Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-12

dent:
By and BY dinner was set. The family
gathered around me as If had been an
ambassador from a great nation. On
motion Of the gentleman Of the house,
seconded by his wife, and carried By an
unanimous voice Of the family, / was
compelled 70 sit at the head Of the table,
and do the carving. ] accepted the re
sponslble position with reluctance. |
observed that everybody about The table
thought | was a little green, and / knew
that ] must resort 10 q rUse (or, ~ The
exigencies Of the case require the sups r
lalive degree, a ruse-ter) in order 70 pre-
vent them making sport Of me. / seated
myself slowly and sadly and solemnly,
and iAking pair Of spectacles from my
pocket, "a pair | bad borrowed for the
occasion, began 10 wipe them in an
austsre manner. The young ladies' look
ed at me 10 Arrangement When | be-
came convinced that had removed
every particle Of dust from the glasses,
] quietly passed them to the old gentle
man on my right; then the sweetest gig.
gle / ever heard ran all round the table,
D, was feariully green.
Next | took a book from nv bosom.
pocket, entitled "Hoyle's Gsmes" TOR.
key being game, thought The book
would assist me in carving. Is that a
"testymentf' inquired the lady Of the
house, glaneing suspiciously from be.
meath matronly cap "NO, ma'am,"
said I, that's not testament; its a
work on the anatomy Of the fowl called
q turkey, written by foul Turk The
old lady looked mystifed and simmered
down. Then went to work. carved
manfully for one mortal hour, during
which time ! was necessarily goaded By
the unmitigated eiggles Of my female
companions Frequently referred to
the book before me, and derived greet
benefit thsrefrom inssmneh as the young
ladies were 30 completely led aback by
seeing a young man carve after the IN
structions Of directory, that they we're
compelled 10 restrain their Laughter mo.
mentarily. Al last the turkey part Of
the repast was hnished-you never saw
a Thanksgiving dinner that didnt lead
OF with turkey, I'll bet--and / called
for n glass Of ale.
The young lady with the pale eyes said
"T-shP'
It-shed quicker thanlightning.
"Whats the matter said /, when the
excitement had subsidized.
'Pa is a Templar," said the young
lady with the blue complexion, "and be
don't like folks that drink"
Cant you give me glass o. cider
then / inquired meekly.
"T-sh 7 said the young lady.
And t-shed again.
"The Templars don't allow their
members to drink elder" said the in.
neeent female with the pale.faced eyes,
"but you may eat all The apples you
want
Bully" exclaimed, bring on ell the
apples in the world, I'll get drunk on APP
pies Immediately.
Expected the young lady would say
t-sh but she didn't
When dinner had been dispatched
the old gentleman became dreadfullv
familiar with me- l, By strange coin
eldence, became marvelously familiar
with bis beloved daughter. The old
gentleman asked mo TO visit bis hot
house and look at his flowers con
scented. The fragile daughter consented
also, and she and walked in the rear
OF the old gentleman, arm in arm.
This is the moai beautiful flower /
have in my collection" said my elder
host, showing ME q rare exotic.
l agree with you perfectly" said I
gazing into toe beaming eyes Of my fair
companion, which mark Of esteem, |
may say, she reciproeated, ~ gazing
into my beaming eyes
"rhe stem you will observe, said hs
us very delicate.
Extremely slender" replied, plao.
ing my aEm around the maiden's waist
She looked up aud sighed like buckle.
Of fresh milk.
II planted this Howet myself." said
the old man, "and I Ike H."
80 do l, was my prompt resnonse.
land The more see il The better Tx
H." With that pressed the fond ereA.
turs still nearer to my bosom.
my wife wants me TO remove Il TO an.
other house" be continued, "but think
] will let il remain where Il Is all win.
ter"
"Glory hallelujabi I,exelaimed IN
my joy, "let il stay here forever" !
spoke little too loud; my eeaacy De
trayed me. The old msu looked up, aod
oh, horrorsl such scene as ensued |
Shall never be able to describe. The
golden spectaoles that adorned the God
like torhead of my obliginS patroa were
dashed into two or three thousand atom.
the rare exotic" was crushed 10 ths
earth, and the dollhouse resounded with
mSddening shrisks, | can oulv remar.
Der one remark that the old man used
that was quotation frem Lord ullin.
my daughter, oh, my daugh,erT
ran--I say it eandidly-- skedaddl.
ed, | felt that ] had all the enjoyment in
eident to a country life that I was an.
titled TO, and aged parent and affection.
ate young of-shoot we're left alone in
their gloiy.
have received the following presm.
BILE and resolutions from an unknown
person, with an accompanying Bete, in
forming me that they were unanimously
passed at a mass-meeting of the citizens
Of Harlem:
WAersas, One Beau Haekett, who
hveth IN Chicago, and weareth many
diamonds and other. good clothes, ana
pntisth on much style, aud clammoreth
after strong drink, aud doth take manv
hoer'ies with our closest of kin Of the
tender sex; therefore,
"Rssolred, That the sforaaid Bean
Haekett is a scamp of the frst water
On motion the meeting adjourned -
/ may be permitted 30 say, I trus,
(my tailor don'O tha, l am not susj
for country life. Tbs country people
evidently don't like my style
Yours unds4iatingly.