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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28,'1848.
[From the Ansley Evening . Jourztal, ]
?kw Icars Thoughti.
J.L3l.ig a. COWLS.
Fie just three years no today:
That we stood side by side,-
Companion of my boyhood's hours,
The noble andlong tried:
I think I hear his gay laugh now,
That I so loved to hear,
And still that old families pins
is ringing on my ear.
k
'Tie just two years ago to-day
Together we did stand,
Another friend of early youth,
Of open heart and band;
And many a gentle greeting passed
As merrily we met;
Without a single thought of care
Or feeling of regret.
Those early Mauls—where are they now I
Hush: beard ye not a sigh
From those two fresh and new made graves
That in the ehoreh.yeed lie? •
Bath in one short and fatal year—
One little month—they died
And they are lying in that spot
:Cow buried side by aide.
I gaze around me! but in vain—
trieniUy face I see. .
I all them !, but no answering voice,
Alas comes back to me.
I hear full many a merry shout
And light tongue tripping fast—
I hear them, but I heed them not
My thoughts are with the past.
I'll love no more upon this earth!
'Tia mockery, and worse,
To bury up the boort thus with _
A cold and silent come. --""
TU lore no mwe ! but steel my heart
To fond Affection's call, •
And stiffing Thought, I'll try to dream
I never loved at ell.
Atsist;dannaty 1, 1846. •
A Rare Frolic in Tallapoosa.
TARING TIIE CENSUS.
When we were taking the census in Tana
poora,we had a rare frolic at old Kit Knack
er's, up on Union creek, which we must tell
about. But first let us first ,introduce Uncle
Ku.
' Uncle Kit was a fine specimen of the 'old
fashioned Geergia wagoner. of the glorious old
limes when locomotives didn't whiz about in
every direction. He was 'brought up on the
road, and retained a fondness of his early vo
though now in comparative affluence.
Uncle Kit was sixty years old, we suppose,
hut the merriest old dog alive ; and his .chir
raping laugh sounded every minute in the day.
Particularly fond of female society, hi. , great
est delight was to plague the womanhood"
o' his household and settlement in every pos
utile way.' His waggery, of one Sort or other,
was incessant; and he was the patriarch of
the neighborhood—having transplanted every
family in it, with himself from Georgia—his
jokes were al! considered good jokes, and few
dared. be offended at his good humored satire.
Besides all this; Uncle Kit was a devoted Jacit'-
ion man, and an inveterate enemy of all milli
iers : hence the name of his creek.
Two • chattels " - ,had Mr. Kuncker which he
prized beyond all other possessions—one of
these was a bieyellow dog 'that followed the
wagoo,ansl among other accomplishments, pre
dicted the future. Uncle Kit called him Andvs
in honor of General Jackson. The other fa
vorite was a fine old roan .horse, named Fid
dler Bill, upon which, when a little drinks:, he
was wont to exhibit very fair horsemanship in
the streets, or rather, the stria of Dudleyville.
We were making an entry of somebody's
ehirkens at a store door in the village just men
tioned. one August day, when ,a familiar . 4-
113 r reached our ear, and on turning round. we
perceived, some twenty yards off,.the quizzi•
cal face - ef our old friend. projecting over the
foregaie of his wagon, and puckered into five
hondred lijtle firrinkles, as he cachinated joy
-014,--
"Hullo, squire! bless your little union snake
shill, your uncle Kit's 'so glad to see you, ha
ha! I'm just back from ,Wettimpky..he ! he!
Yal You see, yer uncle Kit's been down to
go Crimmins for neice SUsy'ri wedding. :next
Thursday night. You must come over i .s quire
Jim. Spraggius that's going to pick up
Suse ; :ilou see yer Uncle Kit waited for, you
mill he found yon wouldn't ta.k it out, he !
ha I--come. over. as I was_ a sopa, and
you can take the sensio of the whole krick at
h one satin, and buss all the gals besides, he! he!
fah ! yob r , , •, „ ,
We -thanked uncle Ktt, and• told him we
would come:; .whereupon the jovial old fellow
whistled to Andy—who had stepped into. the
grocery, thinking of cours . d , his,master would
stop there. any how—.ctucked to Fiddler, Bill;
who worked in the lead, cracked the steers at
the wheels, : and go , started. •
In a moment, we beard thesherp hillo again.
" You most be aura to come, squire." said
un tie Kit, storming hit team so' as to be heard
—"_yer aunt. Bitty look for you certain.
he! he l—and if she can raise aomethin' for
you to eat, and a year of corn or two for your
horse, any way, in thewqrld,, you will be as
welcome to it as the water that runs ;? and
Mr. Knacker chuckled terribly at the bare , ides
of our aunt Heuy's being straitened to provide
viand!) human or. equine,'
• .
We recollect our:Assurance that we'should
''weltd; and uncle Kit re.assumiog the lines.
Well, now I'm off sure, 'squire ! God
bleu ran add Gimlet 'Jackson. and d. —nall
nullifiers!_- Yininrop, Fidl Good bye" and
rolled off,
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edsback—.• Don't be afeard: tu comet . Yee
uncle Kit has fust-rate spring•worer, -Sllcrs on
hand l" and be Chueliled longer than before. at
the wit of calling corn whishy spring water.'
and put his finger by the side of his old cut.
water of a nose. So lively. an old dog was
uncle Kit Knocker!
On the appointed evening', 'we arrived at Mr.
Kuneker's abont dark. The
. old man was
waiting at the fence to receive us."
.‘ Bless your union soul. littlenquire," he'
said, shaking our extended-hand with both of
his; yer uncle Kit's as proud to see you as I
of he'd found a silver dollar with- a hole thin*
it ! Hetty I"—he shouted—•" here's the God
blessed little union squire come to see his un
cle ! Come oot and see him, he !he ! yeh !--
and mind and throw a meal-bag or something
eke over your head, swell my little squire gets
sorter used to the big trimly! Make haste; you
old dried up witch. • Ef You can't find the bag,
take ver apern ! he ! he ! a! yah !" and Uncle
Kit laughed till he.cried.
•Mrs. Kuneker presently made her appear
ance—not with the meal-bag over her head,
however, and greeted os-most hospitably. •
Don't mind ohl Kies romancing, squire."
she observed ; .* I'm afewd he'll be a loot all
his days. We've been married now, swine on
forty- -- and he's never spoked the rust sen
sible .1,
you
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to keep it out too, wi' all sorts 0' warm teas.
The Lord will be mighty apt to call her home
of ever it strikes in, I'm thinking"—and uncle
Kit laughed again, while be plaeed.our saddle
on the fence along with twenty others.
Come in 'squire," said aunt Betty. "or
that poor light-headed old critter will laugh
himself to deathi", and. we:walked with her in
to Mr. Kuocker's . neat framed dwelling—the
only building of the sort on Union , creek.
• The.lng room of uncle Kit's house was full
of light and company. Mostof the latter were
known to us,• but there were some strange (a
ces ; and with these we determined to get ac
quainted as soon as possible. Alittle removed
from the bustling part of the congregation, we
observed a fat woman of middling age, with a
sleepy expression of face. A little way (coal
her feet, and sprawling on the floor, was a
chubby child, about eighteen months old, whose
little coat was pinned up, by the hem behind,
to its collar; thus leaving no inconsiderable
portion of its perion exposed. " Here," tho't
we, ",is an interesting family : let's take it
down ;" and approaching the dame, we drew
oue papers, having first saluted her.
• " Gracious! stranger!"—she ejaculated—
what're you arter?"
.
" Only taking the, census." • •
" Sally !' oh, Sally Hetson ! de run here,"
said Mrs. Karon—for that proved to be her
name—" of her aunt the man we've hearn so
much 'bout. Here's the chicken-man!" Ido
wonder!" she continued, surveying_ us from
crown to sole.; "Well. hit's the slimmest crit
ter, to he sure. ever I seed; Hit'S legs, I do
declar, is not as big as my Thomas Jefferson's.
Cope here, Thomas Jefferson, and let mam
my thee ef your legth aint.ath big ath When!"
adllressng the youngster on the floor.
iHut Thomas Jefferson did not heed the invi
tation, but continued to dabble and splash in a
little pool of water, which hal somehow got
there, as proud, apparently, of his sans-culot.
/ism, asever his illustrous namesake could have
been of his.
- "Don't you hear me, Thothas Jefferson?"
screamed the mother—" don't you hear me,
you little torment?"
l'humns Jefferson did hear this time, and
hastened to obey. He raised himself up,
spread out his' fat arms to preserve his equili
brium, turned half round, lost it, and was in
stantly 'anted in the miniature pool,'"with a
splash that sent sent several drooplets into his
mothees. face.
~Drs. Narpti flessiat the child ; with an ener
gy that contrasted strongly with her oleagin - .;
ons.appearance.; and seizing him by the,did
die, held him up inverted, With' one ( hand,
while' the other, she inflicted
. w hat, in ournur-
Eery days, would have been called a ..sound
apankin„&;', which finished, she re.seater her
self, and brought him down a sitting position
upon her knee, with insufficient violence toa
sudden•abbreviatiOn of as dreadful a bowl a e
ever vexed human ear. • •
We didn't altogether relish these indications
of a vivacious temperament in Mrs. Naron,and
accordingly made our examination as short and
smooth as , possible. And when she delmirred
to furnish the . statistical information, becauie
she never, had done sick thing efore," we
admitted the cogency of the reason, and pres
sed the matter tici further; for we were con
vinced that the government did not expect its
officers to run the risk of what Master Thomas
Jefferson Nurcus had got, merely to add anoth
er, dozen yaids,ol cloth, or score of chickens,
to the estimated. wealth of the country.
• • There.was now a slight busile in one, corner,
for which, at first, we , could . not account.. It
was: among a group,of young persons, male and
female.., Who appear
,to be.urging,one of their
number to tlo something which he . Was unwill 7
log to do- se' Do now, Pete.", -A Oh. you kin
—you know you kin." Psltaw.!. I wouldn't
be a fool." ..Jist this one time,, Pete !" Were
some of the exclamatiens And expootulittiono that
we.heard,They.,vvere not without
,effeei :. a
young man iti.s blue witfiltig brass lin`fr
tons, eteared.his threat. ankinturneneeffising 7
ing to a tune whiningly dolorous, nasal, ;uoya
tied, and, interminable, the. popular ditty of - .
• - "TEE 'OLD. BAWIELARE."
Come, walk you sec ellen tail lune loci M beat,
The truth or a lie, from an old baehektre :
They'll set and 'think; to/en they war oat their
.! brains, ' • ' •
And Wish (Or it wife-but ft ire!! in
• ,
SiNts:town, dark downe
. before, this
,veise finished, , Andy,
(the dog,) wbo was Coiled up in the entry, cont.
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e your eyes, long at fast; when
aunt Hetty, squire," remarked
busied himself in "stripping"
e ugly's out on her.wus nor
ha !lin ! yah ! and Pm bouhd
litaiituit.its "..414'bsictuicariox .18011. ANY, qvaerisl."
minced a howling accompaniment. worse e ven!
than the vocalism :of :.Mr.' Petex Marks,: who
looked vexed and confused, and stepped sing.
ing. • ••; <.; , • ;
. , .
-"I wouldn't Mind it, •Peter," said go odold
'Mrs. Knocker ; who...now -approached ; "1
wouldn't mind it. nothin' but' that ; dratted.
gaiter brute of old Kit's ; and bless 'the Lord,
tts/ist the wny he does me, constant —his mos.
ter s larnt.it to hint-4 never kin • begin to sing.
" I rode on. the sky,' quite ondestified I," to
" Primrose," or " Zion," or any ofThem spere
chal himes, but what the stinkin, • yallei, cuss
strikes op his everlastin' howl, and • Jig makes
me quit whether or ho !" and aunt Betty went
and drove Andy away; •
" Be ! he! •yak! •yah !" chuckled
uncle: Kit—" aint- Andy got • a noble voice ?
dint he, squire ? yak yah !He sings. bass.
and yetlaant May sings Tribble, and I'm gwiae
to git a middlin-sizo dog to sing. tenor, and then
we'll be fixed—he! be ! yah I—and you must
'cane over every other'Sunday to yer uncle Kit's
singing school"—laughing immoderately at the
conceit. . •
• And Hetty said pish !" with a worried air,
and Ik.•Alarks re-tuned his pipes :
" Bat when you are married, it is for to please,
And when you have•ehildien you . * never at else,
You'll lo bati end stint, just to mate 'ens suppo't,
But a bacheloeis care is his back anti his throat.
Sing down, defy down !"
The applause being lOud and enthusiastic,
Mr. Marks paised his right hand over his well.
(allowed side locks, glanced at the buttons on
his coat, cleared his throat. and proceeded to
give the other side of the pieture :
"But when you are gone, your wife will prepu,
A dish of fine (Landes; or sornethin' that's ref;
So mil& and pleasin' when you do draw near—
Theze's ho such delight for the old baehdare !
Sing down, dary down."
Andy, by this time, had got . under the house,
- and accompanied the singer in the two last lines
and the chorus, without any particulsr reference
to 44 time," but with an earnestness that showed
that the lore of music was in his soul. Mr.
Marks bit his lips and frowned, bat. as he had
only one more verse to sing, determined, to try
and get. through with it:
" When Igo abroad, and Bich things I do see- f'
(Andy howled furiously.)
wish, hut in vain, that it only was me"
(.. 00.00-oo.au-e-au-au-00-owoo !" from the
dog.
Whilst /mast but both breecbu and potticoot warp'?
(Andy kept even along.") . •
Itgrieves me to dank I'm an old tembekie;
Sins down, dart dawn." •
.Andy howled through the last line beautiful.
ly, but getting into the , chorus, commenced a
series of barks which seemed likely to be pro
longed indefinitely. , •
". My poor dog !" exclaimed Mr. knocker,
affecting great anxiety, "my poor dog has - got
tangled up in that cussed tune. and 'ill choke
himself to death !—Run,. Jint"=to hi, son—
" and, ontie the blasted thing, or cut it in . two !
yak ! e.e.yah ! yab ! yaw ! .
" Rein' as my kumpny aint ddeeptable beri,
I'll dismiss," said Mr. Marks, the vocalist, iii a
pet; at the same time buttoning up, his,hliie
swallow-tail, and sleekitig down his nice greasy
locks. •
. ,
Could'nt you give somethin' 4erechefl be
fore you go?" asked unee. Kit, "your_mint
Hefty and Andy's tip-top on slierechal songs;" .
and the wrinkles on Mr. Knocker's face formed
themselves into fifty little smilers.
"Keelow yow 1" all of a sudden from An
dy, as he tun from under, the house.
" Make ,up your bread
,with . thal!"—said
aunt iletty, as she raised tip with the tea.ket
tle in her hand, from which she had been *r
ing boiling
,water through a crack
,upon Andy:
..oht ',m a n I," said uncle Kit, passionately;
"I'll take that clog kleen away"—th ie liin g , in th e
energy of his own affection for Andy, the
nounceinent would have a decidedly painful ef
fect upon the mind of his wile—" and you
shall never set eyes upon him agin, as ladg as
you lire!" •
said aunt fle,tty;
catty shaking her head belmieen; eaeli
won't do no such a . ' thing V' said
in the spirit of contradiction "I'll keep 'him
here alleri, jisi to slog:, ilq,sball 'Bldg
rose"— . •
" Can't hnlp it." . . .
And Zion,"and--
"Can't help that thither."
" Won't you come suid'go trith
" Don't care," .
"And the rest of
,the songs 19' !he 14ezioree
Iraininny, and "Meareer'c'Clititer," tbo; Cusi
of he shan't."
Well! well! Christopher;'old man,' said
aunt Betty, in a conciliatory tone; ..ddn't be
aggrawated. I oughten to fret . you I know':
and of AntlY'll behave hi#elf like a deeent'deg
—like Bull Wilkerson,. n'our, for a 'samßle;
which never comes in the httu—" '
"Thar aint,'! said 'jock , 'Kit: titrelling indig=
nation at the indirect' attack' upon, the' nuirela of
his 'deg. ;6 thar gilt a dogofi better karickier in
the settlement than Andy guitickek-flull
keragit'Alr NO' that' 'aitit
pc better, nor no gentleinaniteri'd% in :the
Whole county; than Andy. Saiint the presence
of this kiiinpny be' ditinnedef thiris!" and
having so spoken, Mi.' KniiCker went out :t0
seek his dog and connote afßicliOns.
`As 'Soon ai Mr. Keueker returned:the \r6onio
le desirous of trintrimutc?,' torik the flocir;''end
Squire Reit) , united that in'the bonds Of tt'edlieek,
idler, the most summary _fashion; tin r cle.' Kit
then announced Ifni some c, cold ,caps!'' were
to he found inan adjoining rootn , irhiCh 'said
6. cold scraps" consisted,inincipally, of one sir
two or three 'tery fat turkeys; a hind qtrarterOf
beef ;together 'wilt; tibisot a half 'siagen-Rialt of
blend,' eake,:pies;etewed, fruit Are.
.6 'Squire squire! don't tif4 said pa
ck Kit, addressing himself to us, is r• we • 'Were
taking a chair among ' the Mateilitte iporgen . or
the guests; ..'ob;,nol tie?
cle Kit ditrnt bring yon here' Toi yak ! yith!
I Here's a little gal' has never: had her sinsia ta
ken, and I'want -you seeefyon kan'tget 'ow
yah and :uncle Kit forced ne into tt
gready against our will, by., theimWe of Miss,
Winny Folsom; a very: pretty girl: •widfa pout
ing mouth:). lldr. Knocker drew up-a chair :be.
I ,hind . ,us./ 2:••! • - : I •
Standing near uncle Kit's back. we . observed'
• a young man who: somehow .or other. took a
,great apparent interest in either Miss Winny or
,oureelf; but he said nothing. He was a-rare
specimen of the piney.woodaispecies.of.thev , ,
nes homo. His face was not unhandsome, but
he.had considerable stoop of the shoulders..and
was knock-kneed to deformity., . : Ilia, coat wiz'
.6 blue - mixed," with a very acute terminus, and
it seemed to have a, particular affection fur the
hump of his shoulders, for it touched no other ,
part of his person., His pantaloons were of buff
cativimere--most pr. bably bought at second
hand--and contracted. from excessive washing,,
or some other cause, te a . painful scantiness.
There was a white streak between his vest and I
the. waistband, and a red one between the,ends
of-his legs andthe tops elide white cotton socks.
A pair:of red-leather straps some twenty inches
long, exerted themselves to keep the legs down
to-this - mark:;. but every time that Mr. Isaac
Hetson—thst was his name—stooped, the, pan
taloons had slightly, the , advantage, bY reason of
the superior elasticity, of the straps, and the red
'streak waa,on every such occasion, made a little
wider. -
, .
" Talk to her, 'squire! talk to her !" said
noire Kit, .!„! when ver ankle Kit was young,
he didn't do nothin but talk to the gale, he—e
yah ! yah l" ,
We endeavored to`make ourself agreeable . to
Miss W inny, of course, and during the whis.
penog of one ot these confidential nothings cern
mania finch .eircupistanees, our, head came al
came almost in contact with hers. Seizing the
opportunity. Mr. lioneker bionght Ida close up,
and. with his lips produced such an explosion
as might have :xesolted, bad,we kissed Mi . 's&
Winny. . .
"Ha !" exclaimed the Old fellow starting
back in well.feigned astonishment ; "at it
eready, squire , !.Well 2
_.'twos a busrer. any
way !"—whereupon he laughed irninotlemtely,
as did4nost of the compani. Miss Winny
turned red, and we looked foollish—we sup
pose, .
"Some people's too denied smart, any how!"
said the gentleman in buff cassimere, who sup
posed that we, had really kissed Miss Ninny.
`".And some aint smart enough,, , llcey. Het
n," said uncle ItiC; .cor 'they wouldn't let
tiler:people cut'em out-would they Winnyt"
' . Ninny ,smiled, but said nothing, and Mr.
Knocker, raising himself half up,. so as again to
intercept Air- 44sw von' view , produced another
explosion. , ., •
... For shame, 'squire I" 'aid he,' silting darn
"I can whip antpocket-linife • lawyer that
ever made a moccasin track in Hateiville P' Said
Ike. striding backward and forward behind Mr:
Knucker's chair, like a lion in his cage—furiOus
ly jealous.
Uncle Kit laughed until his wife called to him
across the room, and told him he waS " a stark
naitral old' fool !"'
. ,",I; w,ouldn't he a gump. eft was you, Ike
Heisett,";remailted Miss Winny. '
"Them that don't tare nothing for me," re
plied Ike, "I don't -care nothing' for them
imbiber." ' , ' . , .
.*The 'squire'spouth aint pise4.4 reckon,"
said Wei Winny. very sharply; sand it .
wouldn't lan body of he did kiss !cm'!"
A. Lees creel" said-we: doing /hitt same be:
fore Miss ,Winny could help herself.
- a Go s Id my rip-roartni,little union 'squire:
yOu'ee elected!" shouted node Kit, in a ptiV ,
oxysm ntdelight.
" Dera my•overlastia dorskin e tend
it!" said the furious lover—•• I'll .die in my
tracks Ink I'm just ss good ss town.felks.ef
they do war shoe-boots and store close. I'm
list a hundred and forty se'viwz pounds, neat
weight, and I'm a wheel-horse!" and then Mk.
lletson doubled hictists and shook himself all
over, with an energy that looked dangerous.
considered in reference to the excessive tight
ness of butfcassinteres. -
Aunt Deny,
,now
,interposed—•• Do !key
do now, son don't be fretted so—doiet s be lesi
ons Itearteilli, The g s gUire did'nt Mean no harm 'ine the world, by bussin iney ; and 'Whiny
.didn't'Mean none by lean ni hini=" '•,':
' filidn't lei him': he done it hirnself!"'said
Winne very quicklyand then she kiwi]:
we all know that, tri be mire,'
said Mint Betty. I. It trere list to renishein . of
that simple'old erittur,*that's never easy Willi:
outileii'grksornebodY in a brile. I. Wouldn't
Mind it,liker more'n I wO'uld—" ' •
Ittr: ilet:On did Mind it; and he 'didn't
wait,fo r r'amit IlettY to fish up a figure where
by toilluetrate its insignificance. before he made
a !•Itrst" at us—but Mr. Kuneker caught him
bv'the'shoulder: • •
".. Stop'!" 'said unele Kit. '
'.+ f'Phat r c inquired' Hetson:' - '
Uncle' Kit Paused.' and' thea slowly, • bat
merit' emphatically remarked:
You'll—tar--thern---troresers!"-and the
*hide company laughed attinele Kit'siemark.
or. Ike Ketson'a trows'enotiperhipelti beth.
And Ilie.hithktlowli tile head. and was evident
ly " used it •
Thar`e at 'one iv !etc 'settle this. - and ,to
kno* . trrhe's heie
de; ninon . • • • -
•
'.ti lirierla that VII askid Ffetstin.: • .
v;ili 'tar iiiiirabobt it
tented' very pale.ifor he had
great'faith Rrediettemt ••
of Andy:. ,••• !, •
A literal rush ,upper tieing' over-44'ihe
blg rocint';'frillowed' this iiineurieement, , i and
uncle Kit Whistled Arid:Art*ld the tiouee. ' The
doi-Prtiphet and crittlehinly;
for the fear of hismieiries ivM befereitiliteyes;
strid'e's he got ow:4in: Kuneker, he emit-
ted a deprecatory whine, and with a boiled at;
hivinaitte"ifilegie."°Aotueity;:hoiev
ite; hint.
; 1` No*. AodYi bey.'" said quell, •Hit,‘•l4l.lll
fetched you;1 here, to tell, all bouiMise
OY foitiri; must AO it inigh:
tq nice eird'lpM; forehe s a pretty little tittidis
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I gal !" en He, th set shout drawing a 'hue eir !
cle,and iereial 'Smaller within, and 'an
itittneuse nurribei4 radii, and between t hee:
rude repreeintations 'of animtils, both , real and
fabulouti•---while Andy at by, wagging bis tail
and looking very intelligent.... • •
-6. It righ 0444 right!—its
Seriptur." said granny Whipple. shaking her
head. and dwelling on the italicised words. ,as
she•surveyed.thenecromantio operation. of old
you ; are a-doin_pf a te 7 r-oli-g thing..
Christopher Kiinclier I yea are!"
BulMr Ku n Uker only laughed at Granny W
While 'Mr: Kiinclier was engaged in prepay
ing fer theilelivery 'of' the 'oracleti.,ierunduin
arteniOlie' conversation' in the' room - turned
on the degree of credit to be given them:. •
6. What do lion think %Out , Andy's form' tel.
lin "Mies Wiikesson VI asked . Nemo:—
.4)6 you balWve •he runty knows what's
gwine to come to pass ?" .• • . : •
Well; now," replied Mrs. .Wilkertion. I
don't know what to say. It's a tnighty ; strange
thine .how knowin some brutes : some
'Tbar's my " Cherry".cow,l raaly blieve.the
critter knows when nil alwine to feed her
kat as well as Ido my oWn dear. self! That
minute t picks up inb to go and tote her 14'0,
she'll ••tano," and .41:m . 0.
. - And the knowin.
est lo o k out of her eyes yo n ev'e'r seen a critter
•
have in all your days!"
"Oh law !"'exclaimed several women.
a. Miss Knocker. what do you say to it ?"
queried the first speaker—..yououghter know,
of any body does. He's your old man's dog,
Does A ndyknow the fume, or not?" •
•Vs a mighty hard thing." said aunt Het
ty. "a mighty hard thing to spend' a 'pinion
'pon.' Sometimes I think it's only Kit's dev
ilment—and - then agin. the dog do tell such
quar things, looks like I'm 'blegettlit - think. he
knows. Last week. I b'lieve it•was—yes.
only last week—Jim Hissup fotch a two gal-.
ton jug o'sperrets home. for the old man, from
town. "Well, Kit he 'spicioned Jim o'drinle
iirt some on the way, but Jim denied it Migh
ty bitter.' So the old man knelt Andy- inthe
house. and Andy give the sign that. Jim• bad
tuk some! antl•then Jim right away owned to
it; and told the man how. roach:he Lull, which
was two drinks. as near as : I can, remember !"
Good gracious!" buret from three or four,
"1 don't believe nothing about it." said ‘1
withered old mine, as she sucked away indni
iriously•to prevent bet pipe going out; "I
know Andy can tell what'll happen. Drums,
in a common way," !she continued aphoristi•
tally, as she-pushed down the tobacco in the
bowl of ,her pipe with her forefinger is
more knowiner an humans. Did ye ever hear
'mongst ye Of the snake at John Green's r.
iv, Dear StVicini alive !" exclaimed a dozen
—"Vhat Abdul the snake!" end they- all
drew long• breaths and -opened their eyes-at
one another: ! - • • ! n •_ •
"Pll tell ye. John Green's si%ter. (the
grass wilder, as lives with 'em,) she goes to
her battlin bench, and' what does she see thal,
a quiled up on it. a 'aiiriniu of itself, but a big
black snake-r,'
"Laws a-massy I" ejaculated the entire
group.
"Jest as I tells ye- r -thar it was and it.po
ked out his tongue— f it (114, 'as sure's you're
born—right at the *hider, and looked the van.:
oinotiiest 'ever was. Well, sbe 'inn •in the
house and fainted right away ; and of you'll
believe me,.the very nest week,her little boy.
as can jest run about swallowed a punkin seed.
,iitiotke to a' died.. Ef it's uncle ,hadn't a'hit
e back and a'made the punkin seed fl y
out, that child never would a' draivd another
breath no more'n—shah ! you may tell me that
snakes and-dogs don't know things, but7—and
granny Richards didn't finish the sentence,but
bobbed her head emphatically, as much as to
say that she couldn't be , humbugged by soy
such assertions.
Every thing was now ready : the rings, the
radii, the serpents, the bats, the unicorns. and
the scorpions, all complete; and Andy was.,
seen `seated in•the exact . centre of the .wholei,'
upon his hind legs, and looking very wise,
-" Yea!" said uncle Kit, mentally contrast.
ing 'Andy with - RI is. Ku ticker's favorite; "Bull
• Wilkerson' would look detriliah well,Settitt thar•
on his hind legs. Bull Wilkersonl , He ain't
got Ihe power along him;" Then explainiug
to the : company that Aittly,Would throw off the
cheese without attempting . to catch' it. if he
wished to express a negativtit'Would toss
itrip and receive , in in hie jaws should he : in.
tend to speaktaffirmatively--he: placed a
,alica
of homemade cheese upon the dog's nose.
The company ":stood around. but out-side
the largest circle; Ike Hetson's Portending head
thrust farther towards Andy and old 'Kit, than ,
any bUdy else's:l nil:fare was ankh:m' and
Cadaierouti, but he strove le suppress his feels.
ings.
Now..,AndY," began:Uncle ; "look at
your,old,,spaster.
~11,oeupt;seeruinef...;.Mit.
to—, 4l , l trlNY vl-1 7 0, 7 ,ttornay, !"
,Andy .. '
threw, cheeie, on , the floor.' and
there'tipon, several "old women creamed 'arid
the'Adam',l a pPle,Of l4ir. ilitsrin'a neckbeeanie
a vfry,laige ; pipliin,,in N 926401 to stvalloti,,. ,
Ids grief._ , . •,4l,Anocedit 1 ." said !ie.!' in ' Miles
the ,Incattolorque,„While the:,Cerners, of ~his
mouth.twlir4ted : . involuntarily , 'aria, epaemodir
L: y • r
: it •••
." Now. And," Said old iCit, repla c ing , the
cheese on Andy's nOsei .
ef—iuy—elittle—•bleenedunithesquire.rtis- - -
D--grilleow+4o.-egetv.illlss+l,-.Wituty—rsay, .so
lu j o k ;,• 41f A
Up went,tlin theme. into. Andy's eepulchral
throat. •• ; •
'Dam the varmint Mejaculatf.d. Mr. Ilettion
and.bursting into the magic ,circle. he kicked
Andy - vehemently in the•eide4, - , ; ,' •
"Fair fight! nobody tethl.eich him Andy!"
shouted uncle Kit, In. a rage ati the bretchvf
the peatiecotnmitted,on the! Tenon sif
'Andy , dashed gallantly I et. Me, Dititton and
eeiiing one tuilsed leather snipe tore it rit oqe
aide from the huffeatteiniere.i which...frighten;
ed from tits leroprietyl'l by the display, of ca
nine teeth, retreated, instanter. to the neighbor;
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hoedOf Air; Hason's' knee. his
io get away from the dog; lke tell beekwards. •
Over l!daster,lhomm,lefTemen,:l.t':aeopiand as
his bare anti "unstrappediip, nearrY at
right Jingles with.his body.-while
held quiet by leather aniettisintere.
along the floor—an. eprottroas ;shout of
ter at the grotesque spectacle !boob, the,
"}Yell l said the Mr relio,f. as he got up
.on his freed leg—the other would not wurk,
the . .jig's up now ttaitikno inikedruia";
Shout it ;:but I' ikialdn't ' mind It , ad 'bid; 'et'
ittiairi't that he Wes tft git tier; : Anyhirtr, Pm
ofr for the' Irk arisinel good-by; Winny 1" Add
off lie . go,' in spite of old 'Airs, 'Hunikeetr ,, '
most stienuouti egorte to detain'him,:Mtd
since him that ..pdy didn'nt knew it .thing
about it, no more 'd the matt in the.moon
, As for Winny—..the hide fool k•-sbe 't
wept
hitterly.'ss if there were no straight legged aunt
that would have been glad to marry. 4,0,1
~••s • , ,;
"'Squire'," said'old Kite n he lightedruslo
bed; yove not taken Many. sensia to-night
..ooly,.one et-two: " ",Well Muer. uncle
Kit's fault He will have his fan. yab!,yald.
•and Ike Hettion's.e-e-yah yah! Neyint
come,over next ,week.,-and yer angle Kit will
go ail thro' the settlement wi' you, .!nd go
down on the river.: and to Jim 'Kent*: which
has got a sister, so ugly the !Bea want light on
,her face—wass nor yer aunt , Hotly. yah ! yob!
And her uncle Kit will tell'you how he and his
Jim cooled the man fronnhe big.nOrtod omen
Fiddler Bill, as we golong ; sod Becky Kent
will tell you 'bout the frolic me and her hid in
the brick, the . time sbe started to mill 'end'
-didn't git thar, yob. yah, ease-yah r
Very well, uncle Kit sure to come!'!, ,
•• And squire d ef you want one of Andyspop
pies. let your uncle Kit, knoweand holt sails
you you a raal.peart one, eb .Good..flighlt
God bless the old Gionul, and dealt/ran ;ugh-
ifisensceauti - iiceria.4linder this caption the'
N. Y. Commercial Adiertiser narrates the fol.'
lowing instandeof courteous deference to age and
public service on the part of the members of to
present, Congress; . • , •
The members of gongtess , role and reckless
as some , of them , are appear, attimes to be svray...
ed by a universal feeling Whit is right mitt
becomingwe may even Say beautiful: Amin:
stance occurred during the slitittnereef sestii
among the members, on Theriday, isideiscribed
by one of our :correspondents; 'leggier - for
which we have not loom to day.. • ft happened
tleat the mune 'of Mr. Adams was almost Airiest
drawn rind more than a , hundred members could
have chosen the very eligible seat width he has
occupied for several years; yet though,. soapy •
would have been, very. glad la have .harkit,
passed it by, from resp.eet to his suppoSed Wight!"
and convenience, until atlasilais name ,
led and with a smile of grateful satisfaction, the
venerable ei.President again Milk possession of
hie old quartet*.
THE ELDERT,-, DMIOSTER.r--The deportment
of the older children of the family. is ofgreat im
portance to the younger. The obedience or in
subordination operates throughout the , whole
,Especially is the station of the eldest
daughter one of eminence. She drank the first
draught of the mother's love. She usually en
joys much of ber ,counsel and companiunsoip.
In her nhsence, she is the natural 'viceroy. Let
the mother take double pains to form her on a cor
rect Model ; to 'make ter, amiable. diligent, do
mestic, pious, trusting that the. image of those
virtues may leave imiiressions on the soft, wax:
en' hearts of the younger ones, to wham she may
in the providence of God, be called .to fill the
place of a maternal guide. ;
THE BLESSINGS OP Cuatenartmr.—A beatt
tiful writer says that Christianity.enters the hot
of the poor man., and sits down with him and
his children it makes them contented in.the
midst of privation!, and leaves behind an ever,
lasting blessinv, It walks through; cities amid
all their, pomp and splendor, their
,iMaginabhi
pride and their a tinuttenOlemileryi.,4itrifying t
ennobling:iideetning'ingel. la-alike. 'The"
'beautiful einonpismof childhood. and the com.
forting associate of age. it ennobleit., the ,no
We. gires.wiadlim to the ,Nriget•ailltnew grace
to the lovely.. The pettiou..mittister„poeund
eloquent, man derive Sebum's Foyer ftwolts, in !
fluence.
Gitattiont.:--Be careful-to taieh your chil.
drinftgratiwdeLeed' , lttem to acknowledge
every tavola they , Meivittoo speak of their ban.
electors. acid.to.rementher,ibbm itr.theirfray,'
era. Accustom !tient .to diatinguisli , -with a
marked , regard. , their instructors.. and those
who have-Pilled them. in thcl.stitAinrnettl 0: their
goodoesa and piety. lt is en interesting.cir,
commence m. the lice ,df.itnitit. ,ppoatflo of
Pembroke. W ho was 'distinguished _moil; }ban
two centuries since, by her learniiik; her de
cisioti of character; end languages shd acquired
.the , honort she enjoyed. that' idle erected
a monument to,the memory ot,fisr• tutor, and
always spoke of.him widk the utmost venni".
tieo. as her guide-in, Ad rullhaftit.df • know 6
PRESENCE Nltatlf you should ere*
Meet wnh'aivaceident indetircif to ba
composed, and not make an minaret:Sart Asia
about AL geniis mattat sable. carat nits tough
goose. heti the .Ttieforhote l ap, feed -it Mayfly
out of; the Ash, into the ieP ' l 4:,the Y-e Pet lady
who 'eat next IT Itim,,Ott.vritych he
,koottc4 tar'
PM, ihe face aid sa id oath
_the Utmost cool.
ness Madito, Till .thank that
goo
. -
Moor.arv. 7 —Asa informs the Providanre
Gazetiee that ihare hit young."isbiiii,ti-in titian
so . modest. That she had a` yituoir min termed
out of doors. , for saying' the*`tiindbtul ihifted.".
" Mum SAVINge ..Amok% p!ipAlipg into: the
house, and
. a scolding wife, will make,s sin
ran outorddors:
1. A jitutint---80me oppasethet :its team
his money, of coarse he must be sleetlematr.
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