The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-03-14

which were the sleigh flde, Johnny lee
dies Courtship" &C.; these two here mention
.,.od = rood deal of interest and No LITTLE
gu eAo ii ~, o,,,o,,.;,,o -,
merrlment' anu ,i"u an eAOen'i'e run .nroush
the literary pubhcatlcns OF that day. Looking
over number of Burton's encyclopedia of Wit
ond Humorn RECENTLY T camn across tho lot
.,,rao,.;,,,, ., III;
'ei ''v appo".'e 40 o.ss'"os M 'ha' puDi'-
cation ana Illustrated with full length por-
trait of Johnny, and Sally Jones "kicling up a
rnmnus penerallvyw;tb tho cba;rs tables S,c
-, -
seno you the arucle thinkins you m'ght
deem it worthy of place in your outside,
where it might he read with as much interest
:. 40 rrE y
ID AZ AZ meio new
Afer INV s,e;ot-rde Last winter and the
s,;nnerr tr;c,rs ,vas ServeJ bv PATTY Bean. no.
ho5y ,yo,,ld snsnect me- of bankering after the
women AGAIN in n hurry. To hear me rave
and take on, and rail out against the whole
feminine gender. YOU would have taken it for
orantad tsst soonJ never SO much as look
g. ane aSain. To ali etar,ily. Oh, but l was
wiclelI aDarn their 'ceittul eyes," saws I:
ahIame their skins. torment their hearts, and
drot them to darnationp' ,r.rr
FINALLY. took an oath, and swore that If I
ever meidled. or had any dealings with them
aoain-in the sparkling line. 7 meant wish I
u5;rht he hung and choked. Hut swearing "a
from women. and then goinu into naa7;nn
hon % chockfull of gals ali sb;ninS and al;Staps
inc in their SnnIaS CLOTHES and niaan fsaas :.
like swearing off from Iouor anil soin I'M mo =
oroy.sbonMif Is all smoEe '' "uu soi"s 'h'o
fheId out and kept kept firm to INV oath for
three whole sundays fore ,nans a'tern .n
and ;nterm;ss ions co,onIats ~, t%e ~ fn',rth
there were strong symptoms Of a chance Of
.u.sI VIZ 'Jns Syn,poon, s;. =, enanse y,
. A.. map a1ooI NY PIC ma SUI VI
ts. 10y W 'hs ; noJ isr oI h' t %,sn ne" PC"
sh;rt-eoi,or his cravat had q nn,ldine in II
and hro,,ci,ad an, in front into . double how
Inot ~ 1 H. narr;ad a stra;abt hecr and st;T
, n os nan ouoit to When he hos h;s bun Iast
cIothes on and every time he snit ba sn,,' THs
~. hS, oi fo,.5 ~ ;ao,, i.,;e
sh ,s y c;aa ~ fha rnf,a: ~ oiaer W
So,,;rs Iones neu1 ;S next h,, two % ,,,,,.
"a en s.sJ ~, - - Duo wv ~ inine
onu WI ~, ~ " anu 1the NY
&c sa.D;a.ns ~ % nv, 'uin NY nach W
ILL SaG I na'oi any iooA qui'e s'ralsnt al
Nov vy Ss,1v hos oot q f.co not =, ho ;,
Wv Sany na1 s1' '1ce hot 70 pe grinned
AZ sa,i Ia sh 'og nasea' as Regards beauty, some
p Ses ' noas, pug cs pun Jul. an even YOKE wltn
na.sS p Sat III NY pale LINK mere Is not
are az well ,natched thew have hatsd wa y.
s-;sod eao, o.her ill., - .'o;sss 0u anu
sbnn ore sohoo ;no TAIN poiSoi' ever since
S,r;ra Io,,as ha5 nnt bic o,o,,; g..
~ L;,..oIe d d"u soS nas Evening hIe on'
whan he heard . ran Of he Joo u. sie"' DiDie'
aWalk in We'll Jobn how dor do az.
ovt po,,,nant 10 ~" NSA W. os
aPrattv wei, 7 tbork Won So,,;r s4
do ,,o,, A. ., 'oN' Sde'io' anu NJ"
w a ~ ~ a..
mil, ~ ~ o. 80 " w uSy oeast,
eli do.gn H., >, S'P' A"i up cnair' anu
aHow do Won do. Mrs Jonoc oy
GOh. mid,ilin, How ;s Uar ,,,o,,y
GDon't foroet that mat t5era NJ i,ooa,oy
Tb,s mt me in ,n;,,d I H. Id neeule' oc
sonnd;nqs sevaraI +;nna1 :; LIZ 4so nau oeeh Oh
lane. and INV boots were in a sweet p;c,r Luuoy
IL was now old Cantain. LONE, tnrn +ho
beino ronse,I from . doc -, t the
Rust, o and rattle Se onaneJ hofh he ~ 'ne
first with wonder and REIMBURSEMENT H. 80
he haoan n haIloo 90 iond thot No., ., iaIs,
hear Rim mile. for he taxes r. to ~ @r .
mat every BODY il lust exactly as deaf ss he q
aWho il il. savp Who in the world Il = 3;
Mrs. Homes going close to his oar scr scras, w.
out
~.Johnny Boedlew ........, .
.Ho. Johnny Bee,ller ranemher h. ,v..
one summer at the sei~e of Rnston y "A'
~No. no. father: bless your heart. that WAS
his grandfather. that's been dead and coone
this twenty yearsp -.
"Ho! But where does he come from, Q,
aDaown taown.D
aHoI And what does he fo,ler for q ,;,;,, oy
And he did not stop asking onest;ons at,er
this sort tin ali the narticnlsrsf of tha noaS,a
family were published and nroclan,ed in Mrs
Jones' last screecb. He then snni- haoI ;,,t,
his doze again,
andiron. the cat sonat down boeoro tha 49,,
Silence came on by DEGREES Ike q calm snn,v'
storm. till nothing was bearl hnt cricket m
der the hearth. feenino lime win san-,n
torestick. SaIv sat mn min az Il
pinned TO the cbairhaclr her bani f nrossad
peenteelly upon her Ian and bar nvos Iooi1-
ing straight into the fire. Mammv .Iones tried
to straipnten herself too and laid har bandS
across her Ian. mt tbay wo,,ia rot io,- I'm
Il was full twenty-four hours since they had
done any work, and they were out of all pa
thence with keeping Sunday. Do what She
would to keep them quiet, they would bounce
up now and then, and go through the mo-
tions, in spite OF the Fourth Commandment.
For my part sat very much like fool
The more tried to say something, the more
my tongue stuck fast put my right leg over
the left. and said, "Hem!' Then I changed.
and put the left over the right. 1t was no use,
the silence kept coming on thicker and thick
er the drops of sweat began to crawl all ov-
er me. got my eye upon my hat, hanging
on peg on the road to the door, and then /
eyed the door. At this moment, the old Cap
tain all at once sung out:
johnny Beediep DIZZY
1t sounded like clap of thunder, and
started right up on eend. = =
Johnny Beedie, you'll never handle SIGH a
Il fiolro fat
age of Methuseier. He would toss up his
drumstlek4 and while it was wheelin' in the
air, take off gill er rum, and then ketch it as
it come down, without losin' stroke in the
tune. What do you think of that, ha? But
scuIl your chair close alongside er me, SO Won
can hear. Now what have you come after po
81 arter? oh, list takin' walk. Pleasant
walzin'. i guess mean, jist to see how We ali
do"
4Ho. that's another liel Yon,ve con,e .
Johnny Beedle and vo,,,ra ortor o,,.
AL. Saw. now. do Won want to marry or o nv
to conrt - - " 0 o"''