The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-12-07


landed me as much as twenty feet, end
over end, intu a brush heap. Con,
sarn the Ripi' sez L, and picked my
self up almost the quickest-aRd when
looked round for the mair may be
blasted it Jim wasn't on her back,
without halter or bride, gripin' her
name like destruction, and her putin
in the licks the wort kind for the or
chard. Ride small my lad I! thinks i,
or you'll git the lint brushed off your
broadcloth. But she changed her mind
when she got most there, and turned
fur the barnyard. In she went, feath-
er white, and brought up all standin'
agin the hayrack. Soon as she stop
ped, Jim slipped off and put the bars
up, and then we had her where we
could handle her. We soon fixed the
old vixen into the toggery and start
ed. Arter we got out of site of the
Deacon's guess she got her pay for
the ground and lofty tumblin' she
made me perform, and the way she
took her feet away from the ground
was a kortion to horse shows. We
seed long fore we got tu the Kurnefs
that there was tu be q loud one THAR
that evenin', for the winders was all
lighted up both in the fore room and
kitchen, and every now and then, as
we got nearer, VIC Good heer sumbody
or uther roar rite out latin. Put
on the bush, Jed, sez Jim, "they'li
have all the fun out afore we git THAR" "
"Not as you knows on," sed /,
=" thair's good fish in the sea yet-thats g
only Mike Longly latin at sum of his
own nonsense. can tell Mikes whoop
as fur as can hear hoot OWL" With
that we shove up tn the door, and Jim.
he jumped outi no sooner than my
feet struck the ground, but curled up
like tree'd forkentine! "Golly gra-
shious Jim, sez 1, if my feet ain't all
jelly !" "Well," sed he, /" didn't tell
you to pore it out! 1 shouldn't won
der if they was all sope afore mornin'.
And sure enuff; with the sope and the
ruDin', my feet did feel just like tew
red hot blisters. | sot down on the
stoop and tried to pull my boots of,
and Jim, be tried, but they wouldn't
start any moar than the skin itself, aud
| might jest>as we'll tried to pull the
bones out, so seed 1 must grin aud
bear it for the nine for sartin, thow i
couldn't stand up strate for the lite of
me. When we got in they was all at
it bizZy enuH--sum was pairin', sum
was courtin', and some was stringin',
and they was alLtorking and laffin' like
all natur. About haff q dozen fellers
was down on a bench, in one corner,
with buckets of apples rite afore them
and if the pairins didn't fly of in what
folks call tangint, then never seed
one. Then THAR was about as many
more gals and fellers cuttin' off the
butts and tips, and parcel moar was
a cuttin' out the cores, while an almity
lot was stringin' as if for life and no
taters. Many hands make lite work"
thinks I, SO / made for the long table
whair they was stringin', seed the
purtiest gals Wus all at that table, and
besides, they seemed to have the most
fun. " Prudence" sez !, "lend fel
Ter needle" "Sorry tu pity you,
Mr.. Parsely," sez she, " but you see
have just lent the last one to Sam
Snooks." "Sam," sez /, "hand us that
needle, if you please" .1sSee you
blamed lust, Jed" says Sam. You
had better take yourself out of this,
we're crowded now, besides l jest
heard Hetty Gawkins akin arter you,
over THAR among the but-enders.'
Howsumever, 1 hunted around till
l found needle, but as fur gettin' q
place to stand at the table, that was
another sort of azair, and arter tryin'
all round 1 concluded tn give 1t up
and go to corin.' But while Ihad been
tryin' tn git place at the long table,
Jim Spooner had insinuated himself
into the only place there, 30 had tn
go tn cutin' or do nothin.' And what
made worser than all the rest, 1 had
tn stand along side of Hetty Gawkins
she was the most humbliest gal in our
parts; her eyes and disposition wus
putty much alike-they was both as
cross as a saw hoss. Her month put
Oh all of skew, and her nose was so
big that Mike Longly, sed it took tu
haakercherster blow it, didn't feel
very good natured myself, cuz, for one
hing my toes was SO sore, aud cuz for |
another thing, didn't take much of a |
shine tn Hetty. Howsumever, got |
along putty well considerin,, cuz you |
see / could tork across the table, and |
my toes hadn't kept me treadin' up, |
ust like gander in a cold mornin',
'ust on one foot and then on tother l |
should felt tolerable contented. was |
,rful glad when they said supper
We'd got the apples all paired, and
,iled up in the clothes press-and q
master heap there was of them, tn, and I
hen we went tn cleanin' up and show
He'd the pairins' and cores up intu bask-
It's, and carried them out intu the shed.
Then the gals set tn and swept all the
s intu one corner, aud it had I
ust begun 10 sound like Babel broke
oose, when Col. Gristle says "sup-
,er's ready ns JENNA, how quick they
III stopt. Pretty soon, however, they I
,egun tn pair off towards the kitchen
md seed dandy ysort of felIer from
he village shinin' up tn Prudence
oarr, "a much as to say with your
cave, Mss, III wait on you" Thinks
now or never, so stepped up, putty !
Iuick. and sticking ont one foot tn
make bow, struck it iul force agin
me of the bench laigs. Darnationl"
ed l. and didn't bubble up about the
luickestl The gals all Uttered, and
um of the fellers LATED, rite out.
BY the time I'd got strate agln and
lence had gone off with the dandy,
nd as 1 felt considerable wamhIe-
ropt, L didn't try emmy more on 'em, T
,ut limped intu the. kitchen and
Iaubed intu the eatables. The supper
vent off putty fair. The rshelped
he gals tn applesass and doenuts, and
ringer tea, and. pies, and lots Of new
ider, and if had not got my toes trod
IN every little while, should TUX real
comfort. After while they went tn
Irinkin' tostes, and kissin' glasses and
rosssin' tumblers, etc., and we was
lavin' fust rate spell of weather,
hen Joe Spraig steps to Sally Savage
With yonr leave Miss Sally, | should
ike to take a cross-handed drink of
ider with YOU 'Oh, Tm agreeable
IS a chip-basket,' sez Sally, so they
lied up and standin' kinder facin'
With the tumbiers in THAR rite hands,
hey locked THAR rite arms and be-
.un to swaller. But as Joe got his
bout half doun, sum internal scamp
um along behind him and pricked
namost to the bone! was standin'
ather afore him and rather side on