The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-06
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scrapin' round usual--awfulIy ANXIOUS
about every body's-. health; and his. wife,
.tew, as much consarned as he was--andi their
proi,isin' redzheaded boy, and interestin, dar--
ter, sAnny Marier With her six starched skirts
onr=-talsns up -noreroom thamary ten decent
drest girls in the room.afs The dectorefdways
goes. to all the donation parties for fifteen
mics round,t'to mako himself POPLAR But
nobody knows of his ever ,takip, any thin. -.
onthis aceasion, Amy Mariers took q 1aaF-,
mark to Mr. Scrantum, with thing on it
that looked like a c1soppin' Knife. and mess
o. French nonsense belowit. But the great
est part O. the performance was the semina-
~ gals and their donation. Their was twen-
ty-fve ons,en, and what de- you suppose they
fetcht? Why, the hull kit aud cargo on 'em
had conspred together and made rag baby
for little Adeline Scrantum, and Iigged 1t up,
in gauzeA and tinsei, and they all come TO-
gether and brought that Miss Pinchem,
their teachernw wan't there.s iShelowas sick o,
somethinsi II guess il she had come, she'd
a kept 'em little. straighter.a Land oshber-
y
in all my born days! They carried on like
all possesst 4 see some on 'em a fouriship.
round Jeff-he,s alwas ready for a scrape, you
know-and / was afcaredI he'd git to carryin'
on with 'em and IcwouIdentA a had him for
any thing, SO I gin him a caution. 'sJefT;,,
sayssI4s.you@ @letthenf seminary gals alone;
they're wild set; It amt fptaper to cut sup
SO in the minister's house." jeff promised to
keep clear on 'em-he generally does as
want him tew.eoI lIsay' that much for Jeffer.'
sors5he,s always Been good aboat niihdin'.---
But it went hard with him to dew it then !;
heAwasfipe for Fun, and determined to let of
| the steam some wayaor other. So he looks
round sand he sees Charity Grimes stuck up
on thessettest other side of the room. Stiff
as poker aud prin as pea -pod-you know
| what asstarohed up, affected old crtter she is
JEFF went TO school to her when he was little,
and She snapped his ears and cuffed shim
round, SO he's always hated her like. pizen
everssince.s e She's ben tryin' this twenty
yeartosgit married. ami ean'tTnake it out
She ID chased after Squire Fuller ever since
his wife died. Squire Fuller got married
abouta month af6re thatz7E=4and yer uncle says
he eweriiy believes he did itSin ,self-defense,
jest to gstritd o Charity Grim mes-she both
er'd him to death she couldent go out in
company but what she'd contrive to hook
on toehims He's a very perlte. man.. the
Squire is, and he ;dident want tew be rude to
her but he,couldent bear hherrs though she
tried hard to- make folks think he-was her
beanK. At last he got married, quite sudden
ly,teaycung woman. naChenang county ;
and yer. uncle aysoahe dea't lhelieye he'd a
done j, if it hadent a bep, TO get rid of Char
Fifty Grimes; for his wife had ben dead five
year, and he seemed to be uncommon con-
tented for q niiqdi,ossss But vas gwine to tel
yo1 what JEFF doneesss He See Charity a sittin,
there a tryin' to dew the agreeable to Cappen
smafleyr( las ,viff 9 aahadsnt been deadiong-by
the, waye they d make good match, would:
entahey ?9 well, eJef says to ae, says he
-'dotteE may Igoessir up Charity Grimesas'
sEs' I don't know what you mean by stirrin' OF
her up" sAysL @o.a says sasyyss BE, "a, jest wan
d 10 cofid6fe witRs her littse On the loss Q
Squire FulleEs eNo," saygeg a,you need
, entdew no such thing; 'twould5bs. very i'm
proper indeed and Very ss AZ atm, tewv''-
@Wen's says he. : may MT Jest 60 and tall
alistle; Shakesraarestew her Pa tJefas alway
quotin' Shakespeare, you know SIN
1 afeered you II say something sassy" says |
aNo WON'T" says he. "I'll be all-killill
perlite'' Well go, then," says l. So Of
he steps dsnafs as deacon. Good eve
MIN, Miss Grimes, p says he Good eve
nin, Mr. Magwire,. says she.a -. 1t. seem
diike od5imes to seeyou agin," says he; an,
!. then he obsaryed 70 oCappen Smalley-".
usedt to school to Miss Grimes when
!. was young Charity puckered up he
! mont and griinneds aud sayssshesie /" Yes yo
]. was erit5 81 4 wasg:s mere chill
!. myself, exceedingly youthful for teacher.
% Well,''E saysEJefff, says he, ayou hain'tsal
tered a spek since-you hold your ow
Z ssa LOOKED every bit as Old the
as you dew now; but how DO 5ys6p feel abeg
these days ?',sl 2 Feel... ysshs.-pickin.u n
Z her ears, " feel as well as common-wh
shopldent sa Il E Excuse xcuss n says says 81
only axsd because T. aid nt bit 70
feltEruther nonpfussed, put stostsfor hbusines
as it wsss Aipce sssiTe Fuller got uasried-