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That the Governour and Councill of Nova Scotia gave your Memorialists encouragement, by telling your Memorialists that the Lands about St. John's River were reserved by your Lordships for disbanded Troops and that they would refer your Memorialists' Petition to your Lordships.
The Judge drove up for him on Saturday afternoon, and found him pitching hay upon the stack behind the wind-break, wet with sweat and covered with timothy bloom. Councill was stacking. "Hello, Congressman," called the Judge. "Get off, 'n take right hold, Judge," said Councill. "A Judge aint no better'n a Congressman, not a darn bit." "I'll take a hand at the table," the Judge replied.
This night at supper comes from Sir W. Coventry the Order of Councill for my Lord Brouncker to do all the Controller's part relating to the Treasurer's accounts, and Sir W. Pen all relating to the Victualler's, and Sir J. Minnes to do the rest.
I told him I believed there was none, and told my story of Field, at which he was troubled, and said that it was then unsafe for any man to serve the King, and, I believed, knows not what to do therein; but that Sir Richard Browne, of the Councill, advised him to speak with my Lord Chancellor about it.
The boys could hardly be restrained from clutching at each new dish. The Councills and the Burns families took dinner together. Mrs. Burns, fretful and worn, cuffed the children back from the table while bringing out her biscuit and roast chicken. Some sat stolidly silent, but big-voiced Councill joked in his heavy way with everyone within earshot.
Onely Captaine Winne and Captaine Walclo I have sworne of the Councill, and crowned Powhattan according to your instructions. For the charge of the voyage of two or three thousand pounds we have not received the value of one hundred pounds, and for the quartered boat to be borne by the souldiers over the falls. Newport had 120 of the best men he could chuse.
Why, they ain't a harder-workin' woman in the hull State of Ioway than she is" "Except Marm Councill." "Except nobody. Look at her, jest skin and bones." Councill chuckled in his vast way. "That's so, mother; measured in that way, she leads over you. You git fat on it." She smiled a little, her indignation oozing away. She never "could stay mad," her children were accustomed to tell her.
Hater to present to the Councill about his troublesome business of powder, desiring a trial that his absence may be vindicated, and so to White Hall, but it was not proper to present it to-day. Here I met with Mr.
Councill, looking about her. "Aint he comin' to dinner?" "I don't see him around anywheres. Mebbe he's out feed'n the horses," replied Councill, without concern. "Say! that was a great speech that girl made," put in Brother Smith, coming over with a chicken leg in one hand and a buttered biscuit in the other. "But what we want is free trade"
We never have anything fit to eat since Jane's gone to havin' beaux; my cookin' aint fit for a hawg to eat." "I aint a-goin' to eat it, then," roared Councill in vast delight at his joke on himself. "I'll go over and eat with Marm Jennings." They all laughed at this. "Tell us so't we c'n laff," called Mrs. Smith, coming over to see what they did have. "Where's Brad?" said Mrs.
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