The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29
"Of whom dost thow speak--Brother

Urhh7"
u mean the gay and festiv cuss who calls
me man of sin. Shouldn't wonder if his
nams was Uriah."
He has retired"
wall, my pretty dears, SEE I, "lets hav
sum Jun. Let's play puss in the corner. What
'.4r you Shaker, sir ?" they asked.
Vail, my pretty dears, I haven't arrayed
my proud form In weskn yet; but if they was
all like you, perhas I'd jine 'em. As it is, I am
q Shaker pro-temporary."
They was full Of fun. seed that at fust,
only they was little skeery. tawt 'em puss
ia the corner and SIGH like phase, and we had .
nice time, keepin quiet, of course, so the old
L my pretty dears, ear I go you hav no OBJ
jections, hav you, to innersent kiss at par
tin7"
"Yay," they sed, and I yaw'd
I went up stairs to bed. spose Ed bin
snoozin half an hour when was woke up by
| noise at the door. sot up IN bed, leanin
on my Nbers and rubin my eyes, and saw
| the follsrin picter: The Elder stood in the
doorway with taller candle in his hand. He
hadn't NJ wearin appeerel on except his night
close, which f1uttered In the breeze like Sc
cesshun Tag. He sed, you're man of sin Z"
then groned and went away.
went to sleep again, and drempt Of run
uAuS uA WIN tuo pIcLty uttlC SuahoIteS6S,
mounted on my Californy Bar. thowt the
bar insisted on steerin strate for my dooryard
at Baldinsville, and that Betsy Jane cum out
and give rs warm reception with painful of
boilin water. / was woke up arly by the elder.
He sed refreshments was reddy for me down
stairs. Then saying was man of sin, he
went groarin away.
where the vittals was, / cum across the Elder
and the old female I'd met the night before,
and what dye spose they was up toe Huggin
and kissin like young lovers in their gushing.
est State. See /, my Shaker friends, I reckun
you'd better suspend the rules, and get mar
RED"
"You must excoos Brother Uriah," sed the
command over hisself when he's into EN-"
"Sartinly," SEE I, i've been took that way
myself frequent"
you're man of sin !" said the Elder.
After breakfast my little Shaker frinds cum
in again to clear away the dishes.
MY pretty dears," SEE l, "shaA Ve gag
Nay, they sed, and nayd.
The Shakers axed me to 60 to their meetin.
as they was to have sarvices that mornin, so
put on clean billed rag and went. The meet
in house was as neat as pin. The floor was
white as chalk and smooth as glass. The
Shakers was all on hand, in clean weskits and
meal bags, ranged on the floor like millingtery
companies, mails on one side of the room and
the females on tother. They commenst clap
pin their hands and singin and dancin. They
danced kinder slow at fust but as they warmed
up they shaved it down very brisk, tell
you. Elder Uriah, in particler, exiberted a
right smart chance of spryness in his legs, con-
siderin his time of life. and as he cum q dou-
bic shuttle near where 1 sot, l rewarded him
with approvin smile and sed :" Hunky boy
Go it, my gray and festiv cuss
YOU'RE man of SIM" he sed, continnerin
his shuttle
The Sperret, as they called it, then moved a
short fat Shaker to say few remarks. He sed
they was Shakers and all was ekal. They was
the purest and seleckest people on the yearth.
Other peple was sinful as they could be, but
Shakers was all right. Shakers was all goin
kerslap to the Promist Land, and nobody want
goin to stand at the gate to bar EN- out, if
they did they'd git run over.
The Shakers then danced and sung again,
and arter they was threw, one of em axed me
what thawt of it.
See /, "What does it siggerfy ?"
"WhatT SEE he.
"Why this jumpin up and siDgin? This
long weskit biSness, and this arti-matrimony
idee? My friends. you are neat and tidy. Your
lands is flowing with milk and honey. Your
brooms is fine, and your apple sass is honest
When man buys kag Of apple sass ofyou he
don't find CRATE many shavings under few
layers of sass-a game I'm sorry to say sum of
my New England ancer!ors used to do. Your
gardin seeds is fine, and if should SOW 'em on
the rock of Gibralter probly should raise a
good mess of garding sass. You are honest in
your dealins. You are quiet and don't disturb
| nobody. For all this l give you credit. But
your religion is email pertaters, must say.
You NOPE away your lives here in single
retchedness as you air all by yourselves moth
inn o1yo
when Human Natur busts out among you, as
understan she sometimes do. Civ Uriah a
sly wink here, which made the old fellow
sqirm like q speared Eel You wear long
weskits and long faces, and lead q gloomy life
indeed. No children's prattle is ever hearn
around your harthstuns-you air drairy fog
all the time, and you treat the jolly sunshine
of lite as tho twas thief, driven in from your
doors by them weskits and meal bags, and Pc
cooler noshuas of yourn. The gals among you.
some OF which are as slick pieces of caliker as
ever got eyes on, air sym to place their heads
agin weskits which kiver honest, manly
harts, while you old bed-fool yourselves with
tne idee that they air fulfllin their mishun
mere, and air cOntented. Here you air, all
pened up by yourselves, talkin about the sins
OF world you don't know nothin of. Mean
Wnlie said world containers to resolve round
on ner own exeltree onct in every "a hours,
suo)eck to the Constitution of the United
Ssates, ano Is very pleasant place of resi-
dence: It's unnatural, unreasonable and dis
| NAL lite you'er leadin here. So it strikes me.
Ny Shaker friends, I now bid you welcome
adoo. You hav treated me exceedin well. I
| thank you kindly, one and all.
"A base exhibitor of depraved monkeys and
unprincipled wax works :" said Uriah.
"Helloh, Uriah, SEE I, I'D almost forgot
| you. Wall, look out for them fits of yourn.
| nd.dont catch cold and die in the -four Of
| your youth and beauty"
And I resoomed my ierney.
Major Charles F. Putnam, of the One Hun.
dred and Fifty-third New York Volunteers
died in Savannah on the 18th instant after .
brief illnese of two weeks. Bis disease wal
typhoid fever. The deceased was . native O
Fultonville, Montgomery County, New York
and was about 2s years Of age.