The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
"of whom dost thow speak--Brothesr

"of whom dost thow speak-Brother
u mean The gay and testiv cuss who calls
mann was Uriah." a1ItT sasz SIS 125-'
:" He has retired" -. 49, 3
Wall, my pretty dears, seq I, "lets hav
sunni Let's play puss in the corner. What
"4k you Shaker, sir 2" they asked. /, 5.uOa
" VAL, my pretty dears, haven't arrayed
my proud form In weskN yet; but If they was
all nke you. perhas I'd jine 'em. As It Is, I am
They was full Of fun. seed that at fust,
only they was Nttle skeefy. Itawt 'em puss
IN the corner and sich like plase, and we had
nice time, keepin quiet, Of course, So the old
man shouldn't hear. When we broke up, sea
my pretty dears, ear 60 you hav no OBJ
jections, hav you, to innersent kiss at par
"Yay }" they sed, and yavd. .s.21 ae.s.9,.
I went up stairs to bed. I spose I'd bin
snooziA half an hour whenrI was woke up by
noselat the door. I sot up In bed, leanin
on my Qbers and rubbin my eyes, and saw
the folsrin picter: The Elder stood In the
DOORWAY with taller candle in his hand. He
hadn't ne wearin appeerel on except his night
close, which futtered In the breeze like So
cesshun Jag. He sed, you're man Of sin I"
I vent to sleep again, ana dremps Of run
ming OFF with the pretty little Shakeresses,
mounted pn my Calfforny Bar. thowt the
bar insisted on steerin strate for my dooryard
at Baldinsyile, and that Betsy Jane eam out
and give q warm reception with painful of
boilin water. ] was woke up arly by the elder.
He sed retleshments was reddy for me down
stairs. Tten saying was man Of sin, he
went groantn away. a., sanH!o g..,-,.,}
As I waa goin threw the entry to the room
where the fittals 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. Sez ], my Shaker friends, recknn
you'd better suspend the rules, and get mar
You must excoos Brother Uriah, " sed the
female; "hes subject to fits and haint got no
command over hisself when he's into EN-" q
"Sartinly, seq ], I've been took that way
myself frequent" 'trsvrca ~. GT.,y sool'
"You're q man of sin !" said the Elder. ~
Arter breakfast my little Shaker frinds eum
In again to clear away the dishes. c.ggaa,g 25s
ny pretty dears," sez ], "shan we gag
Nay, they sed, and nayd. IL
The Shakers axed me to go to their meetin,
as they was to have sarvices that mornin, 80
put on q 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 1t 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 I sot, rewarded him
with approvin smile and sed -" Hunky boy!
Go it. my gray and festiv cuss !" -, ~
You're q man ofsin," he sed, eontinnerin
his shuttle. 9fZf-r .ag garg. % taaaas sEE
The Sperret, as they called 1t, then moved q
short fat Shaker to say few remarks. He sed
they was Shakers and all was eksl. 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 'em out, if
they did they'd git run over. J.sSH
The Shakers then danced and sung again,
and arter they was threw, one of 'em axed me
what thawt of it. =. .s-a -Ga= E.s
See ], "What does it siggerfy ?" sss * ass
"WhatT sez he. %. -a.. ass b Gl
why this juppin up and singin !? This
long weskit bisness, and this anti-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 shyings under few
layers of sass--a game I'm sorry to say sum of
my New England ancertors used to do. Your
gardin seeds 10 fine, and If Ishould SOW 'em on
the rock of Gibralter probly Ishould raise
good mess of garding sass. You are honest in
your dealins. You are quiet and don't disturb
not,r6v Tor oil tt,ia 7 .ofv DE-
your religion is small pertaters, 1 must say.
You NOPE away your lives here in single
retchedness, as You air all by yourselves MOTH
ing conf1icks with your pecooler Mees, except
when Human Natur busts out among you, as /
understan she sometimes do. CIV Uriah q
ely wink here, which made the old fellow
aas4;,. sa,sH4; IKE Ike ;. spesIed Eel You wear long
indeed. No children's prattle Is ever hearn
around your harthstuns- air drairy fog
all the time, and you treat the jolly sunshine
OF lie as tho 1t was thief driven In from your
doors by them weskits, and meal bags, and Pc
cooler noshuns Of fyourn. The gals among you,.
some OF which are as slick pieces ofcaliker IS /
ever cot eyes on, air sym TO place their heads,
harts, while you old bed-fool yourselves with
the idee that they air fnldllin their mishun
mere, and air contented. Here you air, all
pened up by yourselves, talkin about the sins
OF q world you don't know nothin Of Mean
while said world continners to resolve round
on ner own exeltree onct in every "a hours,
supleck to the Constitution of the United
dence. It's unnairal, onreasonable and iis.
mai me you'er leadin here. So it strikes me.
NY Shaker friends, now bid you welcome
adoo. Iou hav treated me exceedin well. I
thank you kindly, one and all
oase exnioater Of depraved monkeys and