The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-30

air YOU
I'VE air WELL they solumly sel.
"Whar's the old mann sell I, in 4 soft
voice.
OF whom dost thOw sp:-ak Brother
UriahT'
Il mean the gay and restiv cuss who
calls me q man Of sin. Shouldn't won
der II his name was uriah:"
He has retired"
"Wall my pretty dears. seq I. lets
have sum fun. Let's play puss in the
corner. What say
Air you Shaker. sir" they axed.
wall my pretty dears, haven't Ar
rayed my proud form in n long weskit
yit. but IL they was all like you perhaps
I'D jine EN- As it is, I'm y Shaker pro-
temporary"
They was full Of fun. seed that at
fust. only they was a leetle skeery. l
tawt EN- Puss in the corner and SIGH like
phase, and we had a nice time, keeping
quiet Of course 80 the old man shouldn't
hear. When we broke mp. seq |. my
pretty desrs. ear gu you hlv no Objec-
tons, hav you, To nm innersent kiss ct
partin?'
"Yay." they sed, and yuy'd
went up stairs 10 bel spOse I'D
been snouzin half an hour when | was
woke up 10y n noise at the door. sOt
up In bed. leanin On nv elders and rub
bin my eyes. and ! saw the fOllerin
picter: The Elder stood ia ia" doorway,
| with n taller candle ia his hand. He
hadn't no wearin apperrrl un except his
night Close, which flutterel in the breeze.
He sed. You're n man Of SIM" then
grOaned and went away.
went to sleep agin. AMI drempt Of
runnin OFF with the pretty little Shaker
esses mounted on nv CaliEurny Bar
was woke up arly by the Elder. He sed
refreshments was reddy for me down
stairs. Then sayin | was a man Of sin,
he went groanin away.
As was goin threw the entry TO the
room where the whites was, I cum across
the Elder and the oil female I'd met the
night before, and what dye spose they
was mp 10? Huggin AMI kissin like
young lovers in their gushingist state
Sec l. MY Shaker trends. reckon you'd
better suspend the rules and git mar
RED"
lyon must excoos Brother Uriah. sed
the female; hes subieck TO fits and
hain't got no command over hisself when
he's into EN-"
''Sartinly," ser I, 1--WE bin took that
way myself frequent"
You're a man % sim said the Elder.
AFTER breakfast my little Shaker
trends cum in agin 10 clear away the |
dishes.
my pretty dears." seq |. shall we
yuy aginG"
Nay" they sed. and I nay'd.
The Shakers axed me to 90 TO their |
meetin, as they was to hav sarvices that |
mornin, 80 put ON a clean billed rag and /
went. The meetin hOusc was rs neat as /
pin. The floor was w6ite rs chalk and
smooth as glass The Shakers was all /
on hand, in clean weskits and meal bags, 4
ranged on the floor like milingtery COM
panies, the mails on one side Of the room
and the females on tother. They CON-
menst clapPin their hands and singin
and dancin. They danced kinder slow
at fust, but rs they got warmed up they
shaved 1t down very brisk, l tell You.
Elder Uriah. In particler, exhiberted a
right smart chance Of spryness in his
legs, cOnsiderin his time of life, and as
he cum a bubble shuttle near where
sot, I rewarded him with q appruvin
smile and sed: "Hunky boyi Go II, my
gay and festiv cuss!'
You're a man Of sim he sed, contin-
nerin his shuttle
The Sperret, rs they called il, then
moved a short fat Shaker TO say a few
He sed they was Shakers and
ali was ekAl. They was the purest and
peple on the yesrth. Other
peple WAS sinful rs they could be. but
shakers was all right Shakers was all
yUin kerslap to the PrOmist Land. and
nobody want going to stand at the gate
10 bar EN- out. II they did they'd git run
over.
The Shakers then danced and sung
lgin, and arteF they was threw, one Of
EN- axed me what thwat Of it,
Seq I, what DUE it siggerfyT'
"Whaty' SCI he. II
Why this jumpin up and singin;
This long weslit biZniss. and this anty-
idee? Ny trends, yOu air
heat and tidy. Your lands Is flowing ,
With milk and honey. Your broOms Is |
Inc, and your apple sass l. honest. When
J man buys q keg Of apple sass Of you he !
lOat find = CRATE many s,iavins under /
ew layers Of sass-a little Game I'm | 4
Orry TO say sum Of my New Englan an g
esters used to practices. Your garding
eed Is fine. and IL I should SOW EN- on
he ruck Of Gibralter probly I should
aise . good mess Of garding sass. You
ir honest IN your deAlins! You air '
Iuiet and don't distarb nobody. For all '
his givs yUu credit. Bat your religion |
small pertaters, ] mnst say. You
nope sway your lives here in single
etchidnes, and as you air all by your
elves nothin ever conflicts with your
ecooler idees. except when Human
later busts out among you, as I under
tan she sumtimes do. II Civ Uriah 9
y wink here, which made the old fel- u
1w squirm like q speared Eel
You wear long weskits and long
.ces, and lead . gloomy life indeed. No :.
hildren's prattle is ever hearn around a
our harthstuns-yDu air in a dreary fog 4
u the time. and yOl trial the Jolly sun /,
hine q life as tho II was thief, driyin 1 :,
from your doors by them weskits. and J.
heal bags. and pecooler noshuns Of Il
ourn. The gals among yO1, sum Of .
-hich air ~ slick pieces Of cafiker as :,
Fsr sOt eyes on, air sym 10 place their -
eds agin Eeskits which kiver honest
larlv harfa uwiaila v,or. ola hr.1a N.,rl -
lives with the ides that they cir full
hin their mishun hers, and air content ol
Here you air all pend up By yer- N
lives, talkin about the sins Of o world q
on don't know nOthin q. IC
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