Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-20

ly, and their shiny, silky har was hid from
sight by long white caps, sich as | spose
female Josts wear; bat their eyes spark
led like dimonds, their cheeks was like
roses, and they was charmin enuf to ma Ike
a man throw stuns at his granmother if
they azed him to They coHlmenst clear
in away the dishes, castin sly glancis at
ne all the time / got excited. forgot
Betsy Jane in my rapchur, and soz |, MY
pretty dears, h, W are your
We air we H. they solmly sed.
"Wh,.r's the old man?' sed I, in soft
voice
"Of whom dost thow speke Brother
Uriah2"
Il mean the gay and fcstiv cuss who
calls me man Of sin. Shouldn't wonder
if his name was Uriah."
He has retired
Wall, my pretty dears," sez I, Lets
hev sum fun Let's play puss in the cor
ner. hat say?'
"Air You Shaker, sir2' they axed.
''M all, my pretty dears, l haven't ar
rayed my proud form in a long weskit Wit,
but if they was all like you perhaps Id
jine EN-. As it is, I'm Shaker pro TEN
porary"
They was full of fun. I seed that at
tust, only they was Icetle skeorv. /
tawt EN- puss in the corner and sich like
phase, and we had a nice time, keepin
quiet, of course, so the old man shouldn't
hear When we broke up, scz I, INV
pretty dears, ear ! 20 you hav no obiec-
tions, hay you, to a innersent kiss az -rt-
in T.
"Yay," they sed, and yayd.
l went up stairs to bed. / spose I'd
been snoozin half hour when was woke
up by a noise at the door ! sot ~ in
bed, leanin on my elbcrs and rubbin nv
eyes, and saw the folIern picter: The
Elder stood in the doorway, witt taller
candle in his hand He hadl,'t no wearin
on except his night close, which
duttered in the breeze like a Seseshun |
iag- He scd, you're n man of sin r |
then groaned and went away.
went to sleep agin, and drempt of
runnin orr with the pretty little Shaker
assos, mounted on my Californv Bar. | /
.hawt the Bar insisted on steerin strate for
my dooryard in Baldinsyille and that Betsy
me cum out and gave Us a warm recep-
shun with a paiIful Of BiIin water. was
woke up arly by the Elder. lie sed re
reshments was rediv for me down stairs
Then savin | was a man of sin, he went
Toanin away.
As / was Eoin threw the entry to the
Dom where the vitt'es was, | cum across
he Elder and the old female Id met the
light before and what dye sposa they
vas up to? Huggin and kissin like vung
overs in their gushingcst stait Sez I.
My Shaker frienis, I reckon you'd bet
er suspend the rules, and git marrid r.
You must excoos Brother Uriah, sed
he female; hes subject to fits and hainr
cot no command over hisseIf when he's
nto en-"
'.Sartinly,' sez l. I've bin took that
vay myself frequent
You're man Of sin 7" sod the Elder
Arter breakfast my littlo Shaker trends
'nm in again to clear away the dishes.
NV pretty dears," sed 1, shall we gay
irin q
''Nay," they sod, and Inayd,
The Shakers axed me to 90 to their
neetin, as they was to hav sarvices that
nornin, SO put on clean billed rag and
vent The mcetin house was neat as q
in The floor was white as chalk and
mooth rs glass. The Shakers was all on
land, in clean we<kits and meal bars.
.angcd on the floor like millingterv com
,apies the males on wun side of the room
md the females on the tothcr They
commenced cap?in their hands ari1 sinr-
nr and dancin They danced kinder
low at fust, but as they got warmed up
hey shaved it down very brisk, | tell you.
zldcr Uriah, in particular, exhibited a
light smart chans Of sprvness in his
cgs. considerin : time of life, and as he
,um a dubble-shufilo near wer I sot, re-
yarded him with a approvin smile and
ed: Uunky boy Go it, my gay
md festiv cuss
Your a man Of sinr' he sed, contin-
lerin his shuttle
The Sperret, As they caIledit, then moved .
4 short, Fat Shaker to say a fu remarks
lie sed they was Shakers, and all was
akal They was the purcst and selecktest I
neple on the lais Of the yearth Other F
Deple was sinful as they could be, bat
shakers was all -ight Shakers was all .
-oin kevslap TO the 2romist Land, and no. /.
body want goin to stand ut 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 EN-
axed me what ;hawt of it.
Sez |, what duz it signerfy? q
"What ?" sez he
Why this iumpin up and singin This
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