The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-19

o0o las JoHlcd tOSSoLuoT, let no RUM
put asunder.'slno sHt ao<Ig' .oL1osu
~ .'Amen,", was cried, by the whole
assembly, as with a single. voice.
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,eugf BY HENRY WARD BEEcHER. m 4
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The earliest impression of squeak
ing boots which we have treasured
in our memory was ofCol. TalmadgeH
of Litchfeld, in Connecticut. He
was a tall and venerable gentleman
ofthe old school. His dress was
precise. His manners were very
dignified. 1t was q sight worth
watching for, on Sunday, to see him
issue from his house, and walk with
military precision, under the shad-
ing elms, to the village church-not
q speek on his coat, not an unregu-
lated hair on his head or, wig, with
immaculate ruffles to his shirt, and
a sort of Gen. Washington look on
his face. He had the air of a ian
who had not noticed anything with
in a yard Of the ground for a score
of years. Our eyes fell fro Z his face
timidly, but found comfort in look
ing at his boots, which were great
broad, easy boots-nonea of your
modern ones, that cling to the feet
like a close fitting glove to the hand
but broad, ample, well creased by
cross-wrinkles, and afording to the
foot room enough for door-yard
all around it. 7.s--.fs.s-, -=-..i'
But, though polished like mirror
their brillianey was not the chief at
traction. They were musical boots
Every time the venerable man laid
his foot upon the ground, his boots
responded. If it was ON a week day.
they said, "March !! march march p
as plainly as squeaking leather could
speak. But if it was Sunday and the
| Colonel was on his way to meeting
every time his foot came up Or rest:
ed down, it said, ga men! amen !'
At least, SO our little ears used to.in-
terpret the sound. 1'''
It was at that time a matter of ST
lent speculation with us why boots
squeaked. AT one time, shadowy
idea of life and suffering suggested
itself. .Then,-we don't know Why
unless the sound resembled that
made by bees when some one step
ped on their nest in the moving lot.
But We were laughed at for our
pains; and at length, we concluded
that the reason why boots squeaked
was that there was squeak leather
put into them and so, on one yoc-
casion, we amused the shoemaker,
who was measuring our little foot.
by requesting him to put! a good
deal of squeak leather into them
| u 1t was but a childish taste for
noise. We long since put away
childish, things, and now scarcely
anything is more anoying than
squeaking boots. There is, such an
air Of pretension in them, they sound
their own praises. in such an unnec;
essary manner, that we find our tens
per bristling up at the very sound.
Who wants to hear q mans boots
proclaiming his advance along the
hall-saying plainly, "here 1 come"
s'here I comer' Or, the eongrega-
ton has gathered, the organ has
ceased. The audience is. listening
to the nav cation just then some
fat man, very much at peace with
himself, pert and smiling enters the
door. OF course.his pew is at the
other end of the aisle. He will not
wait till the prayer is over not he
He only walks a little slower, so as
to giye.the squeak its full effect
Squeak I! squeak! as if the orga-
mist had lent him the; .sesquialters
stop of the organ or the cornet in
five ranks. Aboiit halfway down
the AISLE it occurs to the owner of
the boots that they are making a
noise, and that all the nervous peo-
PIE are scowling at him, and the
boys and girls are looking with a
worldly curiosity. So to mend mat
ters, he begins to walk on tiptee.leA
fat man walking tiptoe in squeaking
boots in meeting time the noise is
none the less. Tie squeak is sim
ply rolled out a little more vexatio-
usly..le3L o. 12rfo - ffli11: 2s-f - 42'
Before it was a frank and jolly
squ7ea k !-squ- er- k--real staccato !!
But now it is a diminuendo-'ssq q-u-
e-e ee-a-k! sq-u-e-e5e-e-a-k-e- Elk e'-
with aivanishing quirl to it. In or
der to make the most ofiit, he walks
Eslower7and slower, holding out, as
long as the minister does and sit
ting down in the pew with a com
placent look, just as the amen is ut
tered. iT .s15EA} 8 TaDa5 LaizE 81
! You have an ague u Your teeth
have beenaching. You have slept
none for two nights. In despera-
ton you send for a dentist to re
move an old offender Your nerves
are dancing; 1ouriread the opper
alton. AT the foot of the stairs you
hear; a remote squeak! which pro-
claims that he,i coming. On every
stair, squeak,-along the, squeak,
squeak; in your room, where stands
the dentist, smiling at one end and
Isqueaking at the other. He opens.
his box, changes his place; and, as.
if all the outcries Of all his former
patients, shut up in his boots, were
now uttering their warning to you
not to let the dentist touch your
teeth, you shudder, refuse to go on
tell him that you have changed your
mind! your tooth no longer aches
Even worse is & nurse with squeak