_Part Seckunt._--Majer Spenser had leaf ov abscense from his regiment,
and was glad enuff, i tell yu, tew swap the pesky air ov the suthern
konfederasy for the brittle breth ov Nu England. He spent his time a
climeing the mountains ov his natiff land, and looking way down into
the hollers; he worryed the trouts as tha swum up and down hill in the
brooks, and he gethered penroyal for his good old Ma tu hang up in
the wood hous chamber, tew make arb tea ov next winter. Majer Spenser
had a brother who was a minister ov the gospil, and the Majer boarded
with him. One Sunda nite the minister and the Majer sot kommuning
together. The moon cum up out ov the East, as big as an old fashund
kart wheel (one ov the ox kind ov kart wheels, i mean,) the stars stuk
clean out ov the ski, and the air was filled with the musick ov the
cows a chawing their cuds in the distance. All natur la undisturbed.
"Brother," ced Parson, a braking the paws, "how did yu like divine
sarvice to-day?" "Very well, sir, very well, sir," ced the Majer,
"_if that dam deakin ov yurs hadn't refused to pra when yu asked him.
Disiplin, sir, disiplin iz evry thing._"
LXV.
CORRESPONDENTS.
_Olivia_--I never have visited the Mormons, but my friend Artemus Ward
has, and he tells me they are a healthy people, and fond ov femail
society. He says they hav more religion, akordin to their populashun,
than tha kno what to dew with. They marry young and often. The
produkshun ov the country iz Mormons. They beleaf in a hereafter, but
it iz genrally a hereafter of wimmin. They are fond ov amusements, sich
az pitching cents and sliding down hill.
_Scipio_--If I had the dyspepsy I would buy me a hard trotting hoss
(off from the kanawl,) and ride him bare back 40 miles a day for a
spase ov time. If that didn't seem tew influense me, I would soke in
cold water for 12 months. If that didn't seem tew influense me, I
would issue proposals tew the lowest bidder to be fed for one year on
bran bred and slippery elm tea. If that didn't seem tew influense
me, I would sell my house and lot, and invest the proceeds in pattent
medisin, and take the whole lot in rotashun. If that didn't seem tew
influense me, I would cum tew the konklusion that I had the water
brash, or some other thing, I didn't care which, and take a job ov
thrashing out wet rye for evry tenth bushel, and git--well.
_Clarence_--We never undertake tew return rejekted manuskrip. The fact
iz, we don't read more than half we reject. It iz a way we hav got.
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