Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-04-08

J ter pleasure. l don believe in chasin' oil
| her up.'' Says L, Let her come of her
own free will. You can't catch her BY
chasin her up, no more than you can fetch
shower in drowth by goin out of door.
and runnin' after cloud up in the heav
ems above you. Sit down and be patient
and when he gets ready the refreshin' rain
drops will begin to fall without none O
your help. And it is jest so with pleasure
Josiah Allen; you may chase her up over
all the oceans and big mountains of the
earth and she will keep ahead of you al
the time; but sit down and not fatigue
Yourself thinkin about her, and like al
not she will come right into the house un
Deknown to you"
"Wall," says he, 81 guess iii have
another eriddle-cake, Samantha Ani
as he took it he added gently but firmly
III shall 60 Samantha, to this exertion
and should be glad to have you present
at it, because it seems jest to me as if ]
should fall overheard durin' the day."
Men are deep. Now that man knew
that no amount of reli yious preachin
could st r me up like that one speech, for
thoush hain't no hand to coo and don't
| encourage him in bein spoonv at all, he
knows am wrapt almost completely up
in him. went.
We had to start about the middle Of the
| right, for the lake was Is miles from
Jonesville, and the old mare bein' so slow,
We had to get start an hour or two ahead
Of the rest, I told JOSIAH in the first out
that had jest as lives set up all eight as
be routed out at 2 O'Clock. But be was so
animated and happy at the idea Of goin'
| that he looked on the bright side of every
thing and he said he would 60 to bed be-
fore dark and get as much sleep as we
commonly did So we went t. bed the
sun an hour high, but we hadn't more'n
got settled down into the bad when we
heard buggy and single wagon stop at
the gate, and got up and peeked through
the window and sac it rs visitors coma t.,
spend the evenin Elder Wesley Minkley
and his family and Deacon D ,bbins' folks
Josiah vowed that he wouldn't stir one
step ont of bed that night, but I argued
with m pretty sharp while was throw
IN on my clnthes and finally got him star
ted up. h amt deceitful, but thought
if got nv clothes all on before they came
in 1 wouldn't tell 'em had been to bed
that time of day. And did get dressed,
up even to my handkerchief pin. and
| guess thew had been there as much as ten
minutes before 1 thought hadn't took
my night cap off. They looked dretful
curus at me and felt awful meachin', but
jest ketched it off and never said moth
ing. But when Josiah came out of the
bed room with what little hair he has got
landing out in every direction, no two
b irs layn the same way. and one of
his gal'uses hangin' most to the floor un-
der his best coat, I up and told 'em. I
thought mebby they wouldn't stay long,
hut Deacon Dobbins' folks seemed to be
all walked up on the subject of rellg-
ion and they pr 'pose1 we should turn it
into kind of conference meatin', so they
never went home till after 10 o'clock.s
1t was most II s'clock when Josiah and
me get to bed again. And then jest as I
was gettln' into browse heard the cat
IN the huttery, and got up to let her out.
And that reused Josiah up, and he
thought he heard the cattle in the garden
and he got up and went out. And there
we was marchin' round most all night
And if we would get into nap, Josiah
would think it was mornin', and he would
start up and 60 ont to look at the clock
He seemed so afraid we would be belated,
nd not get to that exertion in time. And
| there we was on our feet most all night.
| lost myself once, for dreampt that Josiah
was droundin' and Deacon Dotbins was
on the shore prayin' for him. 1t startled
me so that jest ketcht hold of Josiah and
hollered. 1t skairt me awfuly and says
he, sWhat does all you, Samantha? !
hAin't been asleep before to night and now
you have reused me up for good. won.
der what time it ISL" And then he got
out of bed again and went out and looked
| 1t was half pas / and he said, ''he d,dn't
! believe we had better go to sleep again for
| fear we would be late for the exertion, and
he wouldn't miss that for nothin'."
sExertlon, !" says I, in an awful cold
tone, IL should think we had had exertion
time enough for one SPELL"
s'But l got up at 3 O'Clock and made a
cup of tea as strong as I could for we both
| felt beat out worse than if we had watched
in sickness.
But as bad and wore out as Josiah fell
bodily, he was all animated in his mind
about what a good time he was goin' to
have. He acted foolish and I told him so
| wanted to wear my brown and black
gingbam and shaker, but Josiah insisted
that should wear new lawn dress he had
brought me home as present, and had
just got it made up, So, jest to please him
put it on, and my best bonnet. And
that man. all could say or do, would veal
pair OF pantaloons had been maxim fol
Thomas Jefferson. They was gettin' up 9
military company to Thomas Us school
ard these pantaloons was white with a
blue strips down the sides. kind of uni
form. Josiah took awful fancy to 'em
and, says he, 81 will wear 'em, Samantha
| they look so essy."
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 wouldn't wear 'em. 1t
looks vain in you"
| ST will wear 'em. Samantha" says he
II will be dressed for once.''
/ didn't contend with him. Thinks I
we are maxim fools of ourselves by goin
at all, and if he wants to make a bigger
fool Of himself bv wearin' them white pan
falcons, won It stand in his light. And
| then. T had cot some machine oil onto Fem