The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-05-10

his woman There nothing but folks :
She's got q mans hat on, and turkey
wing in the front of it and his nose is
/ just like dad 's-crooked as a coW-horn
squash !"
| Alas for Mr. Morrisou's aqniline nose,
of which he was little vain
"Sam p called a shrill female voice
| from the interior of the cabin, ''ru0 out
and grab the rooster, and III clap him
into the pot Sail, you quit that churn
and sweep the floor. Kick that corndods-
er under the bed Bill, you wipe the tai
Ter out of that cheer for the ministers
wife, and be spry about it y
| Further remarks were cut short by our
entrance.
Mrs. Burke. iu calico short gown blue
petticoat, and bare feet, came forward
wipiug her face on her apron.
"How do you do, Elder +? how d'ye do
maru. Must excuse my head -hain't t had
no chance to comb it sence last week
Work uust be did, you know Powerful
sharp air haiut it2 Shoe, there Bill.
drIve that turkey on. of the bread trough !!
Sal, take the lsdy's things. Set right up
to the FIRE, uarm. Hands cold? Well
/ Just run 'em in Bills hair-we keep it
long purpose"
/ Bill presented his shaggy head, but |
declined with an involuntary shuddeT
'Iawk, if she amt actily shiVerng
cried Mrs Burke-"hriDg in some more
wood Here, marm, take this hot corn
dodger into yer lap it's good as a soap
stone"
a fateful sqall announced the execution
of the rooster, and shortly afterwards he
was bouncing about in four pail kettle
hung over the FIRE. Sal returned to her
churn, but the extraordinary visitors
must have made ber careless, for she up
set the coucerD. and butter and butter
milk vent swimming over be floor.
Grab the ladIe, Bin - cried Mrs Burke,
aud help dip it up Take keer, don't
put that snarl of hair il. Strange how
.,oI6s will be so nasty Dick, do you keep
your feet out Of the buttermilk-it wont
be fit for the pigs when the butter is gath.
cred Drive that heu out. quick-she's
picked up q pound of butter already.
/ There, Sal, DO Try aud churn little more
Eeerful If yoa are gwiue to be splieed
ter morrer, you needn't run crazy about
it,"
. I'd advise you to dry up" remarked
the bride elect. humping away at the
churn.
/ By the time I had got fairly tborGed,
dinner was ready and you may be sure
did not injure myself By o7ereatiug.
( Night came on early, and after a social
/ chat, about the event of the moTTsW,
signjied my desire to retire.
Sal lighted pitch knot, and began
cliubiug ladder in one corner of the
. room-I hesi:ated.
"Come 90, cried she--'don't be afear
ed. Sam, and Bill, Dd,Dick. and ali the
rest of ye, duck yer heads while the Ell
der's wife goes up Look out for the loose
boards, marin; aud mind, or you Il smash
your brains out against that beam Take
keer of the hole where the chimbIy comes
through"
Her warning came too late. | caught
my foot 10 the end of a b0ard-stumbled
and fell leadlo0g through what appeared
20 be interminabe space, but it was only
to the room had just leff, where l was
saved from destruction by Bill, who
caught me in his arms and set me on my
feet, remarkiDg, coolly:
"What made you come that way We
ginerally Use the ladder"
was duly commisserated, and at last
got to bed The less said about that
night, the better. Bill, and Dick, and
four others, slept 10 the same room with
US and made tie air vocal with their suor. /
ing. | fell asleep, aud dreamed [ was
just being fred from the muzzle Of
Columbiad; and was awakened BY Mr.
Morrison, who informed me tha, It was
morning.
The marriage was to take place before
breakfast and Sally was already clad in her
bridal robes when decended the ladder,
She was magnificent IN a green calico
gown, over a cTinoline full four inches
larger than the rest Of her apparel-a
white apron Will red strings-blue stock
lDgs-a yellow neck ribbon, aud white
cotton gloves Her reddish hair was
fastened IL a pug behind and well adorn-
with the tail feathers of the defunct
rooster before mentioned
When it was announced that Lem Lord.
The groom was coming Sally diVed behind
a coVerIet, which had been hung across
one end of the room to conceal sundry
pots and kettles, aud refused to come
forth. Mr. Lord lifted one corner Of the
curtain aud peeped in but quickly retreat.
ed with stew pan following close behind
and few shap words from Sally, advis-