The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-06

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had all disappeared
had silyered our gloomy decks was shrouded
4 by the rc-gathering storm, we saw Won
derful cloud. II was Of perfect whitcness,
yet dazzling with the lustre in which it soar
cd As we gazed upon it, il took the shape
of human form, with outstretched wings
and as it swiftly floated upward into the
scrap of brilliant blue sky Immediately above
where La Terreur had gone down, there was
not a man who did not religiously bow his
head and think of the soul of the Admiral
daughter, in her ascension garments
The Shakers is the strangest religious sex
| ever met. Id hcarn tell of EN- and Id
seen EN-, with their broad brim'd hats and
| long wastid coats but I'd never cum into
immejit contack with EN- and I'd sot EN-
down as lackin intelleck, as I'd never seen
EN- to my Show-leastways, if the cum they
was disgizel in white peple's kloze, SO did
not know 'em.
But in the Spring of IS, got swampt in
| the exterior Of New York State, one dark and
stormy night when the winds Blue pityusly,
|
| was tolin threw the mud, wen in the dim
vister of the futer obsarved the CLEANS of a
taller candle. Tiein hornets nest to my off
! hoss's tail to kinder encourage him. soon
reached the place. | knockt at the door,
I which il was opened unto me by a tall, slick
I faced. soum lookin individooal, who turned
out to be Elder.
.'Mr. Shaker sed |, ..yon see before you
4 a Babe in the Woods so to spoke, and he axes
shelter Of you
..Yay," sed the Shaker, and he led the way
into the house another Shaker bein sent to put
my bosses and wagon under kiyer.
A solum female lookin somewhat like a last
years hean-pole stuck into long meal bag.
cum in and axed me was athirst and did
hunger to which urbanely anserd "a few.
| She went OFF and endevered to open a con-
versation with the old man.
Elder, | spect y sed |.
.'Yay." he sel.
.'lielth's good | reckon -
..Iay."
derstans his biznis; or do you devote your
sarvices gra,nitous."
''Yay."
stormy night, sir.
"Yay."
..If the storm containers there'n be mess
underfoot. hays''
.'Yay.'
.Its unpleasant when there mess under
foot -
..Yay"
IF | may be so bold. kind sir. what's the
price Of that pecoolir kind of weskit you ware,
| incloodn trimmins -
..Yay.'
pawsed mint, and then. thinkin I'd be
faseshus with him and see how that would 60,
slapi him on the shoulder, bust into harty
larf and told him that as a yayer he had no
Twin ckal
He iumpt up as if Bilin water had bin
squirted into his ears, groaned, rolled his eyes
up lords tho sealin and sea: ..Iou're man
of sin = Hethen walkt out of the room.
just then the female in the meal bag stuck
her he'd into the room and statid that refresh
mcnts awaited the weary travler. and sed if
il was vittles she mcnt, the weary travler was
agreeable, and follered her into the next
4 room.
sol down to the table and the female in
| the meal bag pored out sum tea. She sed
nothin, and for five minutes the only live thing
| in that room was = old wooden clock, which
tiki in subdued and bashful manner in the
corner. This dcthly stiffness made me on
easy, and determined to talk to the female
or bust So sez I. "Marrige is agin yoor
rules. bleve, marm?'
| ..Yay."
The sexes liv strickly apart, spect -
.Yay."
..lt's kinder singler." seq |. putin on my
most sweetest look and speakin in winnin
voice. sihat SO fair maid as thou never got
hitched to some likely Teller" N. B.-She
was upwards Of 40 and homcly as stump
fence. but thawt I'd tckil her.
IL don't like men, she sed. very short
.Wall, 1 dunno seq /, ..they re raythur
important part of the populashen. | don't
scarcely see how we could git along without
EN-"
..Us poor wimin folks would git along
crate deal better il there was no men
/ "You'N excoos me, marm but don't think
that air would work 1t wouldn't be regler.
..Fm afraid Of men, she scd.
That's unnecessary, marin. You amt in
no danger. Don't fret yourself on that pint.
Here we're shet out from the sinful world
Here all is peas Here we air all brothers
ana sisters We don't marry, and conseken-
tly we hav no domestic difficulties. Husbans
don't ahooze their wives-wives don't worrit
their hushans There's no children here TO
worrit us. Nothin to worrit us here. No
wicked matrimony here. Would thow like to
be a Shaker
mo scz |. ..il amt my stilc.'
had now histcd in rs big 4 load Of per-
vishuns as could carry comfortable, and,
leanin back in my cheer, commenst pickin
nv teeth with fork The female went out
leavin me all alone with the clock. hadn't
sot thar long before the Elder pokcd his he'd
in at the door. you're a man Of sin = he
Sod, and groaned and went away.
Direck}y than cum in two young Shaker
csscs, as putty and slick lookin gals as ever
met 1t is troo they was drcst in meal bags
like the old ono I'd met prcvisly, and their
shiny, silky har was hid from sight by long
white caps. SIGH as | spose female Josts wear
but their eyes sparkled like dimonds their
checks was like roses, and they was eharmin
enntf to make man throw stuns at his gran
mother, if they axed himto. They commenst
clearin away the dishes, castin sly glancis at
me all the time. | got excited. | forgot
Betsy Jane in my rapchur, and SEE !, My
pretty dears, how air you'll
1--WE air we'll, they solumly sed.
..Whar's the old man. sed |, in at soft
voice.
..Of whom dost thow spoke brother
Uriah9"
II mean the gay and festiv cuss who call.
me man Of sin, Shouldn't wonder if his
name was Uriah'