Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-04-05

l had now histed IN as big load o
previshuns as | could carry comfortable
and, leanin back in my cheer, commeIs
piekin my teeth with fork. The female
went out, leayin me all alone with the
clock. l hadn't sot thar long before the
Elder poked his he'd in ar the door,
. Your. a man Of SIM ho.zed, and groan-
ed aud went away.
Dreckl .Aaf cum in two young Sha
aeressss5 as putty and as slick lookiu gal.
as / ever met. Il is troo they was dresI
in meal bags ike the ole one I'd met pre-
visly, and their shiny, silky har was hid
from sight by long white caps, sich as
spose female ghosts wear; but their eyes
sparkcd like dimonds, their checks " as
like roses, and they was charmin enuff to
make n man throw tuns al his granmoth-
eri if they axed him to. They commenst
clearin away the dishes, cas,in Shy CLAM
ces at me all the time. got excited. I
forgot BETSY JANE in my raptur, and seq
], my pretty dears, how air you ?
We air well, they soIunly sed.
'Whar's the ole man ? sed /, in a soft
voice.
'Of whom dost thou speak-Brother
URIAH :
L mean that gay and festiy cuss who
calls me a man Of sin. Shouldn't won
der if his name was URAu.'
lie has retired
Wal, my pretty dears, sez l, lets
have some fun. Let's play puss in tie
corner. What say?
Air you a Shaker, sir2 they axed.
Wa, my pretty daars, haven't ar
rayed my proud form in a long weskit
yit, but if they was all like you perhaps
II jjue EN-. As j, is, I'm a Shaker pro
temporary.
They ws full of fun. l seed that at
fust, only they was a little skeery. I
.awt EN- Puss in the Corner, and sich
like plase, and we tada nice time, keep
in quiet of course, so the ole man couldn't
hear. When we broke up sez I, my
pretty dears, ear l 90 you have no objec-
tons have you, to an innerseut kiss at
partin 2
Yay,' they sed, and / yay'd
l went up stairs to bed. spose I'd
been snoosin half a hour when | was
woke up by nois at the door sot up
in bed, leauin on my elbers, and rubbin
my eyes, and I saw the fOllerin pictur
The Elder stood in the doorway with q
taller candle in his hand. He hadn't 20
wearin aPpeerel on except his night close,
which fuuered in the breeze like a
Fourth Of July Flag. lie said, you're
a man Of sin ? then groaued and went
away.
1 went to sleep again, and drempt of
r2rn.a orf with The pretty little Shaker
esses mounted On my Califory Bar.
thawt the Bar insisted on steerin strate
for my dooryard in Ballinsville, and that
BETSY JANE cum out aud give US a warm
with a pan.1lI Of H'lin water.
/ was woke up early by the Elder He
aed refreshments was ready for me down
stairs. Then sayin l was a man of sin,
be went groanin away
As : was goin threw the entry to the
room where the vi;tles was, cum across
the Elder and the Old female I'D met the
night before, aud what d'y spose they
was up to? Iuggin and kissin Ike
young lovers in their gushiugist state.
Sez l, my Shaker friends, l reckon you'd
better suspend the rules and git married
You must excoos Brother UFIAH,
sed the female, hes subjeck to fits, and
hain't got no command over hisselt when
hes into en-
Sartinly,' sez /, I've been took that
way myself frequent
You're man of sin : sed the Elder