The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-27
9mderaon gnsetli9eaeer.
A MITE OF TRUBBLEs.
by JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE.

there wuZ Ov them-l don't mo- OSlah
thought there wuz upwards ov 50-I my
self made kahn estimate ov between 3
and i. But I tell they went in strong,
what there wuz Ov EN-. What under
heavens they found to talk about SO long,
and in such unearthly voices, IL mys-
terry me. U couldn't sleep no more
about ii guess it wuz I herd Thomas
Jefferson hOler ont ov mis- chamber win
der:
"U hev preached long enuff brothers
on that text-I'll put in q seyenthly for
H." aud then herd brick fall. "Uve
protracted ure meetin here plenty long
enufF U may adjurn now TO somebody
clses windcr and exhort thom apell."
Then herd another brick fall. "Now
wonder if u'll KUN round on this cir
cult agin rite away" His room is rite
over ourn, aud raised up in end ov the
bcd-and hollered ont to him to "stop
his noise" But Josiah sed-"Do let him
be, do let him kill the old creeters. am
wore out"
Sez l, Josiah I don't mind his KILN
The cats-but / won't have him talken
about their holdin protracted meetin,
and preechin, wont have it," scz I.
"Wall sez he Do lay down, the most !
care fer is to get rid ov the cats"
Sez I, ~ do have wicked streaks, Jo-
siah, and the way Il let that boy go on 10
awful-sez l, where do think will 60
to Josiah Allen?"
Sez he, II shall go into another bed il
cant stop talkin, hev been kept awoko
till midnte by them crecters, and now u
want to finish the mite"
Josiah is a real even tempered man
but nothin makes him 80 kinder frctful
NJ to be kept awoke by cats, aud it is
awful-awfuly mysterious 2. For sum
times oz you listen, say wildly to urself
how kan animal SO small Civ utter
anse to noise so large, large cnulf fer q
clifant. Then sumtines agin will git
encouraged thinkin that last :awl has
really finished em-fer think they are
at rest, and better of than they kan be
here in this world uttcrin such dcnthly
and terrific shrieks-and no are hap
pier. So will be real encouraged, and
begin to get slecpy-when they'll break
out agin all ov = sudden lecmin 10 sny
up in small fhs voicc-"we wont 20
home till mornin," drnwn out the
"mornin" in the mo-, threatnin and in
sultin manner, and lHen :. great hoarse
grum voice will take i. up-"We Wont
Go Home Till Mornin." And then they
paulin words both togat. 'r. 1t il die
kouragin and couldn't deny it, 80 lay
down, and we both went TO sleep.
hadnt moro then got into nap
when Josiah walked me up groanin.
And seq he, "Them darncd cats ara at it
ngin."
Wall scz |, "U needn't swear 80 If they
be-" listened minute and sez I--"it
aint cats"
"Sez he--"It IT,"
Sez /, Josiah Allen l no better-it
aint cats"
"Wall What is it," seq he, "if it hant."
sot up on end ov the bed, and pusl'd
back my mite cap from my left ear and
listened and seq |, ut is akordeun."
GLOW kum akordeun under our win.
der" sez he. "Sez I, 1T is Augustus Pee
dick seranadin Tirzah and he haz got
under the rong winder.'" Ho leaped
out ov bed aud started Cor the door.
sez l "Josiah Allen kun back here
this minute-sez do u realize ure kon-
dishun, sez / Il aint dressed"
He seezed his hat from the buro and
put it on his he'd and went on. Sez I,
Josiah Allen if Ii 60 to the door ir that
meen actin 80 to mite sez wuz young
once urese.f"
81 wuzzn. konfounded fool, if l wuz
young"-sez he.
Sez "k,r back to bed Josiah Allen
do want to get the Peedicks'cs and
Dobbs'es mad at II. l should think
wud be ashamed swearin and actin rs Il
hev to mite, and sez u will get ure deth
cold standin there without ure kloze on.
Kun back to bed this minute Josinh
Allen"
1t aint often set up, but when l do
Josiah knowsI will be minded, SO finally
he took of his hat and KUN back to bed.
And there We had to lay and listen.
Not word could Tirzah hear, fer her
room is clear to the other end ovy she
house-and such time as I had to keep
Josiah il. the bed. The first he played
wuz what they called an involuntary, and
konfess il did sound like cat, before
they get to spittin aud tearin out fur
no they'll go on kinder melancholy. He
went on in that wa fer length ov time
which cant get down with any kind ov
akuracy, Josiah thinks it wuz about Q
hours and a ], l myself don't believe it
wuz moro than ov az hour. Finally
he broke out singin a trfo the korus ov
which WIZ
Oh think ov ine--Oh think ov me. s
mo danger ov our not thinken Oh u"
sez Josiah-"no danger on it," 1t wuz
long peece and he played and sung it in
slow and affecten manner. He then
played and sung the follering
Kun oh KUN with me, Miss Allen
The moon is beeming
Oh TirZah kun with me -
The stnrs are gleeming
All around is bright
WA; beauty teeminB
Moonlight hours. in my opinion
IL the time for love. n
Ny skiff Is by the shore
She's light, shes free
To ply the feathered oar Miss Allen,
Would be Joy 90 Mo
And as We glide along, '1
My song shall be n
Qfyou'l excuse the liberty Trzah) ~
love but thee.
Ira Ia 10 Miss Tirzah ~
Ira 10 Ia Miss Allen
Ira Ia 10 ira 10 Ia
My dear young maid. 7efsi,
He then broke out into another piece
the chorus of which wuz os
Curb oh curb thy boeofra min
Iii KUN again-il kum again Il,
9No wont" SEE Josiah "n wontneyer
get away, soiH get up Samanthee."
See In low but awful accents, go
siah Allen. If u make another move IL,
part with u, ~ sez / ''it does beet ali how
u keep actin to mite, haint IL az hard fer
me M, it IL fer u 2n Sex i, "du u think