ave air well" they solumly sed
"Whar's the old man Pr sed |, in a soft voic
"Ofwhom dost thou speak-Brother URIAH
81 mean the gay and festiv cuss who calls I
man of sin. Shouldn't wonder if his mar
= was URIAH."
ale has retired
"Wall, my pretty dears," SEE ], "let's ha
sum fun. Let's play Puss in the corner. WI
sayP"
''Air you a Shaker, sir P" they axed.
oval, my pretty dears, | haven't array
my proud form in long weskit yit, but il tn
was all like you perhaps I'd jine em. AS it
I'm "A Shaker pro-temporary."
They was full of fun. | seed that at fu