The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23
Sect Storp.
A MITE OF TROUBLES,
BY JOSIAH ALLEYS WEE.

Truly last mite wuz a mite of troubles
with US. We was kept awok all the fore
part ov the mite with cats ftein-it duz
beet all how they went on, how menny
there wuz ov them-I don't know osiah
thought there wuz upwards of SOL my
self made kahn estimate ov between; 8
and 4. But tell they went in strong.
what there was ov EN-. What under
heavens they found to talk about So long,
and IN such unearthly voices, IL mystery
me. couldn't sleep no more than if u
wuz IN Pandemonium, and about II
guess 1t wuz, herd Thomas Jefferson
heller out ov his chamber winder:
~ hev preached long enuff brothers on
that text--Iu put in a seventhly for u
and then herd brick fall 'Uve pro-
tracted ure meetin here plenty long enuff.
u may adJurn now to somebody elses win
der and exhort them a spell" then herd
another brick fall. Now l wonder if u'll
KUN round on this circuit agin rite away -
His room is rite over ourn, and l raised
up IN end on the bed but Josiah said
do let him be, do let him kill the old
creeters, l am wore out"
Sez Josiah 1 don't mind his KILN
the cats but l wont have him taken
about their holdin a protracted meetin,
and preechln, won't have it" sez /.
Wall sez he Do lay down, the most I
care fer Is to get rid oV the cats"
Sez "U do have wicked streaks Josiah,
end the way you let that boy go on is
awful-sez l where do think u will go
to Josiah Allen 2'
Sez he, II shall go into another bed if u
cant stop taIkin, hev been kept awoke
till mldnlte by them creeters, and now u
want to finish the mite"
JOSIAH IS real even tempered man
but nothin makes him so kinder fretful as
to be kept awoke by cats, and it is awful
-awfully mysterious 2. For sumtimes az
you listen, u say wildly to urself-how
kan animal so small give utterance to a
noise so large. larSe enuff Tor q elifant
Then sumtlmes agin u will git encouraged
thinkin that last yawl has really finished
em-for think they are at rest, and bet
ter off than they kan be here in this world
utterln such deathly and terrific shrieks-
and no u are happier So will be real
encouraged, and begin to get sleepy
when they'll break out agin all of a sud
den seemin to say up in a small fine voice
I'VE wont 60 home till mornin" drawin
out the ''mornin" in the most threatnin
and lnsultln manner, and then great
hoarse grum voice will take it up-''We
Won't go home till Mornin," and then they
will spit fiercely, and shrek out the ap-
paulln words both together 1t is dis
kouragln and l couldn't deny it, and we
both went to sleep.
hadn't more than got into a nap when
Josiah walked me up groanin. And sez he
Them darned cats are at it agin"
Well sez "U needn't swear so if they
be- l listened a minute and seq lit
amt cats"
Sez he-"It iz'
sez I Josiah Allen no better-it amt
cats
"Wall What is it" SAYS he. IF it haint''
set up on end ov the bed, and pushed
back my mite cap from my left sear and
listened and sez l at is akordeun"
"HoW KUN akordeun under our win
der" sez he. 'Sez l. 1t is Augustus pee
| dick seranadin TirZah and he has got nm
der the wrong winder'" He leaped out oy
bed and started for the door.
Sez l Josiah Allen KUN back here this
minute-sez do realize ure kondishun,
sez u amt dressed"
He seeZed his hat from the buro and
| put 1T on his head and went on. Sez I
! Josiah Allen if u go to the door in that
kondshun lie proslkute u. What do you
mean actin so to mite? sez I u wuz young
once ureself"
Il wuzzunt konfounded fool, if 1 wu7
young he.
Sez 1 KUN back to bed Josiah Allen
do want to get the Peedicks'es anc
Dobbs'es mad at u I should think 1
wud be ashamed swearin and actin as 1
hev to mite, and sez u will get ure deti
cold standin there without ure kloze on
kum back to bed this minute Josiah Allen
1t amt often l set up, but when dC
| Josiah knows I Will be minded. so finall,
he took off his hat and KUN back to bed
and there we had to lay and listen. no
a word could Tirzah hear. for fer room il
clear to the end ov the house-and such ,
time as l had TO keep Josiah in the bed
The first he played was what they call al
involuntary and I konfess it did sount
ike cat, bsfore they got to spittin anc
tearln out for no they'll go on kinde
melancholy. He went on In that wa,
for length of time which l can't set dow
with any kind of akuracy. Josiah think
it was about two hours and ]. mysel
don't believe 1t was more than ov al
, hour. Finally he broke out singin tun
the korus of which was
| Oh think ov me-Oh think ov me,
mo danger of our thinkin on u" Sc
Josiah--"no danger on it" 1t was a lon
peeee, and he played and sang it in a slo1
and ahectln manner, he then played an
sung the following:
Kun oh klm wi,h me, Miss Allen
Ths moon Is beeming
Oh TirLah KUN with me
The stars are cleaning
All around is bright