The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-20

wAsHINTUN AND GEORGETOWN.
Befo my zaspratid fcelins cubsided,
the k'yar recent Pencilvainyer Avvy-
new, whar ixpectid all, or neerly all,
the glories NV Parrydlce to bust ON my
astonisht vizshin. Jedge my mortar
when | seen no change NV
c any sort. certny none fur the better
.sWhat !" kride, $50 menny hundud
thowsen Inlitenind Nothun men resid-
i'm heer fur so menily yeers, so menny
millyuns NV Greenbax spent, so much
Proggeris and SIGH Waw, and Wash
intun not Hevvin yit? Alarst !"
And groned innudly in my sperrit.
What made the matter wuss, was the
serjeschun Nv the Devil in my retchid
Suthun mind that cartier all, by bar
Waw, Greenbax, Yankys
and Proggeris might not be the way to
git to git to Hevvin."
When this acurd, in agony ixklaimd
alowd, 30 whar she'll rest be found !"
Ekko seemed to anser ''no wharf,"
but small peart boy settin III the
k'yars spoke up and said, "You kin find
it at the Kukwood Hous at "a a day"
"The figger is ruther high fur put
turbid S uthun soul NV limmittid meens,'
I ripplide, ''but I'll tiy it,"
SO l went thar, but findin that extent
good fellow, my friend, Harry Dudly,
had quit thar, / Extraordinarily l
cunfess, fur the hous looKt mighty
clean and nice and evryboddy wus YER
ry kind and perlite.
l lancht 10th in a Uneasy fraim uv
mind-fur the shank NV the evenia we're
fully cum, aud in a wurld NV bodin
housis knewd not ore, The Mintz-
pie Hous, my ole stosnpin groun, were
.clothesd King, the puprioter, had
made o forchune aud CORN away, like
the rest, futto spend it; the Hotel de
Riley, it Good not be diskivverd Oans,
Melloo, and the luvli yung ladies that
graEd them pollers in fommur yeers
wus amung the things that wus and
thar | stood stud on the korner NV IL
and the Avvynew, in the Captul NV my
Country, with veleech in my hand
and distrackshun in my brain--the fig
ger NV disparr, Jest frum Ole Ferjin-
yer's Shear. Forchuntly my britchis
fit pritty tite in the legg and Bakur
wus bizzy printin NV HIS book, or else
l shood NV hav bin inevetubly ditteck-
tivd and cunsiued to u noisum Dun
chun. AS it WIZ, my fashnuble britch-
es savd me, and, mOvin mecannycully
torrard, met, as good luck would hay
it, reel jentlemun-Mr. Jon D. NV
Rchmun. He were to me like the
shadder NV great rock in weery
land, fur he set my mind at rest in q
minnit, derecktin NV me to hous not
a squar off, KEEP by Mrs. Ann Fox.
Mrs. Fox pruvd to be very lerge
cullud lady, nv about 30 poun meet !;
she had a new, big hous, fresh funnisht,
and she give me a fine room, I'd story
back-which 1 liked it much, ixseptin
in this-that, instid NV woshstan,
bowl and pitchur, thar was a cunsern
in one korner NV the room, with q
thingamy for turnin on worter--verry
cunveneyunt, but does luv to wosh i'm
worter right fresh frum the spring in q
tin basin in the yard, bein used to SIGH
frum my erly childhood. Also, thar
was fier-plais, but no plais for fer
only serious of irun chnbes that let's
ON beet by turhin IVA wheel. Which
these things is Proggeris and Siviliza-
shun. But l much prefears fer that
kin be seen, a big blase that roars up
the chimbly, a hath full NV hot coles to
light pipes with, plenty NV ashis to roce
taters in, and most emmy kind NV wood
ixsept sobby pine.
Bode was rezunable and | were
pleezed, but at the same time imbarrist
what to call my lanlady, so / assd her.
"Well,n she says. somtiems they
calls me Ann then agin, Mrs. Fox
and agin ANT ANN but" she says, ~
observe this-that somehow or ruther,
evury boldly in my house is Suthun
pepiil. Which l made noat NV the
fack; thar bein duzzun or mo boders,
both ladis and gentilmun, with pipon-
drunts NV the fommur.
Bein fairly settild in Washintun, my
fuss bizniss WAS to advuttise. Which /
did. l blowd my blarst NV " Bakin and
Creams in the Intellyjuncer, Consti-
chewshnel Union, Gnashnal Republi-
kin, Sundy Herald, Starand Chronic-ill
-payin NV my mummy cheerfully, becos
/ cunsiderd it bred cast OH the worters
to return in not menny days. Also,
made the akwaintance NV Mr.. Moxly,
which his krstuned name is Bill Poster,
but he sines it l.. Moxly, fer short, and
foun' him a Mise, plezint and oblyjin
gentilmun.
Havin maid thees prepperashuns,
behilt in imadjinashun egnawmus or
iunces crowdin to my 1eckcher-the
Prezzy dunt, Heds and Tails NV Dip
partments, Form Ministers, Attatt-
chees, so 10th, setry and few Ded
Heds. l saw flamin notises NV the
leckchur in the leadin' lines NV the
prinsipul newspapers NV the Gnashnul
Captul. | felt about bubble hanful
NV fresh Greenbax cracklin in my
pockit. pade all my detts, sent heyvy
chex to my family, lent mummy to my
trends, took stok in the kuvintun and
Ohio railrode, and begun to think sery-
ously NV finnishin NV the Jeems and
Kinnorwy Kenell. l koodent make up
my mine EXACTLY how menny Guvmunt
Bons l wood take, but the idee NV a re-
poodiatin NV the Publik Dett BEGUN
SUDDENLY ojusly disgustin to me. Ihad
but lcetle furder to 60 to begin cussin
NV the Rebels.
In the mean time, havin my triggers
all sett, and or days for the ixsite-
ment about the leckcher to wurk itself
up in, | was at leeshore to see the toun
and enjoy myself. done so.
Fust, TUX ginnerl servay Nv the
toun, which it sumo satisfide me that
my fust impreshins was curreckt-that
Heyvin, wharuvver it mount be, warnt
here, nor nowhars neer it. Pobbably
it were in Bostun but | had no mummy
to git thar, and Guvmunt didn't flemish
no transportashun Except to niggers.
Wv this larst clarss thar was numbers
that getherd at the cOrnder NV u and
the Avvenew, futto git wurk. One day
who should [ meet thar but Hockur's
Ned from Buckingame. He peard to
be mighty glad to see me, shuk me by
the hand, call'd me "Marss Mozis,"
and 'quired arfter my family and his'n;
but nuther nigger comm UP, he drawd
hisself off, calld me Mr.. Addums,"
and kinder cooled doun all NV suddin.
l assd him what he was dom NV.
Nuthin," he sails.
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