Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-10

JcG, says Jim, tucy III nuNc 'uc iuu oii
out afore well git there" SNot rs You
knows on" says 1, ''there's good fish in the
sea yet--lhas is Only Mike Longley lar6n
at some of his innocence. can tell Mikes
whoop as far as can hcot OWL With
that we hove up to the door, and Jim, he
jumped out / followed suit, but bv the
powers! no sooner than my feet struck
the ground, but curled up Iike trced
forkentinc. 'Golly, gracious Jim,' says
/, eff my faet amt ali jelly" "Well,'
said he 'didn't 1 tell you TO pour IL out
I shouldn't wonder If they were oil sope
afore morning." And sure enuff, with the
acpc and the runnin', my feet did feel like
two red hot blisters. / sot down on the
stoop and tried 10 pull off my boots, and
Jim he tried, but they wouldnt start no
more than the skin itself, and might jest
| as we'll tried to pull the bones out, so
seed must grin and bear it, for the night,
sartin, though 1 couldn't stand up strate
for the life Of me. When We got in, they
was all bizzy enuff. Some was parin',
some was siringin', and they were all tork-
In and lafn', like all natur. About half
a duzzen feIlsrs was down on the bench in
one corner, with baskets Of apples rite
afore them, and if the parin's didn't fly off,
in what folks call tangint, then l never
seed. Then, there was about as many
more fellcrs and gals cuttin' off the butts
and tips, and q parcell more was cuttin'
out the cores, while an almighty lot was
stringent us If for life and no bitters.
Many hands make light work, thinks l,
so made for long table, where they vas
stringin'. seed that the prettyicst gals
was at that table, and besides they seemed
to have the most fun. prudence" s1ysI.
lend felIer a needle" "Sorry to pity
you, Mr.. Parsley" says she, "but you see,
have jest lent the last one TO Sam Shook.
'.Sam," says I, "hand US that needle, If
you please" ''See you blamed, first. jed"
says Sam. "You had better take yourself
at oncc out OF this, we're crowded now /;
besides, l jest heard Hetty Gawkins akin
after you, over there among the buttend>
crs." Howsumever, hunted round till
found needle, but as for get,in' place
to stand at the table, that was another sort
Of affair, and arter tryin' all around, con-
cluded to give up and so TO CORN, but
while had been tryin' 10 get at the long
table, Jim Spooncr had insinua,ed himself
into the only vacant place there, so, had
to GO to buttin' or do nOthin' And what
made il worser than all the rest, l stood
alongside Hetty Gawkins. She was the
most homliest gal in our parts her eyes
and disposi ion was putty much alike they
was both as cross as a saw hoss. Her
mouth was put all of a screw, and her nose
was so biz that Mike Longlev said at took
two hnndkerchiefs TO blow it, didn't
feel very good natured myself. cause for
one thing my toes was 80 sore, and cause
for another thing didn't take much of a
shine TO Hetty. Howsumever we got
along putty well, considcrin', cause you
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my toes hadn't kept me from treading up,
jest like gander in cold mornin, fust on
one foot and then Or tother, should felt
tollerably contented. / was auful glad
wh,n they said supper. We'd got the ap-
Piles all paired and strung and piled up in
the clothes press, and a master heap there
was Of them TOO, and then We went TO
clearin up, and shovellsd parins aud cores
into the shed. Then the gals set too and
swept all the scat.erins into one corner,
and il had just begun to sound like Babel
broke loose, when Col. Gristle says, "sup-
per's ready" Jemima. how quick they
all stopt. Pretty soon, however. they be-
gan 10 pair off towards the kitchen, and
seed dandy sort of a feller from the VII
lage shinin' up to Prudence Parr, as much
as much as to say, with your leave, Miss,
Ill wait on yon." Thinks /, now or nev.
cr, SO stepped up pretty quick, ,snd stick
in out one foot 10 make bow, struck
full force against one of the bench legs
'Darnaiion!" said l, and didn't double
up about the quickest The gals al tit>
tered, and some Of the fellcrs laffed right
out.
BY the time I'd got started and wiped
the tears out of my eyes, Prudence had
gone off with the dandy, and as l felt con-
siderable wamblecropt l didn't try any
more On EN-, but limped into the kitchen
and daubed into the eatables. The supper
went of pretty fair. The fellers helped
the gals to apple sass and doenuis, and
ginger tea and pics and lots of new cider,
and if had not my toes trod on evary lit
tie while, should took real comfort. AZ
ter while, they went to drinkin' ;oasies
and kissin' glasses and crossin' tumbiers,
&c, and we was havin' first tate spell of
weather, when Joe Spraig came to Sally
Savage, with your leave, l should like 10
have cross handed drink with you
"Oh, I'm agreeable as q chip basket" says
Sally. So they filed and siandin' kinder
facin' with their tumblers in their right
hands, they locked their hands and began
to swallow. But as Joe got his about hall
down, some scamp came along behind him
and pricked him eenamost TO the bone.--
was standing rather afore him and rather
side on him, and see him gump, and then
he shut his mouth and grinned and tried to
choke it down, but it wasn't no go--the
slider squirted out of his nose ans threw
his teeth, and at last he fairly busted up
rite in Sally's face and eyes! Pollywogs
wasn't there mess and then such roar,
I wouldn't been in Joe's shoes for quart
Of beechnuts. Sails frock was all spilled,
and her collar wilted down jest like q
piece of white bladder. Howsoever, they
wiped her down pretty dry. and Coz.
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