The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-12-07
RAvENNA, Q. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1871.

didn't have sum alkerly to contract 1t.
i Col. Gristle didn't relish it much to
have his slider called 2sshead he sed
it didn't even come out of a h0gSheGd,
i but of good clean barrel, and he hiul-
self seed to the cleDsin' ont. And as
| tn to his alcur{ys he did not see any
Isthing more allcurly than the furses the
dandy chap wore on the side of his
face, and it he didn't mind his eye he'd
pull sum of his allcurly out for him.
/ But the village chap warn't to be
put doun so, but went on to explain
how that allkerlys ment sallyratus and
tperIash and such stuff, and finally per-
swaded 'em tn put sum perlushion, or
saiiYratus. Sal sed she didn't think
much good ont, for it wood be putin
tew SAILS together, and she didn't be-
Iieve they'd agree anyhow, as fur per-
lushun, they'd got enuf of that alread-
| dy. Howsoever they rubbed her all
over wherever the slider went, and
may be twisted intu pigtail, if in half
an hour, she didn't look jim Spoon
er sed, like white sepulker, only wus-
ser. Her frock was sort of pinkish,
/ and wherever the perlushun went it
| took out! all the cutler only the slider
cutler, and that was jest no cutler at
/ all. l guess she remembered the dam
! dy as long as she did poor Jim Spraig,
no skunk into a corner and never sed
| boo! all the rest of the evenin'. Wal,
arter. ate and drunk as much as
we Good hold, the gals turned to and
cleared off the dishes and then we be-
1 gun the spree in arnest. Col. Gristle
had got black Jade to cum and fiddle,
| so we laid out for tew sets, one in the
pfoar room and the other in the kitch-
| en-, and black Jake took his plaice in
1.-THE entrR between, so that both could
hear the music. I didn't feel much
| like Shawn it down real hard, but l
kinder thort I'd try one or two jiggs,
so arter they'd begun tn stand up,
walked upto putty looking sort of a
| gal. that nobody seemed tn notis, she
was so still and quiet like,an axeG her
if she'd list favor me with her hand,
etc, she she was much obliged, she
guessed she shoodn't dance that time
g Maybe you will the next, then,' sez l,
thinkin' tn engage her afore hand, you
know but she curled up like pint of
beet juice, and sed sumthing didn't
hear. when turning my eye seed hall
dozen fellers lookin' at me, enamost
reddy to snort rite out. Just then
the dandy chap cum struttin' along
with Prudence, and as they got
close tn me, Prudence. sez she in
sorter whisper, jed somebody's
Flamenation, but l felt mad enuf
it off in less than no time. 1t was all
WEI. and greasy, and L felt a sorter
choEin' sensation, just as thow | Good
have GRAINED it doun somebody's neck.
grease and all. At that mint seed
chap lookln' nifty knowin' and SOL
emn, with a ,confounded uglv wink
out of one corner of his eye. So as
was bilin' jest let the dish cloth drive.
One corner of it took the sOllum chap
across the mouth and slippin' off the
hull consarn went, slapl rite intu the
nigger's fiddle sKip says blacky,
: who dew dat? trow dat tam nasty
pot rag at Niger? l say massa Girls
tlel massa Gristle? sumbody chuck
dis cuss nasty dish rag rite in dis a fid-
die, he spile him tirely de bow be
geasy all ober, and de tring, dere be
no tum tum in 'em.' I seed / was in
Tor it, but | was tn mad tu back out |
/ threw it, Jake sez L, but not at you,'
and rolled back the cuffs of my coat.
Now if any of you want to try titles,
Jest cum on, I'll settle with the nigger
for the fiddle.' The sollum chap wiped |
his chops, but sed nothin' but seed
he winked out of t'other corner of his |
eve. / felt so riled l forgot all about
my toes, and just then Col. Gristle run
along and / walked rite up tn him aud |
told him / didn't cum to his house tn |
be insulted in that way, and git in a
muss with q niger, and that l was GO
in rite hum so | wood in less than
tew minlts. You shant do no sich |
thing, Jed, sez he. aint goin' tn have |
emmy kwarrelin' in this plaice, so just |
take my darter Liz, and stand up
along with the rest, I'll see that Jake
tunes up the fiddle" ] soon seed a
little spunk goes = great way sum-
times. Liz who had sit shy of me all
the evenin' now cum up tn the work
regular, and we went at iE down OUT
side, up the MILDLY, cast of, rite and
left, putin in the bubble shutfles and
and toe and heel like all natur. Jake,
however, wood sumtimes make slip
on the high notes, and then we Good
hear him, tam de tish ragI' Prudence
Parr and the dandy feller seemed nifty
thick all the time, and didn't like it
at ALL You see, l alters took sorter
likin' to Pru, and l kinder thort she
liked me tu, but | seed itwas no use
now, so l concluded to hold on and
watch 'em.f Putty soon it cum their
turn tn lead of, and ii Allcurly didn't
trot out fair, then no colt ever did,
He sartinly did dd it up in putty
good style, considerin', only he put in
tn much metaforical work, but as for
the bubble shuttle, he coodn't hold
H. l<~,,11
one at the work, and the way she rat
tied the shew-leather was ominous of
q swift destruction of, heeltaps. ALL
throw Oft his passes, and jest as he got
doun tn duvtail pigeon wing intu
sum of his queer crankums, when
doun one foot rayther hard, he
trod on an apple pairin' and both heels
few intu the air kwicker than you
Good count half.
81 One of his sod settlers took Pru-
dence in the stummnck and eenamost
sent her threw rite under the smell
Ter and plagy near nocked his nose
of, while Allcurly cum down ker
thump, rite on, the bottom of his back.
how the dishes ratified and
sich hoss LAT, guess you never heerd
on. Bring the chicken up to the doe
dlsh,' sez jim Spooner. 'Give him
sum of the perlnshun,' sez Sal Savage,
tt will cateract the asshead.' He's {
got, perlusun enut guess sez Mike
only jest look how his trow- !
sers is split up Aud may be cater
wauled his trowsers warn't all bust
ed out from his Wristbands clean doun, {
half way down to his boots. Airth
and wurms, how he did look His
trowses was strap ed doun orful tite [
and they was snug fit besides, and
30 when he kinder got up on his laigs {
he clapt both hands behind him and
sorter backed offto the kitchen, and
the last we seed of him he was out in
he road streakin' ont for the village .
like destruction. l never seed any {
gal look more shamder of herselfthan s
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