Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-03-03

| ScnsuIouS sPtIttSs spent several years
hunting grizzly bears in the vicinity Of
the Rocky Mountains. About two
years previous, he had returned to his
native state, and resumed his old occu-
patton in the backwoods Of Vermont.
New Hampshire. and Maine. He was
a garrulous old fellow, fond Of telling
his hunting yarns, and tonder still Of
his inseparable companion. q musty.
old. wooden pipe.
Give me plenty tobacco" he would
say. 'and don't keer IL all the rest Of
animated mater. inclooding sublinar
things in general. is knocked into
thousand dimnishun flinders. Afler
having related twenty or more Of his
hunting adventures. and finished his
fourth pipe. one Of the crew happened
10 inquire how he came tn quit Yer
mon; and go west.
"Wall. was obleeged TO leave. to
save myself and nv money from be-
ing knocked into thousand diminish
flinders
"IIow so:'
oh. on account Of q dimnishun
breechy promise case ;-wus nor sew
en- grizzlys"
What was it like
| Wall. il were like contrived plan
TO get my money but they didn't-ha.
ha. ha-Td ha' seen 'um knocked into
thousand dimnishun flinders fust :"
and the old man chuckled gleefully,
while he filled his pipe. and continued.
Yer see, Squire Buckram. up there to
Yarmouth. had two dar,ers, of his'n
Nancy and Bccca. Now Becca was
proper hansome. thought. bnt Nancy
was as much the other way 'cording to
my idees Of female beauty.
Mr. Brady. a young lawyer. but poor
as an insolvent church mouse. was
courtin' onto Nancy, but | expected
! he meant Becca, arter all so kept a.
clost watch onto his trail, and general
ly contrived 10 make my visits the same
/ time he did his'n. We seemed on the
best Of terms outsidcly, but the fact
was. we was confoundedly jcalocosc
onto each other. The old squi re was
contrary minded toward both on US;
so We never dared to go near until the
old man thought the gals was in bed
and then, we alters clum up knottod
rope through their chamber window
we clumin up and they holdln' on to
the other eend Of the rope. till we was
safe up. Wall, one night. ] went un-
der the window and gave three raps.-
/ that was the signai-and was soon in
to the chamber. when rap. rap, rap.
was heard from below. That's Mr..
Brady. says the girls, and up went the
window. and down went the rope. In
"a minute, whose head should appear
above the window sill. but the old
squire's bald pate. % Laud, it's the
gov'ner" " shrieked the girls, and letin'
go the rope. in their fright, plump went
the old man on to the frozen ground
didn't stay long to consider o things.
but left double quick, for the lower 'arth
where tumbled over the old squire,
who was trying TO bind up his broken
head.
Yer villain says he. see what I've
come ter by yer foolery.' Il don't keer'
says l. III yer'v busted yer dernated.
old proboser into thousand diminish
un flinders Yer don't. hev. yer
young rapscallion" he yelled. I'll
have my revenge onto yer. old fellow
see if l don't,-thats ALL And the
last seed of him, he was shakin' his
fist and dancin' round. like Young
grizzly. didn't hear nothin' more
from him for two weeks.
What's the old skunk up ter now?'
thought I.
One day, took up mornin' paper.
and the fust thing clapt my eye onto
was -
Married, last evening. at the resi-
dence Of the brides father, Silas Brady
Esq, to Miss. Rebecca, youngest
daughter Of Timothy Buckram ESQ.,,
dropped the paper from sheer faint
ness, never felt SO before. Ididn't
know whether was goin' to die then
or not. Seemed as If I'd been knocked
into a thousand dimnlshun flinders! l
never seed Becca but onct after that !;
but she sent the sheriff after me. with
q writ Of habus copper, or some sich a
durnated thing or other, savin' I'd
promised TO marry her aud didn't,
thereby breakin' her heart. and rooin-
in her, to the vally Of eight hundred
dollars! went straight up to the old
squire's, and administered to him a
thunderin' lickin' right in his own par
lOr,-the weemen sQueelin and yellin,'
as il they'd been knocked into thou
sand dimnishun flinders then packed
traps, and toe-nailed-it for Illinoy.