The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-01-02

her out. And that rousted Josiah up,
and he thought he heard the cattle in
the garden, and he got up and went out.
And there we was a marchin' round
most all night. And If we would get
into nap, Josiah would think IL was
mornin', and he would start up and go
out to look at the clock. 1 lost myself
once, for dreampt that Josiah was a
droundin', and Deacon Dobbins was on
the shore prayin' for him. 1t started
me so, that just ketched hold of JOSH
ah and hollered. skairt him awfully,
and says he, Whatdoes all you, ,Saman-
tina ?' And then he got out of bed
agin, and went out and looked at the
clock. 1t was halfpast one, and he said
"h he didn't believe we had better go TO
sleep agin for fear we would be too late
for the exertion, and he wouldn't miss
that for nothin'."
Exertion, /" says /, in awful cold
tone; 81 should think we had had ex-
ertion enough for one SPELL"
But got up at o'clock, and made
cup of tea as strong as could, for we
both felt beat out, worse than if we had
watched in sickness.
But, as bad wore out as Josiah felt
bodily, he was all animated in his mind
about what a good time he was goin'
to have. He acted foolish, and told
him so. | wanted to wear my brown
and black gingham, and a shaker; but
Josiah insisted that should wear new
lawn dress that he had brought me ehome
as present,and had got just made up.
So, jest to please him, / put it on, and
my best bonnet. And that man, all 1
could do and say, would wear pair of
pantaloons / had been maxim for
Thomas Jefferson. They was gettin up
a military company in Thomas j.
school, and these pantaloons was white
with blue stripe down the sides, a kind
of uniform. Josiah took awful fancy
to 'em and, says he:
81 will wear 'em, Samantha; they
look SO dressy,"
Says I, They hain't hardly done. I
was goin' to stitch that blue stripe on the
left leg on again. They hain't finished
as they ought to be, and l would not
wear 'em. 1t looks vain in you.'
Says he, g L will wear 'em, Samantha.
I will be dressed up for once"
didn't contend with him. Thinks /,
we are maxim fools of ourselves by
goin' at all, and if he wants to make
little bigger fool of himself, L won't
stand in hislight And then had got
some machine oil onto 'em, SO 1 felt that
had got to wash 'em any way, before
Thomas J. took 'em to school. So he
put 'em on.
The basket wouldn't hold 'em all. So
Josiah had to put bottle of red rasp-
berry jell into the pocket of his dress
coat, and lots of other little thing, such
as spoons, and knives, and forks, in his
pantaloons and breast pockets. He
looked like Captain Kidd, armed up to
the teeth, and told him so. But, good
land, he would have carried knife in
his mouth if had asked him, he felt so
neat about goin', and boasted so, on
what splendid exertion it was goin' to
be.
We got to the lake about eight o'clock,
being about the first ones there; but
they KEEP comm and before 10 o'clock
we all got there. There was about 20
old fools of us, when we all got collected
together. And about 10 o'clock we sot
sail for the island. Josiah havin' felt so
animated and tickled about the exertion,
was worked up awfuliy when, just after
we had got well out onto the lake, the
wind took his hat off and blew it away.
He had made up his mind to look pretty
that day, and be SO dressed up, that it
worked him up .awfully. And then the
sun beat down onto him; and if he had
had any hair onto his head it would
have seemed more shady. But did the
best could by him; stood by him and
pinned on his red bandanna handker-
chief onto his head But as was fixin
it on, / see there was something more
than modification that allied him. The
lake was rough, and the boat rocked and
see he was beginning to be awful sick.
He looked deathly. Pretty soon 1 felt
bad too. Oh, the wretchedness of that
time! have enjoyed poor health con.
siderable in my life, but never did en-
JOY so much sickness, in so short time
as / did on that pleasure exertion to the
island. suppose our bein up all night
almost made it worse. When we reach.